HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 9-YAN ORDINANCE
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE VACATING AND
ABANDONMENT OF.AN ALLEY LOCATED IN BLOCK ONE HUN-
DRED SIXTEEN , (116 ) OF ,-THE -PINECREST_ ADDITION -IN - THE -
CITY OF BEAUMONT,-TEXAS, RESERVING, HOWEVER, THE.,
RIGHT OF THE.CITY OF BEAUMONT TO CONSTRUCT AND.MAIN-
TAIN IN SAID ALLEY SEWER LINES, WATER.LINES AND
OTHER. UTILITIES, AND RESERVING THE.RIGHT.OF THE CITY
OF BEAUMONT TO GRANT FRANCHISE RIGHTS TO OTHERS TO
CONSTRUCT AND MAINTAIN THE -UTILITIES HEREINBEFORE
MENTIONED THROUGH AND ALONG SAID;ALLEY, AND PROHIBIT-
ING THE OBSTRUCTION OF.SAME BY ANY BUILDING OR STRUC-
TURE..
WHEREAS, a petition signed by all of the property owners
of Block One Hundred Sixteen (116) of the Pinecrest Addition to'
The City of Beaumont has been presented.to the City Council of The'
City of Beaumont, requesting that the alley in said. Block be vacat-
ed and abandoned; and,
WHEREAS,,said petition has been referred to the City Plan-
ning Commission for examination and approval, and the same has
been approved by said Commission; and,
WHEREAS, said petition has been duly canvassed and exam-
ined by.the .'City Council and has been ;found to have been signed
by all of the property owners.in said Block,'and it appearing to
the City Council that the request of said property owners should'be
granted and that an ordinance should be enacted vacating and aban-
doning 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, franchises for the construction and main
tenance of such utilities in said alley;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY_OF BEAUMONT,
TEXAS:
That the alley -running -through Block One Hundred Sixteen (116) of
the PinecrestAddition to The City 'of Beaumont be,, ; and the _ same is
hereby, authorized to be',vacated and abandoned, and that -the title
to such alley should revert to. -and become the property of the per-
sons entitled thereto as provided by law; provided, however, that
the vacating and abandoning'of said alley shall in.no way affect
the right of -the :City -of- Beaumont- to- place and maintain- -therein
,sewer, gas, and water lines, telephone, telegraph., and electric
wires, poles, and cables, or any other public utility service.
Neither shall the vacating and-abandoning'of said alley affect the
right of The City of Beaumont to grant franchises to any person,
firm, or corporation authorizing the placing and maintaining in said
alley of such serer, gas, or water lines, telephone, telegraph, or
electric,lines,:.or other .public utility service, all of which rights
are hereby expressly reserved. And the vacating and abandoning of
said alley shall not be construed As authorizing or permitting any
person, party, corporation, or legal entity whatsoever to erect,
-construct, build, move onto or place -any- building or structure
thereon., -and the erection, -construction, building, moving onto or
placing of.any building.or structure therein without permission of
the City Council to do so is hereby prohibited..
PASSED.by the City Council this 10th day of'February, A. D.
1953.
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