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Ordinance No. 618I• • ORDINANCE NO, 61s 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 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 this Ordinance: The City Coungil of the City of Baytown, acting pursuant to Section 9 of Article I of the Charter • of sa1d.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 bound- ary 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 North- easterly shore of Scott's Bay, said point of intersection being situ- ated South 31 degrees 46 minutes West 460.9 feet from the Northwest corner of Bay Villa Addition, said corner being located in the South- westerly right -of -way line of Market Street Road; THENCE, 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 feet at right angles and parallel to the centerline of the Hous- ton Ship Channel to the intersection of the mean high tide line of the East shore of the San Jacinto River; 0 0 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; THENCE, Easterly with the line which is 200 feet at right angles from and parallel to the North right -of -way line of State Highway 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 a 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 Sur- vey to the Northeast corner of said Survey; • THENCE, continuing on a line which is the South line of the Ben- jamin J. Barrow Survey and the North Line of the D. 51. 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 pro- perty; THENCE. 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 Cedar Bayou- Barber's Hill Road to the intersection of the cent- erline 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. Spur- lock 72 acre tract of land, said point also being the point of con- fluence of said Gully with the Harris County Drainage Ditch; THENCE, Westerly with the North line of said J. B. Spurlock 72 acre tract 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; THENCE, Northeasterly and Easterly with the South right -of -way line of State Highway No. 146 to the point of intersection of said right -of -way line with a Southerly extension of the East property line of the Cedar Bayou Baptist Church; THENCE, North 9 degrees 30 minutes West with the Southerly exten- sion of the East line of the Cedar Bayou Baptist Church property to the North right - of-way line of State Highway No. 146; and con- tinuing with the East line of said property to the Northeast corner of said Cedar Bayou Baptist Church property; THENCE, South 80 degrees 30 minutes West with the North line of the.Cedar Bayou Baptist Church property, a distance of 359 feet to the Northwest corner of the Church property; THEME, South 9 degrees 30 minutes East with the West line of the Cedar Bayou Baptist Church property approximately 72 feet to the North right -of -way line of State Highway No. 146; also being the Southwest corner of the Cedar Bayou Baptist Church property; 6 0 THENCE, Westerly with the North right -of -way line of State Highway No. 146 to a point which is opposite, at right angles to the center- line of State Highway No. 146, the point of intersection of the centerline of Bob Smith Road and the centerline of State Highway No. 146; THEME, North to a line which is 100 feet North of and parallel to the North right -of -way line of Bob Smith Road; THENCE, 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 -way 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 most Southerly ® Southeast corner of a 39.99 acre tract owned or. formerly owned by the Baytown Chamber of Commerce; THENCE, North with the West line of a.5.0 acre tract known as the Armory Tract and an East line of the-said Chamber of Commerce Tract, a distance of 555.2 feet to a corner; said point being the Northwest corner of said Armory Tract; THEME, East 392.29 feet with the North line of Armory Tract to a point being the Northeast corner of the Armory Tract; THENCE, South along the East line of said Armory Tract 60 feet to a point; THENCE. East 342.54 feet to a point located in the West right -of -way line of North Main Street; THENCE, North 1 degree 02 minutes East with the West right --of -way of said North Main Street 140.4 feet to a point, being the Northeast corner of the said Chamber of Commerce Tract; THENCE, West 3,429.09 feet to the Northwest corner of Chamber of Com- merce tract; THENCE, South 13 degrees 10 minutes West, 31.05 feet to a point; THENCE, South 87.60 feet to a point; THENCE, South 69 degrees 45 minutes East 96.44 feet to a point; THENCE, South 484.0 feet to the Southwest corner of the said Chamber of Commerce tract, said point being located in the North line of a 210.6 acre tract of land owned or formerly owned by J. G. and Annie Schilling; THENCE, in a Westerly direction along the North line of the J. G. and Annie Schilling tract to the East bank of Goose Creek Stream; THENCE, continuing over and across Goose Creek Stream to the West bank of Goose Creek Stream also being the Easterly line