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<br />'. <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />-. <br /> <br />-. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. <br /> <br />953 -A <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE VACATING, ABANDONING AND CLOSING THAT PORTION OF <br />SOUTH FIRST STREET LYING WITHIN THE AREA BOUNDED BY THE SOUTH <br />RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF WEST "J" STREET, AND THE NORTH RIGHT-OF- <br />WAY LINE OF WEST "K" STREET, AND BETWEEN BLOCKS ELEVEN HUNDRED <br />EIGHT (1108) AND ELEVEN HUNDRED NINE '(1109) , IN THE TOWN OF <br />LA PORTE, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS; ALSO VACATING, ABANDONING AND <br />CLOSING THE ALLEY LYING WITHIN BLOCK ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHT <br />(1108), TOWN OF LA PORTE, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS; AUTHORIZING THE <br />RELEASE TO BAYSHORE SAVINGS ASSOCIATION OF A PUBLIC UTILITY <br />EASEMENT; 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 owners of all of the property <br />abutting South First Street between the South right-of-way line <br /> <br />of West ,"J" Street, and the North right-of-way line of West "K" <br /> <br />Street, to vacate, abandon, and permanently close that portion <br /> <br />of South First Street; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the said portion of South First Street between <br /> <br />West "J" Street and West "K" Street has never been opened or <br /> <br />used as a public road or street; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, said portion of South First Street is one block <br /> <br />West of and parallel to South Broadway Street, which is a main <br /> <br />traffic artery and thoroughfare in the City of La Porte, and <br /> <br />the said South Broadway Street will in the future continue to <br />furnish all needed access and thoroughfare for traffic of any <br /> <br />nature in said area; and <br /> <br />l~EREAS, ~he City Commission of the City of La Porte has <br />determined and does hereby find, determine' and declare that <br />the hereinafter described portion of South First Street is not <br /> <br />suitable, need~d, or beneficial to the public as a public road <br /> <br />or street, and that the closing of the hereinafter described <br />portion of South First Street is for the protection of the public <br /> <br />and for the public benefit, and that such portion of South First <br />Street should be vacated, abandoned, and permanently closed; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the said alley in said Block 1108, Town of La Porte, <br />Harris County, Texas, has never been opened or used as a public <br />thoroughfare, and each of the public utilities now holding a <br />franchise from the City of La Porte, together with the Water <br />