Ordinance No. 814ORDINANCE NO. 814
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO OFFER FOR AND ON BEHALF
OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, TWO HUNDRED EIGHT AND 50/100 ($208.50)
DOLLARS TO J. B. BURNS FOR THE ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN INTEREST IN
CERTAIN LANDS DESCRIBED IN SAID ORDINANCE REQUIRED FOR PUBLIC USE FOR
STREET, ROAD AND HIGHWAY PURPOSES, IN FEE SIMPLE, REQUIRING THAT SUCH
OFFER BE ACCEPTED WITHIN FIVE DAYS; DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO
BRING CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS IN THE EVENT SUCH OFFER IS REFUSED;
PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Baytown now finds and
determines that public convenience and necessity require that the City of
Baytown acquire the following described interest in the following described
tract or parcel of land, to -wit:
Being a parcel of land out of the James W. Singleton Survey, Harris
County, Texas, being a portion of that 4 acre tract of land conveyed
to W. B. Scott by deed dated January 13, 1948, and recorded in
Volume 1716 at Page 504 of the Deed Records of Harris County, Texas;
said parcel being a strip of land 10 feet in width adjacent to the
Easterly right -of -way line of North Main Street and being more parti-
cularly described by metes and bounds, as follows:
BEGINNING at the Southwest corner of the above mentioned 4 acre tract
of land, said point also being the Northwest corner of the R. W.
Kelley tract of land, as recorded in Volume 2812, Page 468 of the
Harris County Deed Records;
THENCE, Northerly, along the Easterly right -of -way line of North Main
Street, a distance of 208.5 feet to the Northwest corner of said 4
acre tract, said point also being the Southwest corner of another
tract of land owned by W. B. Scott as recorded in Volume 1614, Page
307 of the Harris County Deed Records;
THENCE, Easterly, along the common line of the W. B. Scott tracts, a
distance of 10.15 feet to a point;
THENCE, Southerly, parallel to and 10 feet from the Easterly right -of-
way line of North Main Street, a distance of 208.5 feet to a point in
the common line of the R. W. Kelley and W. B. Scott tracts;
THENCE, Westerly, along said common line, a distance of 10.15 feet to
the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 2,085 square feet of land, more
or less.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN, TEXAS:
Section 1: That the City Attorney be and he is hereby authorized
and directed to make an offer of Two Hundred Eight and 501100 ($208.50)
Dollars to J. B. Burns, believed to be the owner or owners of said property
or to the real and true owners thereof, whether herein correctly named or
not, for the purchase and acquisition by the City of Baytown of the follow-
ing described interest in the said property, to -wit: in fee simple, which
said interest in said property is required for the following public pur-
poses, to -wit: to widen and improve North Main Street in Baytown, Harris
County, Texas.
Section 2: Such offer shall provide that if it should not be
accepted within five (5) days, the City of Baytown will consider such offer
refused and bring condemnation proceedings.
Section 3: In the event that such offer be refused, either ex-
pressly or by failure of the owners to unconditionally accept the same within
the time limit, the City Attorney is hereby authorized to bring condemnation
proceedings on behalf of the City of Baytown under any applicable provisions
of the law, whether provided by Title 52 of the Revised Civil Statutes, or
Chapter 17 of Title 28 of said statutes, or the Charter of the City of
Baytown or any other provisions.
Section 4: The City Council hereby directs that, should such offer
be accepted, the amount of money above set forth be paid out of any appro-
priation heretofore made for the public purpose for which the above described
property is required; and if such offer be not accepted, that the amount
finally awarded to the alleged owners in the condemnation proceedings, plus
costs, fees and expenses, be paid out of such funds so appropriated.
Section 5: Effective Date: This ordinance shall take effect from
and after its passage by the City Council of the City of Baytown.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of a majority
of the members of the City Council of the City of Baytown on this 8th day
of September, 1966.
Seaborn avey, Mayor
ATTEST:
Edna Oliver, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO F RM:
George CtVandler, City Attorney
THE CITY OF BAYTOWN X
COUNTY OF HARRIS I
STATE OF TEXAS I
I, Edna Oliver, City Clerk of the City of Baytown, Texas, do hereby
certify that this is a true and correct copy of Ordinance No. of the
City of Baytown, Texas, passed on the 8th day of September, A.D., l 66.
Witness my hand and seal of office of the City of Baytown, Texas,
this the 8th day of September, A.D., 1966.
Edna Oliver, City Clerk