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HomeMy WebLinkAbout16818 ORD - 01/13/1982AN ORDINANCE CLOSING AND ABANDONING THE 20 FOOT WIDE ALLEYS IN BLOCKS 3, 4, 5 AND 6, TRACY ADDITION, AS FILED OF RECORD IN VOLUME 2, PAGE 15, MAP RECORDS, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, AND THE 10 FOOT WIDE ALLEYS IN BLOCKS 1 AND 2,STEWART NEWMAN ADDITION AS RECORDED IN VOLUME 2, PAGE 35, MAP RECORDS, NUECES COUNTY TEXAS; PROVIDING THAT THE ALLEYS REVERT TO THE ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS BUT THAT THE FULL WIDTH OF SAID ALLEYS BE RETAINED AS UTILITY EASEMENTS; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, notice of the time and place for holding a hearing concerning the closing of the 20 foot wide alleys in Blocks 3, 4, 5 and 6, Tracy Addition, and the 10 foot wide alleys in Blocks 1 and 2, Stewart Newman Addition, situated in the City of Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, was given by publication and mailed to the last known addresses of the owners of property abutting the alleys proposed to be closed, and thereafter, pursuant to said notice, public hearing was held at Special Council Meeting by the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi on January 6, 1982, in accordance with the provisions of the City Charter; and WHEREAS, it was determined by the City Council after such hearing that the aforesaid alleys, proposed to be closed, are not needed now, nor will they be within the forseeable future needed as public alleys and that the same should revert to the abutting property owners, subject to retention of the full width of the alleys as utility easements: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That the 20 foot wide alleys in Block 3, 4, 5, and 6, Tracy Addition, as recorded in Volume 2, page 15, Map Records, Nueces County, Texas, and the 10 foot wide alleys in Blocks 1 and 2, Stewart Newman Addition, as 16818 SEP 2 8 1984 MiCROFILMED recorded in Volume 2, Page 35, Map Records, Nueces County, Texas,be and the same are hereby closed for use as public alleys and that the same shall revert to the abutting property owners, subject, however, to retention of the full width of the alleys as utility easements. 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 need for efficient administration of City affairs by closing the hereinabove described alleys, 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 take effect upon first reading as an emergency measure this the day of January, 1982. ATTEST: ry I iSecretary e MAYO APPROVED: DAY OF JANUARY, 1982 J. BRUC AYCOCK, CITY ATTORNEY By Assistant City / ,rney THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS Corpus Christi Al exas IF J 3 day of , 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; 1/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, MAYO Council Members 771 THE Y OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS The above ordinance was paSsed bithe follo ing vote: - Luther Jones Betty N. Turner Jack K. Dumphy Bob Gulley Herbert L. Hawkins, Jr. Dr. Charles W. Kennedy Cliff Zarsky 16818