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MEMO TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: ROGER NELSON, CITY MANAGER
MEETING DATE: MARCH 23, 2004
SUBJECT: UTILITY EASEMENT ABANDONMENT — LOT 10R, BLOCK 1,
CREEKWOOD ESTATES
RECOMMENDATION:
City Council consider adopting an ordinance abandoning a nine foot portion of a ten foot
utility easement located within Lot 10R, Block 1, Creekwood Estates, and take any
necessary action.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The owner of Lot 10R, Block 1, Creekwood Addition has requested that a nine foot portion
of a ten foot utility easement be abandoned. The owner has requested the abandonment
for building a new deck and garage structure.
In exchange for the abandonment, the owner is dedicating another four foot width utility
easement. Public Works and the franchise utilities are agreeable to this abandonment and
re -dedication.
Staff recommends approval.
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EXHIBIT "A"
UTILITY EASEMENT ABANDONMENT DESCRIPTION
BEING 675 square feet of land and being a 9 foot wide strip of land crossing Lot IOR, Block 1, CREEKWOOD ESTATES,
an Addition to the City of GRAPEVINE, Tarrant County, Texas, according to the plat recorded in Cabinet "A", Slide
8687 of the Plat Records of Tarrant County, Texas. Said 675 square feet of land being more particularly described
by metes and bounds, as follows:
NTNG at a point lying in the East lot line of the aforesaid Lot IOR, Block 1, and lying S 15. 55' 18" W 1.0
a foot, from the most Westerly angle point of the East boundary line of said Lot 10R, Block 1;
1 S 15' 55' 18" W 9.00 feet, along said East lot line of Lot IOR, to a point in the South line of a 10 foot
wide utility easement as shown on the plat of said CREEKWOOD ESTATES;
THENCE N 74' 13' 10" W 75.00 feet, along said South line of said 10 foot wide easement, crossing said Lot IOR, to
a point in the West lot line thereof;
THENCE N 15' 53' 43" E 9.00 feet, along the West lot line of in the aforesaid West lot line of Lot IOR to a point;
THENCE S 74' 13' 10" E 75.00 feet, crossing said Lot 10R, Block 1, to THE PLACE OF BEGINNING, containing 675
square feet of Land.
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Tx RPLS # 4826
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, ABANDONING AND VACATING A
PORTION OF A UTILITY EASEMENT IN THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS AS HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, the property owner of Lot 10R, Block 1, Creekwood Estates, recorded
in Cabinet A, Slide 8687, Plat Records of Tarrant County, Texas, the property containing
a nine foot portion of a ten foot utility easement, recorded in Cabinet A, Slide 8687, Plat
Records, Tarrant County, Texas, more specifically described in Exhibit "A" attached hereto
and incorporated herein for all purposes, has requested said nine foot portion of a ten foot
utility easement, as herein after described, be abandoned and vacated; and
WHEREAS, the nine foot portion of a ten foot utility easement is not needed for
public use and will not be needed in the future for public use; and
WHEREAS, the property owner is dedicating another four foot width utility
easement.
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 nine foot utility easement 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 nine foot utility easement 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 nine foot utility 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 utility 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 23rd day of March, 2004.
ATTEST:
ORD. NO. 2