HomeMy WebLinkAbout03869 ORD - 09/15/1954- AC:9/15/54
AN ORDINANCE
CLOSING A PORTION OF THAT PART OF ELESA STREET WHICH
LIES BETWEEN BLOCKS 7 AND 8, KOSAR ADDITION BLOCKS
4 TO 9 INCLUSIVE; AND CLOSING A PORTION OF THAT PART
OF ELEANOR STREET WHICH LIES BETWEEN BLOCKS 6 AND 7,
KOSAR ADDITION BLOCKS 4 TO 9 INCLUSIVE, ALL IN THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, TO THE USE OF THE
PUBLIC FOR STREET AND TRAFFIC PURPOSES; RELINQUISHING
ALL TITLE THERETO; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
�/ WHEREAS, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI HAS BEEN
PETITIONED THAT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF ELESA STREET AND THAT CERTAIN PORTION
OF ELEANOR STREET, AS HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED, BE CLOSED; AND
:WHEREAS, NOTICE OF THE PROPOSED CLOSING OF SAID STREETS HAS BEEN
GIVEN BY PUBLICATION AND BY MAIL TO THE LAST KNOWN ADDRESS OF ALL OWNERS OF
ABUTTING PROPERTY OF THAT PORTION OF SAID STREETS 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 WAS HELD AT 3 O'CLOCK P. M. ON THE 1ST DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1954, IN
THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER IN THE CITY HALL; AND
WHEREAS, THE PUBLIC SAFETY, WELFARE, CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY WILL
BE BETTER SERVED BY THE CLOSING OF SAID PORTION OF ELESA STREET AND ELEANOR
STREET TO TRAFFIC THAN BY 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 PORTION OF THAT PART OF ELESA STREET
WHICH LIES BETWEEN BLOCKS 7 AND 81 KOSAR ADDITION BLOCKS 4 TO 9 INCLUSIVE, A SUB-
DIVISION OF CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, AS SHOWN BY MAP OF RECORD IN
VOLUME 91 PAGE 36 OF THE NIAP RECORDS OF NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, WHICH IS MORE PAR-
TICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
ALL THAT PORTION OF SAID ELESA STREET IIV KOSAR
ADDITION, BLOCKS 4 TO 9, INCL., BOUNDED ON THE EAST
BY THE EAST BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID ELESA ELESA STREET, BEING
THE WEST BOUNDARY LINE OF BLOCK U IN SAID KOSAR ADDITION,
BLOCKS 4 TO 91 INCL; ON THE WEST BY THE WEST BOUNDARY
LINE OF SAID ELESA STREET, BEING THE EAST BOUNDARY LINE OF
BLOCK 7 IN SAID KOSAR ADDITION, BLOCKS 4 TO 9, INCL.;
ON THE NORTH BY A LINE RUNNING EASTERLY ACROSS SAID
ELESA STREET FROM THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 13 AND
SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 14 IN SAID BLOCK 7 TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER
OF LOT 15 AND SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 14 IN SAID BLOCK S;
AND ON THE SOUTH BY THE SOUTH BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID
ELESA STREETS BEING THE NORTHWEST BOUNDARY LINE OF
BROWNSVILLE ROAD, A 60-FOOT PUBLIC STREET KNOWN ALSO
AS HIGHLAND AVENUE.
