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ORDINANCE 79-21
AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING THE EXTRATERRITORIAL
JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, WILLIAMSON
COUNTY, TEXAS, BEYOND THE DISTANCE LIMITATIONS
IMPOSED BY THE MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION ACT (SUB -SECTION
A OF ARTICLE 970a, VERNON'S ANNOTATED CIVIL STATUTES)
TO INCLUDE THEREIN CERTAIN TERRITORY CONTIGUOUS TO
THE OTHERWISE EXISTING EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION
OF SAID CITY: DESCRIBING THE LAND CONTAINED WITHIN
SUCH EXTENSION AND RECITING THAT SUCH EXTENSION IS MADE
BECAUSE THE OWNER OF SUCH CONTIGUOUS TERRITORY HAS IN
WRITING REQUESTED SUCH EXTENSION: PROVIDING THAT SUCH
EXTENSION IN NO WAY CONFLICTS WITH THE EXISTING
EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF ANY OTHER CITY, AND
GRANTING TO SAID TERRITORY AND TO ALL FUTURE INHABITANTS
OF SAID PROPERTY ALL OF THE RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES
INHERENT TO INCLUSION IN THE EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION
OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND
STATING THE REASON FOR SUCH EMERGENCY,
WHEREAS, a written request has been duly prepared, executed and
delivered to the City Council of the City of Georgetown calling for and
requesting that the land des cribed on Exhibit "A", which is attached hereto
and incorporated herein for all purposes to the same and full extent as
if copied herein word for word',be included in the extraterritorial
jurisdiction of the City of Georgetown and that such extraterritorial
jurisdiction of such City be extended to include said area, such written
request having been signed by all owners of any and all interest what-
soever in such real property; and
WHEREAS, said tract of land is contiguous to the otherwise existing
extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Georgetown, Williamson
County, Texas; and
WHEREAS, said petition was presented to the City Council on the 24th
day of May, 1979, at a special called meeting; and
WHEREAS, after fully considering such written request and after a
full hearing on such matter the City Council voted by unanimous vote of all
members present to grant such written request and to extend the otherwise
existing extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Georgetown, Texas,
to include said property herein described and described in such written
request; and
WHEREAS, the said area of extension herein described in no way
conflicts with the existing extraterritorial jurisdiction of any other
city or cities: