Ordinance No. 769-AORDINANCE N0, 769 -A
AN ORDINANCE CONTAINING ORDINANCE NO. 769, INTRODUCED THE 27TH DAY
OF JANUARY, 1966, AND BEING, "AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE EXTEN-
SION OF CERTAIN BOUNDARY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, AND
THE ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN TERRITORY CONSISTING OF 4.84 ACRES OF LAND,
WHICH SAID TERRITORY LIES ADJACENT TO AND ADJOINS THE PRESENT BOUNDARY
LIMITS OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS." PROVIDING FOR THE FINAL
PASSAGE OF SAID ORDINANCE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE I, SECTION 9, OF THE
CHARTER OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN:
Section 1: That pursuant to Article I, Section 9, of the City Charter,
said Ordinance No. 769, introduced to the City Council of the City of Baytown,
on the 27th day of January, 1966, in its original form shall read as follows:
ORDINANCE NO. 769
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE EXTENSION OF CERTAIN BOUNDARY LIMITS
OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, AND THE ANNEXATION OF 4.84 ACRES OF
LAND, WHICH SAID TERRITORY LIES ADJACENT TO AND ADJOINS THE PRESENT
BOUNDARY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS.
Whereas, a public hearing before the City Council of the City of
Baytown., Texas, where all interested persons were provided with an opportunity
to be heard on the proposed annexation of the following described territory:
TRACT ONE
BEGINNING at a point of the existing City limit line of the City of
Baytown, said point being more fully described as the intersection
of the extension of the South right -of -way line of State Highway No.
73 (Interstate Highway No. 10) and the centerline of Cedar Bayou
Stream;
THENCE, in an Easterly direction along the South right -of -way line of
State Highway No. 73, a distance of 10,560 feet to a point for corner;
THENCE, in a Northerly direction, perpendicular to the South right --of-
way line of State Highway No. 73, a distance of 10 feet to a point for
corner;
THENCE, in a Westerly direction 10 feet from and parallel to the South
right -of -way line of State Highway No. 73 for a distance of 10,560 feet
to a point on the existing City limit line;
THENCE, in a Southerly direction along the existing City limit line, a
distance of 10 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING.
TRACT T TWO
BEGINNING at a point in the existing City limit line of the City of
Baytown where the mean high tide line of the Westerly shoreline of
Ash Lake intersects with the Northeasterly right -of -way line of
Tri -City Beach Road;
THENCE, along said Northeasterly right -of -way line of Tri -City Beach
Road in a Southeasterly direction, a distance of 10,560 feet to a
point, said line crossing West Bay Ext. Road;
THENCE, in a Southwesterly direction perpendicular to the Northeasterly
right -of -way line of the Tri -City Beach Road, a distance of 10 feet to
a point;
THENCE, in a Northwesterly direction, parallel to and 10 feet from the
Northeasterly right -of -way line of the Tri. -City Beach Road, a distance
of 10,560 feet to a point on the existing City of Baytown limit line
on the mean high tide line of the Westerly shoreline of Ash Lake;
THENCE, in a Northeasterly direction following the mean high tide line
of the Westerly shoreline of Ash Lake to the POINT OF BEGINNING,
was held at 5:00 o'clock p.m. in the City Council Chamber of the City Hall of
the City of Baytown, Texas, on the 13th day of January, 1966, which date is not
more than twenty days nor less than ten days prior to the institution of
annexation proceedings; and
WHEREAS, notice of such public hearing was published in a newspaper
having general circulation in the City of Baytown, Texas, and in the above
described territory on the 31st day of December, 1965, which date is not more
than twenty nor less than ten days prior to the date of such public hearing; and
WHEREAS, the total corporate area of the City of Baytown, Texas, on
the first day of January, 1966, was 15,169.85 acres; and
WHEREAS, the population of the City of Baytown, Texas, is 38,423
inhabitants; and
WHEREAS, the above described territory lies within the extraterritorial
jurisdiction of the City of Baytown, Texas; and
WHEREAS, the above described territory lies adjacent to and adjoins the
City of Baytown, Texas; and
WHEREAS, the above described territory contains 4.54 acres; now there-
fore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN:
Section 1: The following described land and territory lying adjacent
to and adjoining the City of Baytown, Texas, is hereby added and annexed to the
City of Baytown, Texas, and the said territory hereinafter described shall here-
after be included within the boundary limits of the City of Baytown, Texas, and
the present boundary limits of such City, at the various points contiguous to the
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area hereinafter described, are altered and amended so as to include said area
within the corporate limits of the City of Baytown, Texas, to -wit:
TRACT ONE
BEGINNING at a point of the existing City limit line of the City of
Baytown, said point being more fully described as the intersection
of the extension of the South right -of -way line of State Highway No.
73 (Interstate Highway No. 10) and the centerline of Cedar Bayou
Stream;
THENCE, in an Easterly direction along the South right -of -way line of
State Highway No. 73, a distance of 10,560 feet to a point for corner;
THENCE, in a Northerly direction, perpendicular to the South right -of-
way line of State Highway No. 73, a distance of 10 feet to a point for
corner;
THENCE, in a Westerly direction 10 feet from and parallel to the South
right -of -way line of State Highway No. 73 for a distance of 10,560 feet
to a point on the existing City limit line;
THENCE, in a Southerly direction along the existing City limit line, a
distance of 10 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING.
TRACT TWO
BEGINNING at a point in the existing City limit line of the City of
Baytown where the mean high tide line of the Westerly shoreline of
Ash Lake intersects with the Northeasterly right -of -way line of
Tri -City Beach Road;
THENCE, along said Northeasterly right -of -way line of Tri -City Beach
Road, in a Southeasterly direction, a distance of 10,560 feet to a
point, said line crossing West Bay Ext. Road;
THENCE, in a Southwesterly direction perpendicular to the Northeasterly
right -of -way line of the Tri -City Beach Road, a distance of 10 feet to
a point;
THENCE, in a Northwesterly direction, parallel to and 10 feet from the
Northeasterly right -of -way line of the Tri -City Beach Road, a distance
of 10,560 feet to a point on the existing City of Baytown limit line
on the mean high tide line of the Westerly shoreline of Ash Lake;
THENCE, in a Northeasterly direction following the mean high tide line
of the westerly shoreline of Ash Lake to the POINT OF BEGINNING.
Section 2: The above described territory and the area so annexed shall
be a part of the City of Baytown, Texas, and the property so added hereby shall
bear its pro rata part of the taxes so levied by the City of Baytown, Texas, and
the inhabitants thereof shall be entitled to all of the rights and privileges of
all the citizens and shall be bound by the acts, ordinances, resolutions and
regulations of the City of Baytown, Texas.
Section 3: This ordinance shall be published and passed in the manner
provided in Article I, Section 9, of the Charter of the City of Baytown, Texas.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED this the 4th day of March, 1966.
Seabor avey, Mayor
ATTEST:
Edna Oliver, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
George Chandler, City Attorney
Section 2: That this ordinance, being Ordinance No. 769 in its
original form shall take effect from and after the date of its passage.
ATTEST:
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED this the 4th day of March, 1966.
Edna Oliver, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
George Chndler, City Attorney