HomeMy WebLinkAbout11328 ORD - 02/28/1973AN ORDINANCE
SETTING UP, CREATING AND DIVIDING THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, TEXAS, INTO FORTY -EIGHT (48) WARDS; DESCRIB-
ING SAID WARDS; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, it is deemed necessary to change the City wards of the
City of Corpus Christi in order to facilitate the holding of elections
therein:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the City of Corpus Christi, as its boundaries now
exist, is hereby divided into forty -eight (48) wards with the respective
numbers of said wards being as hereafter set forth, to -wit:
City Ward No. 1 shall comprise and include all of the
area within the boundaries of County Voting Precincts
Nos. 1, 3, 4, 21* and 49 as fixed by the order of the
Commissioners' Court fixing precinct boundaries recorded
in Volume 11, pages 510 to 522, Commissioners' Court
Minutes, dated August 14, 1962.
City Ward No. 2 shall comprise and include all of the
area within the boundaries of County Voting Precincts
Nos. 30, 38, and 78 as fixed by the order of the Commis-
sioners' Court fixing precinct boundaries recorded in volume
11, pages 510 to 522, Commissioners' Court Minutes dated
August 14, 1962.
City Ward No. 3 shall comprise and include all of the
area within the boundaries of County Voting Precincts
Nos. 7 and 78 as fixed by the order of the Commissioners'
Court fixing precinct boundaries recorded in Volume 11,
pages 510 to 522, Commissioners' Court Minutes dated
August 14, 1962.
City Ward No. 4 shall comprise and include all of the
area within the boundaries of County Voting Precincts
Nos. 52, 82, and 99 as fixed by the order of the Commis-
sioners' Court fixing precinct boundaries recorded in
Volume 11, pages 510 to 522, Commissioners' Court Minutes
dated August 14, 1962.
City Ward No. 5 shall comprise and include all of the
area within the boundaries of County Voting Precincts
Nos. 24 *, 51, and 81 as fixed by the order of the Commis-
sioners' Court fixing precinct boundaries recorded in
Volume 11, pages 510 to 522, Commissioners' Court Minutes
dated August 14, 1962.
*That portion lying within the City limits.
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City Ward No. 6 shall comprise and include all of the
area within the boundaries of County Voting Precincts
Nos. 34* and 100* as fixed by the order of the Commis-
sioners' Court fixing precinct boundaries recorded in
Volume 11, pages 510 to 522, Commissioners' Court
Minutes dated August 14, 1962.
City Ward No. 7 shall comprise and include all of the
area within the boundaries of County Voting Precincts
Nos. 29* and 103* as fixed by the order of the Commis-
sioners' Court fixing precinct boundaries recorded in
Volume 11, pages 510 to 522, Commissioners' Court Minutes
dated August 14, 1962.
City Ward No. 8 shall comprise and include all of the
area within the boundaries of County Voting Precincts
Nos. 9* and 101* as fixed by the order of the Commis-
sioners' Court fixing precinct boundaries recorded in
Volume 11, pages 510 to 522, Commissioners' Court
Minutes dated August 14, 1962.
City Ward No. 9 shall comprise and include all of the
area within the boundaries of County Voting Precincts
Nos. 44, 76, and 79 as fixed by the order of the Com-
missioners' Court fixing precinct boundaries recorded
in Volume 11, pages 510 to 522, Commissioners' Court
Minutes dated August 14, 1962.
City Ward No. 10 shall comprise and include all of the
area within the boundaries of County Voting Precincts
Nos. 33, 46, and 47 as fixed by the order of the Com-
missioners' Court fixing precinct boundaries recorded
in Volume 11, pages 510 to 522, Commissioners' Court
Minutes dated August 14, 1962.
City Ward No. 11 shall comprise and include all of the
area within the boundaries of County Voting Precincts
Nos. 31, 32, and 45 as fixed by the order of the Com-
missioners' Court fixing precinct boundaries recorded
in Volume 11, pages 510 to 522, Commissioners' Court
Minutes dated August 14, 1962.
City Ward No. 12 shall comprise and include all of the
area within the boundaries of County Voting Precincts Nos.
