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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
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City of La Porte, ahd will in the future continue to furnish
all needed access and thoroughfares for traffic of any nature,
together with State Highway 146; and
WHEREAS" that portion of "Ill Street located between
Broadway Street and First Street, should it ever be opened
between said streets, would "aead-endll at the West right-of-way
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line of said State Highway 146, only one block from a major
intersection of State Highway 146 with "J" Street, also known
as.FMrmont Parkway, and would therefore be a hazard to pedes-
trians and traffic of all natures; 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 "I" Street 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 111"
Street is for the protection of the public and for the public
benefit, and that such portion of "I" Street should be vacated,
abandoned and permanently closed;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF LA 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, all of that portion of "I" Street lying and being
situated between South Broadway Street and First Street and between
Block One Hundred Fifty-seven (157) and Block One Hundred Eighty
(180), in the Town of La Porte, Harris County, Texas, all accord-
ing to the map or plat thereof recorded in the office of the
County Clerk of Harris County, Texas, 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 i tspassage and approval.
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PASSED AND APPROVED this the
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