HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 535 CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS
O INANCE NO. mJ O--
~ ORDIN~CE ~INEXING ADJACENT AND CONTIGUOUS
TERRITORY TO THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS~
FINDING THAT ALL NECESSARY AND RE~UII~D LEGAL
CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN SATISFIED PROVIDING THAT
SUCH AREA SHALL BECOME A PART OF THE CITY AND
THAT THE OWNERS ~NU INHABITANTS THEREOF SHALL
BE ENTITLED TO THE RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF
OTHER CITIZENS AND BE BOUND BY THE ACTS AND
ORDINANCES NbW IN EFFECT AND TO BE
HEREINAFTER ADOPTED; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND
DECLARING AN EMERGENCy
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of The Colony,
Texas (the "City"), pursuant to the Municipal Annexation Act,
Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat. Ann. art. 970a, as amended, and Section 1.04
of Chapter 1 of the Home Rule Charter of the City has heretofore
initiated annexation proceedings to annex additional territory
lying adjacent and contiguous to the City, which territory is
described in Exhibit "A" which exhibit is attached hereto and
,
incorporated herein for all purposes; and,
W~EREAS, the City is a duly constituted Home Rule City
pursuant to Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat Ann art 1165 et seq, as
amended; and, ' '
WHEREAS, in accordance with the Municipal Annexation
Act, a service plan, attached hereto as Exhibit "B", and
incorporated herein for all purposes, was prepared by the
appropriate department of the City and was made available for
inspection and explained at the public hearings conducted as
hereinafter described; and,
Wq{EREAS, two separate public hearings were conducted in
accordance with Section 6 of the Municipal Annexation Act, the
first being held at 7:00 p.m. on the 21st day of March, 1988,
within the site to be annexed as described in the attached
Exhibit "A" and the second hearing being held at 7:30 p.m. on the
21st day of March, 1988 at City Hall, 5151 North Colony
Boulevard, The Colony, Texas; and,
WqfEREAS, the public hearings were conducted and held no
more than forty (40) days nor less that twenty (20) days prior to
the institution of annexation proceedings; and,
WHEREAS, notice of public hearings, which notice
included in its entirety City of The Colony Ordinance No.529
calling the public hearings, was published in a newspaper of
general circulation in the City of The Colony and in the
territory proposed to be annexed by publication, at least once in
said newspaper not more than twenty (20) days nor less than (10)
days prior to each public hearing; and,
WHEREAS, additional notice by Certified Mail was given
to railroad companies, if any, serving The Colony and not within
the boundaries of any other 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 property described in Exhibit
"A", which exhibit is attached hereto and incorporated herein for
all purposes, be and is hereby annexed and brought within the
corporate limits of the City of The Colony, Denton County, Texas,
and same is hereby made an integral part hereof.
Section 3. The service plan submitted in accordance
with the Municipal Annexation Act is hereby approved as part of
this Ordinance, made a part hereof and attached hereto as Exhibit
Section 4. That the owners and inhabitants of the
area herein annexed be entitled to all of the rights and
privileges of other citizens' and property owners of said City and
are hereby bound by all acts, ordinances and all other legal
action now in full force and effect and all those which may be
hereafter.adopted.
Section 5. That the official map and boundaries of
the City, heretofore adopted and amended be and is hereby amended
so as to include the aforementioned territory as part of the City
of The Colony, Texas.
Section 6. That the Mayor is hereby directed and
authorized to perform or cause to be performed all acts necessary
to correct the official map of the City to add the territory
hereby annexed as required by law.
Section 7. That this Ordinance shall become
effective after its passage.
Section 8. That the Mayor is hereby directed and
authorized to file a certified copy of this Ordinance in the
office of the County Clerk of Denton County, Texas.
Section 9. If any section, subsection, sentence,
phrase, or word of this Ordinance be found to be illegal, invalid
or unconstitutional or if any portion of said property is
incapable of being annexed by the City , for any reason
whatsoever, the adjudication shall not affect any other section,
sentence, phrase, word, paragraph or provision of this Ordinance
or the application of any other section, sentence, phrase, word,
paragraph or provision of any other Ordinance of the City. The
City Council declares that it would have adopted the valid
portions and applications of this Ordinance and would have
annexed the valid property without the invalid part, and to this
end the provisions of this Ordinance are declared to be
severable.
Section 10. The fact that the present Ordinances and
regulations of the City are inadequate to properly safeguard the
health, safety, morals, peace and general welfare of the
inhabitants of the City, 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
shall become effective from and after the date of passage and it
is accordingly so ordained.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the Ci~.. Council
The Colony, Texas, this /~ day of ~?..~..~ of the City of
, 1988.
