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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 23-NAN ORDINANCE. AUTHORIZING THE VACATING AND CLOSING OF AN ALLEY THROUGH BLOCK FIFTY-TWO (52) OF THE JEF CHAISON SECOND 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, TELEPHONE, TELEGRAPH AND ELECTRIC LINES AND OTHER UTILITIES, AND RE- SERVING THE RIGHT TO THE CITY OF BEAUMONT TO., GRANT A FRANCHISE TO OTHERS.TO CONSTRUCT AND MAINTAIN THE UTILITIES HEREINBEFORE MENTIONED: THROUGH AND ALONG SAID ALLEY. WHEREAS, a petition signed,by Jef Chaison Townsite Company and others, who constitute all of the owners of the lots in Block Fifty-two (52) of the Jef Chaison Second Addi- tion to the City of Beaumont, has been presented -to the City Commission of the City of Beaumont requesting that -the alley located in said Block Fifty-two (52) of said Addition be vacated and closed; and WHEREAS, said petition has been referred to the City Engineer for examination and approval and the same has been approved by him; and WHEREAS, said petition has been duly canvassed and examinedi.by the City Commission and has been found to have been signed by all the property owners -;in said block, and it appears to the City Commission that the request of said property owners;should be granted and that an ordinance should be enact- ed vacating and closing said alley, reserving however to the City of Beaumont the right to construct and maintain all neces- sary 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 COM- MISSION OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT: That the alley located in Block Fifty-two (52) of the Jef Chaison Second Addition to the City of Beaumont be and the same is hereby authorized to be vacated -and closed and that the title to such alley shall revert to and become the property 0 of the owners of land in said block bordering on said alley as pr ided by law, provided .however., that the closing of said alley shall in no way affect the right of the City of Beaumont to place and maintain therein sewer, gas; or water lines, tele- phone, telegraph or electric lines, wires, poles and cables or any other public utility service. Neither shall the closing 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 sever, gas or water lines, telephone, telegraph or electric lines or other public utility service, all of which rights- are hereby.express- ly reserved. PASSED this the day of June, A. D. 1941. M A Y O R THE STATE OF TEXAS : COUNTY OF JEFFERSON : WE, the undersigned, being the sole owners of all the �� ��� property located. in Block .9o f 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 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 alley 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, wires, 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, poles, or cables, or any other service or utility of the City. OWNER LOT NO. BLOCK ADDITION NOTE: This petition cannot be acted upon favorably if water line is in the alley.