All that part of the Town of Plattsburgh, in the County of Clinton,
within the following boundaries, is hereby constituted a city, which
shall be known and designated as the "City of Plattsburgh," to wit:
Beginning in the shore of Lake Champlain, at low-water mark in Cumberland
Bay, at the southwest corner of the lands conveyed by the City of
Plattsburgh to the people of the State of New York by deed dated May
12, 1932, and recorded in the Clinton County Clerk's office May
14, 1932, in Volume 168 of deeds, at page 284; running thence northerly
on the west line of the lands so conveyed by the City to the people
of the State of New York aforesaid, to the northwest corner of the
lands so conveyed by the City of Plattsburgh to the people of the
State of New York; running thence easterly, on the north line of the
land so conveyed by the City of Plattsburgh to the people of the State
of New York, to the west lines of lands conveyed by Alice G. Hagar
and husband to Ellen Vincent by deed dated July 9, 1912, and recorded
in the Clinton County Clerk's office January 15, 1932, in Volume
167 of deeds, at page 222; running thence northerly in the west line
of the lands so conveyed by Hagar to Vincent, to the south bounds
of the highway leading from the state road to Cumberland Head; thence
westerly in the south bounds of said highway to the east bounds of
the state road; thence southerly in the east bounds of the state road
to a point in the southeasterly side of the Plattsburgh-Chazy highway
33 feet from the center line of said highway hereinafter described
as beginning in the center of Plattsburgh-Chazy highway at a point
1,061.92 feet from the northeasterly end of the concrete bridge over
Dead Creek, measured in the center line hereinafter described, and
running on a two-degree curve to the left 313.67 feet; thence tangent
to the above curve in a southeasterly direction 453 feet; thence on
a five-degree curve to the right 280 feet to a point 12.25 feet northeasterly
from the center of the northeasterly end of said concrete bridge;
said City limits or line parallel the above described center line
and 33 feet distant therefrom to a point 60 feet northeasterly from
the northeasterly end of said bridge; thence across said proposed
highway 66 feet; thence northeasterly in a line parallel to the above
center line and 33 feet distant therefrom to the north line of Lot
No. 1 of the one hundred acre lots in said patent extended easterly;
thence westerly in the said north line of said Lot No. 1 extended,
to the northeast corner of said Lot No. 1; thence southerly in the
east bounds of said Lot Not. 1 to the northeast corner of the Boynton
farm; thence westerly in the north bounds of the Boynton farm and
the said north bounds extended westerly to the so-called Beekmantown
road; thence south in the east bounds of said road to the south bounds
of Boynton Avenue; thence westerly in the south bounds of Boynton
Avenue to the north west corner of Lot No. 10; thence southerly in
the west bounds of Lot No. 10 to the south bounds of the so-called
Plank road; thence westerly in the south bounds of the said Plank
road to the northwest corner of Lot No. 16; thence southerly in the
west bounds of Lot No. 16 Rugar Street; thence westerly in the north
bounds of Rugar Street to the northeast corner of Lot No. 28; thence
southerly in the east bounds of Lot No. 28 and the same line extended
to the south bounds of the Saranac River; thence easterly in the south
bank of said river, as it winds and turns, to the east bounds of Lot
No. 66; thence continuing easterly in the south bank of said river,
as it winds and turns, to a point, said point being on a northerly
bounds of lands of the former Plattsburgh Air Force Base, said point
being a Concrete Monument number 206 as shown on the "Air Mobility
Command, Comprehensive Plan, Real Estate Map, Plattsburgh Air Force
Base, New York" dated June 1, 1979, latest revision December 30, 1993,
hereinafter Real Estate Map; thence, in a southerly direction a distance
of 800 feet, more or less to a point, said point being 50 feet east
of the north east corner of the concrete ramp of PAFB and on the line
of the extension of the north edge of the concrete ramp extended to
the east; thence, in a southerly direction in a line parallel to but
50 feet east of the east edge of the concrete ramp, to a point, said
point being on the west bounds of the highway crossing Lot No. 94
(South Peru Street extended south westerly); thence northerly in the
west bounds of said highway to the south bounds of the right-of-way
to the Chateaugay Railroad; thence easterly along the south bounds
of said right-of-way, as it winds and turns, to the intersection of
the northwesterly bounds of New York Road, as it exists in 1999, said
northerly bounds being identified as being fifty (50) feet from the
center line of said New York Road, as measured on the perpendicular
therefrom; thence proceeding in a generally southerly direction along
the northwesterly and westerly bounds of New York Road to the intersection
of the southerly bounds of Kansas Avenue, as it exists in 1999, said
southerly bounds being identified as being (50) feet from the center
line of said Kansas Avenue, as measured on the perpendicular therefrom;
thence proceeding in an easterly direction along the southerly bounds
of said Kansas Avenue to a point, said point being northwesterly two
hundred thirty-three (233) feet, more or less, from the center line
of the northerly end of Iowa Circle, as it exists in 1999; thence
proceeding in a southwesterly, southerly, southeasterly, and northeasterly
direction along a line parallel to but two hundred thirty-three (233)
feet, more or less, northwesterly, westerly, southwesterly and easterly
from the center line of said Iowa Circle, as measured on the perpendicular
therefrom, to a point on the southwesterly bounds of Kansas Avenue,
as previously described, said point being south of the southerly end
of Iowa Circle; thence proceeding in a southeasterly direction along
the southwesterly bounds of Kansas Avenue to the intersection of said
bounds with the northerly bounds of Connecticut Road, said northerly
bounds being identified as being fifty (50) feet, more or less, from
the center line of said Connecticut Avenue as measured on the perpendicular
therefrom; thence in an easterly direction along the northerly bounds
of Connecticut Avenue to a point, said point being the intersection
of said northerly bounds and a southerly extension of the line between
Concrete Monuments 56 and 55 as shown on the aforesaid Real Estate
Map; thence in a northerly direction along said southerly extension
of the line between Concrete Monuments 56 and 55 to Concrete Monument
56 which is a point on an easterly bounds of lands of the former Plattsburgh
Air Force Base, as shown on said Real Estate Map; thence along said
easterly bounds the following lines, courses and distances:
Line
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True Bearing
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Distance
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56-55
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N10°40'18"W
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288 28'
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55-54
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N82°39'42"E
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50.09'
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54-53
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N10°40'18"W
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746.95'
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53-52
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Curve Right
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485.10'
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all as shown on said Real Estate Map but running in the reverse order thereto, said Concrete Monument 52 being a point on or near the north line of Lot No. 60, Plattsburgh old patent; thence continuing to the north line of said Lot No. 60; thence east along said north line of Lot No. 60 to the west shore of Lake Champlain at low-water mark; thence northerly on the westerly shore of Lake Champlain, at low-water mark as it winds and turns, to the place of beginning. (As amended by L. 1903, c. 449; L. 1930, c. 371; L. 1933, c. 131; L. 1936, c. 236; L. 2000-2; L.L. No. 3 of 2016 in accordance with Charter Section C1-6))
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