Ordinance No. 829ORDINANCE NO. 829
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO OFFER FOR AND ON BEHALF
OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, ONE HUNDRED AND NO 1100 ($100.00) DOLLARS
TO ROBERT W. KELLEY, JR. FOR THE ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN INTERESTS 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 deter-
mines that public convenience and necessity require that the City of Baytown
acquire the following described interest in the following described tract or par-
cel of land, to -wit:
Being a parcel of land out of the ,lames W. Singleton Survey, Harris County,
Texas, being a portion of that certain tract of land conveyed to Robert W.
Kelley, Jr. by deed dated July 1, 1954, and recorded in Volume 2812 at Page
468 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 particularly described by metes and bounds,
as follows:
BEGINNING at the Southwest corner of the above mentioned Kelley tract of
land, said point also being the Northwest corner of the B. A. DeShong tract
of land recorded in Volume 3060, Page 276 of the Harris County Deed Records;
THENCE, Northerly, along the Easterly right -of -way line of North Main
Street, a distance of 100.0 feet to the Northwest corner of said Kelley
tract, said point also being the Southwest corner of the W. B. Scott tract
as recorded in Volume 1716, Page 504 of the Harris County Deed Records;
THENCE, Easterly, along the common line of the Kelley and 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 100.0 feet to a point in the common
line of the Kelley and DeShong tracts;
THENCE, Westerly, along said Kelley and DeShong common line, a distance of
10.15 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING, and containing 1,000 squarefeet 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 hundred & no /100 ($100.00) dollars to Robert W.
Kelley, Jr., 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 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 expressly
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 appropriation
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 takeeffect 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 the day of
September, 1966. Ifs'
Seaborn Cravey, Mayor
ATTEST•
Edna Oliver, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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George CbAndler, City Attorney
THE CITY OF BAYTOWN
COUNTY OF HARRIS
STATE OF TEXAS
I, Edna Oliver, City Clerk of the City of Baytown, Texas,?, hereby
certify that this is a true and correct copy of Ordinance No. j' -,! of the City
of Baytown, Texas, passed on the _ S day of September, A.D., 1966.
Witness my hand and seal of office of the City of Baytown, Texas, this
the `/ day of September, A.D., 1966.
Edna Oliver, City Clerk
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