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§ 2 -   Applicability of the general law

§ 3-2. Wards described

The City of Burlington is hereby divided into seven wards constituted as follows:

Ward One

Ward one shall include all that part of said city lying easterly and northerly of the following described line:

Beginning at the centerline of the Winooski River under the Central Vermont Railway bridge below the Winooski Lower Falls; thence westerly in the centerline of said railroad to a point where the centerline of Hyde Street extended northerly intersects the same; thence southerly along the centerline of Hyde Street so extended and the centerline of Hyde Street to the intersection of the centerline of North Willard Street; thence southerly along the centerline of North Willard Street to the centerline of Pearl Street; thence easterly along the centerline of Pearl Street to the intersection of Pearl Street and South Williams Street; thence southerly along the centerline of South Williams Street to the intersection of South Williams and College Streets; thence westerly along the centerline of College Street to the intersection of College Street and So. Willard Street; thence southerly along the centerline of So. Willard Street to the intersection of So. Willard Street to the intersection of So. Willard and Main Streets; thence easterly in the south line of Main Street to a point in the south line of Main Street said point being one hundred and sixteen (116) feet east of the intersection of the south line of Main Street and the east line of South Prospect Street; thence south twenty-five (25) degrees, thirty (30) minutes east a distance of eight hundred and sixty-five (865) feet to a point in the east boundary of the Burlington Water Works reservoir property located south of Main Street, said point being six hundred and sixty (660) feet southerly of the south line of Main Street; thence south sixty-one (61) degrees, thirty (30) minutes east a distance of three hundred and sixty-three (363) feet to monument number fourteen (14) of the University of Vermont property markers also known as the southeast corner of the University Terrace subdivision; thence from the above-named point south nineteen (19) degrees, zero (0) minutes east a distance of one thousand, six hundred and thirty (1,630) feet to the northwest corner of the Gutterson Field House; thence along the north line of the Gutterson Field House, north eighty-three (83) degrees, fifteen (15) minutes east extended easterly to the common line between Burlington and South Burlington, a distance of six hundred and sixty (660) feet; thence north seven (7) degrees, forty-six (46) minutes west a distance of one thousand, six hundred and ten (1,610) feet along the common boundary between Burlington and South Burlington to the south line of Main Street; thence easterly along the south line of Main Street to the east line of the city.

Ward Two

Ward two shall include all that part of the city bounded as follows:

On the east by ward one and the Winooski River; on the south by the centerline of Main Street; on [the] west by a line running from the centerline of Main Street northerly along the centerline of South and North Union Streets to the centerline of Grant Street, thence westerly along the centerline of Grant Street to the centerline of North Winooski Avenue, thence northerly along the centerline of North Winooski Avenue to the centerline of North Street, thence westerly along the centerline of North Street to the centerline of Elmwood Avenue, thence northerly along the centerline of Elmwood Avenue to the centerline of Spring Street, thence northwesterly along the centerline of Spring Street and said centerline extended, to a point where the same intersects the centerline of Institute Road extended easterly; and on the north by the centerline of Institute Road extended easterly.

Ward Three

Ward three shall include all that part of the city bounded easterly by wards two and six, southerly by the centerline of King Street between South Union and St. Paul Streets and, westerly thereof by the centerline of Main Street and said centerline extended westerly to the west line of the city, westerly by the west line of the city north to the intersection with the extension of the back property lines of property fronting on Haswell Street, the centerline of Depot Street to its intersection with North Avenue and by the centerline of North Avenue northerly thereof, and northerly by the northern boundary of the Central Vermont Railroad right-of-way.

Ward Four

Ward four shall include all that part of the city laying northerly of the centerline of Institute Road and westerly of the centerline of North Avenue to the intersection of the centerline of Fairfield Drive thence continuing westerly along the centerline of Fairfield Drive to the intersection of the property line between those properties fronting on Westward Drive and the eastern boundary of the Village at Northshore, thence continuing northerly along the Village of Northshore Boundary, then westerly along the northerly boundary of the Village at Northshore to a point where said boundary extended intersects Lake Champlain.

Ward Five

Ward five shall include all that part of the city lying southerly of the centerline of Main Street and said centerline extended westerly to the west line of the city and westerly of a line running from the centerline of Main Street southerly along the centerline of St. Paul Street to the centerline of Adams Street, thence easterly along the centerline of Adams Street to the centerline of South Winooski Avenue, thence southerly along the centerline of South Winooski Avenue to the centerline of St. Paul Street, thence southerly along the centerline of St. Paul Street and Shelburne Street to the south line of the city.

Ward Six

Ward six shall include all that part of the city lying southerly of the centerline of King Street between St. Paul and South Union Streets, but otherwise southerly of the centerline of Main Street and the south line of ward one, and easterly of the east boundary of ward five.

Ward Seven

Ward seven shall include all that part of the city lying easterly of ward four, westerly of the Winooski River and northerly of the boundaries of wards two and three respectively.

Reference is also made to a map entitled "Proposed Ward Boundaries, Burlington, Vermont, Department of Zoning and Planning, GIS, Burlington, Vermont, Prepared September 11, 1992 and amended October 5, 1992" located in the Burlington chief administrative officer's Office in further aid of the above description.

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