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DATE: March 21, 2016
TO: Planning Commission
FROM: Chris Boone, Director of Planning and Community Development
SUBJECT: Consider a request to abandon a portion of a 20' waterline easement, Beaumont,
Jefferson County, Texas.
FILE: 865-OB
STAFF REPORT
The Planning staff recommends approval of the request.
The State of Texas has acquired land for the purpose of widening the Major Drive right-of-way
and roadway. The City of Beaumont has an existing 20' waterline easement, formerly located
on private property, which is now left in the right-of-way and poses an obstacle to the proposed
improvements. A new waterline easement has been created to accommodate the City utilities.
A request has been made to abandon that portion of the original easement that is now located in
the right-of-way.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION FOR ORDINANCE PURPOSES
All that certain tract of land lying and being situated in Jefferson County, Texas, part of the
SAMUEL STIVERS SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 51, and being a part of that certain tract of
land herein referred to as the “1.148 acre” tract, which said 1.148 acre tract is described in that
certain instrument from Mickey Phelan B Land L.P. to the State of Texas, acting by and through
the Texas Transportation Commission, and recorded in County Clerks File No. 2002006640 of
the Official Public Records of Jefferson County, Texas and also being a part of that certain 5.124
acre tract of land herein referred to as the “5.124 acre” tract, which said 5.124 acre tract is
described in that certain instrument, describing a twenty foot wide easement, from J.H. Phelan, et
al to the City of Beaumont and recorded in Volume 1900, Page 227 of the Deed Records of
Jefferson County, Texas with the said herein described tract being more particularly described as
follows:
BEGINNING at a Texas Highway Department Type II right of way monument found at
the intersection of existing East right of way line of F.M. Highway 364 and the northwesterly
right of way line of Interstate Highway 10 and being in the southwesterly line of said 5.124 acre
tract and being the South corner of said 1.148 acre tract;
THENCE in a northwesterly direction with the southwesterly line of said 1.148 acre tract,
being the former northwesterly right of way line of Interstate Highway 10, and the southwesterly
line of the said 5.124 acre tract along a curve with a central angle of 26°43’34” to the right, with
a radius of 485.87 feet for a distance of 226.64 feet to an iron rod found at the intersection with
the former East right of way line of F.M. Highway 364 and being the southwest corner of said
1.148 acre tract, the chord for said curve being North 32°41’01” West and 224.59 feet in length;
THENCE North 02°35’53” West along and with the said former East right of way line of
said F.M. Highway 364, being the West line of said 1.148 acre tract and the west line of said
5.124 acre tract for a distance of 335.17 feet to a iron rod found for an angle point;
THENCE North 02°40’38” West continuing with said former East right of way line of
F.M. Highway 364, being the West line of said 1.148 acre tract and the west line of said 5.124
acre tract for a distance of 254.57 feet to a Texas Highway Department Type II right of way
monument found for the North corner of said 1.148 acre tract and the North corner of the herein
described tract;
THENCE in a southeasterly direction along and with the existing southwest right of way
line of F.M. 365 being the East line of said 1.148 acre tract and being in a curve to the left with a
central angle of 06°53’28” and a radius of 2789.79 feet, for an arc distance of 335.53 feet to a
point for corner at the intersection with the east line of said 5.124 acre tract, the chord of said
curve being South 06°04’39” East and 335.32 feet in distance;
THENCE South 02°35’53” East along and with the East line of said 5.124 acre tract,
being 20 feet perpendicular distance East from said former East right of way line of F.M.
Highway 365, being the West line of said 1.148 acre tract, for a distance of 252.07 feet to a point
of curvature of a non-tangent curve with a central angle of 21°12’24” to the right, with a radius
of 465.87 feet;
THENCE along and with said curve to the left, and being 20 feet parallel northeastward
from the said southwesterly line of said 1.148 acre tract and being the northeasterly line of said
5.124 acre tract, for an arc distance of 172.43 feet, the chord for said curve being South
30°16’54” East and 171.45 feet in length to a point in the East line of said 1.148 acre tract;
THENCE along and with the East line of the said 1.148 acre tract and being in a
non-tangent curve with a central angle of 00°58’16” to the right, with a radius of 2789.79 feet, an
arc distance of 47.29 feet and a chord distance of 47.28 feet which bears South 18°28’16” East
back to the Point of Beginning and containing 0.259 acres of land.
GENERAL INFORMATION/PUBLIC UTILITIES
APPLICANT: City of Beaumont Public Works Department
PROPERTY OWNER: State of Texas
LOCATION: Major Drive near Interstate 10 south
EXISTING ZONING: GC-MD (General Commercial - Multiple
Family Dwelling District)
PROPERTY SIZE: 0.259 acres, more or less
EXISTING LAND USES: Waterline easement
FLOOD HAZARD ZONE: “X” - Areas determined to be outside
500-year floodplain
SURROUNDING LAND USES: SURROUNDING ZONING:
NORTH: Vacant GC-MD (General Commercial - Multiple
Family Dwelling District)
EAST: Vacant GC-MD
SOUTH: Major Drive none
WEST: Major Drive none
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: Interstate 10 south/Major Drive Regional
Center
STREETS: Major Drive - Major Arterial with a 100'
wide right-of-way and a 26' pavement width.
DRAINAGE: Open ditch
WATER: 20” water line
SANITARY SEWER
SERVICE: none