Ordinance No. 236ORDINANCE NO. 236
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AN ORDINANCE ENIARGING AND EXTENDING THE BOUNDARY LIMITS
OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, AND ANNEXING ADDITIONAL
ADJACENT TERRITORY TO SAID CITY, ALL OF WHICH IS DESCRIBED
HEREIN; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING FOR THE
PUBLICATION AND PASSAGE OF THIS ORDINANCE IN THE MANNER
PROVIDED IN ARTICLE I, SECTION 9, OF THE CHARTER OF THE
CITY OF BAYTOWN.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN:
SECTION 1: Intent and Purpose of the Ordinance. The City Council of the City
of Baytown, acting pursuant to Section 9 of Article I of the Charter of said City,
hereby declares that it is necessary that the hereinafter described territory lying
adjacent to the city be annexed and the existing boundary limits of the city be extended
to include such territory. The purpose and intent of this extension of the boundary
limits of the City of Baytown is to take care of said city's present needs for
• additional territory and the reasonably anticipated future growth and expansion of
the City.
SECTION 2: That the boundary limits of the City of Baytown, Texas, be enlarged
and extended as hereinafter set out so as to include within the boundary limits of
said city all that territory lying adjacent to said city within the following described
lines, to -wit:
BEGINNING at the point of intersection of the easterly line of Bay Villa Subdivision
in the Venn. Scott Upper League, and the northeasterly shore of Scott's Bay said point
of intersection being situated South 31 degrees 46 minutes 460.9 feet West from the
Northeast corner of Bay Villa Addition, being situated in the southwesterly right -of-
way of Market Street Road;
Thence North 31 degrees 46 minutes East along the East line of the Bay Villa Subdivision
460.9 feet to the southwesterly line of Market Street Road;
Thence with the southerly line of Market Street Road along the northeasterly line of
•Bay Villa Subdivision North 13 degrees 10 minutes West 100.1 feet, North 17 degrees 8
minutes West 100 feet, North 21 degrees 28 minutes West 100.2 feet, North 26 degrees
20 minutes West 99.7 feet, North 29 degrees 38 minutes West 641.9 feet, North 29 ddgrees
43 minutes west 312.9 feet, North 33 degrees 4 minutes West 156.9 feet, North 34 degrees
47 minutes West 100 feet, North 36 degrees 6 minutes West 100 feet, North 38 degrees
4 minutes West 111.6 feet to point, being the point of intersection of Nest line of
` Humble Oil & Refining Company projected and the southwesterly line of Market Street Road;
Thence North 20 degrees 44 minutes East, over and across Market Street Road 114.4 feet
to the northeasterly line of the Market Street Road;
Thence North 21 degrees 3 minutes East along the West line of the Humble Oil & Refining.
Company over and across Cedar Bayou- Wooster County Road to a distance of 536.9 feet
to the North line of the said Cedar Bayou Wooster Road and being the Southeast corner
of the Sweeney Addition;
Thence North 21 degrees 7 minutes East along the East line of the Sweeney Addition a
distance of 2660 feet to corner, being the Southwesterly corner of the Steinman
Tract; also known as C. A. Fortner 38 acres;
Thence South 8¢ degrees 59 minutes East along the South line of the Steinman Tract
a distance of 200.43 feet to corner, being the southeasterlyccorner Steinman T$a &�;
Thence with the East line of the Steinman `Fact North 21 degrees 10 minutes East 1080.1
feet, North 00 degrees 40 minutes West 1584.92 feet to the Northeast corner of the
Steinman Tract, being the North line of the Wm. Scott Upper League;
Thence West with the said North line of the Wm. Scott Upper League to the intersection
of said line with the East line of the southerly projection of the William Hilbus
Survey, which is also the Southwest corner of the Harvey Whiting League;
Thence in a northerly direction along the common line between the William Hilbus
Survey and the Harvey Whiting League to the intersection of said common line with the
South right -of -way line of Baker Road;
Thence in a westerly direction with the South line of Baker Road which South line of
Baker Road is the North line of the former Steinman Addition, to the East line of
Market Street Road;
Thence continuing on a line over and across Market Street Road, said line being the
projection of the South line of Baker Road projected over and across Market Street Road
to the West line of Market Street Road;
Thence North 0 degrees 15 minutes West with the 'Nest line of Market Street Road, to
the point of intersection of the West line of the Market Street Road and the South
line of Decker Drive;
Thence northwesterly along the South line of Decker Drive to the intersection of said
line with the center line of Spring dully;
Thence with the meanders of the center line of said Spring Gully to the point of
intersection of said line with the meander line of the Burnet Bay shoreline at high
• tide;
Thence southerly with the mean high tide line of the East shore line of Burnet Bay
past the point of intersection of said shore line and the North line of the Tharp 65
