The municipal corporation of the State of Delaware now known as the "The Town of Elsmere" and the inhabitants thereof within the corporate limits as defined in Article I, Section 102 of this Charter or subsequently altered by annexation procedures shall, under the name of "The Town of Elsmere," continue to be a municipal body politic in perpetuity.
The boundaries of the Town of Elsmere shall continue as heretofore
existing under the Charter of "The Town of Elsmere" immediately prior
to the enactment of this Charter.
The Council of the Town of Elsmere may at any time hereafter
cause a survey and plot to be made of said Town and said plot, when
made and approved by the Council, shall be recorded in the Office
of the Recorder of Deeds in and for New Castle County, State of Delaware,
and the same or the record thereof, or a duly certified copy of the
said record shall be in evidence in all courts of law and equity in
this State.
If and when a majority of the property owners in territory contiguous
to the Town of Elsmere shall sign a petition seeking to have the areas
in which said property owners reside annexed to the Town of Elsmere
and submit the petition together with a survey of the areas proposed
for annexation to the Council of the Town of Elsmere, said Council
shall submit the question of annexation to the voters of the Town
of Elsmere. If a majority of said voters, at a special election held
for that purpose, shall vote in favor of the proposed annexation,
then said area as shown on said survey, shall become and be a part
of the Town of Elsmere. The annexed area shall become and be a part
of the district to which said area is contiguous. If the annexed area
is contiguous to more than one district, the annexed area shall become
part of the district with which it has the longest common boundary.
The Town of Elsmere shall be divided into six districts as follows:
(1)
BEGINNING at a point of Intersection of the center line of New Road
with the center line of Dupont Road; thence easterly along the center
line of DuPont Road to its intersection with Little Mill Creek and
the southerly boundary line of the Town of Elsmere; thence along the
southerly, easterly and northerly boundary lines of the Town of Elsmere
to its intersection with the center line of Gray Avenue to its intersection
with the center line of Pardee` Avenue; thence northwesterly along
the center line of Pardee Avenue to its intersection with the center
line of Cleveland Avenue; thence southwesterly along the center line
of Cleveland Avenue to its intersection with the center line of DuPont
Road; thence southwesterly along the center line of DuPont Road to
its intersection with New Road and the point and place of BEGINNING.
(2)
BEGINNING at the point of intersection of the center line of New
Road with the center line of DuPont Road; thence southeasterly along
the center line of DuPont Road to its intersection with Little Mill
Creek; thence southwesterly along Little Mill Creek and the southerly
boundary line of the Town of Elsmere to its intersection with the
extension of the center line of Belmont Avenue; thence northerly along
the center line of Belmont Avenue to its Intersection with the center
line of Maple Avenue West; thence northeasterly along the center line
of Maple Avenue West to its intersection with the extension of Birch
Avenue; thence northwesterly along the center line of Birch Avenue
and its extensions to its intersection with the center of New Road;
thence northeasterly along the center line of New Road to its intersection
with the center line of DuPont Road and the point and place of BEGINNING.
(3)
BEGINNING at the point of intersection of the center line of New
Road with the extension of the center line of Birch Avenue; thence
southeasterly along the center line of Birch Avenue and its extensions
to its intersection with the center line of Maple Avenue West; thence
southwesterly along the center line of Maple Avenue West to its intersection
with the center line of Belmont Avenue; thence southerly along the
center line of Belmont and its extension to its intersection with
Little Mill Creek; thence northwesterly along Little Mill Creek; thence
southwesterly and northwesterly along Little Mill Creek; thence southwesterly
and northwesterly along Little Mill Creek and the southwesterly boundary
line of the Town of Elsmere to its intersection with the center line
of Chestnut Run (West Branch) to its intersection with the center
line of Maple Avenue to its intersection with the center line of Sycamore
Avenue, approximately 320 feet to its intersection with the center
feet the Right of Way of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; thence northeasterly
along the center line of the Right of Way of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad to its intersection with the extension of the center line
of Bungalow Avenue; thence northeasterly along the center line of
Bungalow Avenue and extension to the intersection with the center
line of Sycamore Avenue; thence northeasterly along the center line
of Sycamore Avenue to its intersection with Tamarack Avenue thence
northwesterly along the center line of Robert Kirkwood Highway; thence
northeasterly along the center line of Robert Kirkwood Highway and
the center line of New Road to its intersection with the extension
of the center line of Birch Avenue and the point and place of BEGINNING.
