Ord 2598 7/7/1970 . •
ORDINANCE NO. 2598
AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF WICHITA
FALLS, TEXAS, BY ANNEXING CERTAIN LANDS ADJACENT TO THE TERRI-
TORIAL LIMITS OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, WHICH LANDS
ARE DESCRIBED IN THIS ORDINANCE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA
FALLS, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the following tracts of land located in Wichita
County, Texas, be and the same are hereby ordered to be annexed and
to be included within the corporate limits of the City of Wichita
Falls, Texas, and the corporate limits be extended so as to include
said tracts of land in Wichita County, Texas, the same being more
particularly described as follows:
TRACT I
BEGINNING at a point in the west right-of-way line of State Highway
240, said point being the northwest corner of a tract annexed by Ordinance
No. 1615;
THENCE westerly to a point lying 300 feet west of and measured
perpendicular to the west right-of-way line of State Highway 240;
THENCE southerly parallel to and 300 feet west of the west right-of-way
line of State Highway 240 to a point 200 feet north of the north
right-of-way line of Missle Road;
THENCE westerly 200 feet north of, and parallel to the north
right-of way of Missle Road to a point lying 200 feet measured perpendicular
to and west of the west right-of-way line of the Central Freeway;
THENCE southerly 200 feet west of and parallel to the west right-
of-way line of Central Freeway to a point in the present city limits line
which crosses the Central Freeway in the vicinity of Puckett Road;
THENCE easterly along said city limits line to a point in the west
line of a tract annexed by Ordinance No. 1871;
THENCE northerly along said line to a point being the northwest corner
of a tract annexed by Ordinance No. 1871;
THENCE easterly along the present city limits line to a point in the
west right-of-way of State Highway 240;
THENCE northerly along the west right-of-way of State Highway 240
to the place of beginning, said tract containing 307 acres more or less .
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TRACT II
BEGINNING at a point in the present city limits line, said point
being the intersection of the north right-of-way line of U.S.
Highway Spur 324 and the east property line of the M.K.& T. Railroad;
THENCE southerly along the north right-of-way line of U.S.
Highway Spur 324 to a point being the southeast corner of a tract of land
annexed by Ordinance No. 2023;
THENCE northerly along the east line of said tract to a point being
the northeast corner of said tract annexed by Ordinance No. 2023;
THENCE westerly along the north line of said tract to a point being
the northwest corner of said tract annexed by Ordinance No. 2023;
THENCE southerly following the present city limits line to a point
in the north right-of-way line of U.S. Highway Spur 324;
THENCE southerly along the present city limits line, being the
curving right-of-way line of U.S. Highway Spur 324 and the Central
Freeway to a point at the northeast corner of a tract annexed by
Ordinance No. 2171;
THENCE westerly along the present city limits line to a point
lying 200 feet measured perpendicular to and west of the west right-
of-way line of the Central Freeway;
THENCE northerly 200 feet from and parallel to the west right-
of-way line of Central Freeway to a point in the east property line of
the M.K.& T. Railroad, said point being in the present city limits line;
THENCE easterly following the present city limits line, being the
east property line of the M.K.& T. Railroad to a point being the most
northerly corner of a tract of land annexed by Ordinance No. 2025;
THENCE around the tract annexed by Ordinance No. 2025, beginning in
a southwesterly direction to a point in the east property line of the
M.K.& T. Railroad, being the most easterly corner of the tract annexed by
Ordinance No. 2025;
THENCE easterly along the east property line of the M.K.& T.
Railroad, being the present city limits to the place of beginning, said
tract of land containing 427 acres more or less.
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TRACT III
BEGINNING at a point in the north right-of-way line of the Northwest
Freeway, said point being the northwest corner of a tract annexed by
Ordinance No. 2028;
THENCE easterly following the present city limits line, being the
right-of-way line of the Northwest Freeway and Central Freeway to a point
being the northwest corner of a tract annexed by Ordinance No. 2171;
THENCE westerly to a point lying 200 feet measured perpendicular to
and west of the west right-of-way of Central Freeway;
THENCE southerly along a line 200 feet from and parallel to the
right-of-way lines of Central Freeway and Northwest Freeway to a point
lying 200 feet measured perpendicular to and west of the west right-of-way
of City View Lane;
THENCE southerly along a line 200 feet west of and parallel to the
west right-of-way of City View Lane to a point in the present city limits
line, being the north line of a tract annexed by Ordinance No. 1851;
THENCE easterly along the present city limits line to a point
being the southwest corner of a tract annexed by Ordinance No. 1967;
THENCE northerly along the present city limits to a corner of
said tract annexed by Ordinance No. 1967;
THENCE easterly along the present city limits to a point being a
corner of said tract annexed by Ordinance No. 1967;
THENCE northerly along the present city limits to the place of
beginning, said tract of land containing 85 acres more or less.
