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<br />. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE VACATING, ABANDONING AND CLOSING THE PORTION OF <br />SEVENTEENTH (17TH) STREET LYING WITHIN THE AREA ,BOUNDED BY "E" <br />STREET AND "F" STREET, ALSO KNOWN AS CREST LANE, ,AND BETWEEN' <br />BLOCK SIX HUNDRED SEVENTEEN (617) AND BLOCK SIX HUNDRED EIGHTEEN <br />(618), IN THE TOWN OF LA PORTE, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, AND <br />VACATING, ABANDONING AND CLOSING THE ALLEYS LYING WITHIN BLOCK <br />SIX HUNDRED SEVENTEEN (617) AND SIX HUNDRED EIGH~EEN (618) IN <br />THE TOWN OF- LA PORTE, HARRIS COUNTY,. TEXAS. <br /> <br />. , '803' <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of La Porte has <br /> <br />been requested by the record owners of all of the property <br /> <br />abutting Sevent'eenth (17th) Street between "E" Street and "F" <br /> <br /> <br />Street, also known as Crest Lane, to vacate, abandon, and <br /> <br />permanently close that portion of Seventeenth (17th) Street; <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the said portion of Seventeenth (17th) Street <br /> <br />between "E" Street and "F" Street (Crest Lane) has never been <br /> <br />opened or used,as a public road or street; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, said portion of Seventeenth (17th) Street is <br />one block West of and parallel to Sixteenth (16th) Street, <br />which is a mai~ traffic artery and thoro~ghfare in the City of <br />La Porte, and the said Sixteenth (16th) Street will in the <br /> <br />future continue to furnish all needed access and thoroughfare <br /> <br />for traffic of any nature; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of La Porte has <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />determined and does hereby find, determine and declare that <br /> <br />the hereinafter described portion of Seventeenth (17th) Street <br /> <br />is not suitable, needed, or beneficial to the public as a <br />public road or street; and that the closi~g of the hereinafter <br /> <br />described portion of Seventeenth (17th) Street is for the <br />protection of the public and for the public benefit, and that <br />such portion of Seventeenth (17th) Street should be vacated, <br /> <br />abandoned and permanently closed; and <br />WHEREAS, the said alleys in said Blocks Six Hundred Seven- <br /> <br />e- <br /> <br />teen (617) and Six Hu~dred E~ghteen (618) have never been opened <br />or used as public thoroughfares, and the public utilities now <br /> <br />maki~g use of such ,alleys have all given their written consents <br />