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HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-1965-723 :.'. '. fl. .' a. ORDINANCE NO. 7 lJ AN ORDINANCE VACATING~ ABANDONING AND CLOSING THAT PORTION OF SAN JACINTO AVENUE AND PARK AVENUE ~YING CONTIGUOUS TO LOT SIXTEEN (16) ~ BLOCK FIFTY (50) ~ SYLVAN BEACH FIRST SUBDIVISION ~ HARRIS COUNTY~ TEXAS~ SAID PORTION TO BE ABANDONED BEING PARTICULARLY DESCRmED BY METES AND BOUNDS. WHEREAS~ the City Commission of the City of La Porte has been requested by the record owner of Lot Sixteen (16)~ Block Fifty (50)~ Sylvan Beach First Subdivision~ Harris County~ Texas~ to vacate~ abandon~ and permanently close that certain portion of San Jacinto Avenue and Park Avenue~ contiguous to said Lot Sixteen (16)~ Block Fifty (50)~ Sylvan Beach First ~~ Subdivision~ as more fully hereinafter described by metes and bounds; and '.' ';., , ., J' ' WHEREAS~ that certain portion of said San Jacinto Ave- nue and said Park Avenue~ hereinafter described, although presently a part of a dedicated right-of-way of said public streets within the City of La Porte, has never been actually physically opened or used as a public road, street, or for any other purposes; and WHEREAS, the hereinafter ,.idescribed portion of the dedicated rights-of-way of San Jacin'to Avenue and Park Avenue is not now needed as part of the said rights-of-way, and will not be so needed in the future; 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 San Jacinto Avenue and Park 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 said streets would be for the protection of the public and for the public benefit, and that said portion of said stFeets should be vacated, abandoned : ' and permanently closed; tr'-' ,....' ,. .... .- , " / " NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS, THAT: ,'.- .J\:', -.-'. ., . . ORDINANCE NO. 7' ..:t...3 Page 2 of :3 ...2... 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 San Jacinto Avenue and Park Avenue shown as the shaded area on the City Engineer's plat attached hereto, incorporated by reference herein, and made a part hereof for all purposes, as 'Exhibit A", which portion of said streets is more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows, to~wit: BEGINNING at the most easterly corner of Lot 16, Block 50,- Sylvan Beach First Subdivision, an addition to the Town of'La Porte, Johnson Hunter Survey, A-35, Harris County"Texas, as recorded in Volume 3, Page 72 of the Map Records of Harris County, Texas; THENCE, North ~60 East, with an easterly projection of the Squth line of Lot 16, Block 50, Sylvan Beach First Subdivision, a distance of 0.21' to a point for corner in the southerly projection of the West line of San Jacinto Avenue; THENCE North 270 15' West along the southerly pro- jection of the West line of San Jacinto Avenue, a distance of 88.62' to a point of curve of a curve having a Radius of 15' and a central angle of 1260 45' ; THENCE in a Northwesterly direction along said curve having a radius of 15' and a central angle of 1260 45' a distance of 33.18' to a point of tangency in an easterly projection of the North line of Lot 16, Block 50, Sylv~n Beach First Subdivision; THENCE South 260 West along the easterly projection of the North line of Lot 16, Block 50, Sylvan Beach First Subdivision, a distance of 0.94' to the most northerly corner of said Lot 16, Block 50, Sylvan Beach First Subdivision; THENCE in a southeasterly direction along the East line of Lot 16, Block 50, being a curve having a radius of 255' and a central angle of a 0 20' 48" for a distance of 103.91' to the point of beginning; is hereby permanently, vacated, abandoned and closed by the City of La Porte. Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval. a- '". ~.. ... .~ ."- ~ .., '~ , . -3- PASSED AND APPROVED, this the 00 tober, 1965. / .ftI day of ATTEST: ~~,.",)~~~ City Clerk rof the C1ty~or' La Porte APPROVED: ~~ City Engineer City Attorney