HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 060729A - Underground Concrete Reservoir Will Be Constructed If City Drills Water Well - 06/07/1929Olo0729 A
R E S O L U T I O 11
WHEREAS, the City contemplates drilling and
operating a permanent water well on Lots Nine (9) and Ten
(10) in Block Sixty-three (63) of the Overton Addition to
the town of Lubbock in Lubbock County, Texas, for the pur-
pose
ur-pose of supplying water to the City and its inhabitants;
and,
'WHEREAS, some of the residents in the neigh-
borhood of said site object thereto on the ground that
the City may allow the premises or improvements thereon
to become a nuisance and unsightly; and,
AREAS, the City is obliged to supply the
inhabitants of the town with water but at the same time
is desirous of co-operating with its citizens and protect-
ing them against all forms of nuisance as far as possible
in the administration of its affairs:
1'IU•REFORE, 3E IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMESS-
IOii, that in the event the City does drill and operate a
permanent water well on said premises the City will put in
an underground concrete reservoir with walls built up high
enough to keep the surface waters from flowing therein,
also avoid the maintenance of an unsightly derrick or tow-
er, also avoid the keeping of pipe or old iron or rubbish
and also beautify the site with shrubbery and grass, all
so long as the surrounding section may be used for resi-
dential purposes, and use its best efforts in making the
place clean and attractive.
The City will not erect a standpipe on said
premises. The purap house shall be constructed of con-
crete, stucco or of brick,, and shall be of good appear-
ance.
Adopted this the 17 day of June,
A. D. 1929.
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