HomeMy WebLinkAbout02035 ORD - 02/18/1947AN ORDINANCE fix' ✓ - .: -
AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1781, BEING "AN ORDINANCE
SETTING UP, CREATING, AND DIVIDING THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, INTO 21.WARDS, DESCRIBING
THE BOUNDARIES THEREOF; - REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES
AND PARTS OF ORDINANCE IN CONFLICT THEREWITH,
AND DECLARING 91 EMERGENCY ", WHICH SAID ORDINANCE
IS.DATED THE 27th DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1945, AND IS
RECORDED IN VOLum 14, PAGE 331 OF THE ORDINANCES
AND RESOLUTIONS BOOK; AND ALL A)MMUENTS TO SAID
ORDINANCES, ESPECIALLY AMENDMENT NO. 1976, RECORDED
IN VOLUME 15, PAGE 132 OF THE ORDINANCES AND RESO-
LDTIONS BOOK; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
THEREWITH, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WBEREAS, the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi,
Texas, on February 27, 1945, passed and approved an ordinance setting
up, creating, and dividing the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, into
twenty -one wards and describing the boundaries thereof; and
WHERE&S, on the 17th day of September, A. D., 1946, the
City Council of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, passed and ap-
proved an amendment to said ordinance, and by virtue of said amend-
ment created and divided the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, into
twenty -two wards and described the boundaries thereof; and
WHEREAS, since the ordinance of February 27, 1945, was
passed and the amendment thereto, it has become necessary in order
to secure proper voting facilities for the citizens of this City
to make a change in and to said City Ward No. 22 and by creating a
new City Ward to be City Ward No. 23;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS,
SECTION 1. Ordinance No. 1781, passed and approved by
the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi on the 27th day of
February, A. D., 1945, and contained in Volume 14, Pages 331-336
of the Ordinances and Resolutions records of the City of Corpus
Christi and entitled; "AN ORDINANCE SETTING UP, CREATING, AND
DIVIDING THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, INTO TWENTY -ONE WARDS;
�- DESCRIBING THE BOUNDARIES THEREOF, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND
a ors
PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH, AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY ", and all amendments to aforesaid ordinances, especially
the amendment to said ordinance passed and approved by the City
Council of the City of Corpus Christi on the 17th day of UePtember„
A. D., 1946, same being Ordinance No. 1976 of record in Volume 15,
Page 132 of the Ordinances and Resolutions Book of the City of
Corpus Christi be amended as follows;
"That City Ward No. 11 as described in Section 1 of
Ordinance 1976 amending Ordinance 1781 be amended so as to read
hereafter as follows, to -wits
Beginning at the.intersection of the center line of
Eighteenth Street and the center line of South Staples
Street (Colorado Avenue); thence, in a southerly and
southeasterly direction with the center line of South
Staples Street (Colorado Avenue), same being Dump Road,
to its intersection with a line that is 150 feet south-
west of and parallel to the center line of Everhart
Road and its extensions; thence, in a southwesterly
direction with a line that is 150 feet southeast of and
parallel to the center line of Everhart Road to its in-
tersection with a line that is 180 feet southwest of
and parallel to the center line of Gollihar Road; thence
In a northwesterly direction with a line and its exten-
sions that is 180 feet southwest of and parallel to the
center line of Gollihar Road to a point in the east
property line of Lot 16, Section 5, Range 9 of the
Gugenheim & Cohn Farm lots; thence in a northerly
direction with the east property line of Lots 16, 9
and 8, Section 5, Range 9, Gugenheim and Cohn Farm
Lots, to the south boundary line of the Municipal
Airport, Corpus Christi, Texas, same being the pres-
ent city limits line; thence in a westerly direction
with the south line of the Municipal Airport, Corpus
Christi, Texas, same being the present city limits
line to the east line of the Brownsville Road; thence
in a northeasterly direction with the east boundary
line of Brownsville Road, to the intersection with
the east boundary line of Airport Road extended; thence
in a southerly direction with an extension of the east
boundary line of Airport Road to an intersection with
the northeastern property line extended, Lot 12, Block
"G" Paisley's Subdivision of the Hoffman Tract; thence
.in a southeasterly direction with the extension of the
northeastern property line of Lot 12, Block "G ", Pais -
leyts Subdivision of the Hoffman Tract, crossing Rabbit
Run Road and continuing with said.northeastern boundary
of said Lot 12, Block "G ", Paisley's Subdivision of
the Hoffman Tract, to the southwestern corner of said
Lot 6, Block "G" and being the extreme western corner
of San Diego Addition; thence, continuing in a south-
easterly direction with the southwestern property line
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of Lot 6, Block "G ", Paisley's Subdivision of the
Hoffman Tract, same being the southwestern boundary
line of San Diego Subdivision; and continuing with
the southwestern boundary line of Broadmoor Park No.
3 Addition and the northeastern boundary line of
U. S. H. A. Housing Project La Armada Nos. 1 and 2
to its intersection with the - center line of Ayres
Street; thence in a northeasterly direction with
the center line of Ayres Street to its intersection
with the center line of Baldwin Boulevard; thence
in a southeasterly direction with the center line of
Baldwin Boulevard to its intersection with the oenter
line of Eighteenth Street; thence in a southeasterly
direction with the center line of Eighteenth Street
to its intersection with the center line of South
Staples Street, the place of beginning."
