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ORDINANCE NO. 96- 2085
<br /> AN ORDINANCE VACATING, ABANDONING AND CLOSING A PORTION OF PINE
<br /> BLUFF DRIVE, IN THE TOWN OF LA PORTE, HARRIS 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 portion 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 /> Section 1. Under and by virtue of the power granted to the
<br /> City of La Porte under its Home Rule Charter and Chapter 13 , Title
<br /> 28, Article 1175, of the Revised Civil Statutes of the State of
<br /> Texas, 1925, the hereinafter described portion of Pine Bluff Drive,
<br /> Town of La Porte, Harris County, Texas, is hereby permanently
<br /> vacated, abandoned and closed by the City of La Porte, to-wit:
<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.
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