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ORDINANCE NO. '3 ~
AN ORDINANCE ANNEXING THE HEREINAFTER
DESCRIBED TERRITORY TO THE CITY OF LA PORTE,
TEXAS, AND EXTENDING THE BOUNDARY LIMITS OF
THE SAID CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS, SO AS TO IN-
CLUDE SAID HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED TERRITORY,
GRANTING TO ALL INHABITANTS AND OWNERS OF
SAID PROPERTY ALL OF THE RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES
OF OTHER CITIZENS, BINDING SAID INHABITANTS BY
ALL THE ACTS, ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS AND
REGULATIONS OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS,
RESERVING AND PRESERVING ALL RIGHTS, POWERS
AND DUTIES AS TO TERRITORY INCLUDED IN PRIOR
ORDINANCES.
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WHEREAS, The City of La Porte has heretofore adopted a Home
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. Rule Charter authorizing it to annex territory and to extend the corporate
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limits of said City by action of the City Commission; and,
WHEREAS, the hereinafter described land is adjacent to the pres-
ent city limits of the City of La Porte and the members of the City Commis-
sion of the City of La Porte have concluded that said area should be annexed
and made a part of the City of La Porte, Texas;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. That the following described territory be and the same
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is hereby annexed to the City of La Porte, Texas, and the boundary limits
of the City of La Porte be, and the same are hereby extended to include the
following described territory within the city limits of the City of La Porte,
and the same shall hereafter be included within the territorial limits of said
City, and the inhabitants thereof shall hereafter be entitled to all rights and
privileges of other citizens of the City of La Porte, and they shall be bound
by the acts, ordinances, resolutions and regulations of said City. That the
territory to be so annexed is more particularly described as follows, to-wit:
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BEGINNING at the intersection of the North Right-of-way
line of Strang Road with the North Right-of-way line of
Texas State Highway No. 225, also known as Houston -
La Porte Road;
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THENCE in an Easterly direction along the North Right-
of-way line of Strang Road a distance of 2,610 feet, more
or less, to an iron rod for corner;
THENCE North 00 07' West, a distance of 801 feet, to an
iron rod for corner;
THENCE East, a distance of 1, 087. 64 feet to an iron rod
for corner in the West property line of a Houston Lighting
& Power Company 8.504 acre tract of land, as recorded
in Volume 2643, Page 151, of the Deed Records of Harris
County, Texas;
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THENCE South 00 07' East along the West line of said
Houston Lighting & Power Company 8. 504 acre tract, a
distance, 1,651 feet, more or less, based on a 60 foot
width of Strang Road, to an iron rod for corner;
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THENCE West, a distance of 551. 39 feet to an iron rod for
corner;
THENCE North 00 07' West, a distance of 790 feet, to an
iron rod in the South Right-of-way of Strang Road;
THENCE in a Westerly direction along the South Right-of-
way of Strang Road, a distance of 2, 990 feet, more or less,
to the intersection of the South Right-of-way line of Strang
Road, and the North Right-of-way line of Texas State High-
way No. 225;
THENCE in a Northwesterly direction along the North Right-
of-way line of Texas State Highway No. 225 to the Place of
Beginning. '
SECTION 2. The City Commission of The City of La Porte hereby
reserves and preserves the rights, powers, duties and effect of prior ordi-
nances and in no way releases nor relinquishes any part or portion of the
territory therein annexed.
SECTION .3.Should any portion of the territory sought to be annexed
herein not be subject to annexation by the City of La Porte, then it is the
intention of the City Commission of the City of La Porte to annex only such
portion of said area as may be legally subject to annexation by the City of
La Porte, and the fact that a portion of said area may not legally be subject
to annexation by said City shall not affect the validity of the annexation of
the remaining portions of said territory, it being the intention of the City
Commission to annex all or such portions of the above described area as it
may legally annex.
SECTION 4. That this ordinance shall take effect from and after
its passage and publication as the Charter in such cases provided.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF LA PORTE on first reading on this the 27th day of November,
1961.
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PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY CmmSSION OF THE
CITY OF LA PORTE ON FINAL READING ON THIS THE 30TH DAY OF
DECEMBER, 1961.
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. :y Secretary of e Ci y 0 Porte