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DATE: February 21,
2011
TO: Planning Commission
FROM: Stephen C. Richardson, Planning Manager
SUBJECT: Consider a request for an abandonment of a drainage easement
FILE: 777-OB
STAFF REPORT
The Planning Manager recommends approval subject to the following
conditions:
1. A new storm sewer pipe will be installed from the existing
curb inlet on Sassafras Lane as per the Public Works
Department=s letter to Mr. Dennings dated February 10,
2011.
2. A new 15' storm sewer easement shall be dedicated to the
City and approved by City Council prior to the abandonment
of the existing 15' easement.
3. The City of Beaumont shall be released from any liability
that may arise from the existing pipe located under your
newly constructed structure.
Charles Dennings has applied for the abandonment of a 10' wide
drainage easement that sits underneath his newly constructed
house at 4975 Sassafras Lane. Mr. Dennings owns Lots 17 and
18, Block 4, The Woodlands Addition, Unit IV. The drainage
easement runs along the property line separating Lots 17 and
18. The house was built over the easement and an 18" storm
sewer line.
The Public Works Department, has approved two alternatives for
the rerouting of the drainage facilities. Fittz and Shipman,
Inc. has submitted a plan whereby a 15' wide drainage easement
along the west property line of Lot 18 will be dedicated to
the City. The Public Works Department also recommends that
the existing storm sewer be filled with a flowable grout once
capped.
Exhibits are attached.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION FOR ORDINANCE PURPOSES
That certain 0.0268 acre tract for the abandonment of a portion
of a 10' wide drainage easement out of Lot 17 and 18, Block
4 of Woodlands Addition, Unit IV, a plat recorded in Volume
13, Page 8 of the Map Records of Jefferson County, Texas, said
Lot 17 being conveyed to Charles E. Dennings as recorded in
Clerk=s File No. 2003021021 of the Official Public Records of
Jefferson County, Texas and said Lot 18 being conveyed to Charles
E. Dennings as recorded in Clerks File No. 2003004305 of the
Official Public Records of Jefferson County, Texas, said 0.0268
acres being more particularly described by metes and bounds
as follows:
NOTE: Basis of Bearings is the east line of Lot 17, Block 4
of said Woodlands Addition, Unit IV having been called South
0028'24" East 130.66 feet.
COMMENCING at a capped iron rod found in the south right-of-way
line of Sassafras Street for the northeast line of Lot 19 of
said Woodlands Addition, Unit IV and the northwest corner of
said Lot 18 from which a 2" iron rod found in the said south
right-of-way line of Sassafras Street bears South 8542'46"
West 77.16 feet;
THENCE North 8316'48" East along the said south right-of-way
line of Sassafras Street and the north line of said Lot 18 a
distance of 70.46 feet (called North 8338'17" East) to a point
for the northwest corner of the said 0.0268 acre tract and the
POINT OF BEGINNING;
THENCE North 8316'48" East continuing along the said south
right-of-way line of Sassafras Street and the said north line
of Lot 18 and 17 a distance of 10.06 feet (called North 8338'17"
East) to a point for the northeast corner of the said 0.0268
acre tract from which a 3/4" iron rod found for the northeast
corner of said Lot 17 bears North 8316'48" East 80.41 feet
(called North 8338'17" East;
THENCE South 0028'14" East along the east line of the said
0.0268 acre tract a distance of 117.09 feet to a point for the
southeast corner of the said 0.0268 acre tract;
THENCE South 8933'17" West along the south line of the said
0.0268 acre tract a distance of 10.00 feet to a point for the
southwest corner of the said 0.0268 acre tract;
THENCE North 0028'14" West along the west line of the said
0.0268 acre tract a distance of 115.99 feet to the POINT OF
BEGINNING and containing 0.0268 acres of land, more or less.
GENERAL INFORMATION/PUBLIC UTILITIES
APPLICANT: Charles Dennings
PROPERTY OWNER: Same
LOCATION: 4975 Sassafras Lane
EXISTING ZONING: RS (Residential Single
Family Dwelling) District
PROPERTY SIZE: 0.0268 acres, more or less
EXISTING LAND USES: Single family residence
FLOOD HAZARD ZONE: A X @ - Areas determined to be
outside 500-year floodplain
SURROUNDING LAND USES: SURROUNDING ZONING:
NORTH: Residential RS (Residential Single Family Dwelling) District
EAST: Residential RS
SOUTH: Residential RS
WEST: Residential RS
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: Stable Area
STREETS: N/A
DRAINAGE: N/A
WATER: N/A
SANITARY SEWER
SERVICE: N/A