Ordinance No. 517-AORDINANCE NO, 517 -A
AN ORDINANCE CONTAINING ORDINANCE N0, 517, INTRODUCED THE
30TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 1958, AND BEING: "AN ORDINANCE EN-
LARGING 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 OF
THIS ORDINANCE IN THE MANNER PROVIDED IN ARTICLE I, SEC-
TION 9, OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN "; PROVIDING
FOR THE AMENDMENT OF SAID ORDINANCE NO. 517 WITH RESPECT
TO THE TERRITORY TO BE ANNEXED AND FOR THE FINAL PASSAGE
OF SAID ORDINANCE IN AMENDED FORM PURSUANT TO SECTION 9,
ARTICLE I. OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN:
® BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN-
Section 1: That pursuant to Section 9, Article I, of the City Charter,
said Ordinance No. 517, introduced to the City Council of the City of Baytown,
on the 30th day of December, 1958, shall be amended and so amended shall read
as follows:
ORDINANCE NO. 517
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 PUBLICATION
AND PASSAGE OF THIS ORDINANCE IN THE MANNER PROVIDED IN ARTICLE
NO. I, SECTION 9, OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN:
® B IT ORDAINED BY TY E THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY BAYTOWN:
Section 1: Intent & Purpose of this Ordinance: The City Council of the
City of Baytown, acting pursuant to Section. 9, Article I, of the Charter of said
City hereby declares that it is necessary that the existing boundary limits of
the City be extended to include the hereinafter described territory lying adja-
cent to the City and that 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 en- ,
larged and extended as hereinafter set out so as to include within the boundary
limits of said City, all that territory adjacent to said City within the follow-
ing described lines, to -wit:
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BEGINNING at a point on the Southerly line of the Harvey Whiting Survey
® and the Easterly line of San Jacinto River project, East Canal, said
POINT OF BEGINNING, being further described as situated South 89 degrees
34 minutes West a distance of 782.11 feet from an old 1 -1/4 inch I.P.
and new 1 inch I.P. marking the Southeast corner of Baker Estate 188 -1/3
acres and Southwest corner of Busch 388 -1/3 acres on the South line of
Harvey Whiting Survey, said POINT OF BEGINNING being further described
as the Southwest corner of the Humble Oil & Refining Company's 24.6370
acre tract abutting the San Jacinto River Project East Canal property;
THENCE. North 14 degrees 54 minutes East along the property line between
the Humble Oil & Refining Company and the San Jacinto River Project East
Canal a distance of 362.93 feet, passing through a point, said point be-
ing the Northwest corner of the above mentioned Humble Oil & Refining
Company's 24.6370 acre tract and the Southwest corner of the Texas East-
ern Transmission Corporation's 60.0924 acre tract, thence, continuing
North 14 degrees 54 minutes East along the property line between the
Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation and the San Jacinto River Project
East Canal a distance of approximately 311.07 feet to a point;
THENCE, North 89 degrees 34 minutes East into the private property of
the abovementioned Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation Station "A"
site with a line parallel to and 300 feet Northerly from the Southerly
boundary line of the aforementioned Texas Eastern Transmission Corpora-
tion Station "A" site a distance of approximately 2531.65 feet to a
point on the Southwesterly proposed right -of -way line of Decker Drive;
THENCE, South 42 degrees 18 minutes East along the aforementioned
Southwesterly proposed right -of -way line of Decker Drive a distance of
approximately 35.92 feet to a point, said point being the point of cur-
vature of a curve in the aforementioned Southwesterly proposed right -of-
way line of Decker Drive;
THENCE, continuing Southeasterly along the abovementioned curve of the
Southwesterly proposed right -of -way of Decker Drive a distance of ap-
proximately 360.61 feet through a point, said point being on the North-
erly property line of the Humble Oil & Refining Company's 24.6370 acre
tract and the Southerly property line of the Texas Eastern Transmission
Corporation's 60.0924 acre tract and being situated South 89 degrees 34
minutes West a distance of approximately 1.04 feet from the Easterly pro-
perty corner between the two abovementioned tracts, thence, continuing
Southeasterly along the aforesaid curve of the Southwesterly proposed
right - of-way line of Decker Drive a distance of approximately 93.85 feet
to a point, said point being the end of the curve of the proposed South-
westerly right -of -way line of Decker Drive;
THENCE, South 40 degrees 02 minutes East along the aforesaid Southwest-
erly right -of -way line of Decker Drive a distance of approximately
360.72 feet to a-point on the Southerly line of the Harvey Whiting Sur-
vey where it intersects the Southwesterly right- of-way line of Decker
Drive, said point being the Southeasterly corner of the abovementioned
Humble Oil & Refining Company's 24.6370 acre tract;
THENCE, South 89 degrees 34 minutes West along the aforesaid Harvey
Whiting Survey line, said line being the Southerly boundary line of
aforementioned Humble Oil & Refining Company's 24.6370 acre tract, a
distance of 3259.41 feet to a point on the Southerly line of the Harvey
Whiting Survey and the Easterly line of San Jacinto River Project East
Canal, said point being the POINT OF BEGINNING of the tract herein
described, said tract containing approximately 43.2537 acres and improve-
ments.
Section 3: That the foregoing 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 a.11
the citizens and shall be bound by the acts, ordinances, resolutions, regulations
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and provisions of the Charter of the City of Baytown.
Section 9: That if any portion-or portions of the above described property
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
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 por
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 Bay-
town are hereby amended to conform to the territory so annexed.
Section_7L 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 of parcels of land included in the territor}
hereinabove described in Section 2 of this ordinance.
Section 8: That this ordinance upon and after its introduction shall be pub-
lished 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 30th day of December, 1958.
ATTEST:
/s/--Edna Oliver
Edna Oliver, City Clerk
/s/ R. H. Pruett
R. H. Pruett, Mayor
Section 2: That this ordinance, being Ordinance No. 517 in amended form, shal
take effect from and after the date of its passage.
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INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of a majority of the City
Council of the City of Baytown on this the 8th day of December, 1960.
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R. H. Pruett, Mayor
ATTEST:
Edna Oliver, City Clem