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ORDINANCE NO . 626
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AN ORDINANCE CLOSING A PORTION OF THE ALLEY RUNNING NORTH
AND SOUTH THROUGH BLOCK 100 OF THE ORIGINAL TOWN OF LUBBOCK, LUBBOCK
COUNTY~ TEXAS:
WHEREAS, Block 100 of the Original Town of Lubbock, Lubbock
County, Texas, has two alleys, one running west from the west side of
Avenue L through said Block to the east side of Avenue M, and the other
alley running north from the north side of Main Street to the south
side of Tenth Street; and
WHEREAS, the West Texas Hospital is now located and situated
on the SE~ of said Block facing south on Main Street; and
WHEREAS, there are large numbers of people who daily visit
friends and relatives confined in said hospital, and park th~ir motor
vehicles on the north side of Main Street facing said hospital; and
WHJ:!;lfuAS, the parking of said automobiles obstructs the view
of the drivers of motor vehicles coming south on the alley running
from Tenth Street on the north of said Block, south to said alley 1 s
intersection with Main Street, and thereby creates a traffic hazard
and endangers the life, limb and property of the general public using
both Main Street and the sidewalks which extends from east to west
and across the alley running north and south through said Block 100; and
WHEREAS, the west wall of the West Texas Hospital abuts the
east line of said alley running north and south through said Block 100;
and
WHEReAS, employees and convalescent patients of said hospital
are daily passing around the west end of said hospital building and in
so doing are in danger of being hit by motor vehicles traversing said
alley running north and south through said Block 100, and being killed
or seriously injured; and
WHEREA S, the alley running from east to west through said
Block 100 of the Original Town of Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, is
sufficient a n d adequate to furnish an avenue of ingress and egress
to all the abutting property owners in said Hlock 100, thereby making
it unnecessary for the City of Lubbock at the expense of the Public
to further maintain that portion of the alley running north from Main
Street to its intersection with the alley in said Block 100 running
east and west; and
vJHEREAS, the Public is entitled to be relieved from the ex-
pense of maintaining that portion of said alley running from Main Street
north to its intersection with the south line of the alley running east
and west through said Block 100.
THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS:
That the Alley running north from Main Street to its inter-
section with the south line of the alley running east and west through
Block 100 of the Original Town of Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, be
and the same is hereby closed, and it is so ordered.
PASSED AND APPROVED, First reading this ------22nd day of
June , 1939.
PASSED AND APPROVED, Second 5th day
of September , 1939.
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