(4)
BEGINNING at the point of intersection of the center line of Robert
Kirkwood Highway and the center line of Tamarack Avenue extended;
thence southeasterly along the center line of Tamarack Avenue to its
intersection with the center line of Sycamore Avenue; thence southwesterly
along the center line of Sycamore Avenue to its intersection with
the center line of Bungalow Avenue; thence southeasterly along the
center line of Bungalow Avenue and its extension to its intersection
with the center line of the Right of Way of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad; thence southwesterly along the center line of the Right
of Way of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to its intersection with
Little Mill Creek; thence northwesterly along Little Mill Creek and
the southwesterly boundary line of the Town of Elsmere to its intersection
with the center line of Chestnut Run (West Branch); thence northeasterly
along the center line of Chestnut Run (West Branch) to its intersection
with the center line of Maple Avenue to its intersection with the
center line of Sycamore Avenue, approximately 320 feet to its intersection
with the center line of an alley; thence northeasterly along the said
alley to its intersection with the center line of Cypress Avenue;
thence northeasterly along the center line of Cypress Avenue; thence
northeasterly along the center line of Cypress Avenue approximately
40 feet to its intersection with the extension of the center line
of Beech Avenue and its extension to its intersection with the center
line of Robert Kirkwood Highway to its intersection with the extension
of the extension of the center line of Tamarack Avenue and the point
and place of BEGINNING.
(5)
BEGINNING at the point of intersection of the center line of Robert
Kirkwood Highway with the center line of Beech Avenue Extended; thence
southwesterly along the center line of Beech Avenue and its extension
to its intersection with the center line of Cypress Avenue; thence
southwesterly along the center line of Cypress Avenue approximately
40 feet to its intersection with the center line of an alley; thence
southwesterly along the center line of the alley to its intersection
with the center line of Sycamore Avenue; thence southwesterly along
the center line of Sycamore Avenue to its intersection with Maple
Avenue; thence northwesterly along the center line of Chestnut Run
(West Branch) and the northwesterly boundary line of the Town of Elsmere;
thence northeasterly along the northerly to boundary line of the Town
of Elsmere by its various courses to a point opposite the point of
intersection of Olga Road and Sanders Road; thence leaving said boundary
line southeasterly to the point of intersection of Olga Road and Sanders
Road; thence southerly along the center line of Sanders Road to its
intersection with the center line of Robert Kirkwood Highway; thence
southwesterly along the center line of Kirkwood Highway; to a point
of intersection with the center line of Beech Avenue Extended and
the point and place of BEGINNING.
(6)
BEGINNING at the point of intersection of the center line of New
Road and the center line of DuPont Road; thence southwesterly along
the center line of New Road to its intersection with the center line
of Sanders Road; thence northerly along the center line of Sanders
Road to its intersection with Olga Road; thence northwesterly to a
corner in the northerly boundary line of the Town of Elsmere; thence
northeasterly along the northerly boundary line of the Town of Elsmere
by its various courses and crossing the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
and DuPont Road to its intersection with the center line of Gray Avenue;
thence southwesterly along the center line of Gray Avenue to its intersection
with the center line of Pardee Avenue; thence northwesterly along
the center line of Pardee Avenue to its intersection with the center
line of Cleveland Avenue; thence southwesterly along the center line
of Cleveland Avenue to its intersection with the center line of DuPont
Road; thence southerly along the center line of DuPont Road to its
intersection with the center of New Road and the point and place of
BEGINNING.
