Ordinance No. 961ORDINANCE NO. 961
AN ORDINANCE DISCONTINUING, ABANDONING FOR PUBLIC
USE, AND CLOSING A PORTION OF GRAHAM STREET ADJA-
CENT TO LOTS 5, 6,7 AND 8 IN BLOCK NO. 24 AND LOT
NO. 3 IN BLOCK 27 OF MIDDLETOWN SUBDIVISION, AC-
CORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN
VOLUME 6 PAGE 7 OF THE MAP RECORDS OF HARRIS COUNTY,
TEXAS; ABANDONING AND QUITCLAIMING ALL INTEREST OF
THE CITY OF BAYTOWN AND THE PUBLIC IN AND TO SAID
PORTION OF SAID STREET; AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR
TO EXECUTE AND THE CITY CLERK TO ATTEST AND DELIVER
A CONVEYANCE TO THE ABUTTING OWNERS.
WHEREAS, the following described portion of