HomeMy WebLinkAbout868-OB
DATE: January 23, 2017
TO: Planning Commission
FROM: Chris Boone, Director of Planning and Community Development
SUBJECT: A request for the abandonment of a portion of the Crockett Street right-of-way.
FILE: 868-OB
STAFF REPORT
Planning staff recommends approval, based on the following condition:
1. That an easement be retained as per the applicants request.
The City of Beaumont is requesting abandonment of the Crockett Street right-of-way.
The requested portion of right-of-way extends from the northeast right-of-way line of
Park Street to the southwest right-of-way line of Orleans Street and is approximately
61.11 feet wide and 300 feet long . This property is currently used as part of a parking lot,
which the city has leased in the past. The city would now like to sell the public lot, but
several of the parking spaces are located in the right-of-way.
Due to existing water, sewer and traffic light equipment within the right-of-way, an
easement will be required.
This item was sent to all interested parties.
Exhibits are attached.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION FOR ORDINANCE PURPOSES
BEING a 0.4197 acre tract or parcel of land situated in the Noah Tevis Survey, Abstract No. 52,
Jefferson County, Texas and being that certain portion of Crockett Street lying between Park
Street and Orleans Street, said 0.4197 acre tract being more particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at the most Westerly corner of Block 52 of the Original Townsite of Beaumont, a
subdivision of the City of Beaumont, according to the plat thereof recorded in Volume 448, Page
249, Deed Records, Jefferson County, Texas, said corner also being the intersection of the
Southeasterly right-of-way line of Crockett Street (based on a width of 61.11 feet) and the
Northeasterly right-of-way line of Park Street (based on a width of 61.11 feet);
THENCE NORTH 40°28'15" WEST, over and across the said Crockett Street, for a distance of
61.11 feet to a point for corner, said corner being the most Southerly corner of the remainder of
that certain called 35,912.80 square feet tract of land as described in a "General Warranty Deed"
from First City National Bank of Beaumont to the City of Beaumont as recorded in Film Code
No. 100-72-0784, Official Public Records of Real Property, Jefferson County, Texas, said corner
also being the intersection of the Northwesterly right-of-way line of Crockett Street and the
Northeasterly right-of-way line of Park Street;
THENCE NORTH 49°31'45" EAST, along and with the Northwesterly right-of-way line of
Crockett Street and the Southeasterly line of the remainder of the said 35,912.80 square feet City
of Beaumont tract, for a distance of 286.23 feet to a point for corner, said corner being in the
South right-of-way line of Laurel Street;
THENCE NORTH 78°40'38" EAST, along and with the South right-of-way line of Laurel
Street, for a distance of 15.77 feet to a point for corner, said corner being the intersection of the
South right-of-way line of Laurel Street and the Southwesterly right-of-way line of Orleans
Street (based on a width of 61.11 feet);
THENCE SOUTH 40°28'15" EAST, along and with the Southwesterly right-of-way line of
Orleans Street, for a distance of 53.43 feet to a point for corner, said corner being the most
Northerly corner of the said Block 52 of the Original Townsite of Beaumont and being the
intersection of the Southeasterly right-of-way line of Crockett Street and the Southwesterly
right-of-way line of Orleans Street;
THENCE SOUTH 49°31'45" WEST, along and with the Northwesterly line of the said Block 52
of the Original Townsite of Beaumont and the Southeasterly right-of-way line of Crockett Street,
for a distance of 300.00 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 0.4197 Acres,
more or less.
GENERAL INFORMATION/PUBLIC UTILITIES
APPLICANT: City of Beaumont, Engineering
PROPERTY OWNER: City of Beaumont
LOCATION: Between Park Street & Orleans Street
EXISTING ZONING: CBD (Central Business District)
PROPERTY SIZE: ~0.4197 acres, more or less
EXISTING LAND USES: Crockett Street right-of-way and parking
FLOOD HAZARD ZONE: “X” - Areas determined to be outside
500-year floodplain
SURROUNDING LAND USES: SURROUNDING ZONING:
NORTH: Parking CBD (Central Business District)
EAST: Commercial CBD
SOUTH: Commercial CBD
WEST: Commercial CBD
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: Neighborhood Growth Unit
STREETS: N/A
DRAINAGE: N/A
WATER: 8" water line
SANITARY SEWER
SERVICE: 12" sanitary sewer line