§ 1-12. Corporate limits.

The boundary of the town is as follows:

Six certain lots or parcels of land designated as parcels A—F, situated in T-11-S, R-5-E, Southeast District of Louisiana, east of the Mississippi River, St. James Parish, Louisiana, and more fully shown on a plan entitled "Town of Gramercy, Corporate Limits & Annexation Plan, Parcels A Thru F" by Riverlands Surveying Company dated October 7, 1996. More fully described as follows:

Parcel "A" containing 109.8278 acres or 0.1716 square miles, commencing at the southeast corner of East Main Street and South Millet Street, thence proceed along the south right-of-way line of East Main Street which is also the south right-of-way line of Louisiana Highway 641; thence proceed north 57 degrees 31 minutes 25 seconds east, a distance of 877.83 feet to a point, the point of beginning; thence proceed along the south right-of-way line of Louisiana Highway 641 south 32 degrees 43 minutes 02 seconds east, a distance of 14.71 feet to a point; thence proceed north 57 degrees 16 minutes 58 seconds east, a distance of 105.46 feet to a point; thence proceed along a curve to the left with a radius of 999.93 feet, a distance of 59.24 feet to a point; thence proceed north 45 degrees 04 minutes 46 seconds east, a distance of 93.55 feet to a point; thence proceed along a curve to the left with a radius of 989.93 feet, a distance of 205.54 feet to a point; thence proceed south 53 degrees 23 minutes 16 seconds east, a distance of 25.00 feet to a point; thence proceed along a curve to the left with a radius of 1,014.93 feet, a distance of 413.36 feet to a point; thence proceed north 13 degrees 16 minutes 37 seconds east, a distance of 649.04 feet to a point; thence proceed north 21 degrees 48 minutes 27 seconds east, a distance of 101.12 feet to a point; thence proceed north 13 degrees 16 minutes 37 seconds east, a distance of 600.00 feet to a point; thence proceed north 17 degrees 33 minutes 52 seconds east, a distance of 200.79 feet to a point; thence proceed along a curve to the left with a radius of 1,999.86 feet, a distance of 209,42 feet to a point; thence proceed north 07 degrees 19 minutes 25 seconds east, a distance of 178.54 feet to a point; thence proceed north 13 degrees 16 minutes 37 seconds east, a distance of 372.77 feet to a point, on the property line of Colonial Sugars, Inc.; thence proceed along the property line of Colonial Sugars, Inc., north 62 degrees 07 minutes 10 seconds east, a distance of 123.04 feet to a point on the east right-of-way line of the Kansas City Southern Railroad spur; thence proceed along the west right-of-way line of the Kansas City Railroad spur north 13 degrees 50 minutes 38 seconds west, a distance of 4,707.91 feet to a point; thence proceed south 76 degrees 09 minutes 03 seconds west, a distance of 7.50 feet to a point; thence proceed along a curve to the left with a radius of 749.49 feet, a distance of 872.45 feet to a point on the south right-of-way line of the Kansas City Southern Railroad; thence proceed along the south right-of-way line of the Kansas City Southern Railroad north 89 degrees 55 minutes 14 seconds west, a distance of 401.53 feet to a point on the east property line of the Colonial Canal Buffer Zone Tract; thence proceed along the east property line of the Colonial Canal Buffer Zone Tract south 15 degrees 34 minutes 30 seconds east, a distance of 1,082.04 feet to a point on the north right-of-way line of Louisiana Highway 3125; thence proceed along the north right-of-way line of Louisiana Highway 3125 south 62 degrees 32 minutes 42 seconds west, a distance of 817.52 feet to a point on the west property line of the Colonial Canal Buffer Zone Tract; thence proceed across Louisiana Highway 3125 south 15 degrees 34 minutes 30 seconds east, a distance of 306.19 feet to the intersection of the south right-of-way line of Louisiana Highway 3125 and the west property line of the Colonial Canal Buffer Zone Tract; thence proceed along the south right-of-way line of Louisiana Highway 3125 north 62 degrees 32 minutes 42 seconds east, a distance of 817.52 feet to the east property line of the Colonial Canal Buffer Zone Tract; thence proceed along the east property line of the Colonial Canal Buffer Zone Tract south 15 degrees 34 minutes 30 seconds east, a distance of 4,276.60 feet to a point; thence proceed along the Colonial Sugars property line north 62 degrees 07 minutes 10 seconds east, a distance of 261.85 feet to a point on the north right-of-way line of Louisiana Highway 641; thence proceed along the north right-of-way line of Louisiana Highway 641 along a curve to the right with a radius of 1,819.86 feet, a distance of 565.78 feet to a point; thence proceed south 04 degrees 44 minutes 45 seconds west, a distance of 101.12 feet to a point; thence proceed south 13 degrees 16 minutes 37 seconds west, a distance of 595.24 feet to a point; thence proceed south 08 degrees 59 minutes 16 seconds west, a distance of 200.56 feet to a point; thence proceed south 13 degrees 16 minutes 37 seconds west, a distance of 649.04 feet to a point; thence proceed along a curve to the left with a radius of 894.93 feet, a distance of 364.48 feet; thence proceed south 53 degrees 23 minutes 16 seconds east, a distance of 25.00 feet to a point; thence proceed along a curve to the left with a radius of 919.93 feet, a distance of 161.42 feet; thence proceed south 61 degrees 08 minutes 09 seconds west, a distance of 44.03 feet to a point; thence proceed along a curve to the left with a radius of 909.93 feet, a distance of 126.44 feet; thence proceed south 57 degrees 16 minutes 58 seconds west, a distance of 41.43 feet to a point; thence proceed across Louisiana Highway 641 south 27 degrees 58 minutes 34 seconds east, a distance of 75.79 feet to the original south right-of-way of Louisiana Highway 641 and East Main street; thence proceed along the original south right-of-way line of Louisiana Highway 641 and East Main Street south 57 degrees 31 minutes 25 seconds west, a distance of 56.95 feet to a point, the point of beginning.

