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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 10 - College HeightsMEMO TO: FROM: MEETING DATE: SUBJECT: RECOMMENDATION: ITEM * LO-- HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL ROGER NELSON, CITY MANAGER/ SEPTEMBER 21, 2004 15' ALLEY ABANDONMENT — COLLEGE HEIGHTS City Council consider adopting an ordinance abandoning a 4,175 square foot alley located on Wood Street and bordering Lots 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13, Block 103, and Lots 9, 10, and 12R, Block 105, College Heights Addition and take any necessary action. BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The owner of a tract of land bordering the 15' alley described above has requested the abandonment of a 4,175 square foot alley located on Wood Street. The alley will be retained as a utility easement. The owners of the adjacent property are preparing to develop the tracts as a townhouse development. The segment proposed for abandonment is no longer needed by the City. Abandonment will remove an encumbrance upon the adjacent property in coordination with their development plans. Staff recommends approval. JLH/saj 0:\AGENDA\2004\09-21-04\CollegeHeights_ABM.doc 9094-6LZ(ZL6)XV:J UOL-M(M) SVX31 'A-LNnoo INV'68Vi A 61, tSL SVX91'3.L1nC)S3tN . 3ARAO U3AO-LSV3 9Z9V NOUICICIV SiH031H 3031100 90b T EN SA0019 N33AA.138 A311VIOO-A-9� DNI'MAJAUS (INVI 9SIDUd A3A8nsA6VQNnos E t paj s A 0 top- t I . j .04 p'! tl il 6E ; ;1!!Mj t 1i jl� qm Y A@ 2 R I m 5g F 11 1 P < ;,or �g Bis)E -1%2 E I 2� TI, Y >� mi 154 s Z; Z al Eut -. F Cm,ab Gv) RR n MHz > v ci CO 0 > 021» O5 >1 J�x iz L O –i a- 'J 'SO" -OA 01 et oil .9 bk .01 bg G 05 > .1 1 '6z(N R I 6 l - U) u z C,4 Om > Q Jia' z In P la, C4 is Ln U) J LU IQ a J tl �0 < cc Q33 z kD a ;moi vdo2jn3 . 1 .9 V LU I8 Z) U) L .L,:) El "Da 10;2 10AI XL1C(3V SIM)GH 393110:) 801 Nxie I ci CO 0 > 021» O5 >1 J�x iz L O –i a- 'J 'SO" -OA I --.p P—� Y U) u z 2 Q Jia' JU;r > U) GNOIS1,11 z a ;moi vdo2jn3 . 1 .9 V Z) I --.p P—� 7 J71 loi >D019 8e Qo� 7111G,4 Y u z Q A�QLZJPM luawnJ GNOIS1,11 z a ;moi vdo2jn3 . 1 .9 V .L,:) El "Da 10;2 10AI XL1C(3V SIM)GH 393110:) 801 Nxie I 7 J71 loi >D019 8e Qo� 7111G,4 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, ABANDONING AND VACATING A 4,175 SQUARE FOOT ALLEY LOCATED ON WOOD STREET IN THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS AS HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED; SAVE AND EXCEPT THE RETENTION OF SAID ALLEY FOR A UTILITY EASEMENT; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE WHEREAS, the property owner of Lots 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13, Block 103, College Heights Addition, recorded in Volume 310, Page 13, Deed Records, Tarrant County, Texas, the property containing an alley, more specifically described in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and incorporated herein for all purposes, has requested the alley, as herein after described be abandoned and vacated; and WHEREAS, the alley is not needed for public use and will not be needed in the future for public use; 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 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 located within the property described in Exhibit "A", 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 alley is concerned, save and except the retention of said alley as a utility easement for public use. 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 alley 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 alley 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 21st day of September, 2004. ATTEST: ORD. NO. 2