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ORDINANCE NO.
1143
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AN ORDINANCE VACATING, ABANDONING AND CLOSING THE PORTION OF
SOUTH SEVENTEENTH (17TH) STREET LYING WITHIN THE AREA BOUNDED
BY WEST "C" STREET AND WEST "0" STREET, AND BETWEEN BLOCK SEVEN
HUNDRED EIGHTY-SEVEN (787) AND BLOCK SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-EIGHT
(788), 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 owners of all of the property
abutting South seventeenth (17th) Street bounded by West "C"
Street and West "0" Street, and between Block Seven Hundred
Eighty-seven (787) and Block Seven Hundred Eighty-eight (788),
in the Town of La Porte, Harris County, Texas, to vacate, aban-
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don, and permanently close that portion of South Seventeenth
(17) Street; 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 South Seventeenth (17th)
Street is not suitable, needed, or beneficial to the public as
a public road or street, and that the closing of the hereinafter
described portion of South Seventeenth (17th) Street is for
the protection of the public and for the public interest and
benefit, and that the hereinafter described portion of said
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South Seventeenth (17th) Street should be vacated, abandoned,
and permanently closed;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF LA PORTE:
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. 1175, of the Revised Civil Statues of the State
of Texas, 1925, all of that portion of South Seventeenth (17th)
Street lying and being situated between West "C" Street and
West "0" Street and between Blocks Seven Hundred Eighty-seven
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(787) and Seven Hundred Eighty-eight (788), in the Town of
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Ordinance No. 1143 , Page 2.
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La Porte, Harris County, Texas, 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
24
day of January
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1979.
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CITY OF~
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J. J. Meza, Mayor
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City Engineer
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City Attorney
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