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. . ..- - ORDINANCE NO. 7 # AN ORDINANCE VACATING~ ABANDONING AND CLOSING THE PORTION OF SEVENTH STREET LYING BETWEEN THE AREA BOUNDED BY II JII STREET AND "K" STREET~ AND BETWEEN BLOCK ELEVEN HUNDRED TWO (1102) AND BLOCK ELEVEN HUNDRED THREE (1103) IN THE TOWN OF LA PORTE~ HARRIS COUNTY ~ TEXAS. .a 'J" WHEREAS~ the City Commission of the City of La Porte has been requested by the record owners of all of the property abutting Seventh Street between "JII Street and IIK" Street~ to vacate~ abandon~ and permanently close that portion of Seventh Street; and WHEREAS, the said portion..of Seventh Street between "J" Street and ilK" Street has never been opened or used as a public road or street; and WHEREAS, IIJ" Street and Eighth Street are presently~ and will in the future continue to furnish all needed access and~thbroughfares for traffic of any nature; and WHEREAS~ said portion of Seventh Street is one block East of and parallel to Eighth Street~ which is a main traffic artery and thoroughfare in the City of La Porte~ and will in the ,:..- future continue to furnish all needed access and thoroughfares for traffic of any nature~ together with "J" Street~ also known 'e>' as. Fairmont Parkway~ and State Highway 146~ as relocated; and WHEREAS~ that portion of Seventh Street located between "J" Street and "K" Street~ should it ever be opened between said , ~t~eets~ would 'he~d-end" at the Creek which crosses the unopened right-of-way of Seventh Street, south of "K" Street, which Greek has been bridged at the point where it crosses the right-of-way of Eighth Street~ and which ~he City of La Porte could not now, or in the reasonably foreseeable future, economically justify bridging at the point where it crosses the right-of-way of Seventh Street; and WHEREAS, therefore, said Seventh Street~ should it be opened as a public thoroughfare south of "J" Street, as such "dead-end" street, would be a hazard to pedestrians and traffic