HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 433 CITY OF T.}{E COLONY, TEXAS
ORDINA CE
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS
CLOSING A PART OF A PUBLIC STREET LOCATED WITHIN THE
CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY, THE SAME BEING THE
FOURTH ARMY MEMORIAL ROAD; PROVIDING THAT SUCH
CLOSING SHALL BE ALL THE INTEREST WHICH THE CITY MAY
LEGALLY AND LAWFULLY CLOSE; DECLARING THAT THE
CITY IS NOT ABANDONING OR VACATING ITS RIGHTS, TITLE
OR INTEREST IN AND TO SAID ROAD; DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of The Colony, Texas (the "City") is a home rule city
pursuant to article 11, section 5 of the Texas Constitution, Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat.
Ann. art. 1165 et seq (Vernon), as amended, and its Home Rule Charter; and
WHEREAS, the City has the power and authority, pursuant to article
1175(18), Texas Revised Civil Statutes (Vernon), as amended, and section 1.12 of
Chapter 1 of its Home Rule Charter to close public streets and alleys within the
corporate limits of the City; and
WHEREAS, the Fourth Army Memorial Road is a public street located in
part within the limits of the City; and
WHEREAS, the City is the sole owner of the land which abuts that part
of said Road closed herein, which part is entirely within the limits of the City;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council hereby finds that the closing of the Fourth
Army Memorial Road as outlined herein is in the best interest of the health,
safety and welfare of the citizens of the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS:
Section 1. That all of the above premises are found to be true and
correct and are incorporated into the body of this ordinance as if copied in their
entirety.
Section 2. That the Fourth Army Memorial Road, a public street
located in part within the corporate limits of the City of The Colony, Texas is
hereby closed, abandoned and vacated for public street or right-of-way use and
purposes, including but not limited to the use of said road by motor vehicles, at
the location described in Exhibit "A", attached hereto and incorporated herein
for all purposes.
Section 3. That the closing, abandonment and vacation provided herein
shall extend only to the public right, title and interest in and to said Fourth
Army Memorial Road and shall be construed to extend only to the interest that
the City Council may legally and lawfully close, abandon and vacate.
Section 4. The fact that the present ordinances and regulations of the
City of The Colony, Texas, are inadequate to properly safeguard the health,
safety, morals, peace, and general welfare of the inhabitants of the City of The
Colony, Texas, creates an emergency for the immediate preservation of the
public business, property, health, safety, and general welfare of the public which
requires that this ordinance become effective from and after the date of its
passage and it is accordingly so ordained.
PASSED AND APPROVED~V the~City Council of the City of The Colony,
Texas on this the~day of ~ , 1986. /~
~/May~, City ~'~ Ce~Iony, Texas~
i y eere ary, ity of The Colony, Texas
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney, City of The Colony, Texas
THE FOURTH ~PJ,1Y MEMORIAL ROAD
Being all of the right-of-way of a public road situated
in the william Bridges Survey, Abstract No. 112 and the
R. P. Hardin Survey, Abstract No. 611 in Denton County,
Texas whose centerline is more particularly described as
follows:
BEGINNING at the northeast corner of the
said Bridges Survey;
THENCE South 0" 11'15" West, along the
center of th~'public road commonly known
as The Fourth Army Memorial Road and the
common abstract line of the said Bridges
and Hardin Surveys, a distance of mi ~
feet to a point in a turn in such
~' THENCE South 89" 26' 32" East, continuing
?~ along the center of said road a distance
· of 1030.67 feet to a point in the West
R.O.W. line of the St. Louis and S. an Fran=
' cisco Railroad.
Together with all of the right-of-way on either side of
the center line of said road, a width of 40 feet more
or less, but including all o~ said right-of-way regard-
le~s of its width.