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<br />ORDINANCE NO. 1691
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<br />AN ORDINANCE VACATING, ABANDONING AND CLOSING PORTIONS OF TYLER
<br />STREET, MADISON STREET, IOWA STREET, KANSAS STREET, UTAH STREET, AND
<br />THE ALLEYS IN BLOCKS 416, 417, 418, 419, 432, 433, 434 AND 435, IN
<br />THE TOWN OF LA PORTE, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS: ABANDONING CERTAIN
<br />PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENTS~ FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS
<br />LAW~ AND PROVIDING CERTAIN CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE EFFECTIVE
<br />DATE HEREOF.
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<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
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<br />hereinafter described portions of Tyler Street, Madison Street, Iowa
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<br />Street, Kansas Street, Utah Street, and the alleys in Blocks 416,
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<br />417, 418, 419, 432, 433, 434 and 435, in the Town of La Porte,
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<br />Harris County, Texas, to vacate, abandon, and permanently close that
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<br />portion of Tyler Street, Madison Street, Iowa Street, Kansas Street,
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<br />Utah Street, and the alleys in Blocks 416, 417, 418, 419, 432, 433,
<br />434 and 435~ and
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<br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of La Porte has
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<br />determined and does hereby find, determine and declare that the
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<br />hereinafter described portions of Tyler Street, Madison Street, Iowa
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<br />Street, Kansas Street, Utah Street, and the alleys in Blocks 4l6,
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<br />417, 418, 419, 432, 433, 434 and 435, Town of La Porte, Harris
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<br />County, Texas, are not suitable, needed, or beneficial to the public
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<br />as public roads, streets and alleys, and that the closing of the
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<br />hereinafter described portions of Tyler Street, Madison Street, Iowa
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<br />Street, Kansas Street, Utah Street, and the alleys in Blocks 4l6,
<br />417, 4l8, 419, 432, 433, 434 and 435, Town of La Porte, Harris
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<br />County, Texas, is for the protection of the public and for the
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<br />public interest and benefit, and that the hereinafter described
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<br />portions of said Tyler Street, Madison Street, Iowa Street, Kansas
<br />Street, Utah Street, and the alleys in Blocks 416, 417, 418, 419,
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<br />432, 433, 434 and 435, should be vacated, abandoned, and permanently
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<br />closed.
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<br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE:
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<br />Section I. Under and by virtue of the power granted to the
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<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 portions of Tyler Street,
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<br />Madison Street, Iowa Street, Kansas Street, Utah Street, and the
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