HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 79-06 ORDINANCE NO. �
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
ORDINANCE 68-22 BY EXTENDING THE
DESIGNATION OF THE JOHN JAY FRENCH
TRADING POST AS A PLACE OF HISTORIC
AND CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE; PROVIDING
FOR SEVERABILITY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
Section 1.
That Section l of Ordinance 68-22 designating the
John Jay French Trading Post as a place of historic and
cultural significance, be extended by including the fol-
lowing described tract of land, to wit:
BEING out of the A. Williams Survey,
and being a part of the 26. 77 acre tract
set aside to Percelia French by deed
recorded in Vol . 145, page' 481, of the
Deed Records of Jefferson County, Texas,
and being described by metes and bounds
as follows:
BEGINNING at the Northwest corner of
that certain . 337 acre tract of land
conveyed by Lillian Banker to James A.
Smith and wife, Mary Joan Smith, by
deed dated April 22, 1952, recorded
in Vol. 854, page 535 , of the Deed
Records of Jefferson County, Texas, an
iron pipe for corner in the South line
of French Road;
THENCE South 37° 16 ' West, at 202. 7 feet
pass the Southwest corner of said . 337
acre tract, and at 239.22 feet the South-
west corner of that certain . 06 acre
tract of land, more or less, conveyed
by Percelia French Easters and her hus-
band, R. P. Easters, to James A. Smith
and wife, Mary Joan Smith, by deed dated
November 14, 1959, recorded in Vol. 1194,
page 311, of the Deed Records of Jeffer-
son County, Texas, an iron pin for corner;
THENCE South 531 26 ' East 70. 85 feet to
an iron pin at the Southeast corner of
said . 06 acre tract of land last above
mentioned;
THENCE North 371 57 ' East at 36 . 53 feet
pass the northeast corner of said . 06
acre tract; and continuing North 370 54 '
East for a total distance of 239. 28 feet,
more or less, to the Northeast corner of
the . 337 acre tract hereinabove mentioned,
an iron pipe in the South line of French
Road;
THENCE North 530 26 ' west along the South
line of French Road 73 . 5 feet to the place
of beginning; and including within said
metes and bounds both the . 337 acre tract
and the . 06 acre tract herein .referred to.
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That in all other respects the use of the property
hereinabove described shall be subject to all of the appli-
cable regulations contained in Ordinance 68-22.
Section 2 .
That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or
phrase of this ordinance, or the application of same to a
particular set of persons or circumstances, should for any
reason be held to be invalid, such invalidity shall not affect
the remaining portions of this ordinance, and to such end the
various portions and provisions of this ordinance are declared
to be severable.
PASSED BY THE CITY UNCIL of the City of Beaumont
this the ") day of 1979.
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