Ordinance No. 320X111
ORDINANCE NO.
• AN ORDINANCE EN RGIW,3 AND EXTENDING THE
BOUNDARY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, AND ANNEXING ADDITIONAL ADJACENT
TERRITORY OF SAID CITY, ALL OF WHICH IS
DESCRIBED IN THE ORDINANCE; CONTAINING
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 William Scott Upper League, and the Northeasterly
shore of Scotus Bay, said point of intersection being situated South 31
degrees 46' West 460.9 feet from the Northwest corner of Bay Villa Addition,
said corner being located in the Southwesterly right -of -way line of Market
Street Road;
THEf�)CE, in a Westerly direction along the shore line of Scott's Bay
at mean high tide to the Southwest corner of lot 10, block K in the town
of Wooster;
THENCE, Northwesterly along the West line of lot 10, block K in the
town of Wooster to the Northeast corner of lot 9 in the block K of the
town of Wooster;
THENCE, in a Southwesterly direction along the South line of block K
in the town of Wooster to the Southwest corner of said Block K;
THENCE, continuing on an extension of the South line of block K of
the town of Wooster to the intersection of a line which is 2500 feet
easterly at right angles from and parallel to the centerline of the Houston
Ship Channel;
THENCE, in a Northerly and Westerly direction with the line which is
2500 at right angles and parallel to the centerline of the Houston Ship
Channel to the intersection of the mean high tide line of the East shore of
the San Jacinto River;
THENCE, in a Northerly direction with the mean high tide line of the
east shore of the San Jacinto River to the intersection of a line which is
200 feet Northerly at right angles and parallel to the North right -of -way
line of State Highway No. 73;
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THEME, Easterly with the line which is 200 feet at right angles
from and parallel to the North right -of -way line of State High No. 73
to the intersection of said line with the centerline of Goose Creek
Stream;
THENCE, in a Southerly direction with the meanders of the center-
line of Goose Creek Stream to the intersection of said centerline with
the North line of the Harvey Whiting League;
THENCE, Easterly with the North line of the Harvey Whiting League
to the Northeast corner of the Harvey Whiting League, said corner being
in the West line of the J. W. Singleton Survey;
THENCE, Northerly along the said West line of the J. W. Singleton
Survey to the Northwest corner of said Survey;
THENCE, Easterly along the North line of said J. W. Singleton
Survey to the Northeast corner of said Survey;
THENCE, continuing on a line -which is the South line of the Benjamin
J. Barrow Survey and the North line of the D. M. McFadden Survey to the
intersection of said line with the mean high tide line of the West bank
of Cedar Bayou;
THENCE, Southerly with the meanders of the mean high tide 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;
THE ICE, Westerly with the North property line of the Cedar Bayou
Methodist Church property to the intersection of said line with the
East right -of -way line of the Cedar Bayou - Barber's Hill Road;
THENCE, in a Southerly direction with the East right -of -way line
of the Cedar Bayou - Barber's Hill Road to the intersection of the center-
line of Pond's Gully;
THENCE, upstream in a Northwesterly direction with the meanders
of the centerline of Pond's Gully to the South line of the J. B. Spurlock
72 acre tract of land, said point being also the point of confluence of
said Gully with a Harris County Drainage ditch;
THENCE, Westerly with the North line of said J. B. Spurlock 72 to
the West right -of -way line of the McKinney Road, said West right -of -way
line also being the West boundary line of the Christian Smith Survey;
THENCE, Northerly with said West right -of -way line of the McKinney
• Road to the intersection of the Southeasterly right -of -way line of State
Highway No. 146;
THEME, 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;
THENCE, North to a line which is 100 feet north of and parallel to
the North right -of -way line of Bob Smith Road;
THEME, Westerly along said line which is 100 feet North of and
parallel to the North right -of -way line of Bob Smith Road to the point
of intersection of said line with the West right -of -way line of the
Cedar Bayou - Lynchburg Road (being a continuation of North Main Street
in the City of Baytown);
THENCE, Southerly -along the West right -of -wayy line of the Cedar
Bayou- Lynchburg Road to the North line of the J. G. and Annie Schilling
210.6 acre tract of land, being also the south line of Aron Brothers 210
acre tract of land;
• THENCE, in a $Westerly direction along the North line of the J.-G.
and Annie Schilling 210.6 acre tract of land to the East bank of Goose
Creek Stream;
THEINC'E, continuing over and across Goose Creek stream to the West
bank of Goose Creek Stream, also being the Easterly line of the Busch
Estate;
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THENCE', Northwesterly with the meanders of the West bank of
Goose Creek Stream to the North line of the William Scott Upper
League;
THENCE, Westerly along the North line of the William Scott Upper
League to the intersection of said line with the East line of the
Steinman tract, being also known as the C. A. Fortner 38 acres;
THE ME, Southerly with the East line of the Steinman tract to
the Southeast corner of the Steinman tract;
THENCE, Westerly with the South line of the Steinman tract to
the Southwest corner of the Steinman tract, being also the Northeast
corner of Sweeney Addition;
THENCE, South 20 degrees 7* West along the East line of the
Sweeney Addition a distance of 26,660 feet to the Southeast corner of
Sweeney Addition, being located in.the North line of the Cedar Bayou -
Wooster Road;
THENCE, South 21 degrees 3' West over and across the Cedar Bayou -
Wooster Road and continuing South 21 degrees V West with the West
line of the Humble Oil and Refining Company a distance of 536.9 feet to
the Northeast right -of -way line of Market Street Road;
THENCE, South 20 degrees 441 West, over and across Market Street
Road a distance of 114.4 feet to the Southwest right -of -way line of
Market Street Road;
THEME, Southeasterly with the West right -of -way line of Market
Street Road to a Northeasterly.corner of Bay Villa Subdivision;
THENCE, South 31 degrees 461 West along the East line of Bay
Villa Subdivision 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 portions or 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 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
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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 of
the City of Baytown, then such portions of the above described terri-
tory 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 circumstances 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 re-
maining provisions of this ordinance or the application to other
persons or sets of circumstances or to other tracts or parcels of land
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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 1, 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 22nd day of March,
A. D. , 1956.
ATTEST:
NA: OLIVER, CITY CLEW—
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