HomeMy WebLinkAbout03328 ORD - 09/30/1952AN ORDINANCE
CLOSING THOSE STREETS WITHIN THAT PORTION OF PORT ARANSAS
CLIFFS ADDITION TO THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, LYING GEN-
ERALLY WITHIN THAT AREA BOUNDED BY ALAMEDA STREET, DODDRIDGE
STREET AND SOUTH STAPLES STREET, EXTENDING 154+ FEET SOUTH
FROM DODDRIDGE STREET, DISCLAIMING AND RELINQUISHING ALL
CLAIM TO THE ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS; AND DECLARING AN EM-
ERGENCY.
WHEREAS, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI JOIN
PETITIONED THAT ALL OF THE STREETS IN THE AREA DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, TO-
WI T:
THAT PORTION OF PORT ARANSAS CLIFF ADDITION TO THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI LYING GENERALLY WITHIN THAT AREA BOUNDED
BY ALAMEDA STREET, DODDRIDGE STREET AND SOUTH STAPLES
STREET, EXTENDING 1544 FEET SOUTH FROM DODDRIDGE STREET,
ALL IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS,
BE CLOSED FOR THE PURPOSE OF REPLATTING THE SAID AREA IN ACCORDANCE WITH'
A SUBDIVISION PLAT OF THE AREA COVERED BY SAID PETITION HAVING BEEN RE-
CENTLY APPROVED IN FINAL FORM AS POPE PLACE, UNIT 1, BY THE ZONING AND
PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, REDEDICATING
AND RELOCATING THE STREETS WITHIN SAID AREA FOR THE PUBLIC CONVENIENCE
AND BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, AND
WHEREAS, NOTICE OF THE PROPOSED CLOSING OF SAID STREETS HAS BEEN
GIVEN BY PUBLICATION AND BY MAILING TO THE LAST KNOWN
1 ADDRESS OF ALL OWN-
ERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING ON SAID STREETS AND WITHIN 450 FEET THEREFROM,
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, AS PROVIDED
IN ARTICLE 11, SECTION 6, THEREOF; AND
WHEREAS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH NOTICE A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD
ON THE 16TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, A.D. 1952, IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER OF
THE CITY HALL IN CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, AT 2:00 O'CLOCK P.M.; AND
WHEREAS, PUBLIC WELFARE, SAFETY, CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY WOULD
BE BETTER SERVED BY THE CLOSING.OF SAID STREETS:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THAT ALL OF THE STREETS LYING WITHIN THE AREA MORE
PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS'FOLLOWS, TO -WIT:
THOSE STREETS WITHIN THAT PORTION OF PORT ARANSAS CLIFF
ADDITION INTHE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, LYING GEN-
ERALLY WITHIN THAT AREA BOUNDED BY ALAMEDA STREET, DODDRIDGE
STREET AND SOUTH STAPLES STREET, EXTENDING 1544 FEET SOUTH
FROM DODDRIDGE STREET,
BE AND THE SAME ARE HEREBY CLOSED AND THE DEDICATION THEREOF IS HEREBY VACATED
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AND ALL INTEREST OF THE CITY ACQUIRED BY SUCH DEDICATION HERETOFORE MADE
IS HEREBY RELEASED AND RELINQUISHED TO THE ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS, SUB-
JECT ONLY TO AND CONDITIONED UPON THE DEDICATI'ON'OF STREETS DESIGNATED AS
SUCH ON A SUBDIVISION PLAT OF THE AREA ABOVE DESCRIBED HAVING BEEN RECENTLY
APPROVED IN FINAL FORM AS POPE PLACE UNIT 1, ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE
ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS.
SECTION 2. THAT THE FACT THAT PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY
WILL BE BETTER SERVED BY THE CLOSING OF THOSE CERTAIN STREETS WITHIN SAID
AREA IMMEDIATELY CREATES A PUBLIC NECESSITY AND EMERGENCY 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 SUCH PUBLIC ]EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE PUBLIC
NECESSITY TO EXIST, HAVING REQUESTED THE S65PENSION OF SAID 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 AFTER ITS PASSAGE,
IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO PASSED AND APPROVED, THIS THEd6/� DAY of SEPTEMBER,
A.D. 1952.
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MAY R
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
TEST:
CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS 0 LEGAL FORM:
CITY ATT RNEY
Corpus Christi, Texas
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TO ME 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.
Respectfully,
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MAYOR
City of Corpus Christi, Texas
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote:
Leslie Wasserman
Jack DeForrest =�
Sydney E. Herndon
George L. Lowman
Frank E. Williamson
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Leslie Wasserman_
Jack DeForrest
Sydney E. Herndon
George L. Lowman
Frank E. Williamson
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