HomeMy WebLinkAbout07145 ORD - 02/12/1964JKH:2=5-64 I
AN ORDINANCE
CLOSING THAT PORTION OF FIRST STREET BETWEEN
ABERDEEN AVENUE AND THE SOUTH LINE OF THE SEASIDE
CAMP MEETING GROUNDS, IN THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, NUECES, TEXAS; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, NOTICE OF THE INTENTION OF CLOSING AN UNOPENED STREET,
BEING THAT PORTION OF FIRST STREET BETWEEN ABERDEEN AVENUE AND THE SOUTH
LINE OF THE SEASIDE CAMP MEETING GROUNDS, IN THE CITY.! OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, HAS BEEN GIVEN BY PUBLICATION AND REGISTERED MAIL
TO THE LAST KNOWN ADDRESS OF ALL OWNERS ABUTTING SAID UNOPENED STREET
AND WITHIN 450 FEET THEREOF, AND THEREAFTER, PURSUANT TO SAID NOTICE,
A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD ON JANUARY 29, 1964, BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE CITY CHARTER; AND
WHEREAS, AT SAID PUBLIC HEARING, EVIDENCE WAS SUBMITTED THAT
THE CLOSING OF THE STREET WAS DONE BY THE COUNTY OF NUECES IN 1937, AND
THAT IN ORDER TO HAVE SUCH CLOSING ON FILE SO THAT THE TITLE COMPANIES
WOULD HAVE THIS INFORMATION READILY AVAILABLE AND THE FACT THAT THE
ACTION TAKEN BY THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE CLOSING OF THIS STREET WAS NOT
IN CONFLICT WITH THE PREVIOUS ACTION BY THE COUNTY IN THIS MATTER, IT
HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT IT WILL BE TO THE ADVANTAGE OF THE CITY TO ABAN-
DON WHATEVER RIGHTS, IF ANY THE CITY HAS IN SAID AREAAS A PUBLIC STREET:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THAT THERE IS HEREBY CLOSED FOR PUBLIC USE THAT
PORTION OF FIRST STREET BETWEEN ABERDEEN AVENUE AND THE SOUTH LINE OF
THE SEASIDE CAMP MEETING GROUNDS, IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES
COUNTY, TEXAS, AND ABANDONING THE SAME TO THE ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS,
WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO ANY PROPERTY RIGHTS OF SAID ABUTTING PROPERTY
OWNERS HERETOFORE EXISTING.
SECTION 2. THE FACT THAT THE PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY
WOULD BE BETTER SERVED BY THE CLOSING OF THE AREA HEREINABOVE DESCRIBED
AND THE ABANDONING OF THE PROPERTY TO THE ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS
CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY REQUIRING
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THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION
SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND THATSUCH
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 FEBRUARY, 1964•
ATTEST
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
ITY SECRETAIRY
APPRO ED AS TO LEGAL FORM THIS/
DAY OF FEBRUARY, 19614:
CITY ATT RNE`
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
0`DAY OF 9y, 19
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
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.
RESPECTFULLY,
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS.
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
JAMES L. BARNARD
JAMES H. YOUNG i
JACK R. BLACKMON
JOSE R. DELEON /
M. P. MA_ LDONADO
W. J. ROBERTS
W. H. WALLACE, JR.�
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWI 6 VOTE:
JAMES L. BARNARD
JAMES H. YOUNG �r
JACK R. BLACKMON ✓
JOSE R. DELEON
M. P. MALDONADO V
W. J. ROBERTS r
W. H. WALLACE, JR. /