HomeMy WebLinkAbout03686 ORD - 03/10/195440 ,
AN ORDINANCE
CLOSING THAT UNNAMED STREET EXTENDING FROM THE
SOUTH BOUNDARY LINE OF HOLLY STREET TO THE NORTH
BOUNDARY LINE OF SOUTHLAND ROAD, ALL OF SAID
STREET BEING AND LYING WHOLLY WITHIN THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI AND SITUATED BETWEEN LOTS 4 AND 5,
BLOCK 1, OF SOUTHLAND ESTATES AND BEING IN THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI; AND RELINQUISHING ALL TITLE
THERETO; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI HAS
BEEN PETITIONED THAT THAT CERTAIN UNNAMED STREET HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED
BE CLOSED; AND
WHEREAS, NOTICE OF THE PROPOSED CLOSING OF SAID STREET HAS
BEEN GIVEN BY PUBLICATION AND BY MAIL TO THE LAST KNOWN ADDRESS OF ALL
OWNERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING SAID STREET AND WITHIN 450 FEET THEREFROM IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AS PROVIDED BY
ARTICLE II, SECTION 6 THEREOF; AND
WHEREAS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NOTICE GIVEN AS ABOVE SET OUT,
A PUBLIC HEARING BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI WAS
HELD AT 7.30 O'CLOCK P.M. ON THE 18 DAY OF Febru2r3r ,
1954, IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER IN THE CITY HALL; AND
WHEREAS, THE PUBLIC WELFARE, SAFETY, CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY
WILL BE BETTER SERVED BY THE CLOSING OF SAID UNNAMED STREET TO TRAFFIC AND
TO THE EXISTENCE AND MAINTENANCE OF SAID STREET;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THAT THAT CERTAIN UNNAMED STREET DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
A STRIP OF LAND 40 FEET WIDE AND 6116.92 FEET LONG,
LYING BETWEEN LOTS 4 AND 5, BLOCK 1, SOUTHLAND ESTATES,
A SUBDIVISION SHOWN BY MAP OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF
THE COUNTY CLERK OF NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, IN MAP BOOK
10 AT PAGE 52, BEING THE AMENDED VERSION OF MAP OF RE-
CORD IN SAID OFFICE IN MAP BOOK 10 AT PAGE 42, BEING
SHOWN ON SAID MAPS AS AN EASEMENT FOR FUTURE ROAD, EX-
TENDING BETWEEN A PUBLIC ROAD KNOWN AS HOLLY STREET AND
A PUBLIC STREET FORMERLY KNOWN AS SOUTHLAND ROAD AND
NOW CALLED SOKOL DRIVE. SAID TRACT IS SITUATED IN
NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, ABOUT 5 MILES S. 17' W. FROM THE
COUNTY COURTHOUSE, AND IS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED
BY METES AND BOUNDS, AS FOLLOWS:
BEGINNING AT A POINT IN THE NORTHEAST BOUNDARY LINE
OF A PUBLIC ROAD KNOWN AS SOKOL DRIVE, (FORMERLY SOUTH-
LAND ROAD) THE WEST CORNER OF SAID EASEMENT FOR FUTURE
ROAD IN BLOCK 1, SOUTHLAND ESTATES, AS SHOWN ON SAID
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recorded maps of Southland Estates, for the west cor-
ner of this tract,-
Thence N.290E., parallel with and 20 feet north-
westerly, measured at right angles, from dividing line
between said Lots 4 and 5, in Block 1 of Southland
Estates, as shown by said map of Southland Estates re-
corded in Map Book 10 at page 42, and as shown un-
amended on said map recorded in Map Book 10 at page 52,
646.93 feet to a point in the southwest boundary line
of said Holly Street, for the nor th corner of this
tract,-
Thence S.611291E., along said southwest boundary
line of Holly Street,- at 20.00 feet, a 1 -inch iron
pipe set flush with the ground for the east roadside
corner of said lot 4 and north roadside corner of said
Lot 5,- in all, 40.00 feet to a point for the east
corner of this tract,-
Thence S.290001W., parallel with and 20 feet south-
easterly, measured at right angles, from said divid-
ing line between Lots 4 and 5, 696.91 feet to a point
in said northeast boundary line of Sokol Drive for the
south corner of this tract, -
Thence N.610311W., with said northeast boundary
line of Sokol Drive,- at 20.00 feet, a 1 -inch iron
pipe set flush with the ground for the south roadside
corner of said Lot 4 and west roadside corner of said
Lot 5, - in all, 40.00 feet to the place of bsginning,-
be, and the same is hereby closed to the public.
SECTION 2. That the City of Corpus Christi hereby releases and re-
linquishes all rights, title and interest in or to any of said street described
in Section 1 hereof to the property owners abutting said street and the same
shall revert to said owners.
SECTION 3. The fact that public convenience and necessity will
be better served by the closing of said street within the limits described in
this ordinance, creates a public emergency and public imperative necessity re-
quiring 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 neess-
sity 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 SO ORDAINED.
PASSED AND APPROVED this ay of b, a, 1,41, ,
1953.
MA R
City of Corpus Christi, Texas
ATTEST:
City S ere, ry
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APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
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City Attorr
Assistant City Attorney
Corpus Christi, Texas
TO THE MENBER.S OF THIS 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 shell 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 intro-
duced, or at the present meeting of the City Council.
Respectfully,
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MAY J
City of Corpus aristi, T e
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote:
Albert Lichenstein
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Elroy King
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P. C. Calloway
J. S. Naismith
Jim Brace
The above ordinance was passed
by'the following vote:
Albert Lichenstein
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P. C. Calloway
Elroy King
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J. S. Naismith
Tim Brace