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HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-1966-756 . . .:' ORDINANCE NO. 756 AN ORDINANCE VACATING,ABANDONING AND CLOSING THE ALLEY LYING WITHIN BLOCK SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE (685) IN THE TOWN OF ' LA PORTE, HARRIS COUNTY,. TEXAS , SAVE AND EXCEPT A DOWN GUY EASEMENT THEREIN. WHEREAS, the said alley in Block No. Six Hundred E~ghty- five (685), Town of La Porte, ~arris County, ~exas, has never .'. been opened or used as a public thoro~ghfare, ,and the public utilities now making use of such alley have all. given their written consent for its closi~g', with the exception hereinafter noted; and WHEREAS, ,the, Ci ty Commission of the City of La Porte has determined and does hereby find, .determine and declare that the said alley is not suitable, ,needed, ,or beneficial to the public as a public alley, and 'should be vacated, .abandoned and permanently closed: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COlVlMISS ION OF THE CITY ,OF LA PORTE, TEXAS, 'THAT: Section 1. The alley located in Block Six Hundred E~ghty-five (685) of the Town of La Porte, Harris County,Texas" is hereby permanently vacated, .abandoned and closed by the City of La Porte; provided, however, that the City of La Porte expressly reserves an easement, ,and the r~ght of i~gress and ~gress for '. installation, ,repair, maintenance and replacement, ,for the use and benefit of all public utilities which are presently or may hereafter be franchised in the City of La Porte, ~hich easement is described as follows, to-wit: BEGINNING at the Southwest corner of Lot Seventeen (17), ,Block Six Hundred E~ghty-five (685) ,Town of La Porte; e" . THENCE North:along the West property line of Lots Seventeen (17) arid Eighteen (18), a distance of 35 feet, ~o a point ~or corner in the West line of . Lot Eighteen (18) to Block Six Hundred Eighty-five (685)', .Town of La Porte; , THENCE in a Westerly direction 3 feet, along a line perpendicular to said point in the West lirie of said Lot E~ghteen (18), ~lock 685; THENCE in a Southerly direction, a distance of 35 feet along the line 3 feet West of, ,and parallel to, the West property line of Lots Seventeen (17) and Eighteen (18), Block 685, Town of La Porte, to a point for : corner t . . ~. -la' ~.-. . . -2- THENCE, in an Easterly direction, 3 feet along the North ri'ght-of-way line of West Polk Street,' .to the PLACE OF, ,BEGINNING hereof. Section 2. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force:~rom and after its pass~ge and approval. PASSED AND APPROVED :this the '7.d day of Y7~AI-'.J , A.D. 1966. ATTEST: . .~ ... " . ,,~.~ ~"t,) . .::,e....l~~.;. , "~ , ,~' .c~~~~r~porte, ~.",.- " ~~.' Texas ' './-.. .... -; :~' "'",&~:' "~ '. '{'t'"." :'. ,'~\\~~ ; ~ ~