Ordinance No. 600W
ORDINANCE NO. 600
AN ORDINANCE ENLARGING AND EXTENDING THE BOUNDARY
LI1IITS 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 iYJANNER 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 91 of the Charter of said
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 the West right -of -way line
of Harbor Street with the North line of the Houston Light & power Company tract
in the City of Baytown, Wm. Scott tipper League, Harris County, Texas, said
POINT OF BEGINNING being further described as situated South 32 degrees 19'
West a distance of 49.5 feet from the point of intersection of the aforesaid
street West right -of -way line and the North right -of -way line of Dayton Street,
and said point of intersection of said streets described as lying North 20 de-
grees 28' West a distance of 74.6 feet from the Northwest corner of Block One
O in Airhart Addition, Wm. Scott Upper League, Harris County, Texas, and said
point of intersection of the aforesaid street property lines being known as
point No. 35 in the City limits of Baytown, formerly Pelly, as adopted by the
City Council by ordinance dated April 17, 1947;
THENCE, North 32 degrees 19' East a distance of 49.5 feet from the
point of intersection of the West right -of -way line of Harbor Street with the
North right -of -way line of Dayton Street;
THENCE, Easterly with the North right -of -way line of Dayton Street
to the West right -of -way line of Pine Street;
THENCE, Northeasterly with the West right -of -way line of Pine Street
over and across the Dayton -Goose Creek Railroad to the North right -of -way line
of Lynchburg Road;
THENCE, Southeasterly with the North right -of -way line of Lynchburg
Road to the West right -of -way line of Airhart Drive, said point also being a
Southeast corner of the Humble Oil & Refining Company property;
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THENCE, Northeasterly with the West right -of -way line of Airhart
Drive to the South right -of -way line of Long Street, said South right -of -way
line of Long Street being the 'South line of Busch Terrace Subdivision;
THENCE, Westerly with the South right -of -way line of Long Street and
the South line of Busch Terrace Subdivision to the Southwest corner of said
Busch Terrace Subdivision;
THENCE, Northeasterly with the West boundary line of Busch Terrace
Subdivision to the Northwest corner of said subdivision, and continuing in the
sane direction with an extension of said West line of Busch Terrace Subdivision
to the Southwesterly right -of -way line of Decker Drive;
THENCE, Northwesterly with the Southwesterly right -of -way line of
Decker Drive to the point of intersection of the Southwesterly right -of -way
line of Decker Drive with a line which is parallel to and 100 feet Southerly
and perpendicular to the North line of the William Scott Upper League;
THENCE, Westerly parallel to the North line of the William Scott Up-
per League but Southerly and perpendicular 100 feet distance therefrom to point,
said point being situated South 00 degrees 401 East 100 feet and North 89 de-
grees 281 East 100 feet from the point of intersection of the North line of the
• William Scott Upper League and the East line of the Steinman Tract;
THENCE, South 00 degrees 401 East parallel to the East line of the
Steinman Tract but perpendicular 100 feet distance therefrom to a point op-
posite an angle point in the Steinman tract east line, and continuing South 21
degrees 101 West parallel to but Easterly 100 feet perpendicular to the East
line of the Steinman tract to the Northwest corner of Defense Plant Corporation
47.81 acre tract occupied by the General Tire and Rubber Company;
THENCE, with the West line of said 47.81 acre tract South 21 degrees
101 West 551.92 feet to an inner corner of said 47.81 acre tract;
THENCE, North 88 degrees 591 West along a North line of the said
47.81 acre tract 201.13 feet to a corner of said 47.81 acre tract;
THENCE, South 20 degrees 561 West 710.92 feet, perpendicular 100 feet
distance from the East line of the Sweeney Subdivision, along the ;•lest line
of the said 47.81 acre tract to the Southwest corner of said 47.81 acre tract,
said corner being situated Easterly 100 feet from the East line of the Sweeney
Subdivision;
• THENCE, Southwesterly over and across a 100 foot strip owned by the
Humble Oil & Refining Company to the Northwest corner of Defense Plant Corpora-
tion 81.34 acre tract;
THENCE, South 20 degrees 561 West with the West line of said Defense
Plant Corporation 81.34 acre tract 1741.61 feet to the Southwest corner of said
81.34 acre tract, being situated in the North right -of -way line of Cedar Bayou -
Wooster Road and perpendicular 40 feet from the East line of the Sweeney Sub -
division;
THENCE, Southerly over and across Cedar - Bayou- Wooster Road to the
Northwest corner of Defense Plant Corporation 58.299 acre tract;
THENCE, South 20 degrees 521 West with the West line of said Defense
Plant Corporation 58.299 acre tract at 491.91 feet the most Western corner of
the Defense Plant Corporation tract and continuing on said line to the point
of intersection of said West line of Defense Plant Corporation 58.299 acre tract
projected South 20 degrees 521 West and the Northeasterly right -of -way line of
Market Street Road;
THENCE, Southerly with the Northeasterly right -of -way line of iiarket
• Street Road to the point of intersection of the Northeasterly right -of -way line
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of Market Street Road and the South line of the Defense Plant Corporation
58.299 acre tract projected North 87 degrees 44' West;
THENCE, South 87 degrees 44.' East past the Southwesterly corner of
the Defense Plant Corporation 58.299 acre tract, continuing South 87 de-
grees 44' East 1733.75 feet to the West right -of -way line of the Houston
North Shore Railroad;
THENCE, South 11 degrees 43' West with the West right -of -way
line of said Houston North Shore Railroad to a point, said point further
described as lying North 32 degrees 19' East 715 feet from the North line
of the Houston North Shore Railroad 8.8 acre easement projected North 57
degrees 41' West;
THENCE, over and across Houston North Shore right -of -way line
of which center line is situated South 32 degrees 19' East 854.64 feet,
North 57 degrees 41' I-lest 6885.5 feet, North 32 degrees 19' East 619.62
feet, North 11 degrees 43' East 133.9 feet from the Northeast corner of
the Houston Light & Power Company tract, to the West line of the Humble Oil
& Refining Company property continuing on a line situated North 32 degrees
19' East 715 feet from the North line of the Houston North Shore Railroad
8.8 acre easement-to the point of intersection with the North line of said
Houston Light & Power Company tract;
THENCE, South 73 degrees 56' East with the North line of said
Houston Light & Power Company tract 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-
Cory is validly included within the territory 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 por-
tions 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 sugh other cities
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or town along the area of the conflict.
® Section 6: That if any legal impediment exists preventing the valid annex -
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ation 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 cop -form 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 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 the 22nd day o June, 1950,
ATTEST:
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Edna Oliver, City Clerk
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R. H. Pruett, Mayor