That City Ward No. 22 as described in Section 1 of
Ordinance No. 1976 amending Ordinance No. 1781 be amended so as
to read hereafter as follows, to -wit:
"City Ward No. 22 shall comprise and shall include
that area bounded as follows, to -wit:
Beginning at the intersection with the western
property line of Port Avenue and the south right -of-
way line of the Texas Mexican Railroad; thence in a
westerly direction with the North R.O.W. line of State
Highway No. L4 and the south line of the Texas Mexican
Railroad right- of-way to its intersection with the center
line of Virginia Street; thence in a southerly direc-
tion with the center line of Virginia Street to its
intersection with the center line of Baldwin Boulevard;
thence in a southeasterly direction with the center line
of Baldwin Boulevard to its intersection with the center
of Morgan Street; thence in a southeasterly direction
with the center line of Morgan Avenue to its intersec-
tion with the eastern property line of South Port Avenue;
thence in a northerly direction with the eastern property
line of South Port Avenue to its intersection with the
south property line of Agnes Street; thence west across
Port Avenue to the southwest corner of the intersection
of Port Avenue and Agnes Street; thence in a northeasterly
direction with the west property line of Port Avenue to
its intersection with the south right -of -sway line of
the Texas Mexican Railroad right -of -way the place of
beginning..
That there is added to Section 1 of said Ordinance No.
1781 as amended by Section 1 of Ordinance No. 1976, another para-
graph being and covering City Ward No. 23, and the some shall be
and hereafter read as follows, to-wit:
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"City ward No. 23 shall comprise and shall include that
area bounded as followss
Beginning at the point of intersection of the center
line of Morgan Avenue and the east property line of south
Port Avenue; thence in a westerly direction with the
center line of Morgan Avenue to its intersection with
the center line of Baldwin Boulevard; thence in a north-
westerly direction with the center line of Baldwin Boule-
vard to its intersection with the center line of Virginia
Street; .thence in a northerly direction with the center
line of Virginia Street to its intersection with the
south property line of the Texas - Mexican Railroad right -
of -way, same being the north right- of-way line of State
Highway No. %IF; thence in a westerly direction with the
north right- of-way line of State Highway No. W, same
being the south property line of Texas Mexican Railroad
right-of-way to its intersection with east property line
of Old Robstown Road and /or Airport Road; thence in a
southerly direction with the east boundary line of Airport
Road, crossing Brownsville Road and continuing with-the
extension of the east boundary line of the Airport Road
to its intersection with the northwesterly extension of
northeastern property line of Lots 12, Block "G ", Pais-
ley's Subdivision of the Hoffman Tract, and the north
eastern boundary line of Harlem Park Addition; thence in
a southeasterly direction with the extension of the north-
eastern boundary line of Harlem Park Addition and Lot 12,
Block "G ", Paisley's Subdivision of the Hoffman Tract,
crossing Rabbit Run Road and continuing with the north-
eastern property line of said Lot 12, Block "G ", Pais-
ley's Subdivision of Hoffman Tract to the extreme western
corner of San Diego Addition; thence in a northeasterly
direction with the northwest property line of Lot 6,
Block "G ", Paisley's Subdivision of the Hoffman Tract,
same being the northwestern boundary line of San. Diego
Addition, to the extreme northern corner of said sub-
division; thence in a southeasterly direction with the
northeast property line of Lot 6, Block "G ", Paisley's
Subdivision of the Hoffman Tract, same being the north-
eastern boundary line of San Diego Addition to its inter-
section with the east property line of south Port Avenue;
thence in a northerly direction with the eastern property
line of south Port Avenue to its intersection with the
center line of Morgan Avenue, the place of beginning.
SECTION 2. That all ordinances and parts of ordinances
in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. The fact that a new division of wards is re-
quired immediately to insure adequate voting facilities for the voters
of Corpus Christi, Texas, and the fact that new territory has been
annexed by the City since the last general city election necessitates
a new division of wards and creates a public emergency and imperative
public necessity requiring the suspension of the Charter rule 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 several meetings of the City Council, and the Mayor having
declared that such public emergency and imperative necessity exist,
and having requested that such Charter rule be suspended, 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 ORDAINED.
PASSED and APPROVED this day of February, A. D.,
1947•
MAYOR
City of Corpus Christi, Texas
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City Secretary /
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL F Mz
City Attorn6y
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February /d , 1947
Corpus Christi, Texas
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
Gentlemen:
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the
foregoing ordinance, a public emergency and imperative necessity
exist for the suspension 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, hereby request that
you suspend said Charter rule or requirement and pass this ordinance
finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of the
City Council.
Respectfully,
City of Corpus Christi, Texas
The Charter rule was suspended by the following votes
Robert T. Wilson
Wesley E. Seale
John A. Ferris
George R. Clark, Jr.
Ray R. Henry
The above ordinance was passed
by the following vote:
Robert T. Wilson
Wesley E. Seale
John A. Ferris
George R. Clark, Jr.
R. R. Henry
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