Ord 1520 6/26/1950 ORDINANCu NO.
AN ORDINANCE CLOSING AND ABANDONING CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THE STREETS AND
ALLEYS OF THE' CITY OF vICHITA FALLS, AND BEING A PORTION OF AV.�NUE "M"
LYING BET,,TEEN BLOCKS 97-A AND 102-A, HIGHLAND ADDITION TO SAID CITY OF
;°dICHITA FALLS; THE TRIANGULAR PORTION OF MONROE STREI'T BEGINNING AT THE
SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 8, BLOCK 101-A, HIGHLAND ADDITION TO SAID CITY;
THENCE NORTH 270-14' E. 110.8 FEET ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID BLOCK
101-A TO A POINT; THENCE SOUTH 124.7 Ya,T TO A POINT IN AN EASTERLY
PROLONGATION OF THE NORTH LINE, OF AVE;TUr "I''"; THENCE NORTH 620-46, w.
57,2 FEET ALONG THIN PROLONGATION OF THE NORTH LINE OF AVENUE "P,i" TO THE
PLACE OF BEGINNING; Tffz IMEST ALLEY IN BLOCK 102-A, HIGHLAND ADDITION
TO SAID CITY, EXTENDING FROM THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE OF AVENUE "M" TO
TfL� NORTH PROPERTY LINE OF AVENUL "0" AED LYING BET7ZEN LOTS 6 AND 7
ON THE EAST AND LOTS 8 TO 12 INCLUSIVE ON THZ, 1,L,,ST; THEW ALLEY IN BLOCK
103-A HIGHLAND ADDITION TO SAID CITY ElVf 10ING FROM THE EAST PROPERTY
LINE OF MONROE STRE1�1,T TO TIL,, NORTH PR.OPi�RTY LINE OF RAILROAD AVENUE AND
LYING BET`�'TEi N LOT 9 ON Tli, SOUTH AND LOTS 5 TO 8 ITNTCLUSIV.`,; ON THE NORTH;
RESERVING TO THE, SAID CITY ALL NEC i SSARY EXISTING EASEMENTS FOR. UTILITIES,
IF ANY ARE NO'l IN SAID STREETS OR ALLEYS, vJTH AD QUATL DRAINAGE; AND
PROVIDING THAT THE CITY SHFZL• UNJ:ER NO CIRCUiSTANCES BE LIABL,, FOR
DAMAGLS, IN TIE EVENT BUILDINGS ARE CONSTRUCTED OVER E.XISTING SEINER OR
?JAZIR LINES, BY VIRTUE' OF THE A•IAII7E_NAIC_ 1?.lD OPERATION OF :SAID SE'AER
OR ':NATZR LINES9 AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
'`.riEiCEAS Gene Stephens is the owner of all the lots adjacent to that portion
of the streets and alleys herein closed and abandoned; and i.,hereas this property
has been vacant and unimproved for many years due prir_,arily to the fact that it
has never been properly drained and is subject to overflow during. severe rainfalls,
and that Avenue "l" has never been opened. and. Avenue "O" has only recently been
graded into a City street, which has been done by the said Gene Stephens; and
whereas the said Gene Stephens has had drainage ditches cut throw` 1 this property
a.ecordiny to City En-ineer's specifications and will begin work immediately to
pave two blocks of Monroe St-reet and one block of Avenue "0''; and whereas the said
Gene Stephens is dedicating additional land to Monroe Street of approximately the
same amount as is being closed by this ordinance, which will eliminate sharp turn
in said Street; and whereas the said Gene Stephens has prepared and dedi-
cated for filing a map and plat of the Stephen Addition:., a Subdivision of. Blocks
97-A, 101-A, 102-1" and 103-A of 'Highland Addition to the City of ';ichita Falls,
Texas, and has therein reserved to the City certain easements for drainage pur-
poses, to gethc:r idth adequate streets and alleys, as shovm on said plat;
NO 1 TIi'�E�ZEFOiL3 B1 IT O��DnIT'E 1 By T11?< BOARD Or ALDL u`_,N OF T 1Z, CITY OF
'11CHITA F i LS, TE CIS:
That the followii:Z portions of the hereinafter described streets and :alleys
be closed( and. abandoned:
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11"HT On Tjvl\i Uu 3T1' ET
Be nring at the southeast corner of Lot 8, Block 101-.?, Highland Addition
to the City of '::Tic:nita Falls, Texas; being the northorest corner of the inter-
section of 1 Tonroe Street and ['venue " S"; Thence: North 270-14' Nast 110.8'
along the ea of line of said Block 101-A to a point j Thence South 124,7' to a
point in an ea,str.-rly prollon,,fr ation of the north line of Avenue "11"; Thence north
620-461 west 57.2' along the prolongation of the north line of Avenue "L"' to
the Mace of beoinrrin7. Con to ning within these met�,-s and bounds 0.07 acres
of lard more or less.
PANT OF ATE ANE "Pi" TO BE CLOSED:
That portion of Avenue "M" lying between Blocks 97-A and 102-.�, Highland
.Addition to theCity of - ichita Falls, Te xa.s, extending east from the east, pro,;-
erty llne of Monroe Street 173.61 to the east prop: !rty line of the alley in
Blo 97-A
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ALIZY THROUGH BLOCIr 102-A. HIC—FM1, 0 ADDITION:
The west alley in Block 102-A, iiiC lard Addition to the City of Viichita
Falls, Texps, extending from the south property line of Avenue "%i" to the
north property line of ":venue "O" and. lyi..nZ beturef n Lots 6 and 7 on the east
and. Lots 8 to 12 inclusive on the wrest.
^.LL1rY T-IROU TI-i BLOCK lQ-A, HIGHL�.0 A1:0ITl01,":
The alley in Block 103-A, Highland :-liddi.tion to the City of. JicYita. Falls,
Texas, eartendin , from the east property lane of Monroe Street to the north prop-
erty line of. Railroad. Avenue and lying bet.T.ireen Lot 9 on the south and Lots 5 to
8 inclusive on the. north.
Said City also to have the drainage easements shown on map and plat of the
Stephens Addition above der.lcribed.
That the closing of said street::1 and alleys shall be subject to a right-
of-way easement for all utilities now located therein, and such easements are
hereby reserved by the City in said streets and alleys for such utilities now
located therein, with a right of ingress and egress for the maintenance of same,
and subject to the further provisions that if any building or structure is
located over any existing- sewer or water lines that. the City of Yichita Falls
will not be liable for any damages resultinx from the operation and maintenance
of such sewer or water lines.
In consideration of the additional land dedicated by the said Gene Stephens
to the City for 21onroe Street, the City hereby quit claims and relinquishes any
right, title or interest in that portion of Monroe Street abandoned and closed
and the M-3yor of said City of hiichita Falls is hereby authorized to execute a
quit claim deed. to the said Gene Stephens covering said. abandoned and closed
portion of Monroe Street.
The fact that the said Gene Stephens is preparing to build approximately
twenty-five houses in the above area and is, in effect, reclaiming lands hereto-
fore unsuitable for building purposes, and is thereby aiding in' meeting the
acute need for housing in this City, and the further fact that there is urgent
need for expediting this project, creates an emergency and it is hereby declared
that the foregoing ordinance is an emergency measure and the rule requiring the
rea.din� of this ordinance on three separate days is hereby suspended and this
ordinance shall take effect inurisdiately upon its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the �_ day of June, A. D. 1950.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
CI'If CLERK