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. . ORDINANCE NO. 1132 . AN ORDINANCE VACATING, ABANDONING AND CLOSING A PORTION OF KATHERINE AVENUE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of La Porte has been requested by the record owner of all property abutting the hereinafter described portion of Katherine Avenue; 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 Katherine Avenue 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 Katherine Avenue is for the protection . of the public and for ,the public interest and benefit, and that the hereinafter described portion of Katherine Avenue should be vacated, abandoned, and permanently closed; BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: Section 1. Under and by virtue of the power granted to the City of La Porte under its Home Rule Charter and Chapter 13, Title 28, Article 1175, of the Revised Civil Statutes of the State of Texas, 1925, the hereinafter described portion of Katherine Avenue is permanently vacated, abandoned, and . closed by the City of La Porte, to-wit: BEGINNING at the Southeast corner of Lot 22, Block 36, Beach Park Subdivision, as recorded in Volume 67, at Page 148, of the Harris County Deed Records; THENCE S 470 20' 08" W a distance of 88.48 feet to the Northwest corner of Lot 1, Block 34, Beach Park Subdivision; THENCE N 330 08' 02" W a distance of 82.67 feet to the Southeast corner of Lot 1, Block 35, Beach Park Subdivision; THENCE following a curve to the right, having a radius of 276 feet and a central angle of 680 03' 14" for a curve distance of 327.82 feet to a point of reverse curve; . THENCE following a curve to the left, having a radius of 216 feet and a central angle of 470 09' 06" for a curve distance of 177.76 feet to the Southeast corner of Lot 5, Block 37, Beach Park Subdivision;