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AN ORDINANCE
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE VACATING
AND ABANDONING OF AN ALLEY IN BLOCK SEVENTY-THREE
(73) OF THE CARTWRIGHT 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 TO GRANT 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 of the property owners
of the lots in Block Sbventy-Three (73) of the Cartwright Addi-
tion to The City of Beaumont has been presented to the City Council
of The City of Beaumont, requesting that the alley running through
Block Seventy-three (73) of said Addition 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 enacted 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 a franchise for the construction and maintenance
Of such utilities in 'said alley;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
That the alley running through Block Seventy --Three (73) of the
Cartwright 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 pro-
vided by law; provided, however, that the vacating and abandon-
ment 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 vacating and
abandonment of said alley affect the right of The City of Beaumont
to grant a franchise to any person, firm, or corporation authoriz-
ing 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 expressly
reserved. And the vacating and abandonment of said alley shall not
be construed as authorizing or permitting any person, party,. cor-
poration or legal entity whatsoever to erect, construct, build,
move onto or place any building or structure thereon, and the erec-
tion, construction, building, moving onto or placeing of any build-
ing or structure therein without express permission from the City
Council to do so is hereby prohibited.
1950.
PASSED by the City Council this 17th day of January, A.D.
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