HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 234 .
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AN ORDINANCE FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT PUBLIC CON-
VENIENCE AND NECESSITY DO NOT REQUIRE THE CONTINUED EXIST-
ENCE OF A CERTAIN PORTION OF A PRIVATE STREET SHOWN ON A
PLAT OF THE VOSS SUBDIVISION AS RECORDED IN �IOLUME 254, PAGE
63 OF THE DEED RECORDS OF GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS; AUTHOR-
IZING THE MAYOR OR THE MAYOR PRO TEMPORE TO EXECUTE AND
THE CITY SECRETARY TO ATTEST A QUITCLAIM DEED CONVEYING
SAID PRIVATE STREET RIGHT OF WAY TO MR. RALPH L. LOWE, THE
ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNER; AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS
RELATING TO THE SUBJECT
Whereas, by plat of Voss Subdivision, approved by the Commissioners
Court of Galveston County, Texas, on November 7, 1925, and recorded in
Volume 254, Page 63 of the Deed Records of Galveston County, Texas, all of
the property hereinafter described was shown as a private street; and
VVhereas, neither at the time of the approval of said plat nor since was _
said private street or any portion thereof accepted, opened, or maintained as
a street dedicated to public use by Galveston County, Texas; and
Whereas, all of said private street and hereinafter described pro-
perty have been situated within the corporate limits of the City of Friendswood,
Texas, for more than ten years immediately preceding the date of the ordinance;
and
W�iereas, neither said private street nor any portion thereof, including
the portion hereinafter described, has ever been accepted, opened, or main-
tained as a street dedicated to the public use by the City of Friendswood; and
Whereas, Mr� Ralph L. Lowe, the owner of all property abutting
that portion of said private street hereinafter described has requested that
the Cit� of Friendswood vacate, a'�andon, and close same and release any and
all claim it may have thereto; and
Whereas, the City Council of the City of Friendswood has determined
that the City has no right, title or interest in and to said hereinafter described
property and that even if there were right, title or interest in the City it would
be of no value; now therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUN'C,IL OF THE CITY OF
FRIENDSWOOD, STATE OF TEXAS:
Section 1. The facts and recitals set forth in the preamble of this
ordinance are hereby adopted, rati.fied and approved.
Section 2. The City Council of the City of Friendswood, Texas, hereby
finds and determines that public convenience and necessity does not require
the conti.nued existence of the hereinafter described portion of private street
right of way.
Section 3. The City of Friendswood has never accepted, opened, nor
maintained the hereafter described property as a street dedicated to public use
and renounces and disclains any right, title, or interest in and to said property.
Section 4. The following described private street right of way be, and
the same is, hereby vacated, abandoned, and closed:
All that certain tract or parcel of land located in the Voss Subdivision,
the map or plat of which is recorded in Volume 254, �'age 63 of the Deed
Records of Galveston County, Texas, and being more particularly described
as follows:
BEGINNING at the southwesterly line of the Voss Subdivision and
the northwesterly line of FM 528 for a place of beginning;
Thence N45°l3'9"E and along the northwesterly line of FM 528, a
distance of 65 feet, more� �r less, to a point for corner;
Thence in a north�resterly direction and along the southwest lines
of Lots 40 and 41 in said Voss Subdivision a distance of 540 feet,
more of less, to a point for corner;
Thence S45°21'5"W, a distance of 18 feet, more or less, to a point
for corner;
Thence S12�12'43"W, a distance of 56 feet, more or less, to a point
in the southwest line of the Vo�s Subdivision;
Thence in a southeasterly direction and along the southwesterly
line of the Voss Subdivision a distance of 490 feet, more a� less,
to the place of beginning.
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Section 5. That the Mayor or the Mayor Pro Tempore be, and he is
hereby, authorized and requested to execute and the City Secretary to attest
a Quitclaim Deed, a copy of which shall be attached hereto for reference,
co;raveying the hereinbefore described property to Ralph L. Lowe, the abutting
property owner, for a consideration of On�° Dollar.
Passed on first reading this 18th day of idovember , 1974.
Passed on second reading this 2nd day of December , 197�,
�'assed, approved and finally adopted on third reading this 16th
day of Decerr�er , 1974.
City of Friendswood, Texas
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City Sec tary
Approved as to Form:
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City Attorney
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METES AND BOUNDS DESCRIPTION OF PRIVATE ROAD
NEAR INTERSECTION OF FM 518 AND FM 528
Beginning at the southwesterly line of the Voss Subdivision and the
northwesterly line of FM 528 for a place of beginning;
Thence N45°13'9"E and along the northwesterly line of FM 528, a dis-
tance of 65 feet, more or less, to a point for corner;
Thence in a northwesterly direction and along the southwest lines of
Lots 40 and 41 in said Voss Subdivision a distance of 540 feet, more or
less, to a point for corner;
Thence S45°21 '5"W, a distance of 18 feet, more or less, to a point
for corner;
Thence S12°12'43°W, a distance of 56 feet, more or less, to a point
in the southwest line of the Voss Subdivision;
Thence in a southeasterly direction and along the southwesterly line
of the Voss Subdivision a distance of 490 feet, more or less, to the
place of beginning.
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