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AN ORDINANCE
CLOSING AND ABANDONING THAT PORTION OF A PIPELINE
EASEMENT OUT OF LOT 7, SECTION 3 OF THE BOHEMIAN
COLONY LANDS WHICH GOES THROUGH LOTS 1, 2, 3, 4,
44 AND 45, BLOCK 1, LEXINGTON SUBDIVISION, SAID
EASEMENT BEING DATED FEBRUARY 19, 1941, FROM JOHANNA
KOSAR TO HOUSTON NATURAL GAS COMPANY, AND BEING OF
RECORD IN VOLUME 269, PAGES 256-257, OF THE NUECES
COUNTY DEED RECORDS, AND BEING THAT SAME EASEMENT
ASSIGNED BY THE HOUSTON NATURAL GAS COMPANY TO THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI IN 1962; AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, there exists a pipeline easement in Lot 7, Section 3 of
the Bohemian Colony Lands which goes through Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 44 and 45,
' Block 1, Lexington Subdivision, said easement being dated February 19,
1941, and was granted by Johanna Kosar to Houston Natural Gas Company,
and in 1962 assigned by the said Houston Natural Gas Company to the City
of Corpus Christi; and
WHEREAS, it has been determined that it is feasible and advantageous
to the City of Corpus Christi to abandon said pipeline easement:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the portion of a pipeline easement out of Lot 7,
Section 3 of the Bohemian Colony Lands which goes through Lots 1, 2, 3, 4,'
44 and 45, Block41, Lexington Subdivision, being that easement dated the
19th day of February, 1941, from Johanna Kosar to Houston Natural Gas Company,
and recorded in Volume 269, pages 256-257, and later assigned to the City of
Corpus Christi in 1962 by the said Houston Natural Gas Company, 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-
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State of 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.
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SECTION 3. The fact that the public convenience and necessity
would be better served by the closing of the aforesaid and above described
pipeline easement creates a public emergency and an imperative public neces-
sity requiring the suspension of the Charter rule that no ordinance or resolu-
tion 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 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 /7 day of October, 1979.
ATTEST:
-City,Secretary MAY
THE C Y OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
APPROVED:
17th DAY OF OCTOBER, 1979:
J. BRUCE AYCOCK, CITY ATTORNEY
Corpus Christi, Texas Cj
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