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• • ORDINANCE NO. 96-2122 AN ORDINANCE VACATING, ABANDONING AND CLOSING A PORTION OF SOIITH 15TH STREET, TOWN OF LA FORTE, HARRIS COIINTY, TEBAB; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of La Porte has been requested by record owner of all of the property abutting the hereinafter described portion of South 15th Street, Town of La Porte, Harris County, Texas, to vacate, abandon, and permanently close that portion of South 15th Street, Town of La Porte, Harris County, Texas; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of La Porte has determined and does hereby find, determine and declare that the hereinafter described portion of South 15th Street, Town of La Porte, Harris County, Texas, is not suitable, needed, or beneficial to the public as a public road, street and alley, and the closing of the hereinafter described portion of South 15th Street, Town of La Porte, Harris County, Texas, is for the protection of the public and for the public interest and benefit, and that the hereinafter described portion of South 15th Street, Town of La Porte, Harris County, Texas, should be vacated, abandoned, and permanently closed. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COIINCIL OF THE CITY OF LA FORTE: Section 1. Under and by virtue of the power granted to the City of La Porte under its Home Rule Charter and Chapter 253, Section 253.001, Texas Local Government Code, the hereinafter described portion of South 15th Street, Town of La Porte, Harris County, Texas, is hereby permanently vacated, abandoned and closed by the City of La Porte, to-wit: