The corporate boundaries of the City are described and confirmed as follows:
CITY OF WINDSOR HEIGHTS, IOWA
CORPORATE BOUNDARY
[A] Commencing at the intersection of the centerline of Center Street and the centerline of 63
rd
Street (which point is the center of Sec. 2, T. 78N, R. 25W); thence northerly along the centerline of 63
rd
Street (which line is the east line of the NW¼ of Sec. 2, T. 78N, R. 25W) a distance of 3,150 feet, more or less, to the centerline of University Avenue (which point is the NE corner of the NW¼ of Sec. 2, T. 78N, R. 25W); thence westerly along the centerline of University Avenue (which line is the south line of the SE¼ of Sec. 36, T. 79N, R. 25W) a distance of 15 feet, more or less, to the centerline of 63
rd
Street (which point is 989.8 feet, more or less, east of the SW corner of the SE¼ of Sec. 36, T. 79N, R. 25W); thence northerly along the centerline of 63
rd
Street a distance of 2,620 feet, more or less, to an extension to the east of the centerline of College Avenue (which point is 992 feet, more or less, east of the center of Sec. 36, T. 79N, R. 25W); thence east along an extension to the east of the centerline of College Avenue (which line is the south line of the NE¼ of Sec. 36, T. 79 N, R. 25 W) a distance of 8 feet, more or less, to the centerline of 63
rd
Street (which point is 1,000 feet east of the center of Sec. 36, T. 79N, R. 25W); thence northerly along the centerline of 63
rd
Street a distance of 2,260 feet, more or less, to the south right-of-way line of Hickman Road (which point is 33 feet east of the NE corner of Lot 1, SUBURBAN FARMS, an Official Plat, and 33 feet south of the north line of the NE¼ of Sec. 36, T. 79N, R. 25W)[B] (the line between[A] and[B] being the common corporate boundary line between the City of Windsor Heights and the City of Des Moines); thence westerly along the south right-of-way line of Hickman Road (the location of which line was established pursuant to a Joint Public Improvement Agreement dated May 1, 1969, between the Iowa State Highway Commission and the City of Windsor Heights, Iowa, identified as No. 68-P-175 in connection with Polk County Project No. U-6-4(4)-40-77, which agreement is recorded in the office of the Polk County Recorder in Book 4027, commencing at Page 601, as amended by Amendment to Joint Public Improvement Agreement dated June 16, 1975, between the same parties regarding the same project, which amendment is recorded in the office of the Polk County Recorder in Book 4530, commencing at Page 663) in the NE¼ of Sec. 36, T. 79N, R. 25W, the NW¼ of Sec. 36, T. 79N, R. 25W and the NE¼ of Sec. 35, T. 79N, R. 25W a distance of 6,216.9 feet, more or less, to the NW corner of Lot 18, PLAZA HILLS PLAT 5, an Official Plat (which point is 74.1 feet south of the NW corner of the NE¼ of Sec. 35, T. 79N, R. 25W)[C]; thence southerly along the west lines of PLAZA HILLS PLAT 5 and PLAZA HILLS PLAT 6, an Official Plat (which line is the west line of the NE¼ of Sec. 35, T. 79N, R. 25W) a distance of 2,353.9 feet, more or less, to the northwest corner of Lot 135, PLAZA HILLS PLAT 5; thence easterly along the north lines of Lots 135 and 136, PLAZA HILLS PLAT 5, a distance of 342 feet, more or less, to the west right-of-way line of College Drive (which point is the northeast corner of Lot 136, PLAZA HILLS PLAT 5); thence southerly along the west right-of-way line of College Drive (which line is the east line of Lot 136, PLAZA HILLS PLAT 5) a distance of 254 feet, more or less, to the north right-of-way line of Harbach Boulevard (which point is the southeast corner of Lot 136, PLAZA HILLS PLAT 5); thence easterly along an easterly extension of the north right-of-way line of Harbach Boulevard a distance of 50 feet, more or less, to a point on the east right-of-way line of College Drive (which point is on the west line of Lot 61, PLAZA HILLS PLAT 5); thence southerly along the east right-of-way line of College