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AN ORDINANCE
CLOSING AND ABANDONING A SIXTY FOOT (60') WIDE PUBLIC
STREET ON CORPUS CHRISTI BEACH DESIGNATED AS DICKINSON
STREET, FROM SURFSIDE BOULEVARD TO NORTH SHORELINE
BOULEVARD, SUBJECT TO REPLATTING BY THE ABUTTING OWNER
OR OWNERS ON EACH SIDE OF SAID STREET, SUCH PLAT TO
PROVIDE AND DEDICATE ADDITIONAL STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY
TEN FEET (10') IN WIDTH CONTIGUOUS TO EACH STREET DESIG-
NATED AS BREAKER AVENUE AND BUSHICK PLACE FROM SURFSIDE
BOULEVARD TO THE WESTERLY BOUNDARY OF NORTH SHORELINE
BOULEVARD; SAID STREET CLOSING FURTHER SUBJECT TO ABUTT-
ING OWNERS PROVIDING AND MAINTAINING A VISUAL CORRIDOR
FORTY FEET (40') IN WIDTH PARALLEL TO DICKINSON STREET
FROM SURFSIDE BOULEVARD TO THE WESTERLY BOUNDARY OF NORTH
SHORELINE BOULEVARD; PROVIDING CONDITIONS THEREFORE; PRO-
VIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, there exists a sixty foot (60') wide public street on
Corpus Christi Beach designated as Dickinson Street, from Surfside Boule-
vard to North Shoreline Boulevard; and
WHEREAS, it has been determined that it is feasible and advanta-
geous to the City of Corpus Christi, upon the conditions prescribed herein,
to abandon said street.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That a sixty foot (60') wide public street on Corpus
Christi Beach designated as Dickinson Street, from Surfside Boulevard to
North Shoreline Boulevard is hereby closed for use as a public street and
shall revert to the abutting owners, subject to replatting by the abutting
owner or owners on each side of such street upon the conditions and require-
ments herein set forth:
(a) That such plat provide and dedicate an additional ten
feet (10') right-of-way for street purposes for the
widening of Breaker Avenue and Bushick Place; and the
additional ten feet (10') of right-of-way for each street
be improved with curb, gutter, pavement, and sidewalks
in accordance with City standards; and
(b) That in no event shall such additional 10' rights-of-way
constitute portions of the building setback requirement
of the City's zoning ordinance; and
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(c) That the abutting owners provide and maintain an open
and unobstructed visual corridor forty feet (40') in
width parallel to Dickinson Street from Surfside Boule-
vard to the westerly boundary of North Shoreline Boule-
vard. Said visual corridor shall be situated between
Bushick Place and Breaker Avenue but shall not be conti-
guous to either of such streets; and
(d) That the conditions of closing Dickinson Street, the
requirements of replatting contained herein and this
ordinance be duly noted and referenced upon the fact of
such replat as finally approved by the Planning Commission
of the City of Corpus Christi.
SECTION 2. If for any reason any section, paragraph, subdivision,
clause, phrase, word or provision of this ordinance shall be held invalid
or unconstitutional by final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction,
it shall not affect any other section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase,
word or provision of this ordinance, for it is the definite intent of this
City Council that every section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word,
or provision hereof be given full force and effect for its purpose.
SECTION 3. That upon written request of the Mayor or five Council
members, copy attached, to find and declare an emergency due to the public
convenience and necessity would be better served by the closing of the afore-
said street, such finding of an emergency is made and declared requiring
suspension of the Charter rule as to consideration and voting upon ordinances
or resolutions at three regular meetings so that this ordinance is passed and
shall t effect upon first reading as an emergency measure this 23'dday
of `� !� , 1981.
ATTEST:
ri y Secre ary
APPROVED:,
/I DAY OF
, 1981:
J. BRUCE AYCOCK, CITY ATTORNEY
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
Corpus Christi, T s
23 ay of , 1981
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance or resolution,
an emergency exists requiring suspension of the Charter rule as to consideration and voting
upon ordinances or resolutions at three regular meetings; I/we, therefore, request that you
suspend said Charter rule and pass this ordinance or resolution finally on the date it is
introduced, or at the present meeting of the City Council.
Respectfully, Respectfully,
Council Members
The above ordinance was
Luther Jones
Betty N. Turner
Jack K. Dumphy
Bob Gulley
Herbert L. Hawkins, Jr.
Dr. Charles W. Kennedy
Cliff Zarsky
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THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
passed by the following vote:
1.6561