Ordinance No. 823ORDINANCE NO. 823
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO OFFER FOR AND ON BEHALF
OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED THIRTY -THREE
AND N01100 ($1,933.00) DOLLARS TO DAVID G. RILEY FOR THE ACQUISITION
OF CERTAIN INTERESTS IN CERTAIN LANDS DESCRIBED IN SAID ORDINANCE RE-
QUIRED FOR PUBLIC USE FOR STREET, ROAD AND HIGHWAY PURPOSES, IN FEE
SIMPLE, REQUIRING THAT SUCH OFFER BE ACCEPTED WITHIN FIVE DAYS; DI-
RECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO BRING CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS IN THE
EVENT SUCH OFFER IS REFUSED; PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
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 1.02 acre tract of land con -
veyed to D. G. Riley, by deed dated January 22, 1949, and recorded
in Volume 1887 at Page 89 of the Deed Records of Harris County, Texas;
said parcel being a strip of land 21 feet in width adjacent to the
Easterly right -of -way line of North Main Street and being more par-
ticularly described by metes and bounds as follows:
BEGINNING at the Southwest corner of the abovementioned 1.02 acre
tract of land;
THENCE, North 000 22' West, along the Easterly right -of -way line of
North Main Street, a distance of 184.1 feet to the Northwest corner
of the above mentioned 1.02 acre tract of land;
THENCE, North 800 43' East along the North line of the abovementioned
1.02 acre tract of land, a distance of 21.26 feet to a point;
THENCE, South 000 22' East, parallel to and 10 feet from the Easterly
right -of -way line of North Main Street, a distance of 184.1 feet to
a point in the South line of the abovementioned 1.02 acre tract of land;
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THENCE, South 800 43' West along the South line of said 1.02 acre tract
of land, a distance of 21.26 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING, and con-
taining 3866 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 One Thousand Nine Hundred thirty -three and no /100
($1,933.00) Dollars to David G. Riley, relieved 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
following described interest in the said property, to -wit: in fee simple,
which said interest in said property is required for the following public
purpose, 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 con-
demnation 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 is 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 the 8th
day of September, 1966.
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ATTEST:
Edna Oliver, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Seaborn CpKey, Mayor
George Ch 1 r, City Attorney
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THE CITY OF BAYTOWN X
COUNTY OF HARRIS I
STATE OF TEXAS X
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. 1 ?of the
City of Baytown, Texas, passed on the 8th day of September, A.D., 1966.
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
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