Drive (which line is the west line of Lot 61, PLAZA HILLS PLAT 5) a distance of 33 feet, more or less, to the southwest corner of Lot 61, PLAZA HILLS PLAT 5 (which point is on the south line of the NE¼ of Sec. 35, T. 79N, R. 25W); thence easterly along the south lines of PLAZA HILLS PLAT 5 and PLAZA HILLS PLAT 4, an Official Plat (which line is on the south line of the NE¼ of Sec. 35, T. 79N, R. 25W) a distance of 1,577.5 feet, more or less, to the northwest corner of PROGRESSO PLAT 10, an Official Plat; thence southerly along the west lines of PLAT 10 and MOTT PLACE, an Official Plat, a distance of 2,410.5 feet, more or less, to the southwest corner of Lot 25, MOTT PLACE; thence easterly along the south line of Lot 25, MOTT PLACE, a distance of 95 feet, more or less, to the northwest corner of Lot 27, MOTT PLACE; thence southerly along the west line of Lot 27, MOTT PLACE, a distance of 208 feet, more or less, to the north right-of-way line of University Avenue (which point is the southwest corner of Lot 27, MOTT PLACE); thence easterly along the north right-of-way line of University Avenue (which line is the south line of Lot 27, MOTT PLACE) a distance of 8.5 feet, thence south 0° 00¢ east a distance of 80.0 feet to the south right-of-way line of University Avenue; thence south 90° 0¢ east along the south right-of-way line of University Avenue; (which line is 40 feet south of and parallel to the north line of Sec. 3, T. 78N, R. 25W) a distance of 146.6 feet, to a point 40 feet south of and 21.9 feet east of the NW corner of the NE¼ of the NE¼ of Sec. 3, T. 79N, R. 25W[D]; thence south 0° 00¢ east a distance of 10 feet; thence north 90° 00¢ east a distance of 22 feet; thence south 2° 18¢ east, 40 feet west of and parallel to the centerline of 73
rd
Street, a distance of 117.5 feet; thence southerly 40.0 feet west of and parallel to the centerline of 73
rd
Street, along a curve concave westerly with a radius of 1,100.57 feet and an internal angle of 10° 15¢, with said curve tangent to the preceding and following courses, a distance of 196.89 feet; thence south 7° 57¢ west, 40 feet west of and parallel to the centerline of 73
rd
Street, a distance of 386 feet; thence south 6° 32¢ west, 40 feet west of and parallel to the centerline of 73
rd
Street, a distance of 220 feet; thence north 83° 28¢ west, perpendicular to the centerline of 73
rd
Street, a distance of 28 feet; thence south 6° 32¢ west, 40 feet west of and parallel to the centerline of 73
rd
Street, a distance of 300 feet, more or less, to the northeasterly right-of-way line of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company; (the line between[C] and[E] being the common corporate boundary line between the City of Windsor Heights and the City of Clive) (the line between[D] and[E] being the line which was established pursuant to an Intergovernmental Corporation Boundary Agreement dated March 18, 1971, between the City of Windsor Heights and the City of Clive, which agreement is recorded in the office of the Polk County Recorder in Book 4198, commencing at Page 413, and which agreement was legalized by Acts 1971 (64 G.A., 1
st
Sess.) ch. 284); thence south 6° 32¢ west, 40 feet west of and parallel to the centerline of 73
rd
Street, a distance of 150 feet, more or less, to the southwesterly right-of-way line of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company; thence southerly and easterly along the west and south right-of-way lines of 73
rd
