HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 05.09.1966 - Closing of Streets1'i
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ABANDONMENT AND
CLOSING OF CERTAIN STREETS WHICH LIE WITHIN.
THE BURNHAM ADDITION CITY. OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS:
AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS:
1. The City Council makes the following findings a fact:
A. That all of those portions of the streets which lie in
Burnham Addition to the City of Georgetown Williamson County, Texas and which
are described hereinafter by metes and bounds have never been used as streets;
B. That it is for the benefit of the general public and par-
ticularly for the benefits of the Citizens of Georgetown, Texas to their best
interest for the hereinafter described portions of said streets in said Addi-
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tion to be vacated, abandoned and closed;
C. That the only abutting property owner on said portions of
said streets to',be vacated, abandoned and closed is J. W. Garrett and said
J. W. Garrett has petioned the City of Georgetown to vacate, abandon and close
said streets;
D. The portions of said streets to be so vacated, abandoned
and closed are described by metes and bounds on the field notes prepared by
W. F. Forest and shown on Exhibit "A", attached hereto and made a part hereof.
2. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Ordinance that all of those
portions of said streets in said subdivision hereinabove described shall be
and the same is hereby VACATED, ABANDONED AND CLOSED. The Mayor of the City
of Georgetown, Texas shall be and is hereby authorized to execute a conveyance
of the abandoned streets to J. W. Garrett, the adjoining property owner, by a
deed conveying all of the rights, titles, and interests in and to said property
vested in the City of Georgetown.
3. The enactment of this ordinance being necessary to the immediate
preservation of the public business and to provide for the usual daily operation
of a municipal government, it is declared to be an emergency measure, which
shall have and take effect following its present reading and adoption.
READ, PASSED AND ADOPTED by unanimous vote this 9th day of May, 1966.
Jay C. Sloan, Mayor of the
City of Georgetown, Texas
ATTEST:
Claud Yads, City Secretary