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. .' -. .' . . ORDINANCE NO. 918 AN ORDINANCE VACATING, ABANDONING AND CLOSING THE PORTION OF "F" STREET LYING WITHIN THE AREA BOUNDED BY THE EASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF FORMER ARIZONA STREET, AND THE WESTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF SAN JACINTO STREET, AND BETWEEN BLOCK TWO HUNDRED FORTY-EIGHT (248) AND BLOCK TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN (267) IN THE TOWN OF LA PORTE, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, AND ALSO VACATING, ABANDONING AND CLOSING THE ALLEY LYING WITHIN BLOCK, TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN (267) OF THE TOWN OF LA PORTE, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: WHEREAS, the City of La Porte is the record owner of all of the property abutting "F" Street, between the easterly right- of-way line of former Arizona Street, and the westerly right-of- way line of San Jacinto Street, and desires to vacate, abandon, and permanently close that portion of "F" Street; and WHEREAS, the said portion of "F" Street between former Arizona Street and San Jacinto Street has never been, opened or used as a public road or street; and WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of La Porte has 'determined and does hereby find, determine and declare that the hereinafter described portion of "F" Street is not suitable, needed, or beneficial to the public as a public road or street, and that the closing of the hereinafter described portion of "F" Street is for the protection of the public and for the public benefit, and that such portion of "F" Street should be vacated, abandoned, and permanently closed; and WHEREAS, the said alley in said Block Two Hundred Sixty- seven (267), Town of La Porte, Harris County, Texas, has never been opened or used as a public thoroughfare, and each of the public utilities now holding a franchise from the City of La Porte, together with the Water and Sewer Department of the City of La Porte, have each and all given their written consent for the closing of said portion of "F" Street, and said alley in Block Two Hundred Sixty-seven (267), Town of La Porte; and WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of La Porte has determined and does hereby find, determine and declare that said alley is not suitable, needed, or beneficial to the public as a public alley, and should be vacated, abandoned and permanently closed: