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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05607 ORD - 12/09/1959• IIS:AH:12 -8 -59 i AN ORDINANCE • MENDING ORDINANCE NO. 9346 PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE 6TH DAY OF MAYS 1959, BY AMENDING SECTION 1 OF SAID ORDINANCE SO AS TO PRO- VIDE THAT THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS MAY UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES APPROVE PLATS WHICH FAIL TO COMPLY WITH THE OCCUPANCY REQUIREMENTS OF 1: 10,000; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. - WHEREAS, ONE OF THE PURPOSES OF THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 1 OF ORDINANCE NO. 5346 WAS TO PROVIDE ACCURATE DESCRIPTIONS OF LAND SO THAT THE UTILITY INSTALLATIONS WOULD BE WITHIN THE UTILITY EASEMENTS INDICATED ON THE PLAT WITH SUFFICIENT ACCURACY THAT A BILL OF SALE TO THE CITY OF THE UTILITY LINES WOULD BE SUFFICIENTLY PROTECTED; AND WHEREAS, WHERE THE WATER LINES HAVE BEEN INSTALLED PRIOR TO THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF A BILL OF SALE WITH SUCH BILL OF SALE FIXING THE UTILITY EASEMENT RIGHTS CONVEYED WITH THE WATER LINE AS BEING 5' OR MORE ON EACH SIDE OF THE INSTALLED WATER LINE WOULD ASSURE THAT SUCH WATER LINE WAS WITHIN AN EASEMENT AREA AND FIX THE LOCATION ON THE GROUND OF SUCH EASEMENT AND THEREBY FULLY PROTECT THE CITY AND OTHER UTILITY LINE OWNERS: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI$ TEXAS: SECTION 1. THAT ORDINANCE No. .5346, ADOPTED MAY 6, 1959 BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY AMENDED BY AMENDING SECTION 1 THEREOF SO THAT THE FIRST SENTENCE OF SAID SECTION 1 SHALL HAVE ADDED THE WORDS: "PROVIDED, HOWEVER THAT WHERE A WATER LINE HAS BEEN INSTALLED AND A BILL OF SALE OF SAID LINE INCLUDES A UTILITY EASEMENT EXTENDING AT LEAST 5' ON EACH SIDE OF SAID INSTALLED LINE THAT SUCH DESCRIPTION SHALL BE HELD TO BE SUFFICIENTLY ACCURATE TO AUTHORIZE THE APPROVAL OF THE PLAT BY THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI ". AND SAID FIRST SENTENCE OF SAID SECTION 1 OF SAID ORDINANCE N0. 5346 SHALL HEREAFTER READ AS FOLLOWS: "SECTION 1. SUBDIVISIONS. THE OWNER OF ANY LAND AREA BEYOND FIVE (5) MILES FROM THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI DESIRING TO HAVE WATER SERVICE FURNISHED TO SUCH AREAS AS A SUBDIVISION, SHALL 5GO7 FURNISH TO THE CITY AN ACCURATE PLAT OF SUCH AREA THE BOUNDARIES OF WHICH AND THE LOCATIONS OF EASEMENTS THEREIN HAVING AN ACCURACY OF NOT LESS THAN 1:10,000; PROVIDED,HOWEVER, THAT WHERE A WATER LINE HAS BEEN INSTALLED AND A BILL OF SALE OF SAID LINE INCLUDES A UTILITY EASEMENT EXTENDING AT LEAST 5' ON EACH SIDE OF SAID INSTALLED LINE THAT SUCH DESCRIPTION SHALL BE HELD TO BE SUFFICIENTLY ACCURATE TO AUTHORIZE THE APPROVAL OF THE PLAT BY THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI". SECTION Z. EXCEPT AS HEREIN AMENDED, ALL OF THE OTHER PRO- VISIONS OF ORDINANCE NO. 5346 SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT. SECTION 3. THE NECESSITY FOR AN AMENDMENT WHICH WILL PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF THE CITY AND NOT CONSTITUTE AN UNDUE HARDSHIP ON THE OWNERS OF LAND PROPOSED FOR PLATS CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY REQUIRING THE SUSPENSION OF THE 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 CHARTER RULE AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER ITS ASSAGE, IT IS ACCORDINGLY PASSED AND APPROVED, THIS THE I-DAY OF , 1959• MAYOR THE CITY OF PUS CHRIST , TEXAS ATTEST: � G CIT SECRETA APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM THIS 8m DAY OF DECEMBER, 1959. CITY XTTORNEY CORPUS CHRISTI EXA9 DAY OF TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF THE FORE- GOING ORDINANCES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE NECESSITY EXIST FOR THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLU- TION 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; 1, THEREFORE, HEREBY REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE OR REQUIRE- MENT AND PASS THIS ORDINANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL. RESPECTFULLY, YOR THE CITY 0 ORPUS CHRI TIC TEXAS THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTES ELLRoY KING JAMES L. BARNARD MRS. RAY AIRHEART JOSEPH B. DUNN PATRICK J. DUNNE R. A. HUMBLE GABE LOZANO, SR. THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY T ELLRoY KING JAMES L. BARNARD MRS. RAY AIRHEART JOSEPH B. DUNN PATRICK J. DUNNE R. A. HUMBLE GABE LOZANO, SR.