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ORDINANCE NO. 2024-104
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, ABANDONING AND VACATING A
DRAINAGE EASEMENT ON DOVE STATION, CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS AS HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED;
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, the owner of Lots 1-3, Block 1, Dove Station located at 2988, 2994 and
3000 Kosse Court, City of Grapevine, Tarrant County, Texas has requested a 15-foot
drainage easement of said lots, as herein after described, be abandoned and vacated; and
WHEREAS, this easement was originally dedicated to the City as a 15-foot
Drainage Easement by separate instrument from Vol.10476 PGS. 636-641 D.R.T.C.T.; and
WHEREAS, the applicant has received signatures from the City and 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; and
WHEREAS, all constitutional and statutory prerequisites for the approval of this
ordinance have been met, including but not limited to the Open Meetings Act and Chapter
211 of the Local Government Code; and
WHEREAS, the City Council deems the adoption of this ordinance to be in the best
interests of the health, safety, and welfare of the public.
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 Drainage Easement located on Dove Station property as
described in “Exhibit A” and “Exhibit B”, attached hereto and incorporated herein for all
purposes, are 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 day of 17th December, 2024.
APPROVED:
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William D. Tate
Mayor
ATTEST:
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Tara Brooks
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Matthew C.G. Boyle
City Attorney
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