HomeMy WebLinkAbout09928 ORD - 09/16/1970AN ORDINANCE
CLOSING A PORTION OF COKE STREET, LOCATED ADJACENT
TO THE EAST PROPERTY LINE OF LOTS 5 AND 6, BLOCK 3,
CRAVEN HEIGHTS, IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS; RESERVING THE NECESSARY EASEMENTS FOR EXISTING
UTILITIES; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, NOTICE OF THE TIME AND PLACE FOR *HOLDING A HEARING
CONCERNING THE CLOSING OF A PORTION OF COKE STREET, LOCATED ADJACENT
TO THE EAST PROPERTY LINE OF LOTS 5 AND 6, BLOCK 3, CRAVEN HEIGHTS,
AND GENERALLY DESCRIBED AS THE DEAD END PORTION OF THE OLD COKE STREET
RIGHT OF WAY, IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, WAS GIVEN BY PUBLICA-
TION AND REGISTERED MAIL TO THE LAST KNOWN ADDRESSES OF THE OWNERS OF
PROPERTY ABUTTING SAID PORTION OF COKE STREET AND WITHIN 450 FEET OF THE
AREA TO BE CLOSED AND THEREAFTER, PURSUANT TO SAID NOTICE, PUBLIC HEARING
WAS HELD AT REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1970, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVI-
SIONS OF THE CITY CHARTER; AND
WHEREAS, IT WAS DETERMINED BY THE,.CITY COUNCIL AFTER SUCH
HEARING THAT IT WOULD BEST SERVE THE PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY
TO CLOSE THAT PORTION OF COKE STREET, HEREINAFTER MORE FULLY DESCRIBED,
FOR USE AS A PUBLIC STREET; AND
WHEREAS, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT IT IS TO THE ADVANTAGE
OF THE CITY TO CLOSE THE HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED PORTION OF COKE STREET
SO THAT THE SAME MAY BE USED BY THE ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS FOR OTHER
PURPOSES; HOWEVER, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS DETERMINED IT IS NECESSARY TO
RETAIN EASEMENTS FOR ALL EXISTING UTILITIES:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THAT THAT PORTION OF COKE STREET, HEREINAFTER
MORE FULLY DESCRIBED, SITUATED IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, IS HEREBY
CLOSED FOR PUBLIC USE AS A PUBLIC STREET AND ABANDONED TO THE OWNERS
OF THE ABUTTING PROPERTY, SUBJECT TO THE HEREINAFTER PROVIDED CONDITION:
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BEING A PORTION OF COKE STREET AS ORIGINALLY DEDICATED
BY MAP OF RECORD IN VOLUME A, PAGE 7, MAP RECORDS NUECES
COUNTY2 TEXAS SAID PORTION OF STREET BEING MORE PARTICU-
LARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS AS FOLLOWS:
BEGINNING AT A POINT IN THE WEST RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF
SAID COKE STREETS SAID POINT BEING N. v 14' E., 7.68
FEET FROM THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 5, BLOCK 3,
CRAVEN HEIGHTS AS SHOWN BY MAP OF RECORD IN VOLUME A,
PAGE 7, MAP RECORDS NUECES COUNTY TEXAS4 FOR THE
MOST SOUTHERLY AND BEGINNING CORNER OF THE TRACT
HEREIN DESCRIBED;
THENCE N. O° 14' E., WITH THE ORIGINAL WEST RIGHT OF
WAY LINE OF SAID COKE STREETS AT 42.32 FEET PASS THE
NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT 5, IN ALL A DISTANCE OF
10.07 FEET TO A POINT, THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 6,
BLOCK 3, SAID CRAVEN HEIGHTS FOR THE NORTHWEST CORNER
OF THE TRACT HEREIN DESCRIBED;
THENCE S. 89° 58. E., WITH THE NORTH RIGHT OF WAY LINE
OF SAID COKE STREET, A DISTANCE OF 17.58 FEET TO A POINT
THE P.C. OF A CURVE TO THE RIGHT FOR A CORNER OF THIS
TRACT;
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THENCE IN A SOUTHEASTERLY AND SOUTHERLY DIRECTION WI'TH�
THE ARC OF SAID CURVE TO THE RIGHTS WHOSE CENTRAL ANGLE
IS 131° 42' 30 ", AND WHOSE RADIUS IS 15.0 FEET A DISTANCE
OF 34.48 FEET TO A POINT FOR A CORNER]
THENCE IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION WITH THE ARC OF A CURVE
TO THE LEFT, WHOSE CENTRAL ANGLE IS 410 301 20 ", AND
WHOSE RADIUS IS 115.0 FEET A DISTANCE OF 83.31 FEET TO
THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
CONTAINING 1445.5 SQUARE FEET OF LAND MORE OR LESS.
SECTION 2. THERE IS HEREBY RESERVED TO THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI AN EASEMENT FOR ALL UTILITIES IN THE FULL WIDTH OF THE RIGHT
OF WAY OF THE HEREINABOVE DESCRIBED PORTION OF COKE STREETv AND THIS
CLOSURE IS CONDITIONED ON SUCH RESERVATION -BEING EFFECTED AND PRESERVED.
SECTION 3. THE FACT THAT THE PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY
WOULD BE BETTER SERVED BY THE CLOSING OF THE AFORESAID PORTION OF COKE
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, AND HAVING REQUESTED THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER
RULE AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS
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INTRODUCTION AND TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND-EFFECT FROM AND
AFTER ITS PASSAGE,.IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, THIS THE /' / 7DAY
OF SEPTEMBER, 1970.
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TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing
ordinance, a public emergency and imperative necessity exist for the suspen-
sion 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,
request that you suspend said Charter rule or requirement and pass this ordi-
nance finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of the
City Council.
Respectfully,
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THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
The Charter rule was suspended by the fo11'owing vote:
Jack R. Blackmon"
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
V. A. "Dick" Bradley, Jr.
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Eduardo E. de Ases
Ken McDaniel
W. J. "Wrangler" Roberts
Ronnie Sizemore
The above ordinance was passed by the fo owing vote:
Jack R. Blackmon _2r
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
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V. A. "Dick" Bradley, Jr.
Eduardo E. de Ases
Ken McDaniel
W. J. "Wrangler" Roberts a
Ronnie Sizemore