HomeMy WebLinkAbout12358 ORD - 11/13/1974JRR:jkh:ll- 13 -74; 1st
AN ORDINANCE
CLOSING AND ABANDONING THE 5 -FOOT UTILITY EASEMENT IN
LOT 2, BLOCK 9, RUSSELL INDUSTRIAL AREA? PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
s
WHEREAS, there exists a 5 -foot utility easement in Lot 2, Block 9,
Russell Mdustrial Area, as shown by plat recorded in Volume 37, page 47,
Map Records of Nueces County, Texas; and
WHEREAS, a portion of 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 hereinafter described so that the same
may be used by the owners of the abutting property for other purposes and
increment the value 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 a portion of the 5 -foot utility easement located
in Lot 2, Block 9, Russell Industrial Area, in the City of Corpus Christi,
Nueces County, Texas, more particularly described hereinafter, 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:
BEGINNING at a point in the west right -of -way line of Villa Drive,
said point being the most northeasterly corner of said Lot 2, Block 9,
for the POINT OF BEGINNING of this.easement.
THENCE along the west right -of -way line of Villa Drive,S 170 21' 4011 W
5.29 feet to a point for a corner;
THENCE S 880 15' 0019 W 298.27 feet to a point for a corner;
THENCE N 010 45' 00" W 5.00 feet to a point in the north boundary of
Lot 2, Block 9 for a corner;
THENCE along the north boundary line of Lot 2, Block 9, N 881) 15' 00" W
300.00 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING.
JL2358
•
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 sus-
pension of the Charter rule that no ordinance 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, having
requested the suspension of the Charter rule and that this ordinance take
effect and be in -full force and effect from and after its passage, IT IS
ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED this theJ!H:___day of November, 1974.
AP
DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1974:
k=., ASS 'City Attorney
MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TESAS
6 - - -
Corpus Christi, Texas
L_day of L` : , 194K
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 CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote:
Jason Lub)E
.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
James T. Acuff
Rev. Harold T. Branch
Thomas V. Gonzales
Ricardo Gonzalez
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
J. Howard Stark