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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 60-XL��, 1�f �� b U �!. (� l -,Zu 15 AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE VACATING AND CLOSING OF THAT -PORTION OF SEVENTEENTH STREET BE- TWEEN BLOCKS TWO (2) AND THREE (3) OF THE JARRETTE SECOND ADDITION FROM NORTH STREET NORTH TO THE LONGFELLOW SCHOOL PROPERTY, RESERVING, HOWEVER, THE RIGHT OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT TO CONSTRUCT AND MAINTAIN IN SAID VACATED PORTION OF SAID STREET SEWER LINES, WATER LINES AND OTHER UTILITIES, AND RESERVING THE RIGHT OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT TO GRANT FRANCHISE RIGHTS TO OTHERS TO CONSTRUCT AND MAINTAIN THE UTILITIES HEREINBEFORE MENTIONED, THROUGH AND ALONG SAID VACATED PORTION OF SAID STREET, AND PRO- HIBITING THE OBSTRUCTION OF SAME BY ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE. WHEREAS, a petition signed by all of the property owners on Seventeenth Street between ;Blocks Two (2) and Three (3) of the Jarrette Second Addition, from North Street north to the Long- fellow School property, has been presented to the City :Council of The City of Beaumont, requesting that that portion of Seven- teenth Street be vacated and abandoned; and, WHEREAS, said petition has been referred to the City Planning Commission for examination and approval, and the same has been approved by said Commission; and, WHEREAS, said petition has been duly canvassed and exam - fined by the City Council and has been found to have been signed by all of the property owners in said Blocks 2 and 3 of Seventeenth Street from North Street north to Longfellow School property, in the-Jarrette Second Addition, and it appearing to the City Coun- cil that the request.,of said property owners should be granted and that an ordinance should be enacted vacating and abandoning the above-described portion of Seventeenth Street, reserving, however, to The City of Beaumont the right to construct and maintain all necessary public utilities along said portion of said street, or to grant franchises for the construction and maintenance of such utilities along said portion of said street; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAU- MONT; TEXAS: THAT that portion of Seventeenth Street between Blocks Two (2) and Three (3) of the Jarrette Second Addition,. from North Street north to the Longfellow School property, in the City of Beaumont, be, and the same is hereby, authorized to be vacated and abandoned, and that the title to such vacated and abandoned portion of said street should revert to and become the property of the persons en- titled thereto, as provided by law; provided, however, that the vacating and abandoning of said portion of said street shall in no way affect the right of The City of Beaumont to place and main- tain 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 abandoning of said por- tion of said street affect the right of The City of 'Beaumont to grant franchises to any person, firm, or corporation authorizing the placing and maintaining off such sewer, gas, or water line, telephone, telegraph, or electric lines, or other public utility service in said portion of said street, all of which rights are hereby expressly reserved. And the vacating and abandoning of said portion of said street shall not be construed as authorizing or permitting any person, party, corporation, or legal entitg�� 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. 1953• PASSED by the City'Council this 20th day of January, A.D. - Mayor -