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ORDINANCE NO. 692
AN ORDINANCE VACATING," ABANDONING AND CLOSING THAT PORTION OF "A"
STREET LYING BETWEEN EIGHTEENTH (18th) STREET AND NINETEENTH (19th)
STREET AND BETWEEN BLQCK NO. SIX HUNDRED NINETY-ONE (691) AND BLOCK
NO. SEVEN',l.HUNDRED FOURTEEN (714), AND VACATING, ABANDONING AND
CLOSING 'THAT PORTION O~ THE SIXTEEN (16) FEET ALLEY IN SAID BLOCK
NO. SIX HUNDRED NINETY-ONE (691), EXTENDING FROM THE SOUTH LINE OF
SAID BLo,CK TO THE SOUTH LINE OF LOT NO. SIX (6) AND LOT NO. TWENTY-
SEVEN (27) IN SAID BLOCK NO. SIX HUNDRED NINETY-ONE (691), OF THE
TOWN OF LA PORTE, IN HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS.
WHEREAS, the, City Commission of the City of La Porte has
been requested by the fecord owners of all of Block No. Six Hundred'~
Ninety-One (691) to vacate, abandon and permanently close a portion
of the sixteen (16) feet alley in said block and that portion of
"A" Street commonly known as Polk Street between Eighteenth (18th)
Street and Nineteenth (19th) Street; and
WHEREAS, that portion of the said alley and that portion
of "A" Street between Eighteenth (18th) Street and Nineteentlf .(:l.9th)
Street have ~ever been opened or used as a public road, street, or
for any other purposes; and
WHEREAS, "A" Street, should it ever be opened between
. Eighteenth (18th) .Street and Nineteenth (19th) Street, would dead-
end at the railroad tra~,ks, and wo~'ihld be a hazard to pedestrians
and traffic of all nature; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of La Porte has
determined, and does hereby find, determine and declare, that the
aney in said Block No. Six Hundred Ninety-One (691) and the herei~
after desc,ribed portion .of "A" Street are not suitable, needed or
beneficial to the public as a public alley, road or street, and
that the closing of the ,portion of said alley extending from the
South line,of said Block No. Six Hundred Ninety-One (691) to the
South line:of Lots No. Six (6) and Twenty-Seven (27), Block No. Six
Hundred Ninety-One (691L and the hereinafter described portion of
"A" S:treet is for the pr.otection of the public and for the public
benefit, . and that the said portion of said alley and that portion
of "A" Str~et should be vacated, abandoned and permanently closed;
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ORDINANCE NO. 692
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CI'l'Y OF IA PORTE, TEXAS, THAT:
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, that portion of the sixteen (16) feet alley in
. Block No.. Six Hundred Ninety-One (691), extending from the South
line of said Block to the South line of Lots No. Six (6) and
Twenty-Seven (27),' in said Block No. Six Hundred Ninety-One (691),
and that p'ortion 9f "A II' Street lying and being situated between
Eighteenth (18th) Street and Nineteenth (19th) Street and between
Block No. Six Hundred Ninety-One (691) and Block No. Seven Hundred
Fourteen (714); in the Town of La Porte, Harris County, Texas, all
, according to the map or plat thereof recorded in the office of the
County Clerk of Harris County, Texas, are hereby permanently vacated,
abandoned and closed by the City of La Porte.
Sect;i.on 2. This ordinance shall take effect and be in
force from. and after 'its passage and approval.
PASSED AND .APPROVED, this the 16th day of
December
1963.
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