Ordinance No. 893ORDINANCE NO. 9
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN DESIGNATING A
PART OF THE AREA LOCATED WITHIN ITS EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION AS
AN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, SAME TO BE KNOWN AS BAYTOWN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
NO. 2, AS PROVIDED FOR BY THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION ACT OF 1963;
REPEALING ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT HEREWITH; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE
AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
WHEREAS, the "Municipal Annexation Act" of 1963, being House Bill 13,
Acts of the 58th Legislature, Regular Session, 1963, Article 970a, Vernon's
Annotated Texas Statutes, expressly provides in Article I, Section 5 thereof, for
the establishment of industrial districts by municipalities within their extra-
territorial jurisdiction; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Baytown wants to take advantage
of such law for the mutual advantages to industries and the citizens of Baytown;
and
WHEREAS, after careful study and consideration, Council has determined
that it shall be and it is in the public interest to designate a portion of its
extraterritorial jurisdiction as an industrial district to be treated with, from
time to time, as the City Council may deem to be in the best interest of said City;
NOW, THEREFORE:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN:
Section 1: The hereinafter described unincorporated area now lying within
and subject to the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Baytown, Texas, as
established by the Texas Municipal Annexation Act of 1963, is hereby designated as
an industrial district of the City of Baytown, Texas, to -wit:
TRACT NO. 1•
BEGINNING at the Point of Intersection of the South right -of -way line of U. S.
Highway 10 with the East right -of -way line of Sjolander Road;
THENCE, Southerly along the East right -of -way line of Sjolander Road and being
also the West line of Gulf Oil Corporation 66.583 -acre tract of land to the
North line of Needlepoint Road;
THENCE, Easterly along the North rigbt -of -way line of Needlepoint Road being
also the center line of Cedar Bayou Stream;
THENCE, Northerly with the meanders of the center line of Cedar Bayou Stream
to the South right -of -way line of U. S. Highway 10;
THENCE, Westerly along the South right -of -way line of U. S. Highway 10 to the
POINT OF BEGINNING.
TRACT NO. 2:
BEGINNING at the Point of Intersection of the North right -of -way line of U. S.
Highway 10 with the East right -of -way line of Sjolander Road;
THENCE, Easterly along the North right -of -way line of U. S. Highway 10 to the
center line of Cedar Bayou Stream;
THENCE, Northerly with the meanders of the center line of Cedar Bayou Stream
to the Northeast corner of that certain 16.059 -acre tract conveyed to Gulf
Oil Corporation by J. M. Huber Corporation, as described in deed recorded in
Volume 4964, at Page 354, of the Harris County Deed Records, Harris County,
Texas;
THENCE, Westerly along the North line of the aforementioned 16.059 -acre tract
to the Northwest right -of -way line of the Dayton -Goose Creek Railroad;
THENCE, Northeasterly along the Northwest right -of -way line of the Dayton -Goose
Creek Railroad to the center line of the new dredged channel of Cedar Bayou
Stream;
THENCE, Northwesterly with the meanders of the center line of the new dredged
channel of Cedar Bayou Stream to the most Northerly corner of that certain tract
of land conveyed to Gulf Oil Corporation by S. R. Williams, as described in
deed recorded in Volume 239, at Page 176, of the Chambers County Deed Records,
Chambers County, Texas, said point also being in the center line of the old
Cedar Bayou Stream;
THENCE, Southerly with the meanders of the old Cedar Bayou Stream to the North
line of that certain 650.78 -acre tract owned by Gulf Oil Corporation;
THENCE, Westerly along the North line of the said 650.78 -acre tract to the East
right -of -way line of Sjolander Road;
THENCE, South 090 28' 15" West, over and across Sjolander Road, and continuing
with the West line of the aforementioned 650.78 -acre tract;
THENCE, North 800 30' 50" East along the South line of the aforementioned 650.78
acre tract a distance of 254.75 feet to the East right -of -way line of Sjolander
Road;
THENCE, Southerly along the East right -of -way line of Sjolander Road to the
POINT OF BEGINNING.
Section 2: The industrial district hereby designated and established
shall be known as "Baytown Industrial District No. 2 ".
Section 3: It is hereby declared to be the purpose of the City Council
of the City of Baytown to treat with such area, from time to time, as such Council
may deem to be in the best interest of the City including the power to enter into
contracts or agreements with the owner or owners of land in such Industrial District
to guarantee the continuation of the extraterritorial status of such District and
its immunity from annexation by the City for a period of time not to exceed seven
(7) years and upon such other terms and considerations as the parties might deem
appropriate. Such contracts or agreements shall be evidenced in writing and may be
renewed or extended for successive periods not to exceed seven (7) years each by
the Council and the owner or owners of land in such Industrial District. It is
recognized and hereby declared that there are now no contracts or Treements of
such nature in existence.
Section 4: The City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas, hereby reserves
and preserves all rights and powers of the City of Baytown with respect to such
Industrial District, except as herein expressly otherwise stated.
Section 5: Should any portion of the area herein designated as an
Industrial District be not actually situated within the extraterritorial juris-
diction of the City of Baytown, Texas, and not therefore capable of being so
designated, such fact shall not affect the validity of this designation as to the
remaining portions of said area.
Section 6: Repealing Clause. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in-
consistent with the terms of this ordinance are hereby repealed; provided, however,
that such repeal shall be only to the extent of such inconsistency, and in all
other respects this ordinance shall be cumulative of other ordinances regulating
and governing the subject matter covered by this ordinance.
Section 7: Savings Clause. If any provision, exception, section, sub-
section, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance or the application
of same to any person or set of circumstances shall for any reason be held uncon-
stitutional, void or invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of the
remaining provisions of this ordinance or their application to other persons or sets
of circumstances and to this end, all provisions of this ordinance are declared to be
severable.
Section 8: Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect from and after
ten (10) days from its passage by the City Council. The City Clerk is hereby
directed to give notice hereof by causing the caption of this ordinance to be
published in the official newspaper of the City of Baytown at least twice within
ten (10) days after the passage of this ordinance.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of a majority of the
City Council of the City of Baytown on this 28th day of September, A.D., 1967.
Seaborn Cravey, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Edna Oliver, City Clerk
APPROVED:
Geor e Chandler, City Attorney