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TRACT IV
BEGINNING at a point, being the intersection of the south right-of-way
of the Old Iowa Park Highway and the west line of a tract annexed by
Ordinance No. 1858;
THENCE southerly 750 feet from the south right-of-way of the Old
Iowa Park Highway measured at right angles thereto a point in the present
city limits line;
THENCE westerly along a line 750 feet south of and parallel to the
south right-of-way line of the Old Iowa Park Highway to a point in the
extended east right-of-way line of City View Drive;
THENCE northerly along the extended east right-of-way line of
City View Drive to a point in the south right-of-way line of the Old
Iowa Park Highway;
• THENCE easterly along the south right-of-way of the Old Iowa Park
HLghway to the place of beginning, said tract of land containing 57
acres, more or less.
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TRACT V
BEGINNING at a point 200' north of the north right-of-way line
of FM 369 measured at right angles thereto, said point being in the
west line of a tract annexed by Ordinance No. 2169;
THENCE westerly parallel to and 200' from the north right-of-way
• line of FM 369 to a point 200' west of the extension of the west •
right-of-way line of a county'r'6ad known as Gregg Road measured at
right angles thereto;
THENCE southerly parallel to and 200' from the west right-of-way line
of said Gregg Road to a point 200' south of an extension of the south
right-of-way line of the county road adjacent to the south line of
Block 1, Wichita Falls School District complex measured at right angles
thereto;
THENCE easterly parallel to and 200' from said south right-of-way
line, and said line extended to a point in the west boundary of a tract
annexed by Ordinance no. 2205;
THENCE northwesterly along the west line of said tract to its
intersection with an east-west line of a tract annexed by Ordinance
No. 2033;
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THENCE westerly to the most northerly southwest corner of said
tract;
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THENCE northerly along the west boundary of said tract annexed
by Ordinance No. 2033 to the south line of a tract annexed by
Ordinance No 1852;
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THENCE westerly along the south line of the tract annexed by •
Ordinance No. 1852 to the southwest corner of said tract;
THENCE northerly along the west boundary of the tract annexed
by Ordinance 1852 to a point in the south line of a tract annexed by
Ordinance No. 2169;
THENCE westerly along the south line of said tract annexed by
Ordinance No. 2169 to. the southwest corner of said tract;
THENCE northerly along the west boundary of said tract to the place
of beginning and containing 288 acres, more or less.
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TRACT VI
BEGINNING at a point in the present city limits line, said point
being at the intersection of the south line of Block 1, Kemp & Newby
Subdivision of the Cherokee County School Lands and the west right-of-
way line of State Highway 79;
THENCE easterly to a point which is 200 feet east of the east right-
of-way line of State Highway 79. measured at right angles thereto;
THENCE northeasterly parallel to and 200 feet from the east right-
of-way line of State Highway 79 to the present city limits line;
THENCE following the present city limits line along the following
courses:
West along the south line of a tract annexed by Ordinance No.
1866 to the southwest corner of said tract;
North to the southeast corner of a tract annexed by Ordinance
No. 1972;
West along the south line of said tract to its southwest
corner;
South along the east line of a tract annexed by Ordinance
No. 1897 to the north right-of-way line of State Highway 79;
Southwesterly along the north right-of-way line of State Highway
79 to the place of beginning and containing 62 acres, more or less.
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TRACT VII
BEGINNING at the extreme southeast corner of a tract annexed to the
City of Wichita Falls by Ordinance No. 1891;
THENCE S 0 18'E 3,500 feet, more or less, to a point which is 200
feet south of the south right-of-way line of a county road known as
Rathgeber Road;
THENCE westerly parallel to and 200 feet from the south right-of-way
line of Rathgeber Road to the east right-of-way line of the U.S. Highway
281 Expressway, said point being the present city limits line;
THENCE northeasterly along the east right-of-way line of said U.S.
281 Expressway, being the present city limits line, to its intersection
with the southerly projection of the most easterly west line of a tract
annexed by Ordinance No. 1891;
THENCE northerly along the present city limits line to the southwest
corner of said tract annexed by Ordinance No. 1891;
THENCE easterly along the south line of said tract, being the present •
city limits line, to the place of beginning and containing 204 acres, more
or less.
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TRACT VIII
BEGINNING at the southeast corner of a tract of land annexed by
Ordinance No. 1820, further described as Tract II in Ordinance No. 1820;
THENCE southerly to a point 200 feet south of the projected south
right-of-way line of a county road known as Quincy Road;
THENCE easterly parallel to and 200 feet south of the south property
line of Quincy Road to a point which is in the west right-of-way line of
Hammon Road;
THENCE northerly along the west right-of-way line of Hammon Road to
a point in the south right-of-way line of U.S. Expressway 287, said line
being the present city limits line;
THENCE westerly along the south line of the right-of-way of U.S.
Expressway 287, to a point in the east line of a tract annexed by Ordinance
No. 1820;
THENCE southerly along the east line of said tract annexed by Ordinance
No. 1820 to the place of beginning and containing 96 acres more or less.
