HomeMy WebLinkAbout024195 ORD - 09/12/2000AN ORDINANCE
ABANDONING AND VACATING A 1,750-SQUARE FOOT PORTION OF A
5-FOOT WIDE UTILITY EASEMENT OUT OF LOT 2, BLOCK 1,
SANDALWOOD SUBDIVISION; REQUIRING CWS COMMUNITIES, L.P.,
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 a 1 ~750-square foot portion of a 5-foot wide utility easement out of Lot 2,
Block 1, Sandalwood Subdivision, as recorded in Volume 60, Page 69, of the Map Records of
Nueces County, Texas, that the Owners, CWS Communities, L.P. ("Owner"), wish 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 CHR1STI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the 1,750-square foot portion (as shown in the attached Exhibit "A") of a 5-foot
wide utility easement out of Lot 2, Block 1, Sandalwood Subdivision, as recorded in Volume 60,
Page 69 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:
City waives payment of the fair market value by Owner for abandoning and vacating said
portion of the 5-foot utility easement because the Owner agrees to dedicate utility easements
of equal or greater value as part of the replatting conditions.
(2)
Owner must replat the portion of Sandalwood Subdivision being abandoned and vacated
within 180 days at Owner's expense; provided however, the City Engineer may extend the
time limit for 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 et'tbctive administration of City affhirs 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.
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ATTEST: THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
Approved August 23, 2000
James R. Bray Jr.
City Attorney
By: Do~yle~
Senior Assistant City Attorney
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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
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