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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 35-U31 CC /9 AN ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE VACATING AND ABANDON- ING OF AN ALLEY.IN BLOCK FOURTEEN (14) OF THE OAK - WOOD ADDITION TO THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, RESERVING, HOWEVER, THE RIGHT.OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT TO CON- STRUCT AND.MAINTAIN IN SAID ALLEY SEVIER LINES, WATER LINES, AND OTHER UTILITIES, AND RESERVING THE RIGHT TO THE CITY OF BEAUMONT TO GRANT A FRANCHISE RIGHT TO OTHERS.TO CONSTRUCT.AND MAINTAIN THE UTIL- ITIES HEREINBEFORE MENTIONED THROUGH AND ALONG SAID ALLEY,AND.PROHIBITING THE OBSTRUCTION OF SAME BY ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE. WHEREAS, a petition signed by all the property owners of the lots in Block Fourteen (14) of the ::Oakwood Addition to The City of Beaumont.has been presented to the City Council of The City of Beaumont, requesting that the alley running through Block Fourteen (14) 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 the 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 the property owners in said Block, 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 said alley, reserving, however, to The City of Beaumont the right to con- struct 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 Fourteen (14) of the Oakwood Ad- sition 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 .-lei. j ' W` . - 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 therein sewer, gas, or water lines, telephone, telegraph, or electric lines, wires, poles, and cables, and 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 persdn, 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, con- struct, build, move on to, or place any building or structure therein, and the erection, construction, building, moving on to, or placing of any building or structure therein without express permission from the City Council to do so is hereby prohibited. PASSED by the City Council this 25th day of June, A.D. 1949. - Mayor - THE STATE OF TEXAS: COUNTY OF JEFFERSON We, the undersigned2 being the sole o1mers of all the property abutting on alley in Block ,' �—I of the 42 - Addition to the City of Beaumonts hereby respectfully petition that the alley located in Block �, ��C'""//�/Q� 7 Cl Addition be closed in the manner as permitted by the statutes of the State of Texas, and that such alley become the absolute property of the owners of the land in said block adjacent and abutting on such alley, it being enders-toodr hoWever•9 that the closing of this alley shall in no way affect the rights of -the City as to placing and maintpdning therein of any sewer or: water lineao or telephone, telegraph, or electric lines, m2res, 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 linesq wires, poles, or cablet, or any other service or utility of the City. SOT BLOCK ADDITION (1) cz _cL rr NOTES This petition cannot be acted upon favorably if water line is in the alleyp QQ A/ OL L Y � nn 63 _A SKETC1-1___- SI-10WING -ALL fY_ _7_0 BZ_ CZ OSED IN' ---BLOCK. _14, 0141TWOODADDITION X­ _,op.FICE ___ opo Cl -r)- _-ENGINEER J 3,--- A u m o 1v -r TEXAS'