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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 23-Ubio � Paq�,vY,3 M a F n SA4-t , 1,1713 - t E AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE VACATING AND ABANDONING OF AN -ALLEY IN BLOCK FIVE (5) OF THE HIGHLAND HEIGHTS 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 TOiGRANT:A FRANCHISE RIGHT TO OTHERS TO. CONSTRUCT AND MAINTAIN THE UTILITIES HEREINBEFORE ' MENTIONED..THROUGH AND.ALONG.SAID ALLEY, AND PRO- HIBITING.THE OBSTRUCTION OF SAME BY ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE.. WHEREAS; a petition signed by all -the property owners of the Lots.in Block Five (5) of Highland Heights 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 Five (5) of the said Addition be vacated and abandoned; and, WHEREAS, said petition has been referred to the -City Plan- ning and -Zoning Commission for --examination and approvaland the same has been approved by the said -;Commission; and, WHEREAS; said petition has been duly canvassed and examined by the City Council and.has 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 ordinance should be enacted vacating and aban- doning said alley, reserving, however, -to The:;City of Beaumont the right to conttruct�':LL and maintain all necessary public utilities in said alley, or to grant a franchise for the construction and main- tenance of such utilities in said alley; NOW, THEREFORE,' BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:. That the alley running through Block Five (5) of the Highland Heights 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 said alley shall in no way affect the right of The City.of Beaumont to place and main- tain therein sewer, gas and water lines, telephone, telegraph and electric lines, wires, poles and cables, or any other public util- ity service. Neit.-hbr'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, tele- phone, telegraph or electric lines, or other public utility service, all of which rights are hereby expressly reserved. And the vacat- ing and abandonment of said alley shall not be const -rued as author- izing or permitting any person, party, corporation or legal entity whatsoever to erect, construct, build, move onto or place any build- ing or structure thereon, and the erection, construction, building, moving onto or placing.of any building or structure therein without express permission from"the City Council"to do so is hereby pro- hibited. 1949• PASSED by the City Council this 26th day of April, A.D. - Mayor - Z, G THE STATE 0E TEXAS COUNTY OF` JEF 'EtcSON WE, the undersigned,- bein.C; the sole owners of all the property located in Block of the,* Addition to the City of Beaumont, hereby respectfully petition that the alley located .in Block_�?� Addition be closed in the manner as permitted. by the statutes _oi the -State of Texas, and that such alley become the absolute property of the oi,mers of the land in said block adjacent and abutting on such alley, it bc:ing understand, however, that the closing of this alley shall in no way affect the rights of the City as to placing and maintain.int; therein of any, sewer or waterlines, or telephgne, telegraph, or electric Lines,., wires poles, or cables -or any other service or,utility of the City, biz 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. 011MEtt - - LOT NO. BLOCK ADDITION 6I - NOTE: This petition cannot be acted upon favorably if water i line is. in the alley. --. 60, EAST f el 2. C/—/UR CH a t 2 3 4- 5 6 p, SKETCH 5HOWI NG A L LEY TO BE CL05ED IN. BLOCK 5 OF THE . HIGHLAND HE16HT5 ADDITION APRIL, 10� OFFICE OF CITY ENGlHEEt? 5cAj-,5- : /"=/00'