City of Ogdensburg, NY Incorporation; Boundaries; City Powers

The territorial limits of the City of Ogdensburg shall continue and shall include the lands described as follows:

All that land situate in the County of Saint Lawrence and State of New York bounded and, now or formerly, described as follows: Beginning at a point in the center of the river Saint Lawrence, at the northerly corner of the Town of Oswegatchie, and running thence along the easterly line of said town, southerly to the division line between Section Nos. 1 and 2 of the Von Solingen Tract, thence southwesterly along said division line, and the northerly line of Section 2, and Nos. 5, 6 and 7 of the same tract to the center of the Oswegatchie River; thence to and along the southerly line of the Mansion house property, and the continuation thereof, to the land of the late Henry Van Rensselaer, thence northerly, along the easterly line of said Van Rensselaer lands, and the southerly and westerly bounds of the shipyard lands, to the center of river Saint Lawrence, and thence along said center to the place of beginning.

Also all that land situate in the County of Saint Lawrence and State of New York bounded and, now or formerly, described as follows:

(1)

All that tract or parcel of land, situate in the Town of Oswegatchie, County of Saint Lawrence and State of New York, and known as "Lot No. 7" and part of the westerly portion of Lot No. 8 in Section 2 of the Van Solingen Tract, and being adjoining premises now owned by Florence A. Hickey, and Napoleon M. McDerment and Hazel P. McDerment, his wife, and Ernest J. Whitcombe, and described as follows: Beginning at a point located on the division line between the southerly limits of the City of Ogdensburg and the northerly limits of the Town of Oswegatchie, being the northeasterly corner of subdivision Lot No. 3 of said Lot No. 8 in said Section 2 of the Van Solingen Tract, and continuing thence in a southerly direction along the easterly line of Lot No. 3 to a point on the northerly bounds of Lot No. 9 in said section, and being the southeasterly corner of Lot No. 3; continuing thence in a westerly direction along the division line between Lot No. 8 and Lot No. 9 to the easterly line of Lot No. 7; continuing thence in a southerly direction along the easterly line of Lot No. 7 and the westerly line of Lot No. 9 to the southeasterly corner of Lot No. 7; continuing thence in a westerly direction along the southerly line of Lot No. 7 to the easterly line of Lot No. 5 being also the southwesterly corner of Lot No. 7; continuing thence in a northerly direction along the westerly line of Lot No. 7, being the easterly line of Lot Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 to the division line between the City of Ogdensburg and the Town of Oswegatchie; continuing thence in an easterly direction along the said division line to the northeasterly corner of subdivision Lot No. 3 in Lot No. 8, the place of beginning.

(2)

Also all that parcel of land situate in such town, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point on the northerly bounds of the Morristown Road where the same is intersected by the westerly bounds of the City of Ogdensburg; continuing thence in a westerly direction along the northerly bounds of the Morristown Road to the easterly bounds of the Gulf Oil Bulk Plant Properties; continuing thence in a northerly direction along the east bounds of the Gulf Oil Bulk Plant Properties and the west bounds of the Ogdensburg Water Department Saint Lawrence Pumping Station to a point in the center of the Saint Lawrence River; continuing thence in an easterly direction along the center of said river to a point intersected by the westerly bounds of the City of Ogdensburg; continuing thence in a southeasterly direction along the westerly bounds of the City to the northerly bounds of the Morristown Road being the place of beginning.

Also all that land annexed by Local Law No. 4 of 1979 situate in the County of Saint Lawrence and State of New York bounded and, now or formerly, described as follows: Beginning at a point in the center line of Tibbets Creek, (so called) said point also being located at the intersection of the southerly corporation bounds of the City of Ogdensburg with the easterly bounds of Parcel No. 3 owned by the Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority; thence southerly, along said Tibbets Creek center line, and along the easterly bounds of said Parcel No. 3, a distance of 1,350 feet, more or less, to a point; thence south 35 degrees, 56 feet, 40 inches east a distance of 52 feet, more or less, to a concrete monument located on the easterly bank of said creek; thence south 35 degrees, 56 feet, 40 inches east, continuing along the same course, and along said Parcel No. 3 easterly bounds, a distance of 1,775 feet, more or less, to a point located on the northerly bounds of a right-of-way occupying the McIntyre-Browning No. 13 Transmission Line as shown on a Map No. C-30267-C, dated 1978 and prepared by Niagara Mohawk Corporation; thence westerly, along said Niagara Mohawk Transmission Line right-of-way northerly bounds, a distance of 3,650 feet, more or less, to a point located a perpendicular distance of 50 feet from the center line of the spur track of the former Rutland Railroad, said point also being located in the southerly bounds of a parcel of land, now or formerly owned by the Mental Hygiene Facilities Corporation; thence southerly and westerly, along the northerly bounds of said railroad, a distance of 2,350 feet, more or less, to a point located in the easterly corporation bounds of the City of Ogdensburg, thence northwesterly, along said corporation easterly bounds and along the westerly bounds of a parcel of land now or formerly owned by the People of the State of New York, a distance of 850 feet, more or less; thence northeasterly, along the southerly corporation bounds of said City of Ogdensburg, and along the northerly bounds of the Mental Hygiene Facilities Corporation, a distance of 3,000 feet, more or less, to a point located westerly a perpendicular distance of 50 feet from the center track of a spur of said railroad; thence continuing along the same course and along the southerly corporation bounds of the City of Ogdensburg, a distance of 3,060 feet, more or less, to the point and place of beginning.

Also all that land annexed by Local Law No. 5 of 1970 situate in the County of Saint Lawrence and State of New York bounded and, now or formerly, described as follows: All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land situate in the Town of Oswegatchie, Saint Lawrence County, New York, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point in the southerly City line of the City of Ogdensburg, as shown on the Official Map of the City of Ogdensburg adopted in 1923, 10 feet easterly of the intersection of the east bounds of Park Street and said southerly City line running thence south 30 degree each and 10 feet distant from the east bounds of Park Street extended to the northeast bounds of State Highway 37 running thence 42 degrees 2 feet west along said highway bounds 84 feet more or less to a point in said northeast bounds of said highway south 30 degrees west 65.08 feet from said southerly City line; running thence north 30 degrees west parallel with the west bounds of Park Street extended to a point 56 degrees 35 feet east along said southerly City line 80 feet to a point or place of beginning. (A map of corporate boundaries is included at the end of the Charter.[1])

[Amended 9-10-2007 by L.L. No. 3-2007]

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Editor's Note: The map of corporate boundaries is on file and available for inspection in the office of the City Manager.