HomeMy WebLinkAbout02131 ORD - 08/19/1947AN ORDINANCE
CLOSING CERTAIN PORTIONS OF DEFINED STREETS OR
AVENUE, AS THE OAor' raAY BL, AS SA1JT l PF, ".P`? OF
RECORD ON A DU_P OF PORT ARANSAS CLIFFS SUBDIVISION
FILED IN MAP BOOK A, PAGE±, 27, I11AP RECORDS OF MJECES
COUNTY', TrXAS, BEINr THAT PORTION OF ORIGINAL
TRINIDAD STREET LYING EAST OF FRACTIONAL BLOCK NO.
1415 AND 11EST OF FRACTIONAL BLOCK NO. 1315 OF SAID
PORT ARANSAS CLIFFS SUBDIVISION, SAME, BEING ALL
THAT PORTICN OF ORIGINAL TRIIIDAD STREET LYING NORTH
OF ROPES STREET TO IT'S INTERSECTION i1TTH THE EAST
LINE OF PAISLE'Y'S SUBDIVISION; THAT PORTION OF
ORIGINAL PUEBLO STREET LYING EAST OF FRACTIONAL
BLOCKS NOS. 1315 AND 1314 AND WEST OF BLOCK NO.
1215 AND FRACTIONAL BLOCK NO. 1214 OF SAID PORT ,.
ARANSAS CLIFFS SUBDIVISION, SAME BEING ALL THAT
PORTION CF ORIGINAL PUEBLO STREET LYING NORTH OF
ROPES STREET AND SOUTH OF Vv7AT I3 KNOM4 49 THE U.
LOTT TRACT; THAT PORTION OF ORIGINAL WACO STREET
LYING EAST OF BLOCK NO. 1215 AND FRACTIONAL BLOCK
NO. 1214 AND WEST OF BLOCK NO. 1115 AND FRACTIONAL
BLOCK NO. 1114 OF SAID PORT ARANSAS CLIFFS SUB -
DIVISIOiu, SAME BEING ALL THAT PORTTON OF ORIGINAL
VIACO STREET LYING NORTH OF ROPE'S STREET AND SOUTH
OF WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE U. LOTT TRACT; THAT PORTION
OF ORIGINAL FORT WORTH STREET LYING EAST OF BLOCK
NO. 1115 AND FRACTIONAL BLOCK NO. 1114 AND WEST OF
BLOCK NO. 1015 AND FRACTIONAL BLOCK NO. 1014 OF
SAID PORT ARANSAS CLIFFS SUBDIVISION, SAtZ,] BEING
ALL THAT PORTION OF ORIGINAL FORT INORTH STREET
LYING NORTH OF ROPES STREET AND SOUTE-_ OF VaLAT IS
KNO,V1,T AS THE U. LOTT TRACT; THAT PORTION OF ORIGINAL
DALLAS STREET LYING EAST OF BLOCK NO. 1015 AND
FRACTIONAL BLOCK NO. 1014 AND VEST OF BLOCK NO.
915 AND FRACTIONAL BLOCK NO. 914 OF SAID PORT
':RANS.AS CLIFFS SUBDIVISION, S_4r:'1E BEING ALL THAT
PORTION OF ORIGINAL DALLAS STREET LYING NORTH OF
ROPES STREET AND SOUTH OF WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE U.
