Ord 2221 3/24/1966 ORDINANCE NO. 020U
AN ORDINANCE CLOSING AND ABANDONING A ONE
(1) BLOCK LONG ALLEY IN BLOCK 193 OF THE
ORIGINAL TOWNSITE OF THE CITY OF WICHITA
FALLS, TEXAS, AND RESERVING A UTILITY EASE-
MENT.
WHEREAS, Charles N. Prothro, the L. E. C. Company, the Joe
and Lois Perkins Foundation, and Fain & McGaha, property owners,
have requested the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls
to close and abandon all of the alley situated in Block 193 of
the Original Townsite of the City of Wichita Falls, Wichita County, - `
Texas, and the Board of Aldermen, after consideration of the
petition, and finding that all of the property which will be
served by that portion of said alley sought to be closed and
abandoned and that the closing of said alley would not affect
the rights of the general public in any manner.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the one (1) block long, twenty-five (25)
foot wide alley running northwest and southeast parallel to Lamar
and Scott Streets from the southeast property line of Tenth Street
to the northwest property line of Eleventh Street, lying between
Lots 1 through and including Lot 5, and Lots 6 through and includ-
ing Lot 10 of Block 193 of the Original Townsite of the City of
Wichita Falls, Texas, be and the same is hereby closed and abandoned.
SECTION 2 . This ordinance is passed for the purpose of
assisting the property owners who own the property on each side of
said alley as above described to secure the better use of their
property, and for the purpose of relieving the City of Wichita
Falls from any further expense and liability for the maintenance
and upkeep of said alley and said alley is hereby closed and
abandoned.
SECTION 3. This ordinance is passed subject to the right
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of the City to ingress and egress on said property for the purpose
of maintaining the sewer and water lines situated in said alley,
and is also subject to the rights of other easement owners in said
alley for the purpose of maintaining gas lines, telephone conduits
and electric power lines and other utility easements.
SECTION 4. No building shall be built over said alley
unless and until satisfactory arrangements have been made with the
City Engineer with reference to the maintenance and upkeep of the
sewer and water lines and with the other easement owners with
reference to their easements.
SECTION 5. This ordinance is passed upon the condition
that in building buildings upon the Block in question that the
said Charles N. Prothro, the L. E. C. Company, the Joe and Lois
Perkins Foundation, and Fain & McGaha, their heirs and assigns,
will provide adequate loading and unloading facilities within the
property lines of said Block so that it will not be necessary to
use the streets surrounding said Block for such purposes.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the cli day of 221gAz.22._____J
1966.
MAYOR /
ATTEST:
City Clerk