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<br />. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. <br /> <br />930 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE VACATING, ABANDONING AND CLOSING THE PORTION OF <br />NORTH SEVENTH (7TH) STREET LYING WITHIN THE AREA BOUNDED BY <br />THE SOUTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF NORTH "F" STREET, AND THE NORTH <br />RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF NORTH "E" STREET, AND BETWEEN BLOCKS <br />THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE (333) AND THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR <br />(334), IN THE TOWN OF LA PORTE, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, AND ALSO <br />VACATING, ABANDONING AND CLOSING THE ALLEYS LYING WITHIN <br />BLOCKS THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE (333) AND THREE HUNDRED <br />THIRTY-FOUR (334) OF THE TOWN OF LA PORTE, HARRIS COUNTY, <br />TEXAS; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. <br /> <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of La Porte has <br /> <br />been requested by the record owner of all of the property <br /> <br />abutting North Seventh (7th) Street between the South right- <br /> <br />of-way line of North "F" Street, and the North right-of-way <br /> <br />-.. <br /> <br />line of North "E" Street, to vacate, abandon, and permanently <br /> <br />close that portion of North Seventh (7th) Street; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the said portion of North Seventh (7th) Street <br /> <br />between North "E" Street and North "F" Street has never been <br /> <br />opened or used as a public road or street; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, said portion of North Seventh (7th) Street is <br /> <br />one block East of and parallel to North Eighth (8th) Street, <br /> <br />which is a main traffic artery and thoroughfare in the City <br /> <br />of La Porte, and the said North Eighth (8th) Street will in <br /> <br />the future continue to furnish all needed access and thorough- <br /> <br />-a <br /> <br />fare for traffic of any nature in said area; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of La Porte has <br />determined and does hereby find, determine and declare that <br /> <br />the hereinafter described portion of North Seventh (7th) <br /> <br />Street is not suitable, needed, or beneficial to the public <br /> <br />as a public road or street, and that the closing of the here- <br /> <br />inafter described portion of North Seventh (7th) Street is <br /> <br />for the protection of the public and for the public benefit, <br /> <br />and that such portion of North Seventh (7th) Street should be <br /> <br />vacated, abandoned, and permanently closed; and <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the said alleysm said Blocks Three Hundred <br />Thirty-three (333) and Three Hundred Thirty-four (334), TOWN <br /> <br />OF LA PORTE, Harris County, Texas, have never been opened or <br />