San Rafael Municipal Code Art. II Boundaries

The boundaries of the City of San Rafael are as follows:

Beginning at the point of intersection of the westerly line of the public highway leading from San Rafael to Kentfield (formerly known as Ross Landing), by way of D street grade, with the southerly boundary line of the lands conveyed by John Reynolds to John O. B. Short and Jacob Short by a deed dated June 22, 1864, and recorded in the office of the Recorder of Marin County in Liber E of Deeds, at page 112, said point of beginning being near the summit of the ridge immediately south of the City of San Rafael; running thence along the said ridge in a general westerly direction, following the southerly boundary line of the lands conveyed by John Reynolds as aforesaid and following the southerly boundary line of the lands conveyed by John Simms to John O. B. Short and Jacob Short by a deed dated January 14, 1865, and recorded in the office of said Recorder in Liber E of Deeds, at page 251, to an oak tree standing at the most northerly corner of what was formerly designated as the "Hooper Tract" and described in a deed from William B. Hooper to Jonathan G. Kittle dated October 17, 1881, and recorded in the office of said Recorder in Liber W of Deeds at page 352; thence leaving the summit of the ridge and running northwesterly in a direct line to a point which is south 45 degrees west twenty-five feet from the southwesterly corner of the Town of San Rafael as the corporate limits thereof were surveyed in the month of April, 1874, by order of the Board of Trustees of said Town; thence due north to a point on the summit of the aforesaid ridge, said point being in the northerly boundary line of the tract of land which was conveyed by Rebecca J. Makin and Robert G. Makin to Jonathan G. Kittle by a deed dated the 5th day of December, 1881, and recorded in the office of said Recorder in Liber W of Deeds, at page 344; thence continuing westerly along said summit and said northerly boundary line of the tract of land conveyed to Jonathan G. Kittle to a point which is due south from the highest point in the traveled portion of the public highway leading from San Rafael to San Anselmo, as said highway existed in the month of May, 1889; thence in a general northerly direction, along the summit of a spur or ridge which divides the waters flowing toward San Rafael from those flowing into the San Anselmo Valley, to the summit of a ridge on the lands of the Estate of Alexander Forbes, deceased, which said ridge lies between the aforesaid public highway leading from San Raphael to San Anselmo, and the street formerly known as Culloden Avenue, but now known as Fifth Avenue, extending westerly from San Rafael to Mount Tamalpais Cemetery; thence in a direct line northerly to the northeast corner of the tract of land which was conveyed by Henry A. DuBois Jr. to the Mount Tamalpais Cemetery by a deed dated the 6th day of July, 1880, and recorded in the office of said Recorder in Liber U of Deeds, at page 554, said point being on the summit of the ridge lying immediately south of the Santa Margarita Valley; thence in a general easterly direction along the summit of the last mentioned ridge, crossing and subdividing the lands of the said Forbes Estate, to a white oak tree standing in the westerly boundary line of the tract of land which was conveyed by Arthur W. Foster to Louisiana S. Foster by a deed dated the 2nd day of December, 1885, and recorded in the office of said Recorder in Book 2 of Deeds, at page 474; thence northerly and easterly along the westerly and northerly boundary lines of said tract conveyed to Louisiana S. Foster to a madrone tree standing at the most easterly corner thereof; thence northerly and easterly along the westerly and northerly boundary lines of the tract of land which was conveyed by Alexander Forbes to William T. Coleman by a deed dated the 5th day of October, 1871, and recorded in the office of said Recorder in Liber J of Deeds, at page 306, to the Dixon Puerto Suello, the depression in the San Pedro ridge where said ridge is crossed by the county road leading from San Rafael to Petaluma; thence easterly along said ridge, following the southerly boundary line of the "Wagner Tract" which was conveyed by Henry C. Campbell to O. C. Miller by a deed dated the 28th day of March, 1889, and recorded in the office of said Recorder in Book 9 of Deeds, at page 424, and following the southerly boundary line of the "Kimbell Tract" which was conveyed by A. McCartney to Edward Gray Stetson by a deed dated the 26th day of August, 1887, and recorded in the office of said Recorder in Book 5 of Deeds, at page 371, to a live oak tree standing at the common corner of the said "Kimball Tract," the tract containing 515 570-100 acres of land, which was conveyed by Mary E. McAlester to Ada M. I. McMahon and others by a deed dated April 18, 1904, and recorded in the office of said Recorder in Book 87 of Deeds, at page 130, and the tract of land which was conveyed by Ellen Ford to M. T. Freias by a deed dated the 9th day of December, 1903, and recorded in the office of said Recorder in Book 85 of Deeds at page 165; thence descending in a general southerly direction along a spur of the said San Pedro ridge which spur divides the waters flowing into the San Rafael Valley from the water flowing direct to the bay of San Francisco, to a point in the San Rafael and Point San Pedro road at Oak Point; thence easterly along the said San Rafael and Point San Pedro road to the point where the same enters the salt marsh; thence crossing the salt marsh in a general southwesterly direction to a stake marked "T. L.S. 55" standing on the edge of the salt marsh at the point of a ridge or spur which lies immediately east of the valley formerly known as the "Laurel Grove Picnic Grounds"; thence southeasterly, ascending along the summit of said spur or ridge, to the summit of the main ridge at a point in the southerly boundary line of the tract of land which was conveyed by David Porter to William T. Coleman by a deed dated th

on the edge of the salt marsh at the point of a ridge or spur which lies immediately east of the valley formerly known as the "Laurel Grove Picnic Grounds"; thence southeasterly, ascending along the summit of said spur or ridge, to the summit of the main ridge at a point in the southerly boundary line of the tract of land which was conveyed by David Porter to William T. Coleman by a deed dated the 27th day of May, 1871, and recorded in the office of said Recorder in Liber J of Deeds, at page 99; thence westerly along said ridge and following the line dividing the tract conveyed to William T. Coleman as aforesaid from the tract of land conveyed by David Porter to F. S. Wensinger by a deed dated October 29, 1890, and recorded in the office of said Recorder in Book 13 of Deeds, at page 107, and along the southerly boundary line of said lands conveyed by John Reynolds to John O. B. Short and Jacob Short as aforesaid to the point of beginning.