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DATE: August 17, 2015
TO: Planning Commission
FROM: Chris Boone, Director of Planning and Community Development
SUBJECT: Consider a request to abandon a 20' general utility easement in Block 1 of the
McFaddin Heights Additions, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas.
FILE: 858-OB
STAFF REPORT
The Planning staff recommends approval with the following condition:
1. Applicant provides assurance that Centerpoint Entergy and any other entity with rights to the
easement provides their consent.
Mr. Chaudhry Bashir, on behalf of Arain, LLC, has applied for the abandonment of a 0.06 acre
general utility easement. The property is located near the intersection of Martin Luther King
Parkway and Isla Street on the north side of Interstate 10 East.
Mr. Bashir would like to construct a new convenience store at this location, but the property he
owns is divided by this utility easement. Once the easement is abandoned, he would like to replat
the property in preparation for construction.
This item was sent to all interested parties. No negative responses have been received. At the last
meeting, this item was held over due to a concern that a pipeline may exist within the easement.
We have found that Centerpoint may have a line present. As such, we will need the applicant to
apply directly to Centerpoint for their consent.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION FOR ORDINANCE PURPOSES
THAT CERTAIN 0.06 acre tract or parcel of land out of Block 1 of the Replat of McFaddin
Heights Addition, a plat recorded in Volume 6, Page 196, of the Map Records of Jefferson
County, Texas, and being a 20 foot utility easement adjacent to the east line of Lots 1, 2 and 3 of
said Block 1 and being more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows:
(BASIS OF BEARINGS IS THE TEXAS STATE PLANE COORDINATE SYSTEM,
TEXAS SOUTH CENTRAL ZONE, CONVERGENCE 02°23'45", SCALE FACTOR
0.999951346, NAD 1983)
BEGINNING at a 1/2” rebar found in the south line of Isla Avenue and being the
northeast corner of Lot 1, Block 1, of the said McFaddin Heights Replat; said
rebar being the northeast corner of the herein described tract;
THENCE South 02°24’28” East (called South) along the east line of said Block
1, a distance of 129.53 feet to a 5/8” rebar found on the north line of Interstate 10;
said rebar being the southeast corner of the herein described tract;
THENCE North 81°16’27” West (called North 78°53’20” West) along the north
right-of-way line of Interstate Highway 10, a distance of 20.38 feet to a point
being the southwest corner of the herein described tract;
THENCE North 02°24’28” West (called North) 20 feet from and parallel to the
said east line of Block 1, a distance of 125.61 feet to a point on the said south line
of Isla Avenue; said point being on the north line of said Lot 1 and being the
northwest corner of the herein described tract;
THENCE North 87°37’38” East (called South 89°59’13” East) along the south
right-of-way line of said Isla Avenue and the north line of said Lot 1, a distance of
20.00 feet (called 20.00 feet) to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing
0.06 acres of land, more or less.
This description and the accompanying plat were prepared from a Survey
prepared under the supervision of Richard F. Faust, P.E., Registered Professional
Land Surveyor No. 4782 on July 14, 2015.
GENERAL INFORMATION/PUBLIC UTILITIES
APPLICANT: Chaudhry Bashir
PROPERTY OWNER: Arain, LLC
LOCATION: Block 1, McFaddin Heights Addition
EXISTING ZONING: LI (Light Industrial)
PROPERTY SIZE: 0.60 acres, more or less
EXISTING LAND USES: Vacant
FLOOD HAZARD ZONE: “X” - Areas determined to be outside
500-year floodplain
SURROUNDING LAND USES: SURROUNDING ZONING:
NORTH: Caldwell Avenue LI (Light Industrial)
EAST: Park LI
SOUTH: Interstate Highway 10 LI (Light Industrial) & GC-MD (General
Commercial - Multiple Family Dwelling)
WEST: Park LI
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: Conservation and Revitalization
STREETS: Isla Street - Local street with an ~60' wide
right-of-way and a 20' pavement width
Martin Luther King Pkwy - Major Arterial
with an 60' wide right-of-way and a 50'
pavement width
Interstate 10 East - Freeway with an 270'
wide right-of-way and a 44' pavement width
DRAINAGE: Open Ditch/ curb & gutter
WATER: 6” water line
SANITARY SEWER
SERVICE: 18" sanitary sewer line