6, 39, and 40 as fixed by the order of the Commissioners'
Court fixing precinct boundaries recorded in Volume 11,
pages 510 to 522, Commissioners' Court Minutes dated
August 14, 1962.
City Ward No. 13 shall comprise and include all of the
area within the boundaries of County Voting Precincts
Nos. 62, 85, and 88 as fixed by the order of the Com-
missioners' Court fixing precinct boundaries recorded
in Volume 11, pages 510 to 522, Commissioners' Court
Minutes dated August 14, 1962.
City Ward No. 14 shall comprise and include all of the
area within the boundaries of County Voting Precincts
Nos. 41 and 83 as fixed by the order of the Commissioners'
Court fixing precincts boundaries recorded in Volume 11,
pages 510 to 522, Commissioners' Court Minutes dated
August 14, 1962.
*That portion lying within the City limits.
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City Ward No. 15 shall comprise and include all of the
area within the boundaries of County Voting Precinct
No. 75 as fixed by the order of the Commissioners'
Court fixing precinct boundaries recorded in Volume 11,
pages 510 to 522, Commissioners' Court Minutes dated
August 14, 1962.
City Ward No. 16 shall comprise and include all of the
area within the boundaries of County Voting Precincts
Nos. 61 and 77 as fixed by the order of the Commissioners'
Court fixing precinct boundaries recorded in Volume 11,
pages 510 to 522, Commissioners' Court Minutes dated
August 14, 1962.
City Ward No. 17 shall comprise and include all of the
area within the boundaries of County Voting Precinct
No. 60 as fixed by,the order of the Commissioners' Court
fixing precinct boundaries recorded in Volume 11, pages
510 to 522, Commissioners' Court Minutes dated August 14,
1962.
City Ward No. 18 shall comprise and include all of the
area within the boundaries of County Voting Precincts
Nos. 42, 58, and 59 as fixed by the order of the Com-
missioners' Court fixing precinct boundaries recorded in
Volume 11, pages 510 to 522, Commissioners' Court Minutes
dated August 14, 1962.
City Ward No. 19 shall comprise and include all of the
area within the boundaries of County Voting Precincts
Nos. 50 and 86 as fixed by the order of the Commissioners'
Court fixing precinct boundaries recorded in Volume 11,
pages 510 to 522, Commissioners' Court Minutes dated August
14, 1962.
City Ward No. 20 shall comprise and include all of the
area within the boundaries of County Voting Precincts Nos.
57 and 67 as fixed by the order of the Commissioners'
Court fixing precinct boundaries recorded in Volume 11,
pages 510 to 522, Commissioners' Court Minutes dated
August 14, 1962.
City Ward No. 21 shall comprise and include all of the
area within the boundaries of County Voting Precincts
Nos. 43 and 56 as fixed by the order of the Commissioners'
Court fixing precinct boundaries recorded in Volume 11,
pages 510 to 522, Commissioners' Court Minutes dated
August 14, 1962.
City Ward No. 22 shall comprise and include all of the area
within the boundaries of County Voting Precinct No. 74 as
fixed by the order of the Commissioners' Court fixing
precinct boundaries recorded in Volume 11, pages 510 to
522, Commissioners' Court Minutes dated August 14, 1962.
City Ward No. 23 shall comprise and include all of the area
within the boundaries of County Voting Precinct No. 80 as
fixed by the order of the Commissioners' Court fixing precinct
boundaries recorded in Volume 11, pages 510 to 522, Commis-
sioners' Court Minutes dated August 14, 1962.
City Ward No. 24 shall comprise and include all of the area
within the boundaries of County Voting Precinct No. 63 as
fixed by the order of the Commissioners' Court fixing
precinct boundaries recorded in Volume 11, pages 510 to 522,
Commissioners' Court Minutes dated August 14, 1962.
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City Ward No. 25 shall comprise and include all of the area
within the boundaries of County Voting Precinct No. 66 as
fixed by the order of the Commissioners' Court fixing pre-
cinct boundaries recorded in Volume 11, pages 510 to 522,
Commissioners' Court Minutes dated August 14, 1962.
