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Home My WebLink AboutORD 36-X.. AN 'ORDINANCE ENTITLED. AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE' VACATING. AND. CLOSING OF PORTIONS OF IRONTON. STREET AND UNNAMED STREET:" RUNNING EAST FROM- DETROIT. STREET IN GLENWOOD AWITTON CONNECTING WITH 'THE. SOUTH. , END OF IRONTON STREET; ALL IN THE GLENVVOOD ADD.I- -TION TO 'THE CITY OF, BEAUMONT',' TEXAS.;. WHEREAS, the owners of. property abutting Ironton.Street running .South from the South line of, Arthur Street- in - Glenwood, an addition to the City of Beaumont, Texas, -and unnamed street running East from Detroit Street .in Glenwood .Addition connect-' ing..with.. the South end of Ironton Street, have - requested that said portion; of said streets -be.-vacated and closed; ,and, WHEREAS, said: request has bee .,re erred, to the City Planning' Commission ;for -study; investigation, and. recommendation to ,th,e City Council "as' to- whether. such proposal : should be. approved, and the City .Planning Commission has thoroughly studied and investi_ga;ted•� said, 'proposa`1' anci .'recommended to the City Gounc-i1. that.. the,approval of .'the proposal :would,'be to.'the best . interest and .benefit of .th,e ,.public, and: that sa,i d proposal should, therefore ' be, aPpr�oved'; ' and,. WHEREAS; it`.�s,to- the -best .interest of the City of Baau mont .and benefit: to' the .public. that .said portion, of said: streets be vacated: and,close.d NOW ,'•.THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE,. CITY OF BEAU MO NT, .TEXAS: That Ironton. Street -running- South from the .South line 'of Arthur Street. -in Glenwood, ,an addition to the City:.'of Beaumont', Texas, and unnamed street' running East'. -from 'Detroit ' atr. eet :.in Glenwood ' Addition -connect-ing"with- the South' end of Ir'onton Street,/ and.:the, . same are hereby,, authorized to be vacated -,and- closed, and that the -title to -'said vacated and. closed, portion of said streets shall. revert: to and become the -prop.erty of the parties entit3led thereto, as' provided : by law. - PASSED by the City Cauncil, this r� _ day of July, A.. D. 1952. - Mayor - P A - X THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF JEFFERSON X TO THE: MAYOR,. 'CITY COUNCIL.9 AND CITY PLANNING COM USSION- OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT: COMES NOW The Magnolia Improvement Company; a. Texas Corporation, domiciled -in Beaumont; Jefferson County, Texas, acting by and through its duly authorized officers, and Kydie Coward,McKee, a feme sole, and respectfully request that,an order be entered closing -the following described streets in the City of Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, to—wit:- That.portion of�le�e,�s ronton Street running. South from the South line of Arthur Street in Glenwood, an addition to the City of Beaumont, Texas, and,unnamed street running East from Detroit Street in, Glenwood Addition connecting with the South end of Ironton Streetli_ as the same are shown.on the recorded Plat of Glenwood Addition filed 'for record November 22,,19'281- and re— corded in Volume 5; Page 86 of the Map Records, reference to .V said recorded plat being hereby made to correctly show the loca— tion of that portion of Ironton Street lying South of Arthur Street and the unnamed street running East from Detroit and con- necting with Ironton :Street: For the reason that said original plat and dedication showing the portion of'Ironton Street and the unnamed street above described lies within unimproved tract of land and said streets have never been,opened and are not now in use and are not practical for the development of the territory over which said streets have been dedicated.' Your Petitioners are the sole and only property owners.oming property within the area in -which the streets and portions thereof which are sought to: be closed now lie and are the only abutting property owners thereupon.' 1EEREFORE.. premises considered; your Petitioners pray that the above described streets and portions thereof be vacated and ordered closed by the City of Beaumont and its governing authorities. Submitted this,2„,./.day of ; A. .D. 952. ATTEST: B Secretary THE STATE OF TEXAS X COUNTY OF JEFFERSON R110!4P ,.