(A) The boundaries of the city are hereby described, established and confirmed to be as legally described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the west line of the southwest quarter of Section 1, T96N, R37W of 5th P.M. (Section 1, Township 96 North, Range 37 West of the Fifth Principal Meridian) in Clay County, Iowa, 1,873.52 feet north of the southwest corner of said Section 1, and running from this point of beginning north on the west line of said Section 1 to the northwest corner of the southwest quarter of said Section 1; thence east on the north line of the south half of said Section 1 to the northeast corner of the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of said Section 1; thence north on the west line of the east half of the northeast quarter of said Section 1 to the northwest corner of the east half of the northeast quarter of said Section 1; thence north on the west line of the east half of the east half of Section 36, T97N, R37W of 5th P.M., to the northwest corner of the east half of the east half of said Section 36; thence north on the west line of the east half of the east half of Section 25, T97N, R37W of 5th P.M., to the northwest corner of the east half of the east half of said Section 25; thence east on the north line of the east half of the east half of said Section 25 to a point located 50 feet west of the northeast corner of said Section 25; thence south on a line parallel to the east line of said Section 25 located 50 feet west therefrom as measured perpendicular to the east line of said Section 25 to the south line of the east half of the northeast quarter of said Section 25; thence west on the south line of the east half of the northeast quarter of said Section 25 to the east right-of-way line of the city’s railroad right-of-way as it now exists in said Section 25; thence southeasterly on the east right-of-way line of said railroad to the south line of Section 25; thence east to the southeast corner of Section 25; thence east on the north line of the west half of Section 31, T97N, R36W of 5th P.M., to the northeast corner of the west half of said Section 31; thence south on the east line of the west half of said Section 31 to the southeast corner of the west half of said Section 31; thence south on the east line of the north half of the northwest quarter of Section 6, T96N, R36W of 5th P.M., to the southeast corner of the north half of the northwest quarter of said Section 6; thence east on the north line of the south half of the northeast quarter of said Section 6 to the northeast corner of the south half of the northeast quarter of said Section 6; thence south on the east line of the south half of the northeast quarter of said Section 6 to the southeast corner of the south half of the northeast quarter of said Section 6; thence east on the north line of the southwest quarter of Section 5, T96N, R36W of 5th P.M., to the northeast corner of the southwest quarter of said Section 5; thence south on the east line of the southwest quarter of said Section 5 to the southeast corner of the southwest quarter of said Section 5; thence south on the east line of the northwest quarter of Section 8, T96N, R36W of the 5th P.M., to the northwest corner of the southeast quarter of said Section 8; thence east on the north line of the southeast quarter of said Section 8 to the northeast corner of the southeast quarter of said Section 8; thence south on the east line of the southeast quarter of said Section 8 to the southeast corner of the southeast quarter of said Section 8; thence west on the south line of the southeast quarter of said Section 8 to the southwest corner of the southeast quarter of said Section 8; thence south on the east line of the west half of Section 17, T96N, R36W of 5th P.M., to the southeast corner of the west half of said Section 17; thence south on the east line of the northwest quarter of Section 20, T96N, R36W of 5th P.M., a distance of 590.6 feet, more or less, to the south right-of-way line of U.S. Highway 18; thence southeasterly, on a curve concave northerly having a radius of 2,342 feet, on the south right-of-way line of U.S. Highway No. 18 a distance of 530 feet; thence north 77º 37' east along the south right-of-way line of U.S. Highway No. 18 a distance of 558.3 feet; thence north 61º 27' east along the south right-of-way line of U.S. Highway No. 18 a distance of 180.8 feet; thence north 70º 54' east along the south right-of-way line of U.S. Highway No. 18 a distance of 600.1 feet; thence north 75º 57' east along the south right-of-way line of U.S. Highway No. 18 a distance of 226.8 feet; thence north 67º 48' east along the south right-of-way line of U.S. Highway No. 18 a distance of 452.8 feet; thence south 64º 14' east a distance of 146.0 feet to the east line of Section 20, T96N, R36W of 5th P.M.; thence south 6º 43' east along the east line of said Section 20 a distance of 326.9 feet; thence south 82º 41' west along the south line of Kiwanis De Wolf Park a distance of 1,605.5 feet; thence south 46º 44' west along the south line of said park a distance of 217.6 feet; thence south 82º 41' west along the south line of said park a distance of 311.9 feet to the southwest corner of said park; thence south a distance of 59 feet; thence west a distance of 530.4 feet to a point of intersection with the east line of the northwest quarter of said Section 20, said point being located 880 feet, more or less, south of the northeast corner of the northwest quarter of said Section 20; thence south on the east line of the northwest quarter of said Section 20 to the southeast corner of the north half of the northwest quarter of said Section 20; thence west on the south line of the north half of the northwest quarter of said Section 20 to the southeast corner of Lot 1, Sembach First Addition to Spencer, Clay County, Iowa, said point also