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AN ORDINANCE
CLOSING AND ABANDONING THAT PORTION OF PALM STREET, ORANGE
STREET, OLEANDER STREET, AND PLAZA AVENUE, AS SHOWN ON THE
MAP OR PLAT OF ALTA PLAZA ADDITION NO. 1, AND THAT PORTION
OF FORMER SAN ANTONIO AVENUE EXTENDED WITHIN THE BOUNDARY
OF ALTA PLAZA ADDITION, EXCEPT SUCH PORTION OF ALL SAID
STREETS AS MAY LIE WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE STREETS,
LANES AND ALLEYS AS SHOWN ON THE MAP OR PLAT OF ALTA PLAZA
ADDITION AS RECORDED IN THE MAP RECORDS OF NUECES COUNTY,
TEXAS, VOLUME 14, PAGE 13, ALL IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI HAS BEEN PETITIONED
TO CLOSE PORTIONS OF PALM STREET, ORANGE STREET, OLEANDER STREET, PLAZA AVENUE AND
A PORTION OF FORMER SAN ANTONIO AVENUE, AS HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED; AND
WHEREAS, NOTICE OF THE PROPOSED STREET CLOSINGS HAS BEEN GIVEN BY PUB-
LICATION, AND MAILING TO THE LAST KNOWN ADDRESS OF ALL OWNERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING
SAID STREET AND WITHIN 450 FEET THEREFROM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY CHARTER AS
PROVIDED BY ARTICLE 2, SECTION G'THEREOF; AND
WHEREAS, SAID NOTICE HAVING BEEN GIVEN, HEARING WAS HELD ON THE 8TH DAY
OF APRIL, AT 4:00 P.M. IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT THE CITY HALL, AT WHICH TIME
AND PLACE ALL PERSONS AND PARTIES INTERESTED AND WISHING TO APPEAR WERE HEARD; AND
WHEREAS, THE PUBLIC WELFARE, SAFETY, CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY WOULD BE
BETTER SERVED BY THE CLOSING OF THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF SAID STREETS:
NOW THEREFORE, BE -IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, TEXAS:
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SECTION 1: THAT ALL THOSE PORTIONS OF PALM STREET, ORANGE STREET, OLEANDER
aSTREET, AND PLAZA AVENUE, AS SHOWN ON THE MAP OR PLAT OF ALTA PLAZA ADDITION N0. 1,
RECORDED IN VOL. 1, PAGE 39, MAP RECORDS OF NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, AND THAT PORTION OF
FORMER SAN ANTONIO AVENUE EXTENDED WITHIN THE BOUNDARY OF ALTA PLAZA ADDITION, PLAT
OF WHICH ADDITION IS RECORDED IN VOL. 14, PAGE 13, NUECES COUNTY MAP RECORDS, EXCEPT
SUCH PORTION OF ALL SAID STREETS AS MAY LIE WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE STREETS,
ALLEYS AND LANES SHOWN ON THE MAP OR PLAT OF SAID ALTA PLAZA ADDITION RECORDED IN THE
MAR RECORDS OF NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, VOLUME 14, PAGE 13, BE, AND THE SAME ARE HEREBY,
CLOSED, AND THE DEDICATION THEREOF IS HEREBY VACATED.
SECTION 2: THAT THE FACT THAT PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY WILL BE
BETTER SERVED BY THE.CLOSING OF SAID DESCRIBED STREETS IN SECTION 1 HEREOF,
IMMEDIATELY CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY. AND IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY REQUIRING
THE SUSPENSION OF SUCH CHARTER RULE THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED
FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND 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 SAID
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CHARTER RULE AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRO-
DUCTION AND TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE,
IT lS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED.
PASSED AND APPROVED, THIS THE /cS�AY of , A. D. 1952•
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CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
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CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
CITY ATTOR EY
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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 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,
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.
Respectf lly,
MAYOR
City of Corpus Christi, Texas
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote:
Leslie Wasserman
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Jack DeForrest
Sydney E. Herndon
George L. Lowman _
Frank E. Williamson
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Leslie Wasserman
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Jack DeForrest
Sydney E. Herndon
George L. Lowman
Frank E. Williamson
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