Street (formerly Rancho Grande Boulevard) a distance of 293 feet, more or less, to the northwest corner of RANCHO GRANDE, an Official Plat; thence southerly along the west line of RANCHO GRANDE (which line is the west line of the SE¼ of the NE¼ of Sec. 3, T. 78N, R. 25W) a distance of 1,003.7 feet, more or less, to a point which is 415.5 feet north of the southwest corner of RANCHO GRANDE[F]; thence southeasterly a distance of 55 feet, more or less, to a point on the west line of Lot 13, RANCHO GRANDE, which point is 48 feet north of the southwest corner of Lot 13, RANCHO GRANDE; thence southeasterly a distance of 180 feet, more or less, to the southeast corner of Lot 15, RANCHO GRANDE; thence southeasterly a distance of 320 feet, more or less, to the northeast corner of Lot 25, RANCHO GRANDE; thence southeasterly a distance of 65 feet, more or less, to the northwest corner of Lot 26, RANCHO GRANDE; thence southeasterly to a point on the south line of Lot 29, RANCHO GRANDE, which point is 20 feet east of the southwest corner of Lot 29, RANCHO GRANDE[G] (the line between[F] and[G] being the line which is the south right-of-way line of Interstate Highway 235); thence east along the south line of RANCHO GRANDE, and an extension thereof to the east, a distance of 614.4 feet, more or less, to the centerline of Eighth Street (which point is 33 feet east of the southeast corner of RANCHO GRANDE); thence northerly along the centerline of Eighth Street (which is the east line of Sec. 3, T. 78N, R. 25W) a distance of 99.7 feet to the centerline of Center Street (which point is the southwest corner of the NW¼ of Sec. 2, T. 78N, R. 25W); thence easterly along the centerline of Center Street (which line is the south line of the NW¼ of Sec. 2, T. 78N, R. 25W) a distance of 977.5 feet to the east line of Lot 44, JANET’S WOODS, an Official Plat[H] (the line between[E] and[H] being the common corporate boundary line between the City of Windsor Heights and the City of West Des Moines); thence easterly along the centerline of Center Street (which line is the south line of the NW¼ of Sec. 2, T. 78N, R. 25W) a distance of 1,662.5 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning (the line between[H] and[A] being the common corporate boundary line between the City of Windsor Heights and the City of Des Moines).
Said boundaries may also be described as follows:
CITY OF WINDSOR HEIGHTS, IOWA
CORPORATE BOUNDARY
Commencing at the intersection of the centerline of Center Street and the centerline of 63
rd
Street; thence northerly along the centerline of 63
rd
Street a distance of 3,150 feet, more or less, to the centerline of University Avenue; thence westerly along the centerline of University Avenue a distance of 15 feet, more or less, to the centerline of 63
rd
Street; thence northerly along the centerline of 63
rd
Street a distance of 2,620 feet, more or less, to an extension to the east of the centerline of College Avenue; thence east along an extension to the east of the centerline of College Avenue a distance of 8 feet, more or less, to the centerline of 63
rd
Street; thence northerly along the centerline of 63
rd
Street a distance of 2,260 feet, more or less, to the south right-of-way line of Hickman Road; thence westerly along the south right-of-way line of Hickman Road in the NE¼ of Sec. 36, T. 79N, R. 25W, the NW¼ of Sec. 36, T. 79N, R. 25W and the NE¼ of Sec. 35, T. 79N, R. 25W a distance of 6,216.9 feet, more or less, to the NW corner of Lot 18, PLAZA HILLS PLAT 5, an Official Plat; thence southerly along the west lines of PLAZA HILLS PLAT 5 and PLAZA HILLS PLAT 6, an Official Plat a distance of 2,353.9 feet, more or less, to the northwest corner of Lot 135, PLAZA HILLS PLAT 5; thence easterly along the north lines of Lots 135 and 136, PLAZA HILLS PLAT 5, a distance of 342 feet, more or less, to the west right-of-way line of College Drive; thence southerly along the west right-of-way line of College Drive a distance of 254 feet, more or less, to the north right-of-way line of Harbach Boulevard; thence easterly along an easterly extension of the north right-of-way line of Harbach Boulevard a distance of 50 feet, more or less, to a point on the east right-of-way line of College Drive; thence southerly along the east right-of-way line of College Drive a distance of 33 feet, more or less, to the southwest corner of Lot 61, PLAZA HILLS PLAT 5; thence