HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1981-010 ORDINANCE NO. 81-10
AN ORDINANCE ANNEXING ADJACENT AND
CONTIGUOUS TERRITORY TO THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS FINDING THAT ALL
NECESSARY AND REQUIRED LEGAL CON-
DITIONS HAVE BEEN SATISFIED, PRO-
VIDING THAT SUCH AREA SHALL BECOME
A PART OF THE CITY AND THAT THE
OWNERS AND INHABITANTS THEREOF SHALL
BE ENTITLED TO THE RIGHTS AND PRIVI-
LEGES OF OTHER CITIZENS AND BE BOUND
BY THE ACTS AND ORDINANCES NOW IN
EFFECT AND TO BE HEREAFTER ADOPTED,
AND FURTHER PROVIDING FOR AMENDING
AND CORRECTING THE OFFICIAL BOUNDARIES
OF THE CITY AS HERETOFORE ADOPTED AND
PROVIDING FOR THE ORDINANCE TO GO INTO
EFFECT UPON PASSAGE OF THE ORDINANCE ON
SECOND READING REQUIRED BY THE CITY
CHARTER AND PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE
WHEREAS , all required statutory notice pursuant to
Article 970a, the Municipal Annexation Act, has been accom-
plished, and
WHEREAS , a public hearing was conducted on February 3 ,
1981, which hearing was conducted after notice had been pub-
lished in a newspaper of general circulation not more than
twenty (20) days nor less than ten (10) days prior to the
- public hearing and which public hearing was not more than
twenty (20) days nor less than ten (10) days prior to the
institution of annexation proceedings , and
WHEREAS, the property to be annexed is contiguous and
adjacent to the City limits of the City of Grapevine and not
within the boundaries or extraterritorial jurisdiction of
another city.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS :
Section 1. That all of the above premises are found to
be true and correct and are incorporated into the body of
this ordinance as if copied in their entirety.
Section 2. That the property described in Exhibit "A" ,
which exhibit is attached hereto and incorporated herein for
all purposes, be and is hereby annexed and brought within
the corporate limits of the City of Grapevine, Tarrant
County, Texas and same is hereby made an integral part hereof.
Section 3. That the owners and inhabitants of the area
herein annexed be entitled to all of the rights and privileges
of other citizens and property owners of said city and are
hereby bound by all acts , ordinances and all other legal
action now in full force and effect and all those which may
be hereafter adopted.
Section 4 . That the official map and boundaries of the
City of Grapevine, Texas heretofore adopted and amended be
and is hereby amended so as to include the aforementioned
territory as part of the City of Grapevine, Texas.
Section 5 . That this ordinance shall take effect
immediately upon second and final reading.
Section 6. If any section, subsection, sentence,
phrase, or word be found to be illegal, invalid, unconstitu-
tional or if any portion of said property is incapable of being
annexed by the City of Grapevine , Texas for any reason whatso-
ever, the adjudication shall not affect any other section,
sentence, phrase, �aord, paragraph or provision of this ordi-
nance or the application of any other section, sentence , phrase,
word, paragraph, or provision to any other person, situation,
or circumstances, nor shall such adjudication affect any other .
section, sentence, word, phrase, paragraph or provision of the
� Grapevine City Code. The City Council declares that it would
have adopted the valid portions and applications of this ordi-
nance without the invalid part, and to this end the provisions
of this ordinance are declared to be severable.
PASSED on first reading this 17th day of February, 1981.
PASSED on second and final reading this 3rd day of March,
1981.
APPROVED:
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Se ta
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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City Attorney
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EXHIBIT "A"
METES AND BOUNDS DESCRIPTION
FOR ANNEXATION
The following described tract or parcel of land situated
in the Thomas Easter Survey, Abstract No. 458 , Tarrant County,
Texas , and being a portion of a tract of land as recorded on
Page 592 of Volume 2283 of the Tarrant County Deed Records ,
and being more particularly described as follows :
BEGINNING at a point in the West line of said tract, said
point also being in the West line of the Thomas Easter Survey,
Abstract No. 458 , and the East line of the S . Freeman Survey,
Abstract No. 525; said point also being South 0° 43 ' 41" West
251. 75 feet and South 1° 09 ' S5" West 1099 . 81 feet from the
Northwest corner of said Thomas Easter Survey;
THENCE North 1° 09 ' 55" East along the West line of said
tract for a distance of 1099. 81 feet to an iron pin for a point;
THENCE North 0� 43 ' 41" East continuing along the West
line of said tract for a distance of 251. 75 feet to an iron
pin for corner; said point being the northwest corner of said
tract, the northwest corner of said Thomas Easter Survey, the
northeast corner of said S . Freeman Survey, and the Southwest
corner of the J.L. Whitman Survey, Abstract No. 1593;
THENCE South 89° 18 ' 38" East along the North line of said
tract and the North line of said Thomas Easter Survey for a
distance of 603. 45 feet to an iron pin for a point;
THENCE South 89° 04 ' 07" East continuing along the North
line of said tract and the North line of said Thomas Easter
Survey for a distance of 380. 4 feet to a point; said point being
the centerline of an existing creek (Jones Branch} ;
THENCE in a south-southwesterly direction following the
meander of the centerline of said creek, said centerline being
the existing city limit of the City of Grapevine, for an
approximate distance of 1590 feet, to a point in a southerly
line of said tract;
THENCE North 88° 09 ' 16" West along the southerly line
of said tract for a distance of 556 . 41 feet to the POINT OF
BEGINNING and containing approximately 23 . 941 acres of land
more or less.