HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 1227-1952 - Closing E 30Ft. - 06/12/1952J.--=~~~·~~ ""' i -' <:', 't'' ,. ! ~~~~6-v~· .,_-~r' '-01 _/ (~~) C>lP-l2-1.95~ ORDINANCE NO. 1227 · Oli-2.LD .. L95.:Z AN ORDINANCE ABANDONING AND CLOSING THE EAST THIRTY (30} FEET OF A STREET LYING WE;ST OF BLOCKS FIVE (5) AND TWO {2) OF SOUTHSIDE ADDITION TO THE CITY OF LUBBOCK AS RECORDED IN VOL-C.~ t UME 26, PAGE 118, DEED RECORDS OF LUBBOCK COUNTY, TEXAS, AND I ..J..' RETAINING UTILITY EASEMENT IN THE WEST FIFTEEN (15) FEET OF SAID f.l'"~o EAST THIRTY (30) FEET. tilf: ~d:lf __ ~~)~~ (~ t~ 'C f WHEREAS, about the year 1945 the City Commission set in motion the procedure, as shown by various actions of the Commission, to widen Avenue J between 19th Street and 23d Street, and in the course of widening said Avenue v it was necessary to secure dedications from property owners abutting Avenue J of approximately thirty-five (35) feet in depth off of all lots on the west side of the proposed development between 20th Street and 23d Street in exchange for which the Commission agreed to and did in fact execute quitclaim deeds to . property owners covering the abandoned part of a street running north and south along the west side of Blocks Six (6), Five (5) and Two {2) of Southside Addition as then shown by :its plat recorded in Volume 26 at page 118, Deed Records of Lubbock County, Texas~ and, WHEREAS, the City secured necessary easements for the widening of said Avenue J abutting on the east of said Blocks Six (6), Five (5) and Two (2), and Avenue J was thereafter paved• and, · \ WHEREAS, the City Commission by its Ordinance No. 709, finally passed April 26, 1945, pursuant to the circumstances hereinabove stated, closed and abandoned the East thirty (30) feet of said street abutting Block Six (6) on the west side; and, WHEREAS, the City Commission duly authorized the execution of quit-claim deeds to the East thirty (30) feet of said street being abandoned on the west side of Blocks Five (5) and Two (Z), a portion of which deeds were executed and delivered and a portion of which have not been executed, or if executed, have been lost or destroyed and have not been placed of record; and, , WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City Commission, in response to requests of affected abutting property owners, to officially close all that part of said street intended to be abandoned for street purposes and being the East thirty (30) feet of said street abutting Blocks Five (5) and Two {2) of said South-side Addition, as shown by plat recorded in Volume 26, page 118, Deed Records of Lubbock County, Texas, EXCEPT that the City retain an easement on and over and under the West Fifte~ (15) Feet of the East Thirty {30) Feet of said st.reet herein referred to as being abandoned for the purpose of maintaining all public utilities there situated until such utilities shall in fact be moved and re-located in the alley situated between Blocks Two {2) and Three (3), and between Blocks Five (5) and Four {4), and between Blocks Six {6) and Seven {7), which alley lies immediately and abutting on the west of the East Thirty {30) Feet to be closed; THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
r> ·'•":': .. .. ,. t-'' h. c c Page .2 SECTION 1. That part of the fifty (50)-foot street heretofore situated between Blocks Five (5) and Four (4). and between Blocks Two (Z) and Three (3), Southside Addition to the City of Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, as per the plat of said addition recorded in Volume 26 at page 118, Deed Records of Lubbock County, Texas, described by metes and bounds as follows: BEGINNING at the Southwest corner of Lot Eight (8) in Block Five (5) in said Southside Ad,dition; THENCE West thirty {30) feet1 THENCE North .280 feet parallel to the west property line of said block; THENCE East to :the Northwest corner of Lot Fourteen {14) in Block Five (5) of said Addition• THENCE South along the west line of said block a distance of .280 feet to the PLACE OF BEGINNING1 AND ALSO, BEGINNING at the Southwest corner of Lot Eight {8) in Block Two (.2) in said Southside AdditionJ THENCE West thirty (30) feet; THENCE North .280 feet parallel with the west propeJ"ty line of said Block Two (.2); THENCE East thirty (30) feet to the Northwest corner of Lot Fourteen (14) in Block TwQ (.2) oi said Addition: THENCE South along the west line of said block a distance of .280 feet to the PLACE OF BEGINNING; IS HEREBY CLOSED FOR STREET PURPOSES, subject, however, to an ease-ment hereby retained by the City for the purpose of maintaining existing utilities in the West Fifteen (W 15) feet of the East Thirty (E 30) feet, being that part of the street being closed. SECTION z. The easement here retained by the City shall expire as and when all existing utilities have in fact been removed from over, in and under the said tract.in which the City retained said easement. AND IT IS SO ORDERED. On motion of Commissioner Cat;penter , seconded by Commis-sioner Davis · · , the foregoing Ordinance was passed on first reading this 12th day of June • 195.2, by the ~ollowing vote: Commissioners voting "YEA11:CA"!'penter, Davis, Thomas and Ma7or Tripp Commissioners voting ''NAY'': None On motion of Commissioner Carpenter , seconded by Com.m.is-sioner Thomas · r. ·"' J , the foregoing Ordinance was passed on second reading this 26th day of June , 195.2, by the following vote: Commissioners voting "YEA••: Mor~s, Carpenter, Davis, Thomas and Eeyor "fripp Commissioners voting "NAY": None I
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