HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 20 - Utility Easement AbandonmentFROM: BRUNO RUMBELOW, CITY MANAGER kyp'
MEETING DATE: OCTOBER 20, 2015
RECOMMENDATION:
City Council consider adopting an ordinance abandoning a 10' wide utility easement
across the rear of the residence at 3004 Mahan Court, and take any necessary action.
The property owner of the residence at 3004 Mahan Court has requested the City to
abandon a 10' wide Utility Easement across the rear of his yard to relieve a conflict of
their proposed swimming pool and the easement.
The applicant has obtained approval of this request from the five public utilities and the
request poses no problems for City facilities.
Staff recommends approval.
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ORDINANCE NO. 6-ps"00
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, ABANDONING AND VACATING A 10
FOOT WIDE UTILITY EASEMENT ON LOT 2, BLOCK 1,
MAHAN PLACE ADDITION IN THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE,
TEXAS AS HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED AND PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, the property owner of Lot 2, Block 1, Mahan Place Addition located at
3004 Mahan Court, City of Grapevine, Tarrant County, Texas has requested that a 10 foot
wide utility easement bordering the north property line of said lot, as herein after described,
be abandoned and vacated; and
WHEREAS, the easement is not needed for public use and will not be needed in the
future for public use; and
WHEREAS, abandoning and vacating the said easement 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 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 10 foot wide utility easement located on Lot 2, Block 1,
Mahan Place Addition described in Exhibit "A" and Exhibit "B", attached hereto and
incorporated herein for all purposes, is hereby abandoned and vacated for public use and
the same is hereby abandoned and vacated insofar as all public right, title, interest in and
to said right of way is concerned.
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. The fact that the easement 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 easement 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 20th day of October, 2015.
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
and 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 20th day of October, 2015.
Notary Signature
My Commission Expires: 01/14/2016
ORD NO. 3
EASEMENT ABANDONMENT
10' UTILITY
MAHAN PLACE
LOT 2. BLOCK 1
OR 0.024
1 OF 2
Being ail that 1,061 square foot tract of land, situated in the G.W. Minter Survey, Abstract No. 1034, and being a portion of
Lot 2, Block 1, Mahon Place, on Addition to the City of Grapevine, Tarrant County, Texas, according to the plat thereof
recorded in Cabinet A, Slide 7156, Official Public Records of Tarrant County, Texas, and being more particularly described as
follows:
BEGINNING at a 1/2 inch iron rod with yellow cap found for the Northwest corner of the herein described tract, some being the
Northwest corner of said Lot 2, some being the Northeast corner of Lot 3, said Block 1, Mahon Place, some being in the
South line of Lot 2, Block 1, McDonnell Place, an addition to the City of Grapevine, Tarrant County, Texas, according to the
plot thereof recorded in Volume 388-166, Page 67, Map Records, Tarrant County, Texas;
THENCE North 89 deg. 22 min. 52 sec. East, along the common line of said Lot 2, Block 1, Mahan Place and said Lot 2,
Block 1, McDonnell Place, a distance of 106.13 feet to point from which a fence corner post found bears South 22 deg. 55
min. 51 sec. East, 0.77 feet for the Northeast corner of the herein described tract, some being the Northeast corner of said
Lot 2, Block 1, Mohan Place, some being the Southeast corner of said Lot 2, Block 1, McDonnell Place, some being in the West
line of Lot 1, said Block 1, Mahon Place;
THENCE South 00 deg. 09 min. 03 sec. West, along the common line of said Lot 2 and said Lot 1, a distance of 10.00 feet
to a point for the Southeast corner of the herein described tract;
THENCE South 89 deg. 22 min. 52 sec. West, through the interior of said Lot 2, Block 1, Mahon Place, a distance of 106.13
feet to a point for the Southwest corner of the herein described tract, some being in the West line of said Lot 2, Block 1,
Mahon Place, some being in the East line of aforesaid Lot 3, Block 1, Mahan Place;
THENCE North 00 deg. 09 min. 03 sec. East, along the common line of said Lot 2, Block 1, Mohan Place and said Lot 3,
Block 1, Mohan Place, a distance of 10.00 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 1,061 square feet or 0.024 acre of
computed land, more or less.
GENERAL NOTES:
1. Basis of Bearing - Based on the West line (South 00 deg. 09 min. 03 sec.
West) of Lot 2, Block 1, Mahan Place, an Addition to the City of Grapevine,
Tarrant County, Texas, according to the plot thereof recorded in Cabinet A, Slide
7156, Official Public Records of Dallas County, Texas.
2. A plat of survey of even survey date herewith accompanies this legal
description.
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