HomeMy WebLinkAbout02770 ORD - 05/02/1950AN ORDINANCE
CLOSING THE ALLEY EXTENDING FROM 10TH STRE -T
ON THE EAST TO THE WEST BOUNDARY LINE OF LOT
13 BLOCS 12 CHAMBERLAIN ADDITION EXTENDED AND
BEING A PORTION OF THE ALLEY IN BLOCK 12 OF
CHAMBERLAIN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, TEXAS, RESTRICTING THE USE OF SAID CLOSED
ALLEY UNTIL 30 DAYS NOTICE BE GIVEN THE CITY FOR
REMOVAL OF UTILITY LINES AND REIMBURSEMENT MADE
TO THE CITY FOR THE COST OF REMOVAL AND RELOCATION
OF SUCH; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A QUITCLAIM
DEED TO THE ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS; AND DECLAR-
ING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, The City Council of the City of Corpus Christi
has been petitioned that a portion of the alley in Block 12 of
Chamberlain Addition to the City of Corpus Christi hereinafter
described be closed; and
WHEREAS, Notice of the proposed closing of said alley
has been given by publication and by mail to the last known ad-
dress of all known owners of property abutting said alley and
within 450 feet therefrom in accordance with the Charter of the
City of Corpus Christi as provided for in Article II, Section
6 thereof; and
VdHEREAS, In accordance with the notice given as above
set out, a public hearing was held in the City Council Chamber
of the City Hall at 4 :00 o'clock p.m. on the 25th day of April
19503 by the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas;
and
WHEREAS, The public welfare, safety, convenience, and
necessity would be better served by the closing of that certain
portion of said alley;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the alley extending from 10th
Street on the east to the west boundary line of Lot 13, Block
129 Chamberlain Addition extended, and being a portion of the
alley in Block 12 of Chamberlain Addition to the City of Corpus
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Christi, Texas, be and the same is hereby closed and dedication
thereof is vacated; provided, however, that before any use be
made of the same by the abutting property owners that notice of
at least 30 days be given the City of Corpus Christi by trans-
mittal to the head of the Department of Public Utilities, noti-
fying the City to remove from said alleyway all utility lines
therein, and further provided that the City be reimbursed for
the reasonable cost and expense of removal and relocation of
said utility lines.
SECTION II. That the City of Corpus Christi here-
by releases and relinquishes all right, title, and interest in
and to said alley described in Section 1 hereof to the property
owners abutting said alley and the City Manager of the City is
hereby authorized and directed to execute for and on behalf of
the City a Quitclaim Deed releasing and relinquishing to the
abutting property owners all right, title, and interest there-
in as an easement and alley; said Quitclaim Deed to be deliver-
ed upon compliance with the conditions set forth in Section 1
hereof regarding the removal of utility lines,
SECTION III. The fact that public convenience
and necessity will be better served by the closing of said
alley creates a public emergency and a public imperative neces-
sity requiring the suspension of the Charter rule that no ordin-
ance or resolution shall be passed finally on the dap it is in-
troduced and that such ordinance or resolution shall be read at
three several meetings of the City Council, and the Mayor, hay..
ing declared such emergency and necessity to exist, requesting
that said Charter rule be suspended and that this ordinance be
passed finally on the day it is introduced and that it take
effect and be in full force and effect from and after its pass-
age, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO OPMAINED.
PASSED AND APPROVED This the _day of May, A.D.
1950.
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APPROVED AS TO EGAI, FORM:
City AttorneV
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The City of Corpus Christi, Texas
Corpus Christi, Texas
1950
TO THE 1EMBERS OF THu CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
Gentlemen:
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the fore-
going 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 meetins 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,
i
Daym
City of Corpus Christi, Texas
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote:
Leslie Wasserman
Jack DeF orrest
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Barney Cott
Sydney E. Herndon
George L. Lcfvmau
The above ordinance was
passed by the following vote:
Leslie iassenaan
Jack DeForrest
Barney Cott
Sydney E. Herndon
George L. La moan
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