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ORDINANCE NO.
930
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AN ORDINANCE VACATING, ABANDONING AND CLOSING THE PORTION OF
NORTH SEVENTH (7TH) STREET LYING WITHIN THE AREA BOUNDED BY
THE SOUTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF NORTH "F" STREET, AND THE NORTH
RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF NORTH "E" STREET, AND BETWEEN BLOCKS
THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE (333) AND THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR
(334), IN THE TOWN OF LA PORTE, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, AND ALSO
VACATING, ABANDONING AND CLOSING THE ALLEYS LYING WITHIN
BLOCKS THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE (333) AND THREE HUNDRED
THIRTY-FOUR (334) OF THE TOWN OF LA PORTE, HARRIS COUNTY,
TEXAS; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE:
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of La Porte has
been requested by the record owner of all of the property
abutting North Seventh (7th) Street between the South right-
of-way line of North "F" Street, and the North right-of-way
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line of North "E" Street, to vacate, abandon, and permanently
close that portion of North Seventh (7th) Street; and
WHEREAS, the said portion of North Seventh (7th) Street
between North "E" Street and North "F" Street has never been
opened or used as a public road or street; and
WHEREAS, said portion of North Seventh (7th) Street is
one block East of and parallel to North Eighth (8th) Street,
which is a main traffic artery and thoroughfare in the City
of La Porte, and the said North Eighth (8th) Street will in
the future continue to furnish all needed access and thorough-
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fare for traffic of any nature in said area; 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 North Seventh (7th)
Street is not suitable, needed, or beneficial to the public
as a public road or street, and that the closing of the here-
inafter described portion of North Seventh (7th) Street is
for the protection of the public and for the public benefit,
and that such portion of North Seventh (7th) Street should be
vacated, abandoned, and permanently closed; and
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WHEREAS, the said alleysm said Blocks Three Hundred
Thirty-three (333) and Three Hundred Thirty-four (334), TOWN
OF LA PORTE, Harris County, Texas, have never been opened or
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used as public thoroughfares, and each of the public utilities
now holding a franchise from the City of La Porte, together with
the Water and Sewer Department of the City of La Porte, have
each and all given their written consents for the closing of
said portion of North Seventh (7th) Street, and said alleys
in Block Three Hundred Thirty-Three (333) and Three Hundred
Thirty-four (334), TOWN OF LA PORTE; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of La Porte has
determined and does hereby find, determine and declare that said
alleys are not suitable, needed, or beneficial to the public as
public alleys, and 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 Chapter 13,
Title 28, Article ll75, of the Revised Civil Statutes of the
State of Texas, 1925, all of that portion of North Seventh (7th)
Street, lying and being situated between the South right-of-way
line of North "F" Street, and the North right-of-way line of
North "E" Street\and between Block Three Hundred Thirty-three
(333) and Block Three Hundred Thirty-four (33~, in the TOWN
of LA PORTE, Harris County, Texas, and the alleys lying and
being situated within Blocks Three Hundred Thirty-three (333)
and Three Hundred Thirty-four (334) TOWN OF LA PORTE, Harris
County, Texas, according to 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 2. This Ordinance shall not be effective until
such time as the City of La Porte issues a building permit, and
construction commences on said Block Three Hundred Thirty-three
(333) or Three Hundred Thirty-four (334). If such building
permit has not been issued, and construction has not commenced,
within six months from the date of the passage of this ordinance,
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this ordinance shall be void and of no further effect.
A.D. 1972.
PASSED AND APPROVED, this the 7th day of August,
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ATTEST:
APPROVED:
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City Attorney
CITY OF LA PORTE
By~_I?~
E. A.' omas, Mayor