Parcel "B" containing 9.1583 acres or 0.0143 square miles, commencing at the intersection of the east line of parcel F and the north right-of-way line of Airline Highway, the point of beginning; thence proceed along the north right-of-way of Airline Highway south 89 degrees 52 minutes 58 seconds east, a distance of 607.51 feet to a point; thence proceed south 89 degrees 53 minutes 40 seconds east, a distance of 2,292.82 feet to a point; thence proceed across Airline Highway south 15 degrees 34 minutes 30 seconds east, a distance of 145.49 feet to the south right-of-way line of Airline Highway; thence proceed along the south right-of-way line of Airline Highway north 89 degrees 53 minutes 40 seconds west, a distance of 2,332.08 feet to a point; thence proceed north 87 degrees 17 minutes 40 seconds west, a distance of 577.38 feet to a point; thence proceed across Airline Highway north 15 degrees 00 minutes 34 seconds west, a distance of 118.09 feet to a point on the north right-of-way line of Airline Highway, the point of beginning.

Parcel "C" containing 32.9915 acres or 0.0515 square miles, commencing at the north right-of-way line of Louisiana Highway 3125 and the west line of Ferraro Subdivision; thence proceed north 28 degrees 30 minutes 35 seconds east, a distance of 4,950.75 feet to a point; thence proceed south 61 degrees 18 minutes 45 seconds west, a distance of 67.83 feet to a point, the point of beginning; thence proceed north 48 degrees 51 minutes 22 seconds west, a distance of 1,638.04 feet to a point; thence proceed south 53 degrees 48 minutes 11 seconds west, a distance of 193.85 feet to a point; thence proceed south 24 degrees 17 minutes 08 seconds east, a distance of 251.33 feet to a point; thence proceed south 13 degrees 29 minutes 52 seconds west, a distance of 465.60 feet to a point; thence proceed south 15 degrees 55 minutes 52 seconds west, a distance of 792.07 feet to a point; thence proceed south 28 degrees 29 minutes 48 seconds east, a distance of 339.67 feet to a point; thence proceed north 61 degrees 21 minutes 52 seconds east, a distance of 439.13 feet to a point; thence proceed north 62 degrees 29 minutes 52 seconds east, a distance of 183.60 feet to a point; thence proceed north 62 degrees 03 minutes 52 seconds east, a distance of 687.00 feet to a point; thence proceed north 61 degrees 18 minutes 45 seconds east, a distance of 336.75 feet to a point, the point of beginning.

Parcel "D," being lot 1A, David Plantation Subdivision, containing 0.2011 acres or 0.0003 square miles, commencing at the centerline of David Canal and the north right-of-way of West Second Street, the point of beginning; thence proceed north 28 degrees 29 minutes 17 seconds west, a distance of 120.00 feet to a point; thence proceed north 61 degrees 30 minutes 43 seconds east, a distance of 67.11 feet to a point; thence proceed south 28 degrees 29 minutes 17 seconds east, a distance of 120.00 feet to a point; thence proceed south 61 degrees 30 minutes 43 seconds west, a distance of 67.11 feet to a point, the point of beginning.

