HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 99-084 RESOLUTION NO. � -Y
WHEREAS, tax abatement is predicated on a finding that the property located at
625 Orleans is a historically significant site in need of tax relief to encourage preservation;
and,
WHEREAS, the Historic Landmark Commission has met and considered this
application and has found the site to be an historically significant site in need of tax relief
to encourage preservation and certified this fact to the Planning Director of the City of
Beaumont; and,
WHEREAS, the City's Planning Director has forwarded the application to the City
Council, as required by the ordinance of the City of Beaumont; and,
WHEREAS, the Council desires to approve the eligibility of the property for tax relief
pursuant to the ordinances of the City of Beaumont;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
THAT the application for tax exemption for the property located at 625 Orleans, being a
26,700 square feet tract of land out of Block 40 of the Original Town of Beaumont in the
Noah Tevis Survey, Abstract 52, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, said tract being all
of Lot 201 and 202 and part of Lots 198, 199, 200 and 206 of said Block 40, and being all
of the property conveyed to Harvey E. Miller by deed dated May 17, 1981 and recorded
in Volume 2317, Page 400 of the Deed Records of Jefferson County, Texas.
BEGINNING at the northwest corner of Lot 201 of Block 40, of the Original Town of
Beaumont, said corner being located at the point of intersection of the northeasterly right-
of-way line of Orleans Street and the southeasterly right-of-way line of Fannin Street;
THENCE NORTH 490 26' EAST along the southeasterly right-of-way line of Fannin Street
and along the northwesterly line of Lots 201 and 202 of Block 40, a distance of 120.0 feet
to the northeast or most northerly corner of Lot 202, and the most westerly corner of Lot
203 and being the most westerly or northwest corner of that certain tract conveyed to
Jefferson Theatre Preservation Society by deed dated November 11, 1976 and recorded
in Volume 2036, Page 442 of the Deed Records of Jefferson County, Texas;
THENCE SOUTH 400 34' EAST along the common line of Lots 202 and 203 and along the
southwesterly line of the said Jefferson Theatre Tract, a distance of 160.0 feet to the most
southerly or southwest corner of said Jefferson Theatre Tract located in Lot 206;
THENCE NORTH 490 26' EAST along the southeasterly line of the Jefferson Theatre
Tract, a distance of 30.00 feet to a point for corner located in the dividing line between
Lots 206 and 207;
THENCE NORTH 40° 34' EAST along the common line between Lots 206 and 207, a
distance of 50.00 feet to a point for corner located in Lot 198;
THENCE SOUTH 490 26' WEST along the northwesterly line of a tract conveyed to
Rogers Brothers by deed dated April 13, 1964 and recorded in Volume 1384, Page 175
of the Deed Records of Jefferson County, Texas, said line being parallel to and 90.0 feet
north of the north right-of-way line of Forsythe Street, a distance of 150.0 feet to the most
westerly or northwest corner of said Rogers Brothers Tract, said corner being located in
the northeasterly right-of-way line of Orleans Street and being 90.0 feet from the southwest
corner of Lot 200;
THENCE NORTH 400 34' WEST along the northeasterly right-of-way line of Orleans
Street and along the southwesterly line of Lots 200, 206 and 201 of Block 40, a distance
of 210.0 feet to the PLACE OF BEGINNING, containing in area 26,700 square feet of land,
more or less, is hereby approved and the City Council hereby affirmatively finds that all the
requirements of Article IV of Chapter 25 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Beaumont, as amended, have been met and that the site is a historically significant site
in need of tax relief to encourage preservation and that, in accordance with the ordinances
of the City of Beaumont, the assessed value for ad valorem taxation of the subject tract
and property shall be equal to the assessed value prior to preservation for a period of ten
(10) years. This exemption shall begin on the first (1st) day of the first (1st) tax year after
verification of completion of the preservation required for certification, provided that the
provision of Section 25-58 of the Code of Ordinances have been met and that such
verification is made by the City of Beaumont Historical Landmark Commission.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the_& / day
of , 1999.
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