being described as the northeast corner of Outlot A, Elk Run First Addition to Spencer, Clay County, Iowa; thence south along the east line of said Outlot A to the southeast corner of said Outlot A; thence west, north and south along the south line of said Elk Run First Addition to the southwest corner of Lot 2 of said addition; thence north along the west line of said Lot 2 to the northwest corner of said Lot 2, thence east along the north line of said Lot 2 to the northeast corner of said Lot 2; thence north along the west line of 12th Avenue southeast to the southwest corner of Sembach First Addition, said point being located on the south line of the north half of the northwest quarter of said Section 20; thence west on said south line to the southwest corner of the north half of the northwest quarter of said Section 20; thence west on the south line of the north half of the northeast quarter of Section 19, T96N, R36W of 5th P.M., to the southwest corner of the north half of the northeast quarter of said Section 19; thence south on the east line of the northwest quarter of said Section 19 to the northeast corner of the southwest quarter of said Section 19; thence south on the east line of the southwest quarter of said Section 19 to the southeast corner of the southwest quarter of said Section 19; thence west on the south line of the southwest quarter of said Section 19 to a point located 446 feet east of the southwest corner of the southwest quarter of said Section 19; thence south parallel with the west line of the northwest quarter of Section 30, T96N, R36W of 5th P.M. a distance of 976.7 feet; thence west parallel with the north line of the northwest quarter of said Section 30 a distance of 446 feet to the west line of the northwest quarter of said Section 30; thence south on the west line of the northwest quarter of said Section 30 to the southeast corner of the north half of the northeast quarter of Section 25, T96N, R37W of 5th P.M.; thence west on the south line of the north half of the northeast quarter of said Section 25 to a point located 700 feet east of the west line of the northeast quarter of said Section 25; thence south parallel to the west line of the northeast quarter of said Section 25 to the south line of the northeast quarter; thence west along the south line of said northeast quarter of said Section 25 to the southwest corner of said northeast quarter of Section 25; thence west on the south line of the northwest quarter of said Section 25 a distance of 341.2 feet; thence north parallel with the east line of the northwest quarter of said Section 25 to the north line of the northwest quarter of said Section 25; thence east on the north line of the northwest quarter of said Section 25 to the northeast corner of the northwest quarter of said Section 25; thence north on the west line of the southeast quarter of Section 24, T96N, R37W of the 5th P.M. to a point on the west line of said Section 24 approximately 1,256.03 feet north of the south quarter corner of said Section 24, said point being the intersection of the extension of the south line of Lot 1, Noteboom First Addition to Spencer, Clay County, Iowa and the west line of said southeast quarter of Section 24; thence west on said south line of Lot 1 and its extension to the west line of said Noteboom First Addition; thence north on the west line of Noteboom First Addition to a point of intersection with the south line of Menard’s First Addition, said point also described as the south line of the northwest quarter of said Section 24; to the southeast corner of the northwest quarter of said Section 24; thence west on the south line of the northwest quarter of said Section 24 to the southwest corner of the east half of the northwest quarter of said Section 24 (said southwest corner also being the southwest corner of Menard’s First Addition, Spencer, Clay County, Iowa); thence north 01º 15' 55" west on the west line of the east half of the northwest quarter of said Section 24 to the south right-of-way line of 12th Street southwest (said point being located 489.45 feet south of the northwest corner of the east half of the northwest quarter of said Section 24); thence west on the south right-of-way line of 12th Street southwest a distance of 33 feet to the west right-of-way of 14th Avenue Southwest; thence north 01º 15' 55" west on said west right-of-way line a distance of 66.0 feet; thence south 88º 22' 20" west a distance of 100.41 feet; thence south 2º 43' 21" east a distance of 16.03 feet; thence south 89º 26' 51" west a distance of 245.02 feet to a line parallel with and 345 feet west of, as measured perpendicular thereto, the west right-of-way line of 14th Avenue Southwest; thence north 01º 15' 55" west on said parallel line to the north line of the northwest quarter of said Section 24; thence east on the north line of the northwest quarter of said Section 24 to a point located 745 feet west of the northeast corner of the northwest quarter of said Section 24; thence north parallel with the east line of the southwest quarter of Section 13, T96N, R37W of the 5th P.M. a distance of 745 feet; thence east parallel with the south line of the west half of said Section 13 a distance of 745 feet to the east line of the west half of said Section 13; thence north on the east line of the west half of said Section 13, to the center line of the Little Sioux River; thence westerly on the center line of the Little Sioux River to a point of intersection with a line located 175 feet west of and parallel with an extension of the west line of 12th Avenue West as established in the city; thence north on said line located 175 feet west of and parallel with an extension of the west line of 12th Avenue West as established in the city, to the south line of Section 12, T96N, R37W of 5th P.M.; thence west on the south line of said Section 