The citizens of the State of New York, from
time to time inhabitants of the territory in the County of Albany,
included in the boundaries set forth in section three hereof, and
known as the City of Watervliet, are continued as a municipal corporation
in perpetuity under the name of "The City Of Watervliet".
The territory comprising the said city shall
be bounded as follows: The city boundaries shall be those of the present
City of Watervliet, in the County of Albany and State of New York
as follows:
Commencing at a point in the Hudson River in
the center line of the four hundred foot channel as constructed by
the United States government, at the intersection of the most southerly
line of the former Village of West Troy produced; thence along said
southerly line of said village produced, north fifty-nine degrees,
thirty minutes west, about twelve hundred and thirty-two feet to the
southeast corner of said village twenty-two hundred and ninety-two
feet to the intersection of the present inner angle of the Erie Canal;
thence along said inner angle of the Erie Canal south forty-two degrees
fifteen minutes west, one hundred and sixteen feet to the point of
intersection with the southerly line of the John C. Schuyler farm
produced; thence along said southerly line of said Schuyler farm north
fifty-two degrees fifty minutes west, eight hundred and seventy and
five-tenths feet to a stake at the intersection of the center line
of Quedar Street produced; thence along said center line of Quedar
Street north twenty-nine degrees fifty-five minutes east, thirty-five
hundred and fifteen feet, to a point on the southerly line of the
United States Arsenal wall; thence along the said United States Arsenal
wall north forty-two degrees forty-five minutes west, nine hundred
and sixty-one feet to angle in wall; thence along said United States
Arsenal wall north thirty-seven degrees forty-five minutes west, three
hundred and seventy-four feet, to a point fifty-six feet westerly
of the southwest corner of said wall; thence along the westerly bounds
of the former Village of West Troy, north forty-three degrees thirty-five
minutes east, two hundred and forty-three feet to a field stone monument;
thence north forty-one degrees thirty-five minutes east, four hundred
and ninety-seven feet to a sandstone monument; thence north forty
degrees ten minutes east, five hundred and forty-three feet to a sandstone
monument; thence north thirty-four degrees fifty-five minutes east,
sixty and seven-tenths feet to a sandstone monument; thence north
thirty-two degrees forty-five minutes east, five hundred and seventy-five
feet to an angle; thence north twenty-seven degrees twenty minutes
east, two hundred and seventy-eight and five-tenths feet to an angle;
thence north forty-three degrees east, ninety-eight feet to an angle;
thence north forty degrees east three hundred and eighty feet to an
angle; thence north thirty-five degrees forty minutes east, fifty-five
feet to a corner post; thence north sixty-seven degrees forty-five
minutes west, three hundred and two feet to a corner post; thence
north sixteen degrees east, one hundred and forty-seven and five-tenths
feet to a corner post; thence north sixty-eight degrees fifty minutes
west, ten hundred and ninety-two and five-tenths feet to a post at
an angle; thence north fifty-eight degrees ten minutes west, thirteen
hundred and fifteen feet to a corner post; thence north ten degrees
forty-five minutes east, one hundred and one feet to an angle; thence
north fourteen degrees east, seventeen hundred and eighty-four feet
to an angle; thence north three degrees forty-five minutes east, two
hundred and fifty-nine feet to the original northwest corner of the
former Village of West Troy, eight hundred and three feet to a corner
post; thence south seventy-one degrees thirty minutes east, two hundred
and thirty-eight feet to a post at an angle; thence south sixty-one
degrees five minutes east, eight hundred and seventy-two feet to a
point about fifty feet southerly of the center line of Dry River Brook;
thence along a line parallel to and distant fifty feet measured at
right angles to the center line of said Dry River Brook south three
degrees fifteen minutes west, forty-eight feet to an angle; thence
along a line parallel to and distant fifty feet from the center line
of said brook south twenty degrees thirty minutes east, two hundred
and forty-four feet to an angle; thence south sixty-two degrees fifty
minutes east, one hundred and thirty-eight feet to a stone monument
at the northeast corner of lands now or formerly owned by Doctor Walter
Mott; thence south forty degrees east, one hundred and fifty-eight
feet to a stone monument; thence south seventy-two degrees ten minutes
east, two hundred and thirty-three feet to a point at the intersection
of a line drawn parallel to and twenty-five feet distant from the
easterly line of what is known as Lansing's Lane; thence along said
line in said lane north twenty-four degrees five minutes east, seven
hundred and twenty-eight feet to an angle at the intersection of the
rear line of the lots fronting on Twenty-fifth Street; thence along
said line of said lane north twenty-two degrees ten minutes east,
six hundred and forty-five feet to a point opposite a marked post
in the lane fence; thence south sixty-six degrees fifty minutes east
ten hundred and fourteen feet to a stone monument on the west side
of the Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad, twelve hundred and ten feet
to a marked post at an angle; thence south sixty-six degrees forty-five
minutes east, ten hundred and sixty-two feet to an angle; thence south
sixty-two degrees forty-five minutes east, four hundred and sixty-six
feet to a stone monument on the west line of Third Avenue; thence
south forty-nine degrees thirty minutes east, two hundred and fifty-six
feet to an angle; thence south seventy-five degrees thirty minutes
east, seventy-eight feet to a stone monument on the west side of Second
Avenue five hundred and sixty-four feet to the center line of the
Mohawk Basin; thence along said center line of said basin south five
degrees east, three hundred and fifty feet to an angle; thence south
seven degrees thirty minutes east, five hundred and twenty-four feet
to an angle; thence south three degrees thirty minutes east, three
hundred and fifteen feet to an angle; thence south sixty-eight degrees
east, about six hundred and thirty-nine feet to the center line of
the four hundred foot channel in the Hudson River as heretofore constructed;
thence down said center line of said four hundred foot channel about
ten thousand, two hundred feet to the place of beginning.
