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ORDINANCE NO.
1017
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AN ORDINANCE VACATING, ABANDONING AND CLOSING CERTAIN PORTIONS
OF SEVENTEENTH (17TH) STREET; CERTAIN PORTIONS OF WEST "G"
STREET; AND CERTAIN PORTIONS OF WEST IIHII STREET; AND VACATING,
ABANDONING AND CLOSING THE ALLEYS LYING WITHIN BLOCKS EIGHT
HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE (833), EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR (834),
EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE (859), EIGHT HUNDRED SIXTY (860),
EIGHT HUNDRED SIXTY-NINE (869), AND EIGHT HUNDRED SEVENTY
(870), IN THE TOWN OF LA PORTE, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS; AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of La Porte has
been requested by the record owner of all of the property
abutting Seventeenth (17th) Street, from the north right-of-way
line of West "I" Street to the south right-of-way line of
West "FII Street; West IIHII Street from the west right-of-way
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line of South Sixteenth (16th) Street to the west property
line of Blocks Eight Hundred Fifty-nine (859) and Eight Hundred
Seventy (870), Town of La Porte, Harris County, Texas; and
West "G" Street from the west right-of-way line of South
Sixteenth (16th) Street to the west property line of Blocks
Eight Hundred Thirty-four (834) and Eight Hundred Fifty-nine
(859), Town of La Porte, Harris County, Texas; to vacate,
abandon and permanently close said portions of said streets;
and
WHEREAS, the said portions of said streets have never
been opened or used as public roads or streets; and
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WHEREAS, said portion of Seventeenth (17th) Street is
one block west of and parallel to Sixteenth (16th) Street,
which is a main traffic artery and thoroughfare in the City
of La Porte, and the said Sixteenth (16th) Street will in
the future continue to furnish all needed access and thorough-
fare for traffic of any nature; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of La Porte has
determined and does hereby find, determine and declare that
the hereinafter described portions of Seventeenth (17th)
Street; West "HII Street; and West "G" Street; are not suit-
able, needed, or beneficial to the public as public roads or
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streets, and that the closing of the hereinafter described
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portions of Seventeenth (17th) Street; West IIH" Street; and
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West "G" Street; is for the protection of the public and the
public benefit, and that such portions of said streets should
be vacated, abandoned and permanently closed; and
WHEREAS, the said alleys in said Blocks Eight Hundred
Thirty-three (833), Eight Hundred Thirty-four (834), Eight
Hundred Fifty-nine (859), Eight Hundred Sixty (860), Eight
Hundred Sixty-nine (869), and Eight Hundred Seventy (870),
Town of La Porte, Harris County, Texas, have never been opened
or used as public thoroughfares, and the public utilities now
making use of such alleys have all given their written consents
for their closing; and
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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;
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 Home Rule Charter and Chapter 13,
Title 28, Article 1175, of the Revised Civil Statutes of the
State of Texas, 1925, all of the hereinafter described portions
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of Seventeenth (17th) Street, West "H" Street, and West "G"
Street, and all of the hereinafter described alleys, 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, are hereby permanently vacated,
abandoned and closed by the City of La Porte, to-wit:
1. Seventeenth (17th) Street from the north
right-of-way line of West "I" Street to
the south right-of-way line of West "FII
Street;
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2. West "H" Street, from the west right-of-way
line of South Sixteenth (16th) Street to the
west property line of Blocks Eight Hundred
Fifty-nine (859) and Eight Hundred Seventy
(870), Town of La Porte, Harris County,
Texas; and
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3. West "G" Street, from the west right-of-way
line of South Sixteenth (16th) Street to the
west property line of Blocks Eight Hundred
Thirty-four (834) and Eight Hundred Fifty-
nine (859), Town of La Porte, Harris County,
Texas; and
4. All of the alleys in Blocks Eight Hundred
Thirty-three (833), Eight Hundred Thirty-four
(834), Eight Hundred Fifty-nine- (859), Eight
Hundred Sixty (860), Eight Hundred Sixty-nine
(869), Eight Hundred Seventy (870), Town of
La Porte, Harris County, Texas.
Section 2. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in
force from and after the 15th day of May, 1975.
PASSED AND APPROVED, this the 5th day of May, A.D. 1975.
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CITY OF LA PORTE
By t. ~ ::2;g;~<(
E. A. Thomas, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Ci ty erk
APPROVED:
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C' 'y Engineer
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City Attorney
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