Ord 038-2000 4/18/2000ORDINANCE NO. �0
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WICHITA
FALLS, TEXAS, REPEALING ORDINANCE 96 -99, AND AMENDING
SECTION 2- 160.7.7 OF THE WICHITA FALLS CODE OF ORDINANCES
AT SUBSECTION (1) TO EXPAND THE BOUNDARY OF THE DEPOT
SQUARE HISTORIC DISTRICT; FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT
THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE WAS PASSED WAS
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW.
WHEREAS, on September 21, 1999, the City Council passed Ordinance 96 -99,
which expanded the boundary of the Depot Square Historic District; and,
WHEREAS, it has since been discovered that the boundary described in said
ordinance should be revised to include the entire district; and,
WHEREAS, repeal of this ordinance and amendment of Section 2- 160.7.7 of the
Code of Ordinances would accomplish this change and accurately reflect the boundary
of the Depot Square Historic District.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. Ordinance No. 96 -99 is hereby repealed.
SECTION 2. Section 2- 160.7.7 of the Wichita Falls Code of Ordinances is
hereby amended at Subsection (1) to read as follows:
"[The following are designated as landmarks:]
(1) A historic district, to be known as the Depot Square Historic District, is hereby
established, to consist of the following area:
BEGINNING at a point at the southeast corner of Fifth Street and Indiana
Avenue, said point also being the intersection of the east right -of -way line of
Indiana Avenue and the south right -of -way line of Fifth Street,
THENCE southerly along the east right -of -way line of Indiana Avenue to the
southwest corner of Lot 11, Block 139, Original Townsite;
THENCE easterly along the south line of Lot 11, Block 139 to a point, said point
being the west line of a twenty five foot wide north -south alley in Block 139;
THENCE southerly along the west line of said alley, crossing Sixth Street and
continuing in Block 152 to a point, said point being the southeast corner of Lot
10, Block 152;
THENCE westerly along the south line of Lot 10, Block 152 to a point of
intersection with the east right -of -way line of Indiana Avenue;
THENCE southerly along said line crossing Seventh Street to a point of
intersection with the south right -of -way line of Seventh Street, said point also
being the northwest corner of Lot 14, Block 163;
THENCE easterly seventy -five (75) feet along the north lot line of Lot 14 to a
point in the north lot line of Lot 14, Block 163;
THENCE southerly one hundred (100) feet to a point in the south line of Lot 13,
Block 163, said point being seventy -five (75) feet east of the southwest corner of
said lot;
THENCE easterly seventy -five (75) feet to a point in the west line of a twenty -five
foot alley;
THENCE southerly along said line, crossing Eighth Street into Block 176 to a
point, said point being the southeast corner of Lot 12, Block 176;
THENCE easterly to a point of intersection with the east right -of -way line of Ohio
Avenue, said point also being the southeast corner of Lot 3, Block 176;
THENCE northerly fifty (50) feet to the southeast corner of lot 2, Block 176;
THENCE easterly across Ohio Avenue to the southwest corner of Lot 13, Block
177;
THENCE easterly along the south line of said lot, crossing a twenty -five foot wide
alley to the southeast corner of Lot 2, Block 177, said point also being in the east
line of Block 177;
THENCE northerly one hundred (100) feet to the northeast corner of Block 177;
THENCE northerly across Eighth Street to the southeast corner of Block 162;
THENCE northerly along the east line of Block 162, across Seventh Street to a
point of intersection with the west right -of -way line of the M.K. & T. Railroad;
THENCE northerly along said right -of -way line to a point of intersection with the
south right -of -way line of Fifth Street closed by Ordinance 140;
THENCE westerly along the south line of Fifth Street, crossing Ohio Avenue to
the place of beginning.
In addition, the Depot Square Historic District shall include any structure walls
abutting the alley on Lots 8 through 12, Block 163, abutting Seventh Street on
Lot 14, Block 163, and abutting the alley on Lots 12 through 14, Block 176."
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 18th day of April 2000.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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WICHITA FALLS, TEX- On this day
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