of the Busch Estate; 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 Northeasterly right- of-way line of Decker Drive, thence continuing along the said North line of the William Scott Upper League over and across the aforesaid Decker Drive to a point on the Southwesterly right- of-way line of said Decker Drive, said point also being the Southeast corner of the Humble Oil G Refining Company's 24.6370 acre tract; -3- THENCE, North 40 degrees 02 minutes West along the aforesaid South- westerly right -of -way line of Decker Drive a distance of approximately 360.72 feet to a point; said point being the point of curvature and the point of beginning of proposed Southwesterly right -of -way line of Decker Drive; THENCE, Northwesterly along the above mentioned curve of the proposed Southwesterly right -of -way line of Decker Drive a distance of approxi- mately 93.85 feet through a point, said point being a point on the Northerly property line of the Humble Oil & Refining Company's 24.6370 acre tract and the Southerly property line of the Texas Eastern Trans- mission Corporation's 60.0924 acre tract and being situated South 69 degrees 34 minutes West a distance of approximately 1.04 feet from the Easterly property corner between the two above mentioned tracts; THENCE, continuing Northwesterly along the aforesaid curve, having a radius of 11,459.16 feet of the proposed Southwesterly right -of -way line of Decker Drive a distance of approximately 360.61 feet to a point, said point being the end of the curve of the proposed Southwesterly right -of -way line of Decker Drive; THENCE, North 42 degrees 18 minutes West along the afore mentioned ® Southwesterly right -of -way line of Decker Drive a distance of approxi- mately 35.92 feet to a point; THENCE, South 89 degrees 34 minutes West into,over and across the private property of the above mentioned Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation's 60.0924 acre tract with a line parallel to and 300 feet Northerly from the Southerly boundary line of the above mentioned Texas Eastern Trans- mission Corporation's 60.0924 acre tract a distance of approximately 2531.85 feet to a point on the Westerly boundary line of the aforesaid Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation's 60.0924 acre tract, said boundary line being the Easterly boundary line of the San Jacinto River Project, East Canal; THENCE, South 14 degrees 54 minutes West along the boundary line between the afore mentioned Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation's 60.0924 acre tract and the San Jacinto River Project East Canal a distance of approximately 311.07 feet to point. said point being the Southwest corner of the Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation's 60.0924 acre tract and the Northwest corner of the Humble Oil G Refining Company's 24.6370 acre tract; thence, continuing South 14 degrees 54 minutes West through said point and along the boundary line between the Humble Oil & Refining Company's 24.6370 acre tract and the San Jacinto River Project East Canal a distance of 362.93 feet to a point, said point being on the North line of the William Scott Upper League Survey and the Easterly line of the San Jacinto River Project East Canal; 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 39 acres; THENCE, Southerly with the East line of the Steinman tract to the South- east corner of the Steinman tract, being also the Northeast corner of Sweeney Addition; THENCE, South 20 degrees 7 minutes West along the East line of the Sweeney Addition a distance of 2,669 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 minutes West over and across the Cedar- Bayou- Wooster Road and continuing South 21 degrees 3 minutes West with the West line of the Humble Oil & Refining Company, a distance of 536.9 • feet to the Northeast right -of -way line of Market Street Road; THEME, South 20 degrees 44 minutes West, over and across Market Street Road a distance of 114.4 feet to the Southwest right- of-way line of Market Street Road; THENCE, Southeasterly with the West right -of -way line of Market Street Road to a Northeasterly corner of Bay Villa Subdivision; THEME, South 31 degrees 46 minutes West along the East line of Bay Villa Subdivision to the POINT OF BEGINNING. -4- 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 texas 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 town 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 town along the area of the conflict. Section 6: 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 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 to any particular tract or parcel of land, shall for any reason be held unconstitutional, void, or invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the vali- dity 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 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 8th day of December, 1960. R. H. Pruett, Mayor ATT T: n Edna Oliver, City Clerk -5-