HomeMy WebLinkAbout024187 ORD - 08/29/2000AN ORDINANCE
ABANDONING AND VACATING AN 1,100-SQUARE FOOT PORTION OF
A 10-FOOT WIDE UTILITY EASEMENT OUT OF LOT 15, BLOCK 38,
KING'S CROSSING UNIT 1, PHASE 1 AND LOT 17, SECTION 9, FLOUR
BLUFF AND ENCINAL FARM AND GARDEN TRACTS; REQUIRING
WILLIAMSON T. HOUGH, JR., THE OWNER OF SAID PROPERTY, TO
COMPLY WITH THE SPECIFIED CONDITIONS AND REPLAT THE
PROPERTY WITHIN 180 DAYS AT OWNER'S EXPENSE; AND
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, there is an 1,100-square foot portion of a 1 O-foot wide utility easement out of Lot 15,
Block 38, King's Crossing Unit 1, Phase 1 and Lot 17, Section 9, Flour Bluff and Encinal Farm and
Garden Tracts, as recorded in Volume 55, Page 117. and Volume A, Pages 41-43 of the Map
Records of Nueces County, Texas, that the Owner. Williamson T. Hough, Jr. ("Owner"). wishes to
have abandoned and vacated; and
WHEREAS. it has been determined that it is feasible and advantageous to the City of Corpus Christi
to abandon and vacate said portion of the utility easement for all purposes, subject to the provisions
listed below.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the 1,100-square foot portion of a 10-foot wide utility easement out of Lot 15,
Block 38, King's Crossing Unit 1. Phase 1 and Lot 17, Section 9, Flour Bluff and Encinal Farm and
Garden Tracts. as recorded in Volume 55, Page 117, and Volume A. Pages 41-43 of the Map
Records of Nueces County. Texas, is abandoned and vacated for public use as a utility easement,
subject to Owner' s compliance with the following specified conditions as part of the abandonment
and vacation:
1)
2)
3)
City waives payment of the fair market value by Owner for abandoning and vacating said
portion of the 10-foot utility easement because the Owner agrees to dedicate utility
easements of equal or greater value as part of the replatting conditions. The AT&T
underground cable must be relocated at Owner's expense.
O~vner must replat Lot 15, Block 38. King's Crossing Unit 1. Phase 1 and Lot 17, Section
9, Flour Bluff and Encinal Farm and Garden Tracts into Lot 15, Block 38. King's Crossing
Unit 1, Phase 1.
Owner must dedicate a 1 O-foot wide utility easement along the front of Lot 15, Block 38, and
between Lots 15 & 16. Block 38, King's Crossing Unit 1, Phase 1.
4)
Owner must replat the portions of King's Crossing Unit 1, Phase 1 and Lot 17, Section 9,
Flour Bluff and Encinal Farm and Garden Tracts being abandoned and vacated within 180
days at Owner's expense; provided however, the City Engineer may extend the time limit
tbr an additional 180 days if extenuating circumstances outside the Owner's control
necessitate an extension.
SECTION 2. That upon written request of the Mayor or five Council members, copy attached, the
City Council (l)~nds and declares an emergency due to the need for immediate action necessary
for the efficient and effective administration of City afihirs and (2) suspends the Charter rule as to
consideration and voting upon ordinances at two regular meetings so that this ordinance is passed
and shall take effect upon first reading as an emergency measure this the 291h day of August, 2000.
ATTEST:
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
Armando Chapa, City Secretary
Approved August 23, 2000
James R. Bray Jr.
City Attorney
B y: Doy~le~Cu~
Senior Assistant City Attorney
Corpus Christi, Texas
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
,2000.
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance an emergency exists
requiring suspension of the Charter rule as to consideration and voting upon ordinances at two
regular meetings. I/we, therefore, request that you suspend said Charter rule and pass this ordinance
finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of the City Council.
Respectfully,
Respectfully,
The City of Corpus Christi
Council Members
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Samuel L. Neal, Jr.
Javier D. Colmenero
Melody Cooper
Henry Garrett
Dr. Arnold Gonzales
Rex A. Kinnison
Betty Jean Longoria
John Longoria
Mark Scott