ARTICLE II
CORPORATE LIMITS

Section 201 Records of Corporate Boundaries

The corporate limits or boundaries of the City of Takoma Park shall be filed at all times with the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, the Director of the Department of Legislative Services and in the office of the City Manager.

Section 202 Description of Corporate Boundaries

Being an area of land delineated and designated for the corporate limits/boundaries for the City of Takoma Park, situated among the 13th (Wheaton) Election District, Montgomery County, State of Maryland. The Corporate City limits being more particularly described as follows:

Beginning at the intersection of the third (3rd) line of the District of Columbia and the west line of the right of way of the Washington Metro Area Transit Authority, thence with said west right of way line, running along with but not adjacent to Takoma Avenue and Fenton Street to the point, thence crossing said Washington Metro Area Transit Authority and Fenton Street to the northern intersection of Fenton Street, Chicago Avenue, said point being on the northwestern right of way line of Chicago Avenue, thence with the northwestern right of way of Chicago Avenue to a point with the extension of the southwesterly right of way line of Boundary Avenue in a northwesterly direction, thence from said point, crossing over Chicago Avenue along the southwesterly right of way line of Boundary Avenue and northeastern property line of block number sixty-seven (67) of the Takoma Park Loan and Trust Company’s Subdivision of Takoma Park to the northeast corner of Lot number one hundred and one (101), Block number sixty-seven (67), said point also being on the northwesterly line of Lot number one hundred (100) in the aforesaid block, thence with southeast right of way line of Boundary Avenue to a point at the northern most point of Lot one hundred (100) thence continuing along the northeastern property line of Lot number one hundred (100) to the northeast corner of said lot, thence along the southeastern property line to a point on said line, said point also being the western corner of Lot number ninety-three (93) in the aforesaid block, thence along the southern property line of said lot to a point on the northwestern right of way line with Takoma Avenue; thence across Takoma Avenue to the northwest corner of Lot number fifteen (15) in Block number seventy-one (71) of the aforesaid Takoma Park Loan and Trust Company’s Subdivision of Takoma Park, said point also being the western corner of Lot number one (1), Block “D” in the subdivision entitled “Saratoga” thence with the northeasterly boundary line of said Block number seventy-one (71) crossing over Alfred Drive to the southeasterly right of way line of Alfred Avenue, thence along said right of way line to the southwestern right of way line of Ray Drive, thence along said right of way to the northwest right of way line of Piney Branch Road (formerly known as Blair Road), said point also being the easterly corner of Lot number eleven (11) in the subdivision entitled “Saratoga Estates”; thence continuing on the same line in a southeast direction crossing Piney Branch Road to the southeastern right of way line of said road: thence along said right of way line of Piney Branch Road to the intersection with the easterly side of Mississippi Avenue; thence along the easterly and northerly line of Mississippi Avenue to its intersection with and northwesterly line of Hilltop Road, thence continuing in the same southeasterly direction crossing Hilltop Road to its intersection with the west bank of Sligo Creek; thence along the west bank of Sligo Creek to the southeasterly right of way line of Piney Branch Road; thence along the southeasterly line of Piney Branch Road to its intersection with the easterly right of way line of Flower Avenue; thence along the easterly right of way line of Flower Avenue to a point at the southwest corner of Parcel 138 on Tax Map JN 52, said point also lies southeast of Division Street, thence leaving said right of way line and along the southerly line of Parcel 138, crossing Greenwood Avenue continuing along the southerly lines of N-136 and N-110 on the aforementioned Tax Map to the southwesterly right of way line of Garland Avenue, thence continuing in the same northeasterly direction across Garland Avenue and southerly line of Lot number five (5) in the subdivision entitled Flower Avenue Park to the southwestern property line of Lot number fourteen (14) in the subdivision of Pulvers Subdivision, thence along said property line of Lot number fourteen (14), Lot number thirteen (13) and southwesterly line of Parcel 158 of the aforementioned Tax Map to the northwesterly line of Carroll Avenue, thence across Carroll Avenue to the southeasterly right of way, thence along the aforesaid right of way in a northeasterly direction to the southern intersection of University Boulevard, East Route #193 (formerly known as Bladensburg Road) and Carroll Avenue, said southern right of way lines of said intersection also common northern property lines of part of Lot number nineteen (19), Block number nineteen (19) in the subdivision entitled “New Hampshire Gardens”, thence along the southwesterly right of way line of University Boulevard, East Route #193, passing in transit and along with the Prince George’s County and Montgomery County Boundary to the southwest corner of the intersection with New Hampshire Avenue, thence continuing across said New Hampshire Avenue and southwesterly right of way of University Boulevard, East Route #193 to a point on the northeast corner of Parcel “A” in a subdivision entitled “Langley Acres”, thence along the eastern property line of said Parcel “A” and Parcel “A-1” in the subdivision of “Hanley” to the northern right of way line of Holton Lane, thence across said right of way and along the easterly line of Lot number five (5) in the subdivision entitled “Addition to Langley Park” to the southeastern corner of said Lot number five (5), thence along the common property line between the Board of Education and Parcel “B” in the subdivision entitled “Cohen Brothers Property” to the northern point of Lot number eleven (11), Block “T” in the subdivision of “Carole Highlands”, thence along the western line of said subdivision of Blocks “T”, “P” and “O” crossing in transit Hannon Street and Erskine Street to a point on the northern right of way line of Elson Street, said point also being the common property corner between Lot number one (1), Block “O” in the aforementioned subdivision and Lot number ten (10), Block number five (5) in the subdivision entitled “Hillwood Manor”, thence continuing across said Elson Street in a southern direction to the southern right of way line of said right of way, said point also being the common property corner with Lot number thirteen (13), Block “L” in a subdivision entitled “Carole Highlands” and Lot number one (1), Block number eight (8) in a subdivision entitled “Hillwood Manor”, thence along the division line of said subdivisions to the southern most point of Lot “B” in said Hillwood Manor subdivision, said point also being the westerly corner of Lot “A”, thence with westerly side of Lot “A” and crossing the right of way of Sligo Parkway, to a southeastern line of Sligo Creek Park, thence continuing with said southeastern line to the northwestern line of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC), Sligo Creek Unit No. 5, Sligo Creek Park, thence along the common line between Sligo Creek Park and M-NCPPC to a point on the northeast corner of Lot number one (1), Block number forty-four (44), thence with the southeastern line of said lot to a point on the northeastern right of way line of Linden Avenue, thence across said right of way to the northeast corner of Lot number twelve (12), Block number twenty-eight (28) in the subdivision entitled “B.F.G. Takoma Park” said point also being on the northwestern right of way of Olson Road, thence along said right of way to a common property corner with Outlot “C” and Lot number eleven (11), Block number twenty-eight (28) in the B.F.G. subdivision, thence continuing with the southern line of said subdivision along Block number twenty-seven “C” (27C) and northern line of Parklawn Subdivision, Block “V” crossing in transit Larch Avenue to a point on the northern right of way line of East-West Highway, thence with said right of way line to point of intersection with the southeasterly right of way of New Hampshire Avenue, State Route No. 650, thence continuing with said right of way in a southwesterly direction to the intersection with the northeastern property line of the District of Columbia and the southwesterly line of the State of Maryland, said point also being the northeasterly right of way line of Eastern Avenue (District of Columbia side) ninety (90) foot right of way and southwesterly right line of Eastern Avenue (State of Maryland’s side) thirty (30) foot right of way, thence along said division line between the District of Columbia and the State of Maryland with said Eastern Avenue in a northwesterly direction to a point at the intersection of Walnut Avenue and Eastern Avenue (Maryland side) said point also being the end of Eastern Avenue (Maryland side) and southeastern corner of Lot number thirty (30), Block “A” in the subdivision entitled “Gilbert & Wood Addition to Takoma Park”, thence now continuing with the northeastern right of way line of Eastern Avenue (District of Columbia side) and southwesterly line of said subdivision in a northwesterly direction crossing over in transit Laurel Avenue to a point on the northerly right of way line of Carroll Avenue, said point also being the end of Eastern Avenue (District of Columbia side) and point on line of Lot number seventeen (17) Block number three (3) in the subdivision of “B.F. Gilberts Addition to Takoma Park”, thence continuing in the said direction along the southwesterly line of said subdivision to the southeasterly right of way line of Cedar Avenue, said point also being the beginning and continuation of Eastern Avenue (District of Columbia side), thence with said subdivision and said right of way in a northwesterly direction crossing in transit Takoma Avenue and the Washington Metro Area Transit Authority to the point of beginning.

(Res. No. 2011-1, § 1, 7-11-11)