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AN ORDINANCE
CLOSING AND ABANDONING A 10 -FOOT UTILITY EASEMENT
CENTERED ON THE WEST PROPERTY LINE OF BLOCK 3, UNIT 1,
STODDART SMITH SUBDIVISION; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY;
AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, there exists a 10 -foot utility easement centered on the
west property line of Block 3, Unit 1, Stoddart Smith Subdivision, in the
City of Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas; and
WHEREAS, it has been determined that it is feasible and advantageous
to the City of Corpus Christi to abandon said easement to the abutting property
owners as it is not needed by the City, nor will it within the foreseeable
future be needed by the City for any purpose whatsoever:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the 10 -foot utility easement centered on the west
property line of Block 3, Unit 1, Stoddart Smith Subdivision, in the City of
Corpus Christi, 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, 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 ordinance 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 provision of this ordinance, for it is the definite intent
of this 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 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
that such emergency and necessity exist, and having requested the suspension of
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the 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
ATTEST:
City Secretary MAYOR
THE CITY OF ORP]} MISTI, TEXAS
APPROVED: J ;
DAY OF
C //ty Attorne-y,
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Corpus Christi, Texas
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13 day of Az_lr�_, 19 112�
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,
MAYOR
THE CITY OF ORPMISTI, TEXAS
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote:
Jason Luby
James T. Acuff
Rev. Harold T. Branch
Thomas V. Gonzales
Ricardo Gonzalez
Gabe .Lozano, Sr.
J. Howard Stark
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Jason Luby y�
James T. Acuff
Rev. Harold T. Branch
Thomas V. Gonzales
Ricardo Gonzalez
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
J. Howard Stark