Ord 071-2001 7/17/2001ORDINANCE NO. 'A\- D OC
ORDINANCE CLOSING, VACATING, AND ABANDONING
APPROXIMATELY A 5 -FOOT WIDE BY 37 -FOOT LONG PORTION OF A
10 -FOOT WIDE UTILITY EASEMENT LOCATED AT #5 RAMONA
COURT, WICHITA FALLS, WICHITA COUNTY, TEXAS; ALSO KNOWN
AS LOT 5, BLOCK 1, ROLLING HILLS ESTATE; FINDING AND
DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE
WAS PASSED WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW.
WHEREAS, property owners have requested the closure of a portion of an
easement at #5 Ramona Court due to the construction of a building by the previous
owner which is located in the easement; and
WHEREAS, all affected utility companies have been contacted and have
approved or conditionally approved this closure; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas deems it
advisable and in the public interest to close, vacate, and abandon that portion of the
easement hereinafter described subject to the filing of a final re -plat within six months of
the date of this ordinance.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. The portion of the 10 -foot wide utility easement currently
encroached upon and dedicated on the plat of Lot 1, Block 5, Rolling Hills Estate, an
addition to the City of Wichita Falls, as recorded in volume 2170, page 305, Wichita
County Plat Records, is hereby closed, abandoned and vacated. Said alley is shown
as the shaded area on the attached map, incorporated in this ordinance as Attachment
.91
SECTION 2. In consideration of the receipt of Two Hundred Dollars, this
ordinance shall authorize the City Manager to execute a quitclaim deed for the City's
interest in the property. The deed shall be executed conditioned upon the property
owners filing an approved re -plat of the property in the records of the Wichita County
Clerk within six months from the passage of this ordinance. This ordinance shall be void
and have no effect if said re -plat is not approved and filed within the stipulated time
period.
SECTION 3. It is hereby officially found and determined that the meeting at
which this ordinance was passed was open to the public as required by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 17'h day of July 2001.
AYOR
ATTEST:
- ALCU
I City Clerk
ATTACHMENT "1"
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