Ord 2768 2/20/1973 ORDINANCE NO. jr‘f
AN ORDINANCE CLOSING A PORTION OF MAPLEWOOD AVENUE SOUTH OF
ITS INTERSECTION WITH MIDWESTERN PARKWAY
WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas
deems it advisable and in the public interest to close a portion of Maplewood
Avenue herein described.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY
OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. That portion of Maplewood Avenue which is hereinafter
described be and the same is hereby closed and abandoned, to-wit:
A tract of land out of the T. J. English Survey, A-354
and the Day Land & Cattle Company Survey, A-619, Wichita
County, Texas and being a part of Maplewood Avenue as dedicated
on the Plat of "Sikes Senter, East Elliott Street and Maple-
wood Avenue" and recorded in Vol. 12, Page 41, Wichita County
Plat Records and being more specifically described by metes
and bounds as follows:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the South
line of Midwestern Parkway and the East line of Maplewood
Avenue, said point bears South 89° 28' East 2349.89 feet
and South 00° 32' West 30.00 feet from the Northwest corner
of the said T. J. English Survey;
Thence South 00° 32' West 15.00 feet along the existing
East line of Maplewood Avenue to a point for the Northeast
corner and place of beginning of the herein described tract;
Thence continuing along the existing East line of
Maplewood Avenue as follows: South 00° 32' West 305.00 feet
to a point of curvature; in a Southwesterly direction along
a 4.529 degree curve to the right, having a radius of 1265.18
feet, a distance of 483.70 feet to a point of tangency for
the most Southerly point of this tract, the bearing of
tangent to the curve at said point being South 22° 26' 18"
West;
Thence Northerly along the proposed. East line of
Maplewood Avenue as follows: along a 10.005 degree curve to
the left, having a radius of 572.65 feet, a distance of
218.93 feet to a point of tangency; North 00° 32' East 563.37
feet to a point for the Northwest corner of this tract;
Thence South 89° 28' East 50.00 feet to the place of
beginning and containing 0.63 acres, more or less.
SECTION 2. That the presence of the excess right-of-way as described
is delaying the sale and development of the property at the southeast corner
of the intersection of Maplewood Avenue and Midwestern Parkway, and that the
development of said property, accompanied by street improvements on Maplewood
Avenue,will tend to reduce hazardous traffic conditions at said intersection,
requires that this ordinance be passed as an emergency measure, this ordinance
is passed as an emergency measure and shall be in full force and effect
immediately from and after its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS THE 20th DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1973.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK