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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. 96- 2085 <br />AN ORDINANCE VACATING, ABANDONING AND CLOSING A PORTION OF PINE <br />BLUFF DRIVE, IN THE TOWN OF LA PORTE, BARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS; FINDING <br />COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE <br />DATE HEREOF. <br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of La Porte has been <br />requested by record owner of all of the property abutting the <br />hereinafter described portion of Pine Bluff Drive, in the Town of <br />La Porte, Harris County, Texas, to vacate, abandon, and permanently <br />close that portion of pine Bluff Drive; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of La Porte has <br />determined and does hereby find, determine and declare that the <br />hereinafter described portion of Pine Bluff Drive, Town of La Porte, <br />Harris County, Texas, is not suitable, needed, or beneficial to the <br />public as a public road, street and alley, and that the closing of <br />the hereinafter described po!tion of pine Bluff Drive, Town of La <br />Porte, Harris County, Texas, is for the protection of the public and <br />for the public interest and benefit, and that the hereinafter <br />described portion of said pine Bluff Drive, should be vacated" <br />abandoned, and permanently closed. <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: <br /> <br />Section 1. Under and by virtue of the power granted to the <br /> <br />City of La Porte under its Home Rule Charter and Chapter 13, Title <br /> <br />28, Article 1175, of the Revised civil Statutes of the State of <br /> <br />Texas, 1925, the hereinafter described portion of Pine Bluff Drive, <br /> <br />Town of La Porte, Harris County, Texas, is hereby permanently <br /> <br />vacated, abandoned and closed by the City of La Porte, to-wit: <br /> <br />Being that portion of pine Bluff Drive forty-foot (40') right- <br />of-way, bounded by the shoreline of Galveston Bay on the East; <br />133.60' being all of the North line of Lot 23, Block 8, pine <br />BlUff, on the South; and the East 112.00' of the South line of <br />Lot 4, Block 6, on the North; containing 3,260 square feet, <br />more or less, The plat of Pine Bluff subdivision is recorded <br />in Volume 572, Page 277, of the Deed Records of Harris County, <br />Texas. A plat of the right-of-way is attached hereto as <br />Exhibit "A", incorporated by reference herein, and made a part <br />hereof for all purposes. <br />