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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.
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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
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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
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~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
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of all naturej and
WffEREAS, the City Commission of the City of La Porte
has determined and does hereby find, determine and declare that
the hereinafter described portion of Seventh Street is not suit-
able, needed, or beneficial to the public as a public road or
street, and that the closing of the hereinafter described portion
of Seventh Street ,is for the protection of the public and for the
pUblic benefit, and that such portion of Seventh Street should be
vacated, abandoned and permanently closedj
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 H0.me 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 Seventh Street lying and
being situated between the area bounded by "J" Street and "KIl
Street, and between Block Eleven Hundred Two (1102) and Block
Eleven Hundred Three (1103) 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, 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.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the /~~ day of March, 1966.
ATTEST:
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c~r~he City o~Forte,
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