� �► ✓ v President Sydie Coward McKee za , BEFORE ME; the undersigned authority; on this day per— sonally appeared Lum C.;Edwards; President of The Magnolia-Im— provement Company, known to me to be the person and officer whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument; and acknowledged to me that he executed the same for the purposes and considera— tion therein expressed, in the capacity therein stated; and as the act and deed of said corporation. - GIVEN r7DER MY HAND AND SEAL �OF ' OFFICE on this, the AJ day of �1.% � , A. D., 1952.: Notary Publ,�c in and for Jefferson (County; Texas THE .STATE OF TEXAS X COUNTY OF JEFFERSON X BEFORE ME; the undersigned authority; on this day per— sonally appeared Kydie Coward McKee, a.feme sole, kno-vm to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing in strument; and acknowledged to me that she executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed.' GIVEN DER MY HAND day of��. -- IND SEAL ,OF. -OFFICE this; the A*i D., Notary Publicdin and for Jefferson County; Texas 17> SPECIAL SESSION OF THE CITY PLANNING COMUISSION HELD. JULY 2, 1952 BE IT REAVEBBERED that the City Planning Commission of the City of Beaumont, Texas, met in special session on the 2nd day of July, 1952, with the following present: C. B. Holland, Chairman C. E. Holland .Russell Phelps (Proxy) Leonard Stone (Proxy) Miss Florence McCluskey Absent: P. G. Matthews Others Present: J. D. Martin, City Engineer George Schaumburg Mi.nutles of the previous meeting held May 29, 1952, were approved on motion made by C. E. Holland and seconded by C. B Holland. -D M. City Engineer Martin told the Planning Commission that a letter with a resolution attached to it had been received from the Beaumont City Schools dedicating a tract or piece of land being sixty (60) feet in width and extending from French Road and lying partly in the easterly portion of a two (2) acre tract, in Block 8, of the French Heights Addition, and partly in the tract of land known as the W. J. Blewett Tract in the Absalom Williams League, for a street across the school property. Motion was made by C. E. Holland and seconded by Florence McCluskey that the Planning Commission recommend to the City Council that the dedication be accepted. City Engineer Martin told the Planning Commission that a letter with a resolution attached to it had been received from the Beaumont City Schools requesting that an alleyway fourteen feet (14") in width lying along the north line_ of three tracts of land .out of the- A. Williams Headright Survey, a part of the Cyrus Haynes homestead on Colliers Ferry Road, be closed. Motion was made by Leonard Stone and seconded by Florence McCluskey that the Planning Commission recommend to the City Council that the alley be closed. .•v Mr. George Schaumburg appeared before the Commission and requested final approval of Thornwood Addition. Motion was made by C.. E. Holland and seconded by Florence McCluskey that.final approval be given Thornwood Addition. Mr. Schaumburg requested preliminary approval of Russell Place. He stated that the area would probably be broken down in two or three units later. Motion was made by C. E. Holland and seconded by Florence McCluskey that prelimi.. nary approval be given Russell Place. -000- A petition was presented, signed by,the Magnolia improvement Compary, requesting that the portion of Ironton Street running south from the south line of Arthur Street in Glenwood Addition, and an unnamed street running east from Detroit Street in Glenwood Addition connecting with the south.end'of Ironton Street, be closed. The petition stated that the portion of Ironton Street and the unnamed street lies within unimproved tract of land and that the streets have never been opened and are not now in use and are not practical for the development of the territory over which the streets have been dedicated. Mr. Schaumburg stated that the Magnolia Improvement Company are the sole owners of this property. Motion was made by Florence McCluskey and seconded by C. E. Holland that the, Planning Commission recommend to the City Council that the portion of Ironton Street and the unnamed street above described be closed. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned by Chairman Holland. C. B. Holland, Chairman City Planning Commission L\