The City shall be divided into four (4) Wards,
which shall be numbered and bounded as follows:
FIRST WARD: All that part of said City lying
Southerly of the United States Arsenal grounds beginning at a point
of the South Arsenal Wall; running thence Westerly, Southerly and
Easterly of the City boundary lines to the point of beginning.
SECOND WARD: All that part of said City lying
between the center line of the southerly line of the United States
Arsenal grounds and the center line of Twenty-Fourth Street, and bounded
on the east side by the easterly boundary of the City and on the west
as follows: beginning at a point in the northerly wall of said United
States Arsenal grounds and the center line of Fourth Avenue, as produced,
and running thence along said center line of Fourth Avenue in a northerly
direction to the center line of Fifteenth Street; thence westerly
along said center line of said Fifteenth Street to a point in the
center line of Fifth Avenue; thence northerly along the center line
of Fifth Avenue to the center line of Eighteenth Street; thence easterly
along the center line of Eighteenth Street to a point in the center
line of Fourth Avenue; thence northerly along said center line of
Fourth Avenue to a point in the center line of Nineteenth Street;
thence easterly along said center line of Nineteenth Street to a point
in the center line of Third Avenue; thence northerly along said center
line of Third Avenue to a point in the center line of Twenty-Fourth
Street; thence easterly along said center line of Twenty-Fourth Street
to a point of the easterly city boundary line; thence southerly along
said easterly City boundary line to the center line of the South Arsenal
Wall; thence easterly along said South Arsenal Wall to a point of
the easterly City boundary line and the center point of Tenth Avenue;
thence westerly along said center line of Tenth Avenue to the point
of beginning.
THIRD WARD: All that part of said City bounded
as follows: Beginning at a point of the center line of Third Avenue
and the center line of Nineteenth Street; thence running Westerly
along the center line of Nineteenth Street and the center line of
Grotto Court; thence running Northerly along the center line of Grotto
Court to the Northerly boundary line of the City; thence Easterly
along the Northerly boundary line of the City to the Westerly boundary
line of the City; thence Northerly along the Westerly boundary line
of the City to the intersection of the Westerly boundary line of the
City and the Northerly boundary line of the City; thence Easterly
along the Northerly Boundary line of the City to the Northeasterly
boundary line of the City to the Hudson River produced; thence Southerly
along the Easterly boundary line of the City to the center line of
Twenty-Fourth Street; thence Westerly along the center line of Twenty-Fourth
Street to the intersection of the center line of Twenty-Fourth Street
and the intersection of the center line of Third Avenue; thence Southerly
along the center line of Third Avenue to the point of beginning.
FOURTH WARD: All that part of said City bounded
as follows: Beginning at the point in the center line of Fourth Avenue,
as produced to the Northerly line of the United States Arsenal Wall;
thence running in a Westerly direction along said Northerly Arsenal
Wall and continuing along said line until it intersects with the Westerly
boundary line of the City; thence running Northerly along the Westerly
boundary line of the City to a point where it intersects with the
Southerly boundary line of the City; thence Westerly along the Southerly
boundary line of the City to the intersection of the Easterly boundary
line of the City, thence Northerly along the Easterly boundary line
of the City to the intersection of the Northerly boundary line of
the City; thence Easterly along the Northerly boundary line of the
City to a point where it intersects with the center line of Grotto
Court; thence Southerly along the center line of Grotto Court to the
intersection of the center line Grotto Court and the center line of
Nineteenth Street; thence Easterly along the center line of Nineteenth
Street to the intersection of the center line of Nineteenth Street
and the center line of Fourth Avenue; thence Southerly along the center
line of Fourth Avenue to the center line of Fourth Avenue and the
center line of Eighteenth Street; thence running Westerly along the
center line of Eighteenth Street to the center line of Eighteenth
Street and the center line of Fifth Avenue; thence Southerly along
the center line of Fifth Avenue to the center line of Fifth Avenue
and the center line of Fifteenth Street; thence Easterly along the
center line of Fifteenth Street to the intersection of the center
line of Fifteenth Street and the center line of Fourth Avenue; thence
running Southerly along the center line of Fourth Avenue to the point
of beginning.
(L.L. No. 1-1992, § I, 7-16-1992;
L.L. No. 1-2003, § I, 5-15-2003)
For the purpose of insuring a connection between
the shore of said city and the navigable waters of the Hudson River,
and enabling the authorities of the city to extend the streets thereof
terminating at the river into the waters aforesaid, all the estate,
title and interest of the people of the State of New York in and to
all land under the waters of such river in front of said streets,
from the line of the high water mark as it formerly existed and extending
therefrom easterly four hundred feet from such high water mark, and
of the same width as said streets respectively, as the same may be
measured, from north to south, is granted to and vested in the City
of Watervliet for the uses and purposes of public streets and highways
forever.
