HomeMy WebLinkAbout856-OB
DATE: June 15, 2015
TO: Planning Commission
FROM: Chris Boone, Director of Planning and Community Development
SUBJECT: Consider a request to abandon a 60'x~660' general utility easement.
FILE: 856-OB
STAFF REPORT
The Planning staff recommends approval.
The City of Beaumont has requested the abandonment of the easement retained when a portion
of Jirou Street was abandoned to create Babe Zaharias Park. The City is preparing to construct a
new fire station at this location and the easement will be in conflict with the development. The
only utility affected will be CenterPoint Energy, who is currently working with Fitz & Shipman,
Inc. to relocate the gas main.
This item was sent to all interested parties. No negative responses have been received.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION FOR ORDINANCE PURPOSES
That certain 0.9050 acre tract out of the James Drake, Abstract 18, Jefferson County, Texas, for
the partial abandonment of a General Utility Easement as described in Ordinance No. 82-81
dated July 27, 1982 and recorded in Volume 2402, Page 373 of the Deed Records of Jefferson
County, Texas, said 0.9050 acre is more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows:
Note: Bearings are based on the south right-of-way line of Caldwell Avenue being assumed
East.
BEGINNING at a ½” iron pipe found in the south right-of-way line of Caldwell Avenue for the
northeast corner of the said general utility easement and the said 0.9050 acre tract from which a
½” iron rod found at the intersection of the said south right-of-way line of Caldwell Avenue and
the east right-of-way line of Gulf Street bears East 360.09 feet (called 360.00 feet);
THENCE South 00°02’44” West along the east line of the said general utility easement and the
said 0.9050 acre tract a distance of 660.00 feet (called South) to a point for the southeast corner
of the said 0.9050 acre tract from which a concrete monument found in the north right-of-way line
of IH-10 Service Road bears South 00°02’44” West 209.88 feet (called South);
THENCE North 89°57’16” West along the south line of the said 0.9050 acre tract a distance of
60.26 feet (called 60.00 feet) to a point for the southwest corner of the said 0.9050 acre tract
from which a concrete monument found in the said north right-of-way line of IH-10 Service Road
bears South 00°02’44” West 209.72 feet;
THENCE North 00°02’44” East along the west line of the said 0.9050 acre tract a distance of
660.15 feet to a point in the said south right-of-way line of Caldwell Avenue for the northwest
corner of the said 0.9050 acre tract;
THENCE East along the said south right-of-way line of Caldwell Avenue and the north line of the
said 0.9050 acre tract a distance of 59.73 feet (called 60.00 feet) to the POINT OF BEGINNING,
and containing 0.9050 acres of land, more or less.
This description is based on a survey made by Fittz & Shipman, Inc. during April 2015.
GENERAL INFORMATION/PUBLIC UTILITIES
APPLICANT: Bernardino Tristan
PROPERTY OWNER: City of Beaumont
LOCATION: Former Jirou right-of-way in Babe Zaharias
Park
EXISTING ZONING: GC-MD (General Commercial -Multiple
Family Dwelling)
PROPERTY SIZE: 0.9050 acres, more or less
EXISTING LAND USES: City park
FLOOD HAZARD ZONE: “X” - Areas determined to be outside
500-year floodplain
SURROUNDING LAND USES: SURROUNDING ZONING:
NORTH: Caldwell Avenue GC-MD (General Commercial -Multiple
Family Dwelling)
EAST: Park GC-MD
SOUTH: Interstate Highway 10 LI (Light Industrial)
WEST: Park GC-MD
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: Conservation and Revitalization
STREETS: Caldwell Avenue - Local street with an 60'
wide right-of-way and a 20' pavement width
DRAINAGE: Open Ditch
WATER: 6” water line
SANITARY SEWER
SERVICE: 8" sanitary sewer line