The municipal corporation heretofore created shall now and hereafter
be known and designated under the name of the "City of Royal Oak."
BOUNDARIES
The City of Royal Oak shall include all the territory described
as follows, to-wit: The west half of the southwest quarter of Section
Fifteen (W. 1/2 of the S.W. 1/4 Sec. 15); the southeast quarter of
Section Sixteen (S.E. 1/4 of Sec. 16); all that part of the west half
(W. 1/2) of Section 21 lying easterly of the center of Woodward Avenue,
formerly called the Detroit and Birmingham Plank Road; the east half
of Section Twenty-one (E. 1/2 of Sec. 21), and the west half of the
west half of Section Twenty-two (W. 1/2 of the W. 1/2 of Sec. 22),
all being in the Township of Royal Oak, County of Oakland, State of
Michigan.
The City of Royal Oak shall constitute one ward.
[Amended and adopted 11-7-1939]
Territory may be detached from said City or added thereto, or
consolidation may be made with one or more other cities or villages
by complying with the provisions of the general laws of the State
in regard to annexing territory to or detaching territory from cities
and consolidation of cities and villages; provided, however, before
any proposition for the annexation of any territory to the City is
submitted to the electors thereof the territory to be annexed shall
have been provided with proper and adequate sewage and drainage facilities,
the streets of said territory shall have been properly graded and
improved and sufficient and adequate water pipes shall have been constructed
in said territory, said pipes to be in conformity with the specifications
and standards of the Detroit Water Board. It shall be the duty of
the City Commission to determine whether said improvements have been
installed and are suitable and adequate to take care of the needs
of said territory, prior to submitting such annexation to the electorate.