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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 38-TENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE VACATING AND ABANDONING OF AN .ALLEY IN BLOCK ELEVEN (11) OF THE FORREST ADDITION TO THE CITY OF BEAUMONT.' RESERVING, HOWEVER, THE RIGHT OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT TO CONSTRUCT AND MAINTAIN IN SAID.ALLEY SEWER LINES, WATER LINES, AND OTHER UTILITIES AND RESERVING THE RIGHT OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT TO GRANT A FRANCHI-SE RIGHT TO OTHERS, TO CON- STRUCT AND MAINTAIN THE UTILITIES HEREINBEFORE MENTIONED THROUGH ,:AND ALONG SAID ALLEY AND PRO- HIBITING THE -OBSTRUCTION OF SAME BY ANY BUILDING OR'STRUCTURE. WHEREAS;, apetition signed by all the property owners of the Lots in Block -Eleven -(11) of the Forrest Addition to The City of Beaumont has been presented to the City Council.of The City of.Beaumont, requesting that the alley running through Block Eleven. (11) of the said Addition be vacated and abandoned; and, WHEREAS, said petition has been referred to the City Plan- ning and Zoning Commission for ekamination and'approval and the same has been approved, by the.said Commission; and, WHEREAS, said petition has been duly canvassed and examined by the .City. ,Council and ha.s been found to have been signed by all the property owners in said Block,- and it appearing to the City Council that the request of'the said property owners should be granted and that an ordiriance.-should be enacted vacating -and abandoning 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 OF BEAUMONT: That -the alley runriing.through Block Eleven (11) of the Forrest Addition to The City of Beaumont, Texas, be and the same is hereby authorized to be vacated and..abandoned, 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 -provided by law;: provided, however, that the vacating and abandonment of id alley _ shall In .no way . affect _ the right of The City of Beaumont to place and maintain therein.sewer,_.gas.and water lines, tele - .phone, telegraph or electric lines., wires, -poles -and cables, or any other.public-utility service.." Neither shall the vacating and -abandonment of said'alley affect the right of The City of Beaumont to grant a franchise to any person, 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. And-the'vacating and -abandonment 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 structures therein, and the. erection, construction; building,.moving onto or placing of any building or.structure therein without express per- mission from, the City. Council to -do -so is hereby prohibited. PASSED by the City Council this 5th,day. of October, A.D. = 194$ - .Mayor - 1 - - INTER -OFFICE -MEMORANDUM a CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS Date: September 28, 1948 To: George E. Murphy, City Attorney From: Mrs. Willie J. Brockman, City Manager Subject: Closing Alley in Block 11, Forrest Addition COMMENT: Please prepare the necessary papers for closing the alley in Block 11, Forrest Addition, -according to the plat attached. _ This has been approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission and by the City Engineer. r,(J°► Igger City V ems" J N r lam'' • G a f � THE STATE OF TEXAS: COZJNTY OF JEFFERSON: We, ,the undersigned, being the .sole ovaners of all the property abutting on alley in Block L1e v e n , of the For re g t -;,7 i n r Addition to the City of Beaumont, hereby respectfully petition that the alley located in Block I ]Dcrre st Addition be closed in the manner as permitted by the statutes.of the State of Texas] and that such alley become the absolute property of the owners of the land in said block Adjacent and abutting on -such alley, it being understood.. however, that the closing of this a1ley.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,, vrires, 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, pokes, or cables; or any other service or utility of the City, OMMER LOT BLOCK ADDITION � Forrest Addition. 717 >�19 ft - 0 AI 1 t/ tT -- r u: 4 it 1 Tl n 11 it II 11 rl X11 " " NOTE: This petition cannot be acted upon favorably if Nater line is'in the alley4 a5 ( C7" --- - - --_A