Ordinance No. 666666
ORDINANCE NO.
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 PAS-
SAGE 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 Council of the
City of Baytown, acting pursuant to Article I, Section 9, 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
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 mean high
tide line of the Easterly shore of Black Duck Bay with
a line which is parallel to and 200 feet South of the
South right of way line of State Highway No. 146;
THENCE, Easterly following a line which is parallel to and
200 feet Southerly from the South right of way line of State
Highway No. 146 to Causeway Road and continuing over and
across said Causeway Road to the East right of way line of
Causeway Road;
THENCE, Southerly with the East right of way line of Cause-
way Road at the North right of way line of Evergreen Road;
THENCE, Easterly, Southeasterly and Northeasterly with the
North right of way line of Evergreen Road to the West right
of way line of Tri --City Beach Road;
THENCE, Northwesterly over and across the Tri -City Beach
Road to the Westerly right of way line of Tri -City Beach
Road;
THENCE, Southerly following the Easterly right of way line
of Tri -City Beach Road to the South line of a 326.50 acre
tract of land owned by J. H. Phalen, A. N. Phalen. Randolph
Mead and D'Arcy M. Cashin;
THENCE, Northeasterly with the South line of the above -
mentioned tract to the Southeast corner of the said tract,
said corner being located in the Westerly shore of Cedar
Bayou Stream at the Bayou Bend Known as "Devil's Elbow ";
THENCE, downstream following the meanders of the mean high
tide line of the Westerly shore of Cedar Bayou Stream to the
point of intersection with the mean high tide line of the
North shore of Negro Head Lake;
THENCE, Northerly, Westerly, Southerly, Easterly and North-
erly with the mean high tide line of Negro Head Lake to the
mean high tide line of the Westerly shore line of Cedar Bayou
Stream;
THENCE, downstream following the meanders of the mean high
tide line of the Westerly shore of Cedar Bayou Stream to the
point of intersection with the mean high tide line of the
Northerly shore of Ash Lake;
THENCE, Northwesterly, Southerly, Westerly and Easterly, fol-
lowing the mean high tide line of the shoreline of Ash Lake
and Cedar Bayou Stream to the point of intersection of said
Westerly shoreline with the Northeasterly shoreline of Galves-
ton Bay;
THENCE, in a Northerly and Westerly direction following the mean
high tide line of the shoreline of Galveston Bay and Tabb's Bay
to the East shoreline of Goose Creek Stream;
THENCE, continuing Westerly, over and across the mouth of Goose
Creek Stream to the point of intersection of the West shoreline
of Goose Creek Stream with the mean high tide line of the North-
erly shoreline of Black Duck Bay;
THENCE, continuing with said shoreline of Black Huck Bay to the
POINT OF BEGINNING.
Section S: That the above described additional territory and area so an-
nexed 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, regulations and provi-
sions 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 territory limits of another city or town,
then such portion or portions 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 terri-
tory may become included within the limits of another city or town. by reason of
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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 Bay-
town 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 bound-
ary 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 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 re-
maining 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 19th day of December, 1962.
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JJI Al Clay n, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Edna Oliver, City Clerk