City Ward No. 26 shall comprise and include all of the area
within the boundaries of County Voting Precinct No. 69 as
fixed by the order of the Commissioners' Court fixing pre-
cinct boundaries recorded in Volume 11, pages 510 to 522,
Commissioners' Court Minutes dated August 14, 1962.
City Ward No. 27 shall comprise and include all of the area
within the boundaries of County Voting Precincts Nos. 68
and 96 as fixed by the order of the Commissioners' Court
fixing precinct boundaries recorded in Volume 11, pages 510
to 522, Commissioners' Court Minutes dated August 14, 1962.
City Ward No. 28 shall comprise and include all of the area
within the boundaries of County Voting Precincts Nos. 53
and 97 fixed by the order of the Commissioners' Court fix-
ing precinct boundaries recorded in Volume 11, pages 510 to
522, Commissioners' Court Minutes dated August 14, 1962.
City Ward No. 29 shall comprise and include all of the area
within the boundaries of County Voting Precinct No. 98 as
fixed by the order of the Commissioners' Court fixing pre-
cinct boundaries recorded in Volume 11, pages 510 to 522,
Commissioners' Court Minutes dated August 14, 1962.
City Ward No. 30 shall comprise and include all of the area
within the boundaries of County Voting Precinct No. 73 as
fixed by the order of the Commissioners' Court fixing pre-
cinct boundaries recorded in Volume 14, page 303, Commis-
sioners' Court Minutes dated August 30, 1966.
City Ward No. 31 shall comprise and include all of the area
within the boundaries of County Voting Precinct No. 71 as
fixed by the order of the Commissioners' Court fixing pre-
cinct boundaries recorded in Volume 11, pages 510 to 522,
Commissioners' Court Minutes dated August 14, 1962.
City Ward No. 32 shall comprise and include all of the area
within the boundaries of County Voting Precincts Nos. 15*
and 20* as fixed by the order of the Commissioners' Court
fixing precinct boundaries recorded in Volume 11, pages 510
to 522, Commissioners' Court Minutes dated August 14, 1962.
City Ward No. 33 shall comprise and include all of the area
within the boundaries of County Voting Precinct No. 64 as
fixed by the order of the Commissioners' Court fixing precinct
boundaries recorded in Volume 11, pages 510 to 522, Commis-
sioners' Court Minutes dated August 14, 1962.
City Ward No. 34 shall comprise and include all of the area
within the boundaries of County Voting Precinct No. 5 as
fixed by the order of the Commissioners' Court fixing pre-
cinct boundaries recorded in Volume 11, pages 510 to 522,
Commissioners' Court Minutes dated August 14, 1962.
*That portion lying within the City limits.
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City Ward No. 35 shall comprise and include all of the area
within the boundaries of County Voting Precinct No. 87 as
fixed by the order of the Commissioners' Court fixing pre-
cinct boundaries recorded in Volume 11, pages 510 to 522,
Commissioners' Court Minutes dated August 14, 1962.
City Ward No. 36 shall comprise and include all of the area
within the boundaries of County Voting Precinct No. 94 as
fixed by the order of the Commissioners' Court fixing precinct
boundaries recorded in Volume 11, pages 510 to 522, Commissioners'
Court Minutes dated August 14, 1962.
City Ward No. 37 shall comprise and include all of the area
within the boundaries of County Voting Precincts Nos. 72
and 95 as fixed by the order of the Commissioners' Court
fixing precinct boundaries recorded in Volume 11, pages 510
to 522, Commissioners' Court Minutes dated August 14, 1962.
City Ward No. 38 shall comprise and include all of the area
within the boundaries of County Voting Precinct No. 106* as
fixed by the order of the Commissioners' Court fixing precinct
boundaries recorded in Volume 11, pages 510 to 522, Commissioners'
Court Minutes dated August 14, 1962.
City Ward No. 39 shall comprise and include all of the area
within the boundaries of County Voting Precinct No. 112* as
fixed by the order of the Commissioners' Court fixing precinct
boundaries recorded in Volume 11, pages 510 to 522, Commissioners'
Court Minutes dated August 14, 1962.
