HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 21-EEAN ORDINANCE
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE VACATING AND ABANDONING
PORTIONS OF SEVENTEENTH STREET BETWEEN CALDER
AVENUE AND NORTH STREET AS MORE PARTICULARLY
DESCRIBED HEREIN; PROVIDING THAT SUCH ABANDON-
MENT SHALL IN NO WAY AFFECT CERTAIN EASEMENTS
FOR GENERAL UTILITY PURPOSES, DATED MARCH-.13,
1962, AS SET FORTH HEREIN.
WHEREAS, a petition signed by the owners of the property
abutting that portion of Seventeenth Street lying between Calder
Avenue .and NorthsStreet, in the City of Beaumont, Jefferson County,
Texas, more particularly, described herein, has been presented to
the City Council of The City of`:Beaumont, requesting that portions
.of Seventeenth Street be vacated and abandoned; and.,
WHEREAS, said petition has-been referred to the Planning
and Zoning Commission of The City of Beaumont for examination and
approval.,, and the same -.has been -approved by said Commission; and.,--
WHEREAC,it appears to the City Council that it is to the
best interest of.The . City 'of Beaumont and benefit to the public
that the.hereinafter described portions of Seventeenth Street be
vacated and abandoned;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT,
TEXAS:
That the following described portions -of Seventeenth Street in The
City of Beaumont, Texas, be, and the same are hereby, vacated and
abandoned, and that title to said portionsoof.said vacated and
abandoned street shall revert to and become the property of the
persons entitled thereto, as provided by law, said portions being
described as follows:
NO. 1. Being that certain sixty (60) foot wide
strip of land known as Seventeenth Street lying
between Lot 24, Block 10, and Loi;13, Block 115
all in the -Jarrett Addition to The City of Beau
wont, Jefferson County, Texas, said portion ex,.
tending from the north line of Calder Avenue north
one hundred forty (140) feet to the south line of
a.twenty (20) foot wide alley running east and
west through said Blocks 10 and 11.
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NO. 2. Being that certain sixty (60) foot wide
strip of land known as Seventeenth Street lying
between L-ot 13, Block 6, and Lot 24, Block 7, all
in the Jarrett Addition to The City of Beaumont,
Jefferson County, Texas, said portion extending
from the north line of McFaddin Avenue north one
hundred forty (140) feet to the south line of a
twenty (20) foot wide alley running east and west
through said Blocks 6 and 7.
NO. 3. Being that certain sixty (60) foot wide
strip of land known as Seventeenth Street lying
between Lot 12, Block 6, and Lot 1, Block 7, all
in the Jarrett Addition to The City of Beaumont,
Jefferson County, Texas, said portion extending
from the south line of North Street south one
hundred forty (140) feet to the north line of a
twenty (20) foot wide alley running east and west
through said Blocks 6 and 7.
NO. 4. Being that certain sixty (60) foot wide
strip of land known as Seventeenth Street lying
between Lot 1, Block 10, and Lot 12, Block 11, all
in the Jarrett Addition to The City of Beaumont,
Jefferson County, Texas, said portion extending
from the south line of McFaddin Avenue south one
hundred forty (140) feet to the north line of a
twenty (20) foot wide alley running east and west
through said Blocks 10 and 11.
Provided, however, that the vacating and abandoning of
said portions of said street shall not be construed as abandoning
and shall in no way affect the easements f-or general utility pur-
poses granted on March 13, 1962 by Brudge Kyle, Scott D. Clark
and wife, Lucille Clark, Gilbert L. Walker and wife, Eugenia S.
Walker, and Lefco, Inc., a corporation, to The City of Beaumont
across property in the Jarrett Addition to The City of Beaumont,
Jefferson County, Texas; the rights granted in said easements for
general utility purposes being expressly reserved.
PASSED by the City Council this -2i--"clay of March,.A. D.
1962.
Mayor ..