HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1978-064 ORDINANCE N0. 78-64
AN ORDINANCE CLOSING, ABANDONING AND VACATING
A PORTION OF ECKLEY STREET IN THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS , AS HEREINF.FTER DESCRIBED;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND DECLAR-
ING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS , the owners of property abutting a portion of
� Eckley Street in the City of Grapevine, Texas , have requested
the right-of-way of a portion of Eckley Street , as hereinafter
described, be closed, abandoned and vacated; and
WHEREAS , the right-of-way of said street as hereinafter
described is not now needed for public street and will not be needed
in the future for a public street ; and
WHEREAS , the closing, abandoning and vacating the right-
of-way of said street 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 l. That the portion of right-of-way of Eckley
Street , more particularly described as follows :
BEING a tract of land out of the E . Moore Survey, Tarrant
County, Texas and being more particularly described as follows :
� BEGINNING at an iron pin 50 feet East and 200 feet South
of the Southeast corner of Lot Eight (8) , Block Eight (8) , D. E . Box
Addition to Grapevine, Tarrant County, Texas , said Beginning point
�` ' being 3186. 94 feet West and 1238 . 06 feet South of the Northeast
corner of said E. Moore Survey;
THENCE West 50. 0 feet to an iron pin;
THENCE South 453 . 5 feet to an iron pin;
THENCE North 80 degrees 14 minutes West along the North
right-of-way line of SL & SW Railroad a distance of 50 . 72 feet to an
iron pin;
THENCE North 445 feet to the point of beginning and
containing approximately 0. 515 acres
EXCEPT the east 20 feet of the above described parcel
being retained as a permanent utility easement for existing 8" City
water line and future public utilities ,
and the same is hereby closed, abandoned and vacated for public use,
and the same is hereby closed, abandoned and vacated inso�ar as al1
public right, title and interest in and to said descr�bed portion of
said right-of-way is concerned except the east 20 feet of the above
described parcel being retained as a permanent utility easement for
existing 8" water line and future public utilities .
*�-c= Section 2. That the Mayor , be, and is hereby authorized
to execute a Quit-Claim Deed to convey the heretofore described
property to First Presbyterian Church, whose Trustees have offi-
�.� cially declared by affidavit that they each are the rightful fee
owners of the right-of-way vacated and abandoned by this oridnance .
Section 3 . That the terms and provisions of this ordi-
nance 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. The fact that the said portion of right-of-way
of Eckley Street is no longer needed by the public for public usage
or traveling and would create a hardship or burden upon the City of
Grapevine to keep open and maintain such street 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 ac-
cordingly so ordained.
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PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE ,
TEXAS , this the �3 day of ���,.,�� , 19 8 .
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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