12 to the southwest corner of said Section 12; thence north on the west line of said Section 12 to the centerline of West 4th Street as established in the city; thence westerly on the center line of said West 4th Street to a point of intersection with the north line of the northwest quarter of Section 14, T96N, R37W of 5th P.M.; thence east on the north line of the northwest quarter of said Section 14 to the northeast corner of the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of said Section 14; thence south on the east line of the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of said Section 14 to the southeast corner of the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of said Section 14; thence west on the south line of the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of said Section 14 to the southwest corner of the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of said Section 14; thence west on the south line of the north half of the northeast quarter of Section 15, T96N, R37W of 5th P.M., to the southwest corner of the north half of the northeast quarter of said Section 15; thence north on the west line of the north half of the northeast quarter of said Section 15 to the northwest corner of the north half of the northeast quarter of said Section 15; thence east on the north line of the northeast quarter of said Section 15 to a point located 82.5 feet east of the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of said Sec 15; thence north 1º 58' 10" east on a line parallel with and 82.5 feet east of, as measured perpendicular thereto, the west line of the southeast quarter of Section 10, T96N, R37W of the 5th P.M. a distance of 2,668.94 feet to the south line of the Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railway right-of-way; thence south 77º 55' 10" east on said south right-of-way line a distance of 1,363.36 feet; thence south 0º 09' 00" west a distance of 2,453.07 feet to the south line of the southeast quarter of said Section 10; thence east on the south line of the southeast quarter of said Section 10 a distance of 1,321.51 feet to the southeast corner of said Section 10; thence north 00º 06.3' east on the west line of the southwest quarter of Section 11, T96N, R37W of 5th P.M., to a point located 311.7 feet south of the northwest corner of the southwest quarter of said Section 11 as measured on the west line of said southwest quarter; thence north 77º 54.7' west on the south line of Lot 2, Block 2, Subdivision Number One, Corn Belt Industrial Park, Clay County, Iowa, and the extension thereof, (said south line and extension thereof also being the north right-of-way line of the Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railway), a distance of 2,707.2 feet; thence north 01º 59' east a distance of 23.3 feet; thence north 83º 57.6' west a distance of 83.0 feet to the southwest corner of the northeast quarter of Section 10, T96N, R37W of the 5th P.M.); thence north on the west line of the northeast quarter of said Section 10 a distance of 2,665.2 feet to the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of said Section 10; thence north on the west line of the east half of Section 3, T96N, R37W of the 5th P.M. to the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of said Section 3; thence east on the north line of the northeast quarter of said Section 3 to the northeast corner of the northeast quarter of said Section 3; thence south on the east line of the northeast quarter of said Section 3 to the southeast corner of the northeast quarter of said Section 3; thence south on the east line of the southeast quarter of said Section 3 to the southeast corner of said Section 3; thence north 90º 00' 00" east on the south line of the southwest quarter of Section 2, T96N, R37W of 5th P.M. a distance of 789 feet; thence north 00º 00' east a distance of 650.22 feet; thence north 90º 00' east a distance of 568 feet; thence south 00º 00' east a distance of 290.22 feet; thence south 90º 00' west a distance of 1050 feet; thence south 00º 00' east a distance of 3600 feet to the south line of said Section 2; thence east on the south line of the southwest quarter of said Section 2 to the southeast corner of the southwest quarter of said Section 2; thence south 90º 00' east on the south line of the southeast quarter of said Section 2 a distance of 105.43 feet; thence north 00º .00' east a distance of 80.00 feet; thence north 68º 47' east a distance of 376.90 feet; thence north 36º 48' east a distance of 304.20 feet; thence north 32º 18' west a distance of 146.90 feet; thence north 46º 28' east a distance of 164.60 feet; thence north 60º 33' east distance of 448.50 feet; thence north 90º 00' east a distance of 333 feet, thence north 65º 29' 56" west a distance of 120.57 feet; thence north 12º 25' 17" east a distance of 93.50 feet; thence north 40º 48' 57" west a distance of 33.36 feet; thence north 21º 05' 42" west a distance of 102.99 feet; thence north 50º 14' 19" east a distance of 120.96 feet; thence south 85º 30' 50" east a distance of 123.22 feet; thence north 49º 23' 04" east a distance of 176.91 feet; thence north 40º 40' 47" east a distance of 205.03 feet; thence north 46º 26' 40" east a distance of 154.81 feet; thence south 54º 25' 47" east a distance of 289.02 feet; thence north 90º 00' 00" east a distance of 174.99 feet; thence north 01º 36' 00" west a distance of 415.33 feet; thence north 90º 00' 00" east a distance of 600.72 feet to the east line of Section 2, T96N, R37W of the 5th P.M. which is the point of beginning for this description.
(B) Because this description is a compilation of numerous legal descriptions, a different reference bearing is used in each quarter section that the description traverses through.
(Prior Code, § 1-10-2) (Ord. 762, passed 5-5-2014; Ord. 812, passed 5-1-2017; Ord. 835, passed 10-1-2018)