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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 47-AA6 a-� el R Z,V 9 tz . AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE VACATING AND ABANDONMENT OF AN ALLEY LOCATED IN.BLOCK FOUR (4) OF LEONARD.ADDITION_TO THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS, RESERVING, HOWEVER, THE.RIGHT;OF THE CITY OF BEAU- MONT TO CONSTRUCT AND MAINTAIN IN.SAID.ALLEY SEWER LINES, WATERLINES, AND OTHER UTILITIES, AND RE- SERVING THE RIGHT OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT TO GRANT FRANCHISE RIGHTS.TO OTHERS.TO CONSTRUCT AND MAIN, TAIN THE UTILITIES HEREINBEFORE MENTIONED THROUGH AND ALONG SAID.ALLEY, AND PROHIBITING THE OBSTRUC- TION OF SAME BY ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE. WHEREAS, a petition signed by all of the property owners of Block 4 of the Leonard Addition to The City of Beaumont has been presented to the City Council of The City of Beaumont, re- questing that the alley in said block be vacated and abandoned; and, WHEREAS, said petition has been referred to the City Plan- ning Commission for examination and approval, and the same has been approved by 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 of the property owners in said block, and it appearing to the City Council that the request of said property owners should be granted and that an ordinance should be.ena,cted 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 franchises for the construction and maintenance of such utilities in said alley; NOW, THEREFORE,. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAU- MONT, TEXAS: That the alley running through Block Four (4) of the Leonard Addi- tion to The City of Beaumont be, and the same is hereby, authorized to be vacated and abandoned, and that the title to such alley should revert to and become the property of the" -persons entitled thereto, as provided by law; provided, however, that the vacating and abandoning of said alley shall in no way affect the right of the City of Beaumont to place and maintain therein sewer, gas, and water lines, telephone, telegraph, and electric wires, poles and cables, or any other public utility service. Neither shall the va- cating and abandoning of said alley affect the right of The City of Beaumont to grant franchises 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 ex- pressly reserved. And the vacating and abandoning 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 structure thereon, and the erection, construction, building, moving onto, or placing"of any building or structure therein without permission of the City Council to do so is hereby prohibited. PASSED by the City Council this /jU/1day of September, A. D. 1956. a 4. - Mayor 14 A 5� LA 4-4 Q -/I F -1 -^/ S-6 FI N15 5 K F— TCC SHOWING ALLEY To BE CL05ED -,.,-BLOcK -4 LEONARD ADIDITION SCALE.: I"= 80' AUGUST, 135G OFFICE OF CITY ENGINEER Be,;mu-mon+3, 1 THE STAT E OF TLiHS COUNTY OF JEPPERSON : We, the undersigned, bsin- 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 of the State of Texlas, and that such alley bocome the absolute property of the owners of the land in said block adjacent and abutting on such alley, it bcing 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, teleCr6ph, 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, telei'aph, or electric lines, wires, poles, or cables, or any other service o�;'utility of the City] OWNER LOT BLOCK ADDITTON I,E CIO C �J G 1A/. p S'a 74, E- IS' e 7'0 ru w. ! 4- G // NOTE: This petition cannot be acter3 upon favorably if water line is in the alley.