City Ward No. 40 shall comprise and include all of the area
within the boundaries of County Voting Precincts Nos. 48 and
84 as fixed by the order of the Commissioners' Court fixing
precinct boundaries recorded in Volume 11, pages 510 to 522,
Commissioners' Court Minutes dated August 14, 1962.
City Ward No. 41 shall comprise and include all of the area
within the boundaries of County Voting Precinct No. 2 as fixed
by the order of the Commissioners' Court fixing precinct bound-
aries recorded in Volume 11, pages 510 to 522, Commissioners'
Court Minutes dated August 14, 1962.
City Ward No. 42 shall comprise and include all of the area
within the boundaries of County Voting Precinct No. 65 as
fixed by the order of the Commissioners' Court fixing precinct
boundaries recorded in Volume 11, pages 510 to 522, Commissioners'
Court Minutes dated August 14, 1962.
City Ward No. 43 shall comprise and include all of the area
within the boundaries of County Voting Precinct No. 92 as
fixed by the order of the Commissioners' Court fixing precinct
boundaries recorded in Volume 11, pages 510 to 522, Commissioners'
Court Minutes dated August 14, 1962.
City Ward No. 44 shall comprise and include all of the area
within the boundaries of the County Voting Precincts Nos. 89
and 90 as fixed by the order of the Commissioners' Court
fixing precinct boundaries recorded in Volume 11, pages 510
to 522, Commissioners' Court Minutes dated August 14, 1962.
*That portion lying within the City limits.
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City Ward No. 45 shall comprise and include all of the area
within the boundaries of County Voting Precinct No. 70* as
fixed by the order of the Commissioners' Court fixing precinct
boundaries recorded in Volume 11, pages 510 to 522, Commissioners'
Court Minutes dated August 14, 1962.
City Ward No. 46 shall comprise and include all of the area
within the boundaries of County Voting Precinct No. 91 as
fixed by the order of the Commissioners' Court fixing precinct
boundaries recorded in Volume 11, pages 510 to 522, Commissioners'
Court Minutes dated August 14, 1962.
City Ward No. 47 shall comprise and include all of the area
within the boundaries of County Voting Precinct No. 17* as
fixed by the order of the Commissioners' Court fixing precinct
boundaries recorded in Volume 14, page 303, Commissioners'
Court Minutes dated August 30, 1966.
City Ward No. 48 shall comprise and include all of the area
within the boundaries of County Voting Precinct No.18* as
fixed by the order of the Commissioners' Court fixing precinct
boundaries recorded in Volume 11, pages 510 to 522, Commissioners'
Court Minutes dated August 14, 1962.
*That portion lying within the City limits.
SECTION 2. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby expressly repealed.
SECTION 3. The fact that a new division or wards is required for
the city in order to conform with the voting precincts established by the
County Commissioners' Court, make a fair and impartial grouping of County
Election Precincts to eliminate unnecessary election expenses, and simplify
the numbering of said wards for the information of the voters 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 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 necessity to exist, and having requested that such
Charter rule be suspended 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 passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED,
this the , 7, XL day of "uu � , 1973. /►/
ATTEST^� P� r
THE CITY OFICO 5 HRISTI, TEXAS
APPROVED: 2 DAY OF
_ , 1973:
CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS
vS ly.A"c DAY OF
J
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS
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; 1, THEREFORE,
REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT AND PASS THIS ORDI-
NANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE
CITY COUNCIL.
R PECTFULLY,
• Q V
MAYOR
THE CITY OF C US CHRISTI, TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
RONNIE SIZEMORE f CLLR }�
CHARLES A. BONNIWELL
ROBERTO BOSQUEZ, N.D.
REV. HAROLD T. BRANCH
• THOMAS V. GONZALES
GABE LOZANO, SR.
' V. HOWARD STARK
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING Q OTE:
• RONNIE SIZEMORE yam^
CHARLES A. BONNIWELL
• ROBERTO BOSQUEZ, M. D.
.REV. HAROLD T. BRANCH t/ v
THOMAS V. GONZALES
GABE LOZANO, SR. 1/ (' ' k..
J. HOWARD STARK r