Richmond Municipal Code Art. I Boundaries of the City

Sec. 1. The municipal corporation now existing and organized under the general laws of the State of California as a municipal corporation of the sixth class and known as the City of Richmond, shall continue to be a body corporate and politic under the name of the City of Richmond, and shall be a continuation of said City of Richmond, and continue to hold and enjoy all the rights, privileges and property now vested in said City, and all ordinances of said City not in conflict with this charter shall be continued in force until amended or repealed; and all proceedings providing for any public improvement pending and incompleted shall be continued in accordance with the law under which such proceedings were commenced.

Sec. 2. The territory of the City of Richmond shall be all that which is embraced within the following boundaries, to wit:

Beginning at the point where the westerly boundary of said Contra Costa County intersects the line between Townships One (1) and Two (2) North, Mount Diablo Base; and thence running east to the southeast corner of Lot Twenty-eight (28) of Section Thirty-five (35) of Township Two (2) North, Range Five (5) West; M.D.B. & M.; thence south parallel with the west line of Section Two (2) of Township One (1) North of Range Five (5) West, M.D.B. & M. to a point due west of the southwest corner of Lot Eighty-five (85) of the San Pablo Rancho as shown on the map accompanying the final Decree of Partition of said Rancho; thence east to a point One Hundred and Seventy (170) feet east of the center line of Road Fourteen (14) as shown on said map; thence south to the southerly boundary of said Contra Costa County; thence following the boundary line of said Contra Costa County westerly and northerly to the place of beginning.

Sec. 3. The boundaries above described may be altered and the territory embraced therein may be added to or diminished in accordance with the laws of the State of California governing the annexation and exclusion of territory by municipalities.