CONTAINING AN AREA OF 0.651 ACRES,
BED AND THE SAME IS HEREBY CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC, AND THAT PORTION OF THAT PART
OF ELEANOR STREET WHICH LIES BETWEEN BLOCKS 6 AND 7, KOSAR ADDITION BLOCKS 4
TO 9, INCLUSIVE A SUBDIVISION OF CORPUS CHRISTI NUECES COUNTY TEXAS, AS SHOWN
BY MAP OF RECORD IN VOLUME 9, PAGE 36 OF THE MAP RECORDS OF NUECES COUNTY,
TEXAS, WHICH IS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
ALL THAT PORTION OF SAID ELEANOR STREET IN KOSAR
ADDITION, BLOCKS 4 TO 9, INCLUSIVE, BOUNDED ON THE EAST
BY THE EAST BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID ELEANOR STREET, BEING
THE WEST BOUNDARY LINE OF BLOCK 7 IH SAID KOSAR ADDITION
BLOCKS 4 TO 9, INCLUSIVE; ON THE WEST BY THE WEST BOUNDARY
LINE OF SAID ELEANOR STREET? BEING THE EAST BOUNDARY LINE OF
BLOCK 6 IN SAID KOSAR ADDITION, BLOCKS 4 TO 9, INCLUSIVE;
ON THE NORTH BY A LINE RUNNING NORTHEASTERLY ACROSS SAID
ELEANOR STREET FROM THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 15 AND
SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 16 IN SAID BLOCK 6 TO THE NORTHWEST
CORNER OF LOT 19 AND SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 18 IN SAID
BLOCK 7; AND ON THE SOUTH BY THE SOUTH BOUNDARY LINE OF
SAID ELEANOR STREET, BEING THE NORTHWEST BOUNDARY LINE OF
BROWNSVILLE ROADS A 60-FOOT PUBLIC STREET KNOWN ALSO AS
HIGHLAND AVENUE;
CONTAINING AN AREA OF 0.775 ACRES
BED AND THE SAME IS HEREBY CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC
SAVE AND EXCEPT THERE IS HEREBY RESERVED TO THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI A UTILITY EASEMENT EQUAL TO THE AREA HERETO-
FORE OCCUPIED BY THAT PORTION OF ELEANOR STREET HEREBY
CLOSED TO TRAFFICI UNLESS AND UNTIL AN EQUAL AREA SHALL BE
PROVIDED BY THE OWNERS OF LOTS 1 TO 15 INCLUSIVE OF BLOCK
6 OF KOSAR ADDITION ALONG AND ADJACENT TO THE WESTERN EDGE
THEREOF INCLUDING THE REMOVAL AND REINSTALLATION OF SUCH
LINES AS MAY AT THE TIME EXIST IN THE AREA OF ELEANOR STREET
HEREBY RESERVED TO THE CITY AS A UTILITY EASEMENTS SUCH REMOVAL
AND REINSTALLATION TO BE AT THE ENTIRE EXPENSE OF THE OWNER
OF SAID LOT 6 OF SAID KOSAR ADDITION IN CORPUS CHRISTI,
NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS. THERE IS ALSO HEREBY RESERVED TO THE
CITY SUCH PORTION OF ELEANOR STREET AND ELESA STREET NEEDED
AND NECESSARY FOR PROVIDING A CUL -DE -SAC HERETOFORE AGREED
TO BE DEDICATED BY THE PRESENT OWNERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING
ON SAID ELEANOR STREET AND ELESA STREET. INSTRUMENTS IN
FORM SUITABLE TO THE CITY SHALL BE DELIVERED TO THE CITY
WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME DEDICATING SUCH NECESSARY AREA
PROVIDING FOR SAID CUL -DE -SAC ON EACH OF SAID STREETS.
SECTION 2. THAT THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI HEREBY RELEASES AND
RELINQUISHES ALL RIGHT, TITLE AND INTEREST IN OR TO THAT PORTION OF SAID ELESA
STREET AND THAT PORTION OF SAID ELEANOR STREE77 MORE PAR7ICULARLY DESCRIBED IN
SECTION 1 HEREOF TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS ABUTTING SAID STREET AND THE SAME
SHALL REVERT TO SAID OWNERS.
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SECTION 3. THE FACT THAT PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY WILL
BE BETTER SERVED BY THE CLOSING OF THAT PORTION OF SAID ELESA STREET AND THAT
PORTION OF SAID ELEANOR STREET WITHIN THE LIMITS DESCRIBED IN THIS ORDINANCE,
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 15 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 ORDI-
NANCE 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 15 ACCORDINGLY SO
ORDAINED.
PASSED AND APPROVED, THIS THE / �DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1954.
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APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
CITY A TORNEY
MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
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