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AN ORDINANCE
CLOSING AND ABANDONING THE 5 -FOOT UTILITY
EASEMENT IN LOT 1, BLOCK 2, H. C. HOLLY
ADDITION; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, there exists a 5 -foot utility easement in
Lot 1, Block 2, H. C. Holly Addition, as shown by map of record
in 18, page 18, Map Records of Nueces County, Texas, situated
in Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas; and
WHEREAS, the aforesaid easement is not now needed by
the City, nor will it within the foreseeable future be needed
by the City of Corpus Christi for any purpose whatsoever; and
WHEREAS, it has been determined that it is to the
advantage of the City to abandon the easement hereinabove
described so that the same may be used by the owners of the
abutting property for other purposes and increment the values
of the City's ad valorem tax rolls:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the 5 -foot utility easement located
in Lot 1, Block 2, H. C. Holly Addition, as shown by map of
record in Volume 18, page 18, Map Records, Nueces County, Texas,
be, and the same is hereby closed for public use and every
municipal purpose and abandoned to the owners of the abutting
property, subject to the dedication of an alternate easement
by plat, in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas and
for the service and interest of the inhabitants of the City of
Corpus Christi, Texas.
SECTION 2. If for any reason any section, paragraph,
subdivision, clause, phrase, word, or provision of this ordi-
nance shall be held invalid or unconstitutional by final judgment
of a court of competent jurisdiction it shall not affect any other
section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word, or pro-
vision of this ordinance, for it is the definite intent of this
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City Council that every section, paragraph, subdivision, clause,
phrase, word or provision hereof be given full force and effect
for its purpose. .
SECTION 3. The fact that the public convenience and
necessity would be better served by the closing of the aforesaid
easement creates a public emergency and imperative public neces-
sity requiring the suspension of the Charter rule that no ordi-
nance or resolution shall be passed finally on the date of its
introduction but 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 ordi-
nance 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 he_Z#--t4,day of Mai.ch, 1973.
ATTEST:
An A At
C1ty Secr t y 1,AYOR
THE CITY F CO CHRISTI, TEXAS
APPROVED:
��( /(DAY OF MARCH, 1973:
C ty Attorney
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CORPUS CHRISTI, yTEXAS n
_ Jy. DAY OF
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.
R TFULLY,
MAYOR
THE CITY OF CO S HRISTI, TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE.
BONNIE SI2EMORE / /ju p _ - •
-- CHARLES A. SONNIWELL ✓/ 0_44,e—
ROBERTO BOSQUEZ, M.D.
` REV. HAROLD T. BRANCH
THOMAS V. GONZALES /^
GABE LOZANO, SR.
J. HOWARD STARK
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE.
RONNIE SIZEMORE
CHARLES A. SONNIWELL
ROBERTO BOSQUE Z, M.D. �
'REV. HAROLD T. BRANCH
THOMAS V. GONZALES f _"�'U�• --
GABE LOZANO, SR.y - - - -1
_ J. HOWARD STARK `// Q