A parcel of land in the south 1/2 of the northeast 1/4, the southeast 1/4, the east 1/2 of the southwest 1/4 and the southeast 1/4 of the northwest 1/4 of section 3, township 78 north, range 26 west of the 5th P.M., city of West Des Moines, Dallas County, Iowa, that is more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at the east 1/4 corner of said section 3; thence S00°23'27"W, 1313.24 feet along the east line of said section 3 to a point; thence S00°24'16"W, 304.78 feet along said east line to a point; thence N89°36'01"W, 47.86 feet to a point on the west right-of-way line of 88th Street; thence S04°51'52"W, 94.15 feet along said west right-of-way line to a point; thence southwesterly along a curve concave northwesterly having a radius of 666.30 feet and a chord bearing of S22°41'38"W, an arc length of 326.08 feet along said west right-of-way line to a point; thence S49°25'18"W, 183.83 feet along said west right-of-way line to a point; thence southwesterly along a curve concave northwesterly having a radius of 651.20 feet and a chord bearing of S62°45'41"W, an arc length of 225.89 feet along said west right-of-way line to a point; thence S70°21'10"W, 252.23 feet along said west right-of-way line to a point; thence S72°40'49"W, 537.77 feet along said west right-of-way line to a point; thence westerly along a curve concave southeasterly having a radius of 771.20 feet and a chord bearing of S71°07'37"W, an arc length of 40.02 feet along said west right-of-way line to a point on the east line of the southwest 1/4 of the southeast 1/4 of said section 3; thence N00°19'59"E, 1021.39 feet along said east line to the northeast corner of the southwest 1/4 of the southeast 1/4 of said section 3; thence S83°11'49"W, 1312.27 feet along the north line of the southwest 1/4 of the southeast 1/4 of said section 3 to the northwest corner of the southwest 1/4 of the southeast 1/4 of said section 3; thence N00°12'05"E, 1317.69 feet along the east line of the northeast 1/4 of the southwest 1/4 of said section 3 to the center of said section 3; thence S83°25'59"W, 1278.39 feet along the north line of the northeast 1/4 of the southwest 1/4 of said section 3 to a point on the east right-of- way line of 98th Street; thence N00°20'55"E, 33.24 feet along said east right-of- way line to a point; thence S83°25'59"W, 33.24 feet to a point on the west line of the southeast 1/4 of the northwest 1/4 of said section 3; thence N00°20'55"E, 1289.59 feet along said west line to the northwest corner of the southeast 1/4 of the northwest 1/4 of said section 3; thence N83°24'19"E, 1310.46 feet along the north line of the southeast 1/4 of the northwest 1/4 of said section 3 to the northeast corner of the southeast 1/4 of the northwest 1/4 of said section 3; thence N83°22'21"E, 1749.01 feet along the north line of the south 1/2 of the northeast 1/4 of said section 3 to a point on the south right-of-way line of the former Des Moines & Ft. Dodge Railroad; thence S63°03'44"E, 977.01 feet along said south right-of-way line to a point on the east line of said section 3; thence S00°12'57"W, 775.92 feet along said east line to the point of beginning. Except: Outlot "Z", South Maple Grove Plat 6, an official plat in the City of West Des Moines, Dallas County, Iowa.
Said tract of land being subject to any and all easements of record.
Said tract of land contains 217.143 acres more or less (including 3.004 acres of road right-of-way).
(Northeast 1/4 of section 3 contains 73.737 acres, including 0.596 acres of road right-of-way)
(Southeast 1/4 of section 3 contains 103.898 acres, including 1.224 acres of road right-of-way)
(Northwest 1/4 of section 3 contains 39.507 acres, including 1.184 acres of road right-of-way)
Property subject to any and all easements of record.
(Ord. 1610, 10-25-2004; amd. Ord. 2505, 3-21-2022)