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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07009 ORD - 08/21/1963EE: 8-20 -63 .: AN ORDINANCE CLOSING A PORTION OF DENVER STREET, DESCRIBED AS THE EAST 15 FEET OF THE RIGHT -OF -WAY OF DENVER STREET THAT ABUTS LOTS 33 THROUGH 64, INCLUSIVE, BLOCK 15, PORT ARANSAS CLIFFS SUBDIVISION, AND THE WEST 15 FEET OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY OF DENVER STREET THAT ABUTS LOTS 1 THROUGH 8, INCLUSIVE, BLOCK 115, PORT ARANSAS CLIFFS SUBDIVISION; RE- TAINING THE FULL 15 FOOT STRIPS ABOVE DESCRIBED AS UTILITY EASEMENTS; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, NOTICE OF THE INTENTION OF HOLDING A HEARING CONCERNING THE CLOSING OF A PORTION OF DENVER STREET DESCRIBED A$ THE EAST 15 FEET OF THE RIGHT -OF -WAY OF DENVER STREET THAT ABUTS LOTS 33 THROUGH 64, IN- CLUSIVE, BLOCK 15, PORT ARANSAS CLIFFS SUBDIVISION, AND THAT PORTION OF DENVER STREET DESCRIBED AS THE WEST 15 FEET OF THE RIGHT -OF -WAY OF DENVER STREET THAT ABUTS LOTS 1 THROUGH 8, BLOCK 115, PORT ARANSAS CLIFFS SUB- DIVISION, HAS BEEN GIVEN BY PUBLICATION AND REGISTERED MAIL TO THE LAST KNOWN ADDRESS OF ALL OWNERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING SAID STREET AND WITHIN 450 FEET THEREOF, AND THEREAFTER, PURSUANT TO SAID NOTICE, A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD ON AUGUST 145 1963, BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE CITY CHARTER; AND WHEREAS, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AFTER SUCH HEARING THAT THE SAID AREA IS NOT NEEDED AS A PUBLIC STREET BUT IS NEEDED AS A UTILITY EASEMENT RIGHT -OF -WAY AND THAT SAID AREA WILL NOT BE NEEDED AS A PUBLIC STREET WITHIN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE; AND WHEREAS, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT IT WILL BE TO THE ADVANTAGE OF THE CITY TO ABANDON SAID PORTION OF SAID STREET AS A PUBLIC STREET SO THAT THE SAME MAY BE USED BY THE ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS FOR OTHER PUR- POSES, SUBJECT, HOWEVER, TO THE RETENTION BY THE CITY OF SAID AREA AS A PUBLIC UTILITY RIGHT -OF -WAY: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. THERE IS HEREBY CLOSED FOR PUBLIC USE THAT PORTION OF DENVER STREET DESCRIBED AS THE EAST 15 FEET OF THE RIGHT -OF -WAY OF DENVER STREET THAT ABUTS LOTS 33 THROUGH 64, INCLUSIVE, BLOCK 15, PORT 7 ®0g ARANSAS CLIFFS SUBDIVISION, AND THE WEST 15 FEET OF THE RIGHT -OF -WAY OF DENVER STREET THAT ABUTS LOTS 1 THROUGH H, INCLUSIVE, BLOCK 115, PORT ARANSAS CLIFFS SUBDIVISION, SUBJECT TO THE RETENTION BY THE CITY OF SAID AREA AS A PUBLIC UTILITY RIGHT -OF -WAY. SECTION 2. THE FACT THAT THE PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY WOULD BE BETTER SERVED BY THE CLOSING OF THE SAID STREET CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY REQUIRING THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE SEVERAL MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE MAYOR HAVING DECLARED SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY TO EXIST, HAVING REQUESTED THE SUSPENSION OF SAID CHARTER RULE AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, THIS THE �/ DAY OF AUGUST, 1963. 4 THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS ATTEST: \ r CITY ECRETARY APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM THIS TH 2Q DDAY OF AUGUST, 1963: �Y c ' ze"-" m CITY Aj'TORNI'Y CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS DAY OF (L[,c ' 19 -9 TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS t ' `a FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF THE FORE— , GOING ORDINANCE, A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE NECESSITY EXIST FOR THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED-,FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE MEETINGS OF ,THE CITY ' COUNCIL; I, THEREFORE, HEREBY REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT AND PASS THIS ORDINANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRO— , DUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL. y • •t t of w 4M RESPECTFULLY, X I R THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS. THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: JAMES L. BARNARD JAMES H. YOUNG 0 JACK R. BLACKMON JOSE R. DELEON , M. P. MALDONADO rr W. J. ROBERTS W. H. WALLACE, JR. THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLO ING VOTE: JAMES L. BARNARD JAMES H. YOUNG GL JACK R. BLACKMON JOSE R. DELEON M. P. MALDONADO / W. J. ROBERTS W. H. WALLACE, JR.