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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 33-S'0 r� AN ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE VACATING AND ABANDONING OF,. AN_ ALLEY ' IN, BLOCK SEVENTY-TWO (72.) - OF . THE VAN. -WORMER ADDITION T O THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, RESERVING,_ HOWEVER,.THE.RIGHT OF THE. CITY OF BEAU`MONT TO CONSTRUCT. AND MAIN- TAIN IN SAID -ALLEY SEWER LINES, WATER LINES, AND OTHER .UTILITIES, AND RESERVING, THE_ RIGHT OF _THE- CITY, OF . BEAU`MONT _ TO GRANT A FRANCHISE RIGHT -TO OTHERS- TO CONSTRUCT AND MAINTAIN 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 the property owners of the lots in Block Seventy -Two (72) of the Van Wormer Addi- tion to the City of Beaumont has been presented to the City Commission of the City of Beaumont, requesting that the alley running through Block -Seventy -Two "(72) of said addition 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 the said Commission; and, WHEREAS, said petition has been duly canvassed and examined by the City Commission and has been found to have been signed by all the property owners in said block, and it appear- ing to the City Commission 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 neces- sary.public utilities in said alley or to grant a franchise for the construction and maintenance of such utilities in said alley; NOVI, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COM- MISSION OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT: That the alley running through Block Seventy -Two (72) of the Van Wormer 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 provided by law;.provided, however, that the vacating and abandonment of said alley shall in no way affect the right of the City of Beaumont to place and maintain there- in sewer, gas or water lines, telephone, telegraph or electric lines, 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 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 expressly reserved. And the vacating and abandonment of said alley shall not be construed as authorizing or permitting any person, party, corporation or legal entity whatsoever to erect, construct, build, move on to or place any building or structure therein, and the erection, construction, building, moving on to or plac- ing of any building or structure therein without express per- mission from the City Commission to do so is hereby prohibited. PASSED by the City Commission., thi s 'day of d4� , A.D. 1947. - Mayor - - 2 - No Text No Text 4,0 A 71 0 ri WAP.NPM .;-o -To ISO 50 So 0 ri WAP.NPM aw 0 N9 72 11.4 1v Oog' ICAF -Oiw 4.'f- 7'Y 50 So aw 0 N9 72 11.4 1v Oog' ICAF -Oiw 4.'f- 7'Y PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF JEFFERSON Before me, the undersigned authority, personally appeared �Kf who, being by me duly sworn, says that the f o r e g o i n g and attached Legal Potice was published on the following dates: December 6, A. D., 19 A!Z in the BEAUMONT Journal , a daily newspaper printed and published at Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas. SUBSCRIBED and sworn to before me, this the r .day Of A. D. 1 SFA NOTARY LIC in and for Jefferson County Tessa THE ST1-�TE OF TEXAS . COUNTY 01' JEFZ'EttSON : WE, the undersigned, being the sole omners of all the property located in Block _ pof the Van Tom= -Addition to the City of Beaumont, hereby respectfully petition that the alley located in Block 72 Van Wormer Addition be closed in the manner as permitted by the statutes of the State of Texas, and that such alley- beco-me the -absolute property of the owners of the land in said block adjacent and abutting on such alley, it being understand,' 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. 00-01NNEx6 LOT NO. BLOCK ADDITION NOTE: This petition cannot be acted upon. favorably if water line is in the alley.