Parcel "E" containing 5.0929 acres or 0.0080 square miles, commencing at the west line of Ferraro Subdivision and the north right-of-way line of Louisiana Highway 3125, the point of beginning; thence proceed south 28 degrees 30 minutes 35 seconds east, a distance of 300.06 feet to a point; thence proceed south 60 degrees 18 minutes 37 seconds west, a distance of 739.54 feet to a point; thence proceed north 28 degrees 29 minutes 17 seconds west, a distance of 300.07 feet to a point; thence proceed north 60 degrees 18 minutes 37 seconds east, a distance of 739.43 feet to a point, the point of beginning.

Parcel "F" containing 1,014.5457 acres or 1.5852 square miles, commencing at the southeast corner of East Main Street and South Millet Street, the point of beginning; thence proceed north 57 degrees 31 minutes 25 seconds east, a distance of 934.78 feet to a point; thence proceed north 27 degrees 58 minutes 34 seconds west, a distance of 75.79 feet to a point; thence proceed north 57 degrees 16 minutes 58 seconds east, a distance of 41.27 feet to a point; thence proceed north 27 degrees 48 minutes 20 seconds west, a distance of 472.11 feet to a point; thence proceed north 57 degrees 11 minutes 39 seconds east, a distance of 795.04 feet to a point; thence proceed north 13 degrees 16 minutes 37 seconds east, a distance of 201.50 feet to a point; thence proceed north 15 degrees 34 minutes 30 seconds west, a distance of 747.76 feet to a point; thence proceed south 61 degrees 31 minutes 41 seconds west, a distance of 1,059.72 feet to a point; thence proceed north 27 degrees 46 minutes 44 seconds west, a distance of 565.00 feet to a point; thence proceed north 62 degrees 07 minutes 11 seconds east, a distance of 785.46 feet to a point; thence proceed north 15 degrees 34 minutes 30 seconds west, a distance of 6,063.90 feet to a point; thence proceed north 89 degrees 55 minutes 14 seconds west, a distance of 1,899.71 feet to a point; thence proceed north 28 degrees 10 minutes 40 seconds west, a distance of 752.92 feet to a point; thence proceed north 15 degrees 00 minutes 34 seconds west, a distance of 118.09 feet to a point; thence proceed north 28 degrees 26 minutes 00 seconds west, a distance of 585.48 feet to a point; thence proceed north 89 degrees 53 minutes 19 seconds west, a distance of 1,278.30 feet to a point; thence proceed north 48 degrees 52 minutes 35 seconds west, a distance of 772.80 feet to a point; thence proceed south 41 degrees 07 minutes 25 seconds west, a distance of 110.00 feet to a point; thence proceed north 48 degrees 52 minutes 35 seconds west, a distance of 500.00 feet to a point; thence proceed south 41 degrees 07 minutes 25 seconds west, a distance of 922.69 feet to a point; thence proceed south 28 degrees 30 minutes 35 seconds east, a distance of 5,581.06 feet to a point; thence proceed south 60 degrees 18 minutes 37 seconds west, a distance of 739.54 feet to a point; thence proceed south 28 degrees 29 minutes 17 seconds east, a distance of 5,227.11 feet to a point; thence proceed north 61 degrees 30 minutes 43 seconds east, a distance of 67.11 feet to a point; thence proceed south 28 degrees 29 minutes 17 seconds east, a distance of 120.00 feet to a point; thence proceed south 61 degrees 30 minutes 43 seconds west, a distance of 72.41 feet to a point; thence proceed south 28 degrees 29 minutes 17 seconds east, a distance of 3,004.18 feet to a point; thence proceed north 52 degrees 37 minutes 00 seconds east, a distance of 758.86 feet to a point; thence proceed north 52 degrees 14 minutes 28 seconds east, a distance of 2,097.80 feet to a point; thence proceed north 32 degrees 37 minutes 32 seconds west, a distance of 1,255.22 feet to a point; thence proceed south 57 degrees 22 minutes 25 seconds west, a distance of 981.51 feet to a point; thence proceed north 28 degrees 28 minutes 35 seconds west, a distance of 482.20 feet to a point, the point of beginning.

(Code 1969, § 1-10; Code 1997, § 1-13; Ord. No. 643-11, 5-9-2011)

State law reference

Ordinance defining territory excluded or included and description of boundary as changed required to be filed with clerk of district court, R.S. 33:178.

Editor's note

An annexation was done under authority of R.S. 33:171—33:179.