Ordinance No. 301ORDINANCE NO. 301
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AN ORDINANCE ENLARGING 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 PUBLICA-
TION 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 BAY 0144, TEXAS:
SECTION 1: Intent and Purpose of the Ordinance. The City Council of the City of
Baytown, acting purpuant to Section 91 of Article I of the Charter of the said City,
hereby declared 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 ex-
tended 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 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 f ollowdng described
lines, to -wit:
BEginning at the intersection of the West right -of -way line of
the Cedar Bayou - Lynchburg Road, being a continuation of North
Main Street of the City of Baytown, Texas, and the North boundary
line of the J. G. and Annie Schilling 210.6 acre tract of land, said
point being also the Southeast corner of Aron Brothers 210 acre
tract of land, and being Point No. 25, of the present city limits;
THENCE, in a Westerly direction along the North Line of the J. G.
and Annie Schillings 210.6 acre tract of land, passing over and
across the Garth Road to apoint 100 feet West of the West right -
of -way line of said Garth Road;
• THENCE, Iortherly parallel to and 100 feet from the ',lest right -
of -Way line of the said Garth Road to the intersection of said
line with the extension of a line parallel to and 100 feet North
of the North right -of -way line of the road known as the Massey -
Tompkins Road;
THENCE, Easterly along a line parallel to and 100 feet North of
the North right -of -way line of said Massey - Tompkins Road, passing
over and across the said cedar Bayou - Lynchburg Road and continuing
along the line parallel to and 100 feet distant measured at right
angles from the Northerly right -of -way line of said Massey -
Tompkins Road, over and across the West and East boundary lines of
the J. W. Singleton Survey and continuing to the intersection of said
line with the high tide water line of the blest bank of Cedar Bayou;
THENCE, Southerly and downstream with the meanders of said high tide
water line of the West bank of Cedar Bayou to the intersection of
said line with the North property line of the Cedar Bayou Methodist
Church property;
• THENCE., Westerly with the North property line of the Cedar Bayou
Methodist Church property to the intersection of the North Property
line of the Cedar Bayou Methodist Church property with the East
R. 0. W. line of the Cedar Bayou - Barbers Hill Road;
THENCE, in a Southerly direction with the East R. 0. W. line of
the Cedar Bayou - Barbers Hill road to the intersection of the centerline
of Ponds Gully with the East R. 0. W. line of the Cedar Bayou -
Barbers Hill Road;
THENCE, upstream along the meanders of the centerline of said Gully
in a northwesterly direction to the intersection of said meander
line with the North property line of the J. B. Spurlock 72 acre
tract of land, said point being also. the point of confluence of
40 said Gully with a Harris County drainage ditch;
THENCE, Westerly with the North line of the said J. B. Spurlock 72 acre
tract of land to the point of intersection of said line with the West
right -of -way line of the McKinney Road, said West wight -of -way line also
being the ?lest boundary line of the Christian Smith Survey and the
East boundary line of the James Singleton Survey;
THENCE, Northerly with said West right -of -way line of said McKinney
Road to the intersection of said line with the southeasterly right -of-
way line of State highway 146;
THENCE, Northeasterly along said right -of -way line of State Highway 146
to a point opposite the intersection of the centerline of State 'Highway
146 and the centerline of Bob Smith Road, also known as the Brooks- Winfree
Road;
THENCE, north to a line which is 100 feet North of and parallel to
the North right -of -way line of said Bob Smith Road;
THENCE, Westerly along said line which is 100 feet North of and parallel
to the North right -of -way line of said Bob Smith Road to the point
of intersection of said line with the West right -of -way line of the
Cedar Bayou - Lynchburg Road;
Thence, along said West right -of -way line of said Cedar Bayou- Lynchburg
Road to 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 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 re-
maining 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 des-
cribed 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.
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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 por-
40 tion 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
Baytown 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 the 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
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or sets of circumstances or the other tracts of land included in the territory here-
inabove 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 the 11th day of October, A. D., 1955.
ATTEST:
Edna Oliver, City Clerk
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Mayor, City of Baytown