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<br />I I <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. 1072 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE VACATING, ABANDONING AND CLOSING THE HEREINAFTER <br />DESCRIBED PORTION OF SOUTH FIFTH STREET, IN THE TOWN OF <br />LA PORTE, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, AND SAVING AND EXCEPTING A <br />TWENTY-FIVE FOOT EASEMENT AS HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED, IN <br />CONNECTION WITH AN EXISTING SANITARY SEWER LINE AND AN <br />EXISTING UNDERGROUND FACILITY OF SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE <br />COMPANY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of La Porte is <br />the record owner of all the property abutting the hereinafter <br /> <br />described portion of South Fifth Street, Town of La Porte, <br /> <br />Harris County, Texas, and wishes to vacate, abandon, and <br /> <br />permanently close the hereinafter described portion of said <br /> <br />street; and <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of La Porte has <br /> <br />determined and does hereby find, determine and declare that <br /> <br />the hereinafter described portion of said street is not suit- <br /> <br />able, needed and beneficial to the public as a public road, <br /> <br />street, and alley, and that the closing of the hereinafter <br /> <br />described portion of said street is for the protection of <br /> <br />the public and for the public benefit, and that such portion <br /> <br />of said street should be vacated, abandoned and permanently <br /> <br />closed: <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION <br />OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: <br /> <br />Section 1. Under and by virtue of the power granted to <br /> <br />the City of La Porte under its Home Rule Charter and Chapter 13, <br /> <br />Title 28, Article 1175, of the Revised Civil Statutes of the <br /> <br />State of Texas, 1925, and subject to the retention by the City <br /> <br />of La Porte of the hereinafter described sanitary sewer ease- <br /> <br />ment, and the hereinafter described easement in favor of <br /> <br />Southwestern Bell Telephone Company for underground facilities, <br /> <br />the hereinafter described portion of South Fifth Street, Town <br /> <br />of La Porte, Harris County, Texas, is hereby permanently <br /> <br />vacated, abandoned and closed by the City of La Porte. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Section 2. The closing of the hereinafter described <br /> <br />portion of South Fifth Street shall be and is hereby made <br />