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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 59-X66,.E P 5* AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE VACATING AND CLOSING OF A PORTION OF EUCLID STREET LOCATED IN BLOCKS FIVE (5) AND FOURTEEN (14) OF -THE BOOKER HEIGHTS ADDITION TO THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS. WHEREAS, Paul B. Quattlebaum andrUnited Gas Corporation are the sole owners of the property located in Block Five (5) and Block Fourteen (14), Booker Heights Addition to the City of Beaumont, which abuts on Euclid Avenue, the said Paul B. Quattle- baum being the owner of Lots Five (5), Six (6), Seven -(7), and Eight (81 in said Block Five (5),' and the'United Gas Corporation . being the owner of Lot Four (4) -in Block Fourteen (14), in said Addition, have requested that said portion'of Euclid Street be vacated and closed; and, WHEREAS, said petition has been referred to the City Plan- ning Commission for study, investigation and recommendation to the City Council as to whether such proposal should be approved, and the City -Planning Commission has thoroughly studied and investi- gated.said proposal and recommended to the City,Council that the approval of the proposal would be to the best interest and benefit of the public, and that said proposal should, therefore, be ap- proved; and, WHEREAS, it is to the best interest of The City of Beaumont and benefit to the public that said portion of Euclid Street be vacated and closed; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAU- MONT, TEXAS: That Euclid Street lying between Lots Five (5), Six (6), Seven (7), and Eight (8) in Block Five (5), and Lot Four (4), in Block Four- teen (14), in Booker Heights Addition to The City of Beaumont, Texas, as shown on map attached to said petition, be, and the same is. hereby, authorized to be vacated and closed, and that title to said vacated and closed portion of said street shall revert to and become the property of the parties entitled thereto, as pro- vided by law. -2ASSED by the City Council this 2nd day of December, A. D. 1952• - Mayor - TO: The City of Beaumont The undersigned, Paul B. Quattlebaum. and United Gas Corporation are the sole owners of the property located'in Block Five (5),,of the Booker Heights Addition to the City of Beaumont, which abuts on Euclid Avenue, the said Paul B. Quattlebaum being the owner.of Lots Five (5),.Six (6), Seven (7).and Eight (8) in said Block Five (5)'and the United Gas Corporation being the owner of Lot Four (4) in szold Block which said block and the surrounding properties, and the.street therein is shown by a map attached hereto and made a part hereof:, said street being shown as the shaded portion thereon. It is respectfully requested that the shaded portion of said street, as shown on the attached map, be closed as a street and abandoned as such•to the end that same will be the property of the undersigned, Paul B. Quattlebaum and United Gas Corporation, as is provided by law. Paul B. Quattlebaum UNITED GAS rC 0' STI ON Excerpt from the Minutes of the Meeting of Commission of The City of Beaumont held on ember 1$, 1952, at 3:30 o'clock p.m. in the Beaumont, Texas: the Planning Tuesday, Nov— City Hall, "It is moved by Russell Whelps that the. City Tanning Commission recommend to the City Council that approval be given to the closing of a portion of Euclid Stre,et located in Blocks Five (5) and Fourteen (14) of the Booker Heights Addition. This motion was seconded by Leonard Stone and unanimously carried."