Ordinance No. 700ORDINANCE NO. 704
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 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 ex-
pansion 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:
- - - ---- An area bounded on the North by the North right of
way line of State Highway No. 90;
- - -�-- Bounded on the West by the Easterly shore line of
the San Jacinto River;
Bounded on the South by a line that is 2500 feet from and
parallel to the centerline of the Houston Ship Channel to
its intersection with the Chambers County - Harris County
dividing line; and bounded also on the South by the Chambers
County - Harris County dividing line to its intersection with
the centerline of Cedar Bayou Stream;
And bounded on the East by the centerline of Cedar Bayou
Stream; - - Excepting all of that area that is presently
within the Corporate Limits of the City of Baytown.
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 all the citizens and shall
be bound by the acts, ordinances, resolutions, regulations 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 territorial limits of another city or town, then such portion
or portions of the above described territory is hereby excluded and the remaining terri-
tory 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 legal-
ly 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 gov-
erning 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 portion
of the above described territory is hereby excluded and the remaining territory is here-
by 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 circumstances
or to any particular tract or parcel of land, shall for any reason be held unconstitution-
al, void or invalid, such invalidity shall not effect the validity of the remaining pro-
visions 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 1, 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 of August, 1963.
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C. L. (Lee) Liggett, M.D., Mayor
ATTEST:
Edna Oliver, City Clerk
APPROVED:
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Georg Chan ler, City Attorney