easterly along the south lines of PLAZA HILLS PLAT 5 and PLAZA HILLS PLAT 4, an Official Plat a distance of 1,577.5 feet, more or less, to the northwest corner of PROGRESSO PLAT 10, an Official Plat; thence southerly along the west lines of PROGRESSO PLAT 10 and MOTT PLACE, an Official Plat, a distance of 2,410.5 feet, more or less, to the southwest corner of Lot 25, MOTT PLACE; thence easterly along the south line of Lot 25, MOTT PLACE, a distance of 95 feet, more or less, to the northwest corner of Lot 27, MOTT PLACE; thence southerly along the west line of Lot 27, MOTT PLACE, a distance of 208 feet, more or less, to the north right-of-way line of University Avenue; thence easterly along the north right-of-way line of University Avenue a distance of 8.5 feet; thence south 00º 00¢ east a distance of 80.0 feet to the south right-of-way line of University Avenue; thence south 90° 00¢ east along the south right-of-way line of University Avenue a distance of 146.6 feet, to a point 40 feet south of and 21.9 feet east of the NW corner of the NE¼ of the NE¼ of Sec. 3, T. 78N, R. 25W; thence south 0° 00¢ east a distance of 10 feet; thence north 90° 00¢ east a distance of 22 feet; thence south 2° 18¢ east, 40 feet west of and parallel to the centerline of 73
rd
Street, a distance of 117.5 feet; thence southerly, 40.0 feet west of and parallel to the centerline of 73
rd
Street, along a curve concave westerly with a radius of 1,100.57 feet and an internal angle of 10° 15¢, with said curve tangent to the preceding and following courses, a distance of 196.89 feet; thence south 7° 57¢ west, 40 feet west of and parallel to the centerline of 73
rd
Street, a distance of 386 feet; thence south 6° 32¢ west, 40 feet west of and parallel to the centerline of 73
rd
Street, a distance of 220 feet; thence north 83°28¢ west, perpendicular to the centerline of 73
rd
Street, a distance of 28 feet; thence south 6° 32¢ west, 40 feet west of and parallel to the centerline of 73
rd
Street, a distance of 300 feet, more or less, to the northeasterly right-of-way line of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company; thence south 6° 32¢ west, 40 feet west of and parallel to the centerline of 73
rd
Street, a distance of 150 feet, more or less, to the southwesterly right-of-way line of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company; thence southerly and easterly along the west and south right-of-way lines of 73
rd
Street a distance of 293 feet, more or less, to the northwest corner of RANCHO GRANDE, an Official Plat; thence southerly along the west line of RANCHO GRANDE a distance of 1,003.7 feet, more or less, to a point which is 415.5 feet north of the southwest corner of RANCHO GRANDE; thence southeasterly a distance of 55 feet, more or less, to a point on the west line of Lot 13, RANCHO GRANDE, which point is 48 feet north of the southwest corner of Lot 13, RANCHO GRANDE; thence southeasterly a distance of 180 feet, more or less, to the southeast corner of Lot 15, RANCHO GRANDE; thence southeasterly a distance of 320 feet, more or less, to the northeast corner of Lot 25, RANCHO GRANDE; thence southeasterly a distance of 65 feet, more or less, to the northwest corner of Lot 26, RANCHO GRANDE; thence southeasterly to a point on the south line of Lot 29, RANCHO GRANDE, which point is 20 feet east of the southwest corner of Lot 29, RANCHO GRANDE; thence east along the south line of RANCHO GRANDE, and an extension thereof to the east, a distance of 614.4 feet, more or less, to the centerline of Eighth Street; thence northerly along the centerline of Eighth Street a distance of 99.7 feet to the centerline of Center Street; thence easterly along the centerline of Center Street a distance of 977.5 feet to the east line of Lot 44, JANET’S WOODS, an Official Plat; thence easterly along the centerline of Center Street a distance of 1,662.5 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning.