Ordinance No. 598r.,
ORDINANCE NO. 598
AN ORDINANCE ENLARGING AND EXTENDING THE BOUNDARY
LIMITS 'OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, AND ANNEX-
ING 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 PRO-
VIDED 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 Article I, Section 9, of the Charter of said
is City,hereby declares that it is necessary that the hereinafter described terri-
tory 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 fu-
ture 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 lying adjacent to said City within the fol-
lowing described lines, to -wit:
BEGINNING at the point of intersection of a line that is
two hundred (200') feet North of at right angles and parallel
to the North right -of -way line of State Highway No. 73 with
the mean high tide line of the San Jacinto River;
THENCE, Northerly with the meanders of the mean hioh tide
line of the San Jacinto River to the North right -of -way line
of State Highway No. 3 (U. S. Highway Nc. 90);
THENCE, Northeasterly with the North right -of -way line of
State Highway No. 3 (U. S. Highway No. 90) to the centerline
of Cedar Bayou Stream;
THENCE, Southerly with the centerline of Cedar Bayou Stream
to the Southeast corner of the Benjamin Barrow Survey;
THENCE, Westerly with the South line of the Benjamin Barrow
Survey, also being the North line of the David McFadden Survey,
to the Northeast corner of the J. W. Singleton Survey;
THENCE, continuing Westerly with the North line of the J. W.
Singleton Survey to the Northwest corner of the J. W. Single-
ton Survey;
THENCE, Southerly along the West line of the J. W. Singleton
Survey to the Northeast corner of the Harvey Whiting Survey;
THENCE, Westerly with the North line of thl� Harvey Whiting
League to the centerline of Goose Creek Stream;
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® THENCE, Northerly with the meanders of the centerline of
Goose Creek Stream to a line which is two hundred (200')
feet North of, at right angles and parallel, to the North
right -of -way line of State Highway No. 73;
THENCE, Westerly with a line which is two hundred (200')
feet North of, at right angles and parallel, to the North
right -of -way line of State Highway No. 73 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 Bay-
town and the inhabitants thereof shall be entitled to all the rights and privi-
leges of all the citizens and shall be bound by the acts, ordinances, regulations
• and provisions of the Charter of the City of Baytown.
Section 4: That if any portion or portions of the above described terri-
tory is validly included within the territor� limits of another city or town,
then such portion or portions of the above described territory is hereby ex-
cluded 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 boun-
dary 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 terri-
tory may become included within the limits of another city or town, by reason
of a valid annexation ordinance heretofore introduced before the Council, Com-
mission or other governing body of such city or town, then such portion or per -
Lions 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 town along the area of the conflict.
Section b: That if any legal impediment exists preventing the valid annexa
tion 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 remain-
ing 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 annexes
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
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reason be field 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 traits 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 the-), day of June, 1960.
R. H. Pruett, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Edna Oliver, City Clerk