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City--Attorney
EXHIBIT A
BEING a certain tract of land located in Denton County, Texas also being a
portion of the A. Singleton Survey, Abstract No. 1138, the H. Hedgecox Survey,
Abstract No. 533 and the T. Wilson Survey, Abstract No. 1352 and being more
particularly described as follows:
COMMENCING at the southernmost portion of a corner clip at the intersection of
the west right-of-way line of FM 423 ( a variable width right-of-way) and the
north right-of-way of S.H. !21 (a variable width right-of-way);
THENCE along the north right-of-way of S.H. 121 the following calls:
South 61° 16' 18" West a distance of 881.62 feet to a point;
South 75° 58' 35" West a distance of 3.67 feet to a point;
North 80° 21' 20" West a distance of 78.77 feet to a point;
South 63° 21' 19" West a distance of 103.30 feet to a point;
South 31° 07' 27" West a distance of 121.31 feet to a Point;
South 61°.18' 07" West a distance of 306.75 feet to a point;
South 89° 34' 00" West, a distance of 145.92 feet to a point;
South 07° 58' 17" East. 'a distance of 73.88 feet to a point;
South 61° 18' 07" West, a distance of 600.00 feet to a point;
South 57° 00' 46" West, a distance of 200.56 feet to a point; -~
South 61° 18' 07" West, a distance of 1795.02 feet to the POINT OF
BEGINNING, said point also being at the intersection of the east line of
the City of Lewisville Corporate Boundary as recorded in City of
Lewisville Annexation Ordinance No. 1066A and said S.H. 121 north
right-of-way line;
THENCE North O0° 05' 23" West, departing said S.H. 121 right-of-way and along
said City of Lewisville Corporate Boundary at a distance of 1,315.34 feet pass
a point and continuing in all a distance of 3,966.46 feet to a point;
THENCE North 02° 02' 06" West, along s~a~d City of Lewisville Corporate
Boundary a distance of 334.06 feet to a point;
THENCE North O0° 34' 35" West, continui'ng along said City of Lewisville
Corporate Boundary a distance of 888.58 feet to a point;
THENCE North O0° 33' 12" East, continuing along said City of Lewisville
Corporate Boundary a distance of 482.69 feet to a point for corner, said point
being in the south line of Tract Number B-199 of the Garza-Little Elm
Reservoir and also being United States Corps of Engineers Monument Number
B-199-1 and also being south approximately 326.80 feet from the common
northerly corner of the aforementioned T. Wilson Survey and the McKinney &
Williams Survey, Abstract No. 938;
THENCE South 81' 24~ 56" East, departing said City of Lewisville Corporate
Boundary, along the south line of said Garza-Little Elm Reservoir Tract Number
B-199 a distance of 189.25 feet to a point for corner, said point being North
81' 24~ 56" West, a distance of 138.67 feet from United States Corps of
Engineers Monument Number B-199-2, said point also being in the west line of
Tract 3 of the City of The Colony Corporate Boundary as recorded in City of
The Colony Annexation Ordinance No. 27;
THENCE South O0° 06' 11" East, departing said south line Of said Tract Number
B-199 of the Garza-Little Elm Reservoir and continuing along the west line of
said City of The Colony Corporate Boundary for a distance of 5,547.60 feet to
a point in the north right-of-way line of S.H. 121 (a variable width
right-of-way);
THENCE South 61° 18~ 07" West, along said north right-of-way line of S.H. 121
a distance of 199.23 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 22.968
acres (1,000,489 sq. ft.) of land, more or less.
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DANNENBAUM ENGINEERING CORPORATION
Consulting Engineers
SERVICE PLAN
A tract of land being approximately 22.968 acres situated in the
A. Singleton Survey, Abstract No. 1138, the H. Hedgecox Survey,
Abstract No. 533, and the T. Wilson Survey, Abstract No. 1352, in
Den~tonl C~nty, Texas, and being generally located in the
sou~hW~s~-~ortion of the City, bounded on the west by the city
limits of the City of Lewisville, and on the north, east and
south by the existing city limits of The Colony.
In accordance with 970A Section 10B V.A.C.S., the following is a
statement of governmental service that must be provided in sixty
(60) days and capital improvements that must be provided in two
and one-half years.
i. Presently the City does have a contract with Denton County
to provide fire protection to this area and this service
will be continued. Ambulance service can be provided
immediately. This land is presently rural and has few
inhabitants. A large number of medical calls is not
expected.
2. The Police Department will review immediately the provision
of a new district which will provide for patrol of this area
based upon need.
3. Waste collection can be provided upon request.
4. Road and park maintenance can be maintained. There are no
recreational facilities on this land.
5. No capital improvements, i.e., streets, fire station, etc.
are needed unless the land is subdivided and developed.
6. Water and sewer service can be provided upon request.
EXHIBIT ".~'