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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 21-Ov o r A.IT ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE VACATING AND CLOSING OF AN ALLEY THROUGH BLOCK TWENTY-FOUR (24) OF THE -JEFF �j CHAISON ADDITION TO THE CITY OF BEADMONT, RESERV- ING, HOWEVER, THE RIGHT OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT TO CONSTRUCT AND MAINTAIN -IN SAID ALLEY SEWER . LINES, MATER LINES, TELEPHONE, TELEGRAPH AND ELEC- TRIC LINES AND OTHER UTILI`.PIES AND RESERVING THE RIGHT OF -THE CITY OF BEAUMONT TO GRANT A FRANCHISE TO OTHERS TO CONSTRUCT AND MAINTAIN THE UTILITIES HEREINBEFORE MENTIONED THROUGH AND ALONG SAID ALLEY. WHEREAS,.a petition signed by all the property owners of the lots in Block 24 of the Jeff Chaison Addition to the City of Beau- mont has been presented to the City Committion of the City of Beaumont requesting that the alley running through Block 24 of said Addition by vacated and closed; and, WHEREAS, said petition has been referred to the City Engineer for examination and approval and the same has been approved by him; and, WHEREAS, said petition has been duly canvassed and examined by the City +Commission and has been found to have been signed by all the property owners in said block, and it appears to the City Commission that the request of said property owners should be granted and that an ordinance should be enacted vacating and closing said alley, reserving, however, to the City of Beaumont the right to construct and maintain all necessary public utilities in said alley or to grant a franchise for the construction and maintenance of such utilities in said alley. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT: That the alley running through Block Twenty-four (24) of the Jeff ChaisoriVAddition to the City of Beaumont, Texas, be and the same is hereby authorized to be vacated and closed and that the title to such alley shall revert to and become the property of the owners of land in said block bordering on said alley as pro- vided by law, provided, however, that the closing of said 'alley Imo. N . .? shall in no way effect the right of the City of Beaumont to place and maintain therein sewer, gas, or water lines, telephone, telegraph or electric lines, wires, poles and cables or any other public utility service. Neither shall the closing of said alley affect the right of the City of Beaumont to grant a fran- chise to any perscn, firm or corporation authorizing the placing and maintaining in said alley of such sewer, gas or water lines, telephone, telegraph or electric lines or other public utility service, all of which rights are hereby expressly reserved. PASSED thisday of December, A. D. 1942. THE STATE OF TEXAS : COUNTY OF JEFFERSON : WE, the undersigned, being the sole owners of all the. property located. in Block of the _ Addition to the City of Beaumont, hereby respectfully petition �,- ej that the _ alley lo,c at -ed in_ Block r Addition be closed in the manner as permitted by the statutes of thei,State of Texas, and that such alley become the absolute property of the owners of the land in said block adjacent and r abutting on such alley, it being understood, however, that the closing of this alley shall in no way affect the rights of the City as to placing and maintaining therein of any sewer or water lines, or telephone, telegraph, or electric lines, wires, poles, or cables or any other service or utility of the City, or the right of the City to grant franchises to persons or corporations to place and maintain therein any such sewer or water line., or telephone, telegraph, or electric lines, wires, poles, or cables, or any other service or utility of the City. OWNER �rr LOT NO. BLOCK ADDITION f" JEF CHAI816N TOWNS(TE Coe /,,-lEF CHAISON TOWNSfTE n 24 ie f aha i s on lr' C—r�O 7 24 etc Ch,a :i. s on of Guy H. Reed, Deceased, BY NOTE: This petition canri t e e favorably if water line is in the alley. r MF u a Tr stee under t last of Beaumont,`l'exas, will and test am nt Lot Blk. c7�` Teff Chaison L— of Guy H. Reed, Deceased, BY NOTE: This petition canri t e e favorably if water line is in the alley.