Loading...
Ordinance No. 14,992ORDINANCE NO.14,992 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,TEXAS, MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS;PROVIDING FOR THE EXTENSION OF CERTAIN BOUNDARY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,TEXAS,AND THE ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 34.45 ACRES OF LAND.CONSISTING OF THREE (3)PARCELS LOCATED GENERALLY NEAR THE NORTHWEST INTERSECTION OF JOHN MARTIN ROAD AND INTERSTATE 10,SITUATED IN THE TALCOTT PATCIUNG SURVEY,ABSTRACT NUMBER 620,IN HARRIS COUNTY,TEXAS;WHICH SAID TERRITORYLIES ADJACENT TO AND ADJOINS THE PRESENT BOUNDARY LIMITS FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,TEXAS. WHEREAS,there being no request for an "on-site" hearing,two public hearings before the City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas,where allinterested persons were provided with an opportunity to be heard on the proposed annexation of the property described in Section 2 of this ordinance,were held during the City Councilmeetings on the 15'''day of November,2021,andthe9"'day of December,2021, in the City Council Chamber of City HaU of the City of Baytown,Texas;and WHEREAS,notices of the firstandsecond public hearings were published in anewspaper having generalcirculationin the City of Baytown,Texas, and in the below-described territories on the 4*''day of November,2021, and on the 23'^''day of November,2021;and WHEREAS,notice of the firstand second public hearings were postedon the City of Baytown's website on the 6"'day of October,2021;and WHEREAS,notice of the firstand second public hearings were posted on the City of Baytown's noticeboard on the4"' dayof November,2021,and on the22"''day of November,2021;and WHEREAS,eachnoticepostedontheCityof Baytown's noticeboardandwebsite remained posted until the date of the hearing referenced inthe notice;and WHEREAS,thetotalcorporateareaoftheCityof Baytown,Texas,onthe1 dayof January,2022, was 44.59 square miles; and WHEREAS,the population of the City of Baytown,Texas, is approximately 83,701 inhabitants; and WHEREAS,the below-described property lies within the extraterritorial jurisdiction ofthe City of Baytown,Texas;and WHEREAS,the City Council oftheCityof Baytown finds that completely surrounding such area is in the public interest;NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,TEXAS: Section 1:That all matters and facts set forth in the recitals hereinabove are found to be true andsuch recitals are hereby approved and made apartof this ordinance for all purposes andare adopted as a part of the Judgment and findings bytheCity Councilof theCity of Baytown,Texas. Section 2: That the following described land and territories lying adjacent to and adjoining the City of Baytown are hereby added and annexed to the City of Baytown, Texas, and shaD hereinafter be included within the boundary limits of the City of Baytown,Texas, and presentboundary limits of such City, at the various points contiguous to the areas hereinafter described,are altered and amended so as to include said areas within the corporate limits of the City of Baytown, Texas, to-wit: SEE EXHIBIT "A"