HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 20 - Alley AbandonmentMEMO TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: BRUNO RUMBELOW, CITY MANAGER 0—
MEETING
DATE: AUGUST 19, 2014
SUBJECT: ALLEY ABANDONMENT BLOCK 30, YATES AND JENKINS
ADDITION
RECOMMENDATION:
City Council consider adopting an ordinance abandoning a 12 foot wide alley (115 feet in
length) between Lots 4 and 5, Block 30, Yates and Jenkins Addition, and take any
necessary action.
BACKGROUND:
The original 1889 plat of Yates and Jenkins Addition established 115 foot wide by 115
foot deep lots with 12 foot alleys spaced every two lots in Block 30. The owner of Lot 5
has purchased a strip of land from Lot 4 to the west of the subject alley and wishes to
incorporate the alley and the strip into his lot.
The property owner has requested that the City abandon the 12 foot wide alley.
The alley will be retained as a drainage and utility easement.
Staff has reviewed the request and has no objections.
Staff recommends approval.
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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, ABANDONING AND VACATING AN
ALLEY BETWEEN LOTS 4 AND 5, BLOCK 30, YATES AND
JENKINS ADDITION, IN THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS
AS HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED; RETAINING SAID ALLEY
AS A DRAINAGE AND UTILITY EASEMENT; DECLARING
AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, the owner of Lot 5, and the eastern 13 feet of Lot 4, Block 30, Yates
and Jenkins Addition has requested that a 12 foot wide and 115 foot long alley located
between Lots 4 and 5, as recorded in Volume 65, Page 5, PRTCT, be abandoned and
vacated; and
WHEREAS, the alley is not needed for public street use and will not be needed in
the future for public street use; and
WHEREAS, the alley shall be retained for a public drainage and utility easement,
and
WHEREAS, abandoning and vacating the said alley will relieve the City of
Grapevine, Texas from the cost and expense of maintaining said property.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS.-
Section
EXAS:
Section 1. That all matters stated in the preamble of this ordinance are true and
correct and are hereby incorporated into the body of this ordinance as if copied in their
entirety.
Section 2. That the alley described herein and depicted in Exhibit "A", attached
hereto and incorporated herein for all purposes, is hereby abandoned and vacated for
public use subject to the retention of said alley for a drainage and utility easement.
Section 3. That the terms and provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed to be
severable, and that if the validity of any section, subsection, word, sentence or phrase shall
be held to be invalid, it shall not affect the remaining part of this ordinance.
Section 4. That the fact that the right of way is no longer needed by the public for
public usage and would create a hardship or burden upon the City of Grapevine to keep
open and maintain such right of way creates an urgency and an emergency for the
immediate preservation of the public health, safety, and general welfare which requires that
this ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage and it is accordingly
so ordained.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS on this the 19th day of August, 2014.
APPROVED:
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ORD. NO. 2
State of Texas
County of Tarrant
Before me, Anne Baker, Notary Public on this day personally appeared
known to me to be the
persons whose names are subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to
me that they executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed.
Given under my hand and seal of office this day of
Notary Signature
My Commission Expires:
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