Sponsor
Alderman Helding
Title
ORDINANCE NO. 14-11
To repeal and recreate Article II., Division 2, of the Municipal Code of the City of Racine, Wisconsin relating to Common Council - Aldermanic District Boundaries.
The Common Council of the City of Racine do ordain as follows:
Part 1:
Article II. Division 2. of the Municipal Code of the City of Racine is hereby repealed and
recreated to read as follows:
“DIVISION 2. ALDERMANIC DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.
Sec. 2-36. Redistricting.
Pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 62.08, the boundaries of the aldermanic districts of the city shall be redistricted effective January 1, 2012, in accordance with the district designations set out in this division.
Sec. 2-37. Aldermanic district no. 1.
Aldermanic district no. 1 shall be comprised of municipal ward nos. 1 and 2.
(1) The first municipal ward shall contain all of the territory included within the following description:
Begin at the Root River and the Lake Michigan shoreline; run thence southerly along the Lake Michigan shoreline to 12th Street extended; run thence west to the bottom of a cliff; run thence north to 11th Street; run thence west to Main Street; run thence north to 10th Street; run thence east to Lake Avenue; run thence north to 9th Street; run thence west to the Union Pacific Railway right-of-way; run thence northerly along the Union Pacific Railway right-of-way to the Root River; run thence easterly along the Root River to the place of the beginning of this description.
The residents of the first municipal ward shall vote at Festival Park Hall, 5 Fifth Street.
The second municipal ward shall contain all of the territory included within the following description:
Begin at Main Street and 11th Street; run thence west to Park Avenue; run thence south to 12th Street; run thence west to Villa Street; run thence south to 13th Street; run thence west to Franklin Street; run thence south to 14th Street; run thence west to Racine Street; run thence north to 11th Str...
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