acre tract, continuing along said shore line to the point of intersection of said shore
line and the South bank of Fresh Water Bayou;
Thence with the high tide line of Burnet Bay easterly shore lihe from the mouth of the
Fresh Water Bayou to the Northwest corner of Block "B" of Brownwood Subdivision in
the Nathaniel Lynch Survey, Harris County, Texas;
Thence in a southerly and westerly direction along the West line of Block "B" of
Brownwood Subdivision in the Nathaniel Lynch Survey to the Southwest corner of
Block "AA" in said Brownwood Subdivision, said Southwest corner of Block "AA" situated
in the northerly shore line of Chrystal Bay, sometimes referred to as Crystal Lake;
Thence in an easterly direction along the northerly shore of Crystal Bay dine at
mean high tide to the Northwest corner of Block "A °1 of aforesaid Brownwood Addition;
Thence continuing in a southerly direction along the easterly shore line of Crystal
Bay to a line which is 2500 feet easterly at right angles from and parallel to the
center line of the Houston Ship Channel;
• Thence in a southeasterly direction along the line which is 2500 feet easterly at
right angles from and parallel to the center line of the Houston Ship Channel to
the intersection of said line with the South line or extension thereof of Block "K"
of the town of Wooster;
Thence in a northeasterly direction along the south line of Block "Ki' to the northeast
corner of Lot 9 in said Block "K";
Thence southeasterly along the west line of Lot 10, 1131ock "K" in the town of Wooster
to the southwest corner of said Lot 10 which point is located on the northerly shore
of Scott Bay at mean high tide;
Thence northeast along said north shore line of Scott Bay at mean high tide to the
intersection of said shore line with the west line of the James Strange Survey;
Thence continuing along aforesaid Scott Bay shore line at mean high tide past the
southwest corner of Bay Villa Subdivision and continuing along the said shore line to
the southeast corner of Bay Villa Subdivision and being the point of beginning.
SECTION 3: That the above described additional territory and area so annexed
shall be a part of the City of Baytown, and the property so added to said city shall
bear its pro rata part of the taxes levied by the City of Baytown and the inhabitants
thereof shall be entitled to all the rights "and privileges of all the citizens and
shall be bound by the acts,•ordinances, resolutions, regulations and provisions of the
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Charter of the City of Baytown.
SECTION 4: That if any portion or portions of the above described territory
is validly included within the territory limits of another city or town, then such
portion or portions of the above described territory is hereby excluded and the
remaining territory is hereby annexed to the City of Baytown, and the boundary limits
of said city are hereby amended to conform to the boundary limits of such other city
or town or such other cities or towns along the area of the conflict.
SECTION 5: That if any portion or portions of the above described territory
legally may become included within the limits of another city or town, by reason of a
valid annexation ordinance heretofore introduced before the council, commission or
other governing body of such city or town, then such portion or portions of the above
described territory is hereby excluded from the limits of the City of Baytown and the
remaining territory is hereby annexed to the City of Baytown and the boundary limits
• of said City of Baytown are hereby amended to conform to the boundary limits of such
other city or town or such other cities or towns along the area of the conflict.
SECTION 6: That if any' legal impediment exists preventing the valid annexation
of any portion of the above described territory to the City of Baytown, then such
portion of the above described territory is hereby excluded and the remaining territory
is hereby annexed to the City of Baytown and the boundary limits of said City of
Pay town are hereby amended to conform to the territory so annexed.
SECTION 7: If any provision, exception, section, paragraph, sentence, clause,
or phrase of this ordinance or the application of same to any person or set of cir-
cumstances or to any particular tract or parcel of land, shall for any reason be held
• unconstitutional, void, or invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of
the remaining provisions of this ordinance or their application to other persons or
sets of circumstances or to other tracts or parcels of land included in the territory
hereinabove described in Section 2 of this ordinance.
SECTION 8: That this ordinance upon and after its introduction shall be
published and finally acted upon in the manner provided in Article I, Section 9 of
the Charter of the City of Baytown.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of a majority of the City
Council of the City of Baytown on this 12th day of August, 1951.
ruett, Mayor
• ATTEST:
Edna 0 aver, City Clerk
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