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TRACT IX
BEGINNING at a point 200' east of the east right-of-way line of-
U.S. Expressway 281 measured at right angles thereto, and being in
the north boundary of a tract annexed by Ordinance No. 1891;
THENCE northeasterly parallel to and 200' from the east right-of-way
line of said U.S. 281 Expressway to a point in the west boundary of a
tract annexed by Ordinance No. 1748, said point being in the existing
city limits line;
THENCE following the existing city limits line along the following
courses;
North to the south right-of-way line of U.S. Expressway 281;
Southwesterly along the east right-of-way line of the said
U.S. 281 Expressway to the north line of a tract annexed by
Ordinance No. 1891;
THENCE easterly along the north line of said tract to the place of
beginning and containing 40 acres more or less.
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TRACT X
BEGINNING at the most northerly northwest corner of a tract
annexed by Ordinance No. 2331;
THENCE northerly following the east right-of-way line of State
79 Expressway to the north right-of-way of the M.K.& T. Railroad;
THENCE northwesterly along said north right-of-way to a point
in the southeast corner of a tract annexed by Ordinance No. 1864;
THENCE following the city limits line along the following
courses:
Northwesterly along the north right-of-way line of the
M.K.& T. Railroad 4850 feet more or less to the prolongation
' of the east line of Block 1, Sunnyside Heights Addition;
South along the east lines of tracts annexed by Ordinances
No. 1598 and 1639 to the north line of a tract annexed by Ordinance
No. 1820;
East to the northeast corner of said tract annexed by
Ordinance No. 1820;
South to a point which is 200 feet north of the center
line of U.S. Expressway 287;
Easterly parallel to the center line of U.S. 287 Expressway
as described in said Ordinance 2331 to the Expressway East
Industrial District;
Northeasterly along the courses described in said Ordinance
No. 2331 to the place of beginning and containing 366 acres
more or less.
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TRACT XI
BEGINNING at the most southerly southeast corner of a tract
annexed by Ordinance No. 1864, being in the north right-of-way line
of the M.K.& T. Railroad;
THENCE southeasterly along the north right-of-way line of said
railroad to a point in the east right-of-way line of State 79
Expressway;
THENCE northerly along the east right-of-way line of said
expressway to a point in the north right-of-way line of the Fort
Worth and Denver Railroad;
THENCE southeasterly along the north right-of-way line of the
Fort Worth and Denver Railroad to a point 200' east of the east
right-of-way line of the State 79 Expressway measured at right angles
thereto;
THENCE northerly and northeasterly parallel to and 200 feet from
said east right-of-way line of State 79 Expressway to a point which
is 200 feet east of the point of intersection of the south right-
of-way line of State Highway 79 and the north right-of-way line of
Hampton Road;
THENCE northwesterly at right angles to the center line of
State Highway 79 to a point 200 feet north of the north right-of-way
line of said State Highway 79 measured at right angles thereto;
THENCE southwesterly parallel to and 200 feet north of said State
Highway 79 to the east line of a tract annexed by Ordinance No. 1869;
THENCE southerly along the east lines of tracts annexed by
Ordinances 1869 and 1864 to the place of beginning and containing 88
acres more or less.
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SECTION 2. In conformity with Section 6 of Article 970a of the
Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, before these annexation proceedings
were instituted, the Board of Aldermen called a public hearing on
June 2, 1970, to provide an opportunity for all interested persons
to be heard; notice of such hearing was published once in the Wichita
Falls Record News not more than twenty (20) days nor less than ten
(10) days prior to the public hearing. Such public hearing was
held on June 2, 1970, which was not more than twenty (20) days nor
less than ten (10) days prior to the institution of these annexa-
tion proceedings .
SECTION 3. In conformity with Section 3-A of the amended
Charter of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, this ordinance is on the
22nd day of June 1970, introduced and the City Clerk is directed to
publish said ordinance one (1) time in a newspaper of general
circulation published in the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, and seven
(7) days thereafter this ordinance may be finally acted upon.
This ordinance having been introduced on the 22nd day of
June, 1970, and having been published in a newspaper of general
circulation in the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, to-wit, the Wichita
Falls Record News, one (1) time, on the G ' (clay of June, 1970,
and seven (7) days after such publication having elapsed, this
ordinance is finally passed and approved this the ; 0415day of July, 1970.
M A Y O R
ATTE S T:
City Clerk
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THE STATE OF TEXAS
r 3—LEGAL NOTICES. I COUNTY OF WICHITA
ORAICE E TEINI 9& On this 29th day of June 1970
AN ORDINANCE EXTE�NIOPNG THE�
CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF WI-
CHITA FALLS, TEXAS, BY ANNEXING
CERTAIN LANIDS ADJACENT TO THE
TERRITORIAL LIMITS OF THE CITY A.D. . . personally appeared before me, the undersigned authority
OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, WHICH
LANDS ARE OE'SCRUBED IN THIS
ORDINANCE. PATRICIA PENDI,ETON , bookkeeper
for the Times Publishing Company of Wichita Falls, publishers of the
Wichita Falls Record News, a newspaper published at Wichita Falls in
Wichita County, Texas, and upon being duly sworn by me, on oath states
that the attached.advertisement is a true and correct copy of advertising
published issues thereof on the following
dates:
JUNK 27, 1970
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Bookkeeper for Times Publishing Company
of Wichita Falls
Subscribed and sworn to before me this the day and year first above
(SEAL) written.
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