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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 52-NOAd-, s.--&! /,2_-30 _/9 q-1 AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING AND APPROVING A MAP AND PLAT REPLATTING HIGHLAND HEIGHTS IDDITION TO THE CITY OF BEAUMONT BY' THE OWNER THEREOF, H. H. HOWELL, AND ACCEPTING THE STREETS,. ALLEYS AND, EAS--EEMTS IN SAID ADDITION, AS SHOWN IN THE RE-;- PLAT .E-PLAT THEREOF, CLOSING AND ELIMINATING THAT PART OF BLODGETT STREET SHOWN ITS THE ORIGINAL PLAT OF SAID ADDITION AS EXTENDING BETWEEN THE NORTH LINE OF iEAST PIPKIN STREET AND THE SOUTH LI11TE OF,EAST CHURCH STREET, .AND'ELIMINATING CERTAIN ALLEYS AS SHOWN BY THE ORIGINAL MAP.OR PLAT OF SAID ADDITION. WHEREAS, H. H. Howell is the owner of Highland Heights Addition, and .is .anxious to develop the said addition -,into a residential addition to the' City of Beaumont, and in order to accomplish this purpose it is necessary that the said addition be replatted so that certain lots in said addition will -abut and face the principal streets running through the same; and further , that cert ain� alleys , as shown on the original plat of the said addition, be closed and vacated, and that part of Blodgett Street, .between the north line of ;,East - Pipkin Street and the south line of East Church Street, as .shown on the original map of said addition, should be vacated; closed, and that the streets, alleys and easements shown on the map re - platting said addition, should be dedicated to the use of the general public as such and should be accepted by the City Com- mission for said purposes; and r WHEREAS, said A.- H. Howell, who is the owner of all lots and blocks in said addition affected by the said change, has signed a petition to the City Commission requesting the said change and has presented for approval a replat of said addition and requested that the City Commission approve the said replat, and has dedicated to the City of Beaumont and to the use of the general public, the streets, alleys and ease- ments shown on the said replat of said addition;,and WHEREAS, the said addition as replatted conforms with all the requirements of the City of Beaumont and should be accepted, approved and adopted by the dity Commission. liovi, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BEAUM OiVT: That the alleys, as shown in the original plat of Highland Heights Addition, which run through Blocks 2, 3, 4, 7 and 8 in the original addition, be vacated and closed and the title to the alleys which formerly existed in the said blocks shall revert to and bedome the property of the owner of the, land in the blocks bordering on said alley; That -Blodgett Street, between `the north line of East Pipkin Street and the south line of East Church Street, as shown on the original plat 'of said addition, be, and the same is hereby, vacated, abandoned and closed, and the title to the said portion of the said street dhal:l,:'reVert`i-to and become the'property of the lot owner adjacent thereto, as now provided by law. The replat of Highland Heights Addition, which has been prepared under the direction of H. H. Howell; the owner of the said addition, and which the said owner has ex- ecuted in the form and manner required by':law, and which the said owner has requested the City Commission to accept and approve, is hereby in all things accepted.and approved by the City Commission, and the streets, alleys and easements -delineated and shown on said replat of.the Highland Heights Addition, are hereby accepted by the City of Beannont. PASSED this the 00 --day of December, A. D. 1941. M A Y 0 R. THE STATE OF.TEXAS : COUNTY OF JEFFERSON : WE, the undersigned, being the sole owners of all the property located in B1ock62 of the Addition to the City of Beaumont, hereby respectfully petition that the alleyslocated in Blocks L-9, Addition be closed in the manner as permitted by the statutes of the State of Teras, 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 end 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 -Ile 7 7,49 1Z NOTE: This petition cannot be acted upon favorably if water . line is in the alley.