LOTT TRACT; THAT PORTION OF ORIGINAL SCOTT STREET
LYING NORTH OF BLOCKS NOS. 915, 1015, 1115, 1215
AND FRACTIONAL BLOCK NO. 1315 AND SOUTH OF FRACTIONAL
BLOCKS NOS. 914, 1014, 1114, 1214 AND 1314 OF SAID
PORT ARANSAS CLIFFS SUBDIVISION, SAME BEING ALL THAT
PORTION OF ORIGINAL SCOTT STREET LYING WEST OF ALANIEDA
STREET AND EAST OF WHAT IS KNOVdN AS FAISLEY'S SUB-
DIVISION: AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY:
Whereas, notice of the closing of portions of certain
streets /or avenues, hereinafter dascribed,has been given by
publication and by mail to the last known addresses of all 'record
owners of the property abutting and immediately adjacent to said
portions of land and within four hundred fifty feet (450') thereof,
and thereafter, pursuant to said notice, to -wit: on the 19th day
of August, A.D. 1947, a public hearing was held by the City
Council of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, in accordance
with the provisions of Section 6, Article II, of
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the City Charter of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas; and
Whereas, it has been duly determined by the City Council
after such public hearing, that the portions of streets /or
avenues hereinafter described are olosed, and that the same have
been closed for many years, and that the hereinafter described
portions of streets /or avenues have never been used as a
thoroughfare by the general public and that the streets /or
avenues have never been graded on said portions, and that the
owners of the property abutting and immediately adjacent to
said portions of streets /or avenues are willing to have the
said portions of said streets /or avenues closed and favor the
closing of same, and that it will be to the advantage of the
City of Corpus Christi to have the said portions of said
streets /or avenues be closed, and that the closing of same
have been duly approved by the City Zoning and Planning
Commission of the City of Corpus Christi, as required by law:
NOW, TBEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the following described portions of
designated streets /or avenues, in the City of Corpus Christi,
Texas, be closed to public use, said portions being described
as follows, to -wit:
(1) That portion of original Trinidad Street lying
East of Fractional Block No. 1415 and West of Fractional Block
No. 1315 of said Port Aransas Cliffs Subdivision, same being
all that portion of original Trinidad Street lying North of
Ropes Street to its intersection with the East line of Paisley's
Subdivision.
(2) That portion of original Pueblo Street lying East
of Fractional Blocks Nos. 1315 and 1314 and West of Block No.
1215 and Fractional Block No. 1214 of said Fort Aransas Cliffs
Subdivision, same being all that portion of original Pueblo
Street lying North of Ropes Street and South of what is known
as the U. Lott tract.
(3) That portion of original Waco Street lying, East
of Block No. 1215 and Fractional Block No. 1214 and West of Block
No. 1115 and Fractional Block No. 1114 of said Port Aransas
Cliffs Subdivision, same being all that portion of original
Waco Street lying North of Ropes Street and South of what is
known as the U. Lott tract.
(4) That portion of original Fort Worth Street lying
East of Block No. 1115 and Fractional Block No. 1114 and West
of Block No. 1015 and Fractional Block No. 1014 of said Port
Aransas Cliffs Subdivision, same being all that portion of
original Fort Worth Street lying North of Ropes Street and
South of what is known as the U. Lott tract.
(5) That portion of original Dallas Street lying East
of Block No. 1015 and Fractional Block No. 1014 and West of
Block No. 915 and Fractional Block No. 914 of said Port Aransas
Cliffs Subdivision, same being all that portion of original
Dallas Street lying North of Ropes Street and South of what is
known as the U. Lott tract.
(6) That portion of original Scott Street lying
North of Blocks Nos. 915, 1015, 1115, 1215 and Fractional Block
No. 1315 and South of Fractional Blocks Nos. 914, 1014,_1114 ,
1214 and 1314 of said Port Aransas Cliffs Subdivision,same
being all that portion of original Scott Street lying West of
Alameda Street and East of what is known as Paisley's Subdivision.
said
SECTION 2. That the /above described portion of streets
/or avenues be, and they are hereby ordered and directed,
returned to the abutting property owners entitled to the same.
SECTION 3. The fact that public convenience and necessity
will be better served by the immediate closing of said portions
of said six streets /or avenues, creates a public emergency and
public imperative 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 i% day of August, A.D. 1947.
MAYOR, CityloT Corpus Chris etas
ATTEST:
ity Secretary
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
ty Attorney
Corpus Christi, Texas
August , 1947
TO THE KWERS OF THE CITY COUivCIL
OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
Corpus Christi, Texas
Gentlemen:
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause
of the foregoing ordinance, a public emergency and an im-
perative 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 several
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,
MAYOR, Citf-o-f Corpus �Christi, Te xas
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote:
Wesley E. Seale
Geo. R. Clark, Jr.
John A. Ferris
Joe Dawson
R. Ray Henry
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Wesley E. Seale
Geo. R. Clark, Jr.
John A. Ferris
Joe Dawson
R. Ray Henry
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