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~..~ ,..'. I., . - ' 'i.A . '~ ..1:.'" " '- "', ~-,,:.. --~ . . ORDINANCE NO. '7JP AN ORDINANCE VACATt~GJ .ABANDONING AND CLOSING THE PORTION OF "1" STREET LYING WITHIN THE AREA BOUNDED BY BROADWAY STREET AND FIRST STREETJ AND BETWEEN BLOCK ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-SEVEN (157) AND BLOCK ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY (180), IN THE TOWN OF LA PORTEJ HARRIS COUNTY J TEXAS. WHEREASJ the City Commission of the City of La Porte has been requested by the record owners of all of the property abutting "lit Street between South Broadway Street and First Street to vacateJ abandonJ and permanently close that portion of ItI" Street; and WHEREASJ the City Commission of the City of La Porte heretoforeJ to-witJ on the 21st day of MarchJ 1958, under Ordinance No. 533, vacatedJ abandoned and permanently closed all of that portion of "I" Street lying and being situated East of Texas StreetJ which vacated and closed portion of "I" Street is now a part of'the La Porte Indepepdent School District school grounds; and WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of La Porte heretofore, ,to-wit" on the 25th day of A,pril, 1963, under Ordinance No. 673, vacatedJ abandoned, and permanently closed all of that portion of "I" Street lying and being situated be- tween Broadway Street and Texas Street, after the passage of which Ordinance all of "I" Street East of Broadway has been permanently vacated, abandoned and closed; and WHEREAS" the said portion of "III Street between Broadway Street and First Street has never been opened or used as a public road or street; and WHEREAS" "J" Street" First Street" and South Broadway Street are presently" and will in the future continue to furnish all needed access and thoroughfares for traffic of any nature; and WHEREAS, said portion of "III Street is one block North of and parallel to ItJIt Street, also known as Fairmont Parkway in La Porte" Which 1s a ,main traffic artery and thoroughfare in the