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ORDINANCE NO. 836
AN ORDINANCE VACATING, ABANDONING AND CLOSING THE ALLEYS IN
BLOCKS SIX HUNDRED NINETEEN (619), SIX HUNDRED FORTY-TWO (642),
SIX HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE (655), SIX HUNDRED SEVENTY-EIGHT (678),
AND A PORTION OF BLOCK SIX HUNDRED NINETY-ONE (691), TOWN OF
LA PORTE; AND ALSO VACATING, ABANDONING AND CLOSING THOSE
PORTIONS OF WEST ADAMS STREET, WEST TYLER STREET, MADISON
'STREET, NORTH "E" STREET, AND NORTH "F" STREET, ALSO KNOWN AS
CREST LANE, BETWEEN THE WEST RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF NORTH l8TH
STREET AND THE EAST RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF NORTH 19TH STREET,
TOWN OF LA PORTE; RESERVING EASEMENTS FOR HOUSTON NATURAL GAS
CORPORATION AND' THE CITY OF LA PORTE; REQUIRING A CONTRACT
BETWEEN THE CITY AND SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY; AND PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY CO~~ISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE:
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of La Porte has
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been requested by the record owners of all of the properties
abutting the hereinafter described streets and alleys, to
vacate, abandon, and permanently close said streets and
alleys; and
WHEREAS, the ~ity Commission of the City of La Porte
has deter.mined,and does hereby find, determine and declare
that the heJ:"einafter described streets and alleys are not
suitable, needed, or beneficial to the public as public roads
or streets, and" that the closi~g of the hereinafter described
streets and alleys is for the protection of the public and
for the publLc benefit, and that the hereinafter described
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portions of said streets and alleys should be vacated,
:abandoned, and permanently closed:
Section 1. Under and by virtue of the power granted to
the City of La Porte under its Home Rule Charter and Chap. 13,
Title 28, Art. ll75, of the Revised Civil Statutes of the
State of Tex~s, 1925, all of the alleys contained in Blocks
Six Hundred Nineteen (619), Six Hundred Forty-two (642),
Six Hundred Fifty-five (655), Six Hundred Seventy-eight (678),
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and that portion of the alley in Block Six Hundred Ninety-one
(691), situated North of the South property lines of Lot
Six .<6) and Lot Twenty-seven (27), Block Six Hundred Ninety-one
(691), all in the TOWN OF LA PORTE, Harris County, Texas,
according to the map or pl&t thereof recorded in the office
of the County Clerk of Harris County, Texas, are hereby
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permanently vacated, abandoned, and closed by the City of
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La Porte.
Section 2. Unde~ and by virtue of the power granted
to the City of La Porte under its Home Rule Charter and Chap.
13, Title 28, Art.' 1175, of the Revised Civil Statutes of the
,State of Texas, 1925, all of those portions of West Adams
Street, West Tyler Street, Madison Street, North "E" Street,
and North "F" Street, also known as Crest Lane, lying and
being situated between the West right-of-way line of North
18th street, and the East right-of-way line of North 19th
Street, TOWN OF LA PORTE, Harris County, Texas, according to
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the map or plat thereof recorded in the office of the County
Clerk of Harris County, Texas, are hereby permanently vacated,
abandoned, and closed by the City of La Porte.
Section 3. The City of La Porte hereby reseryes, for
the use and benefit of Houston Natural Gas Corporation, a
right-of-way and easement over and across Crest Lane, also
known as North "F" Street, for sub-surface gas pipe lines.
The City of La Porte also reserves for itself, rights-of-way
and easements across the aforementioned streets and alleys,
for water and sewer lines, subject to the provisions of
Section 4 hereof.
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Section 4. This Ordinance shall not be effective until
such time as the City of La Porte and the Southern Pacific
Company have each approved and executed a formal contract,
under the terms of which contract Southern Pacific Company
shall have the following obligations, to-wit:
(1) ,Southern Pacific Company shall, at its expense,
install flashing lights and, gates at Spencer Highway, and on
both lanes of Fainnont Parkway, and operate the same at its
sole expense; said equipment to be installed not later than
August
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, 1970.
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(2) When an automatic switching system has been
installed by the Southern Pacific Company, the Southern
Pacific Company shall erect a fence along the East, South, and
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North sides of its property, of a design suitable to the
City of La Porte. '
(3) Southern Pacific Company shall, upon request
by City, remove and replace its railroad tracks at its expense
for installation of sewer and/or water line crossi~gs in its
switchyard area.
(4) Southern Pacific Company agrees not to charge
City any fees for easements across said property for purpose
of i~stalling sewer and/or water line crossings.
(5) Southern Pacific Company shall allow City to
choose the location of said easements for water and sewer
line Qrossings, providing the same do not interfere with
Southern Pacific Company's automatic switching equipment.
(6) Southern Pacific Company shall, after the first
two tracks ,are laid, install all future tracks in the economatic
design, similar to the Beaumont, Texas, yards of Southern
Pacific Company.
(7) Southern Pacific Company shall install the hump
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switch at the North end of its switching yard.
SectionS. ~his Ordinance shall take effect and be in
force (1) ninety (90),days from and after its passage and
approval, and (2) upon filing in the office of the City Clerk
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of the City of La:Porte, of a duly executed copy of a formal
contract between the City of La Porte and the Southern Pacific
Company, on the matters noted in the immediately preceding
section hereof.
PASSED AND Al?,PROVED, this the l7th day of November,
A.D. 1969.
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