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RESOLUTION NO. 113
A RESOLUTION CANVASSING RETURNS AND DECLARING RESULTS
OF A SPECIAL ELECTION HELD ON DECEMBER 6, 1958, ON THE PROPOSITION
OF DETERMINING WHETHER THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA
FALLS SHOULD ADOPT A RESOLUTION MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS, DETERMINA-
TIONS AND ELECTIONS UNDER AND PURSUANT TO THE URBAN RENEWAL LAW
OF TEXAS, AND ALSO PASSING UPON THE ISSUE OF WHETHER OR NOT THE
CITY OF WICHITA FALLS ' SHOULD ADOPT A COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE
IN. SAID CITY.
WHEREAS, heretofore the Board of Aldermen of the City of
Wichita Falls, Texas , have duly called a Special Election to be held
in said City on the 6th day of December , 1958, to pass upon the
issue of Urban Renewal in said City and likewise to pass upon the
issue of a comprehensive zoning ordinance in said city; and ,
WHEREAS, the ballots used in such election were in the form
provided by ordinance;
AND, WHEREAS, there were cast in such election 2_LL votes,
the same being duly and legally cast by legal and properly qualified
voters, resulting in a total of di votes for the Urban Renewal
proposition and /3$14, votes against the proposition, and resulting
in gtz a votes favoring a comprehensive zoning ordinance and
votes against a comprehensive zoning ordinance; all as reflected
in the election returns heretofore filed with the City Clerk;
Now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF
WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS:
That such Special Election was duly called; that Notice was
given in accordance with law and in accordance with the ordinance
calling the Special Election; that the Special Election was held
in accordance with law; that the returns of said Special Election
have been made by the proper officers; that a majority of the
qualified voters who own taxable property in said City and who
have duly rendered the same or have had the same assessed for
taxation voting at said Special election have voted against the
Urban Renewal proposition to authorize the adoption of such reso-
lution and have voted against the proposition of the adoption of a
comprehensive zoning ordinance, said issues were each and both
defeated at such Special Election.
Therefore, it is hereby declared that all Urban Renewal
in the City of Wichita Falls is hereby set aside and that like-
wise the people of this community who are legally entitled to do
so, have expressed their opinion that they do not want a compre-
hensive zoning ordinance.
ADOPTED AND APPROVED this 8th day of December, 1958.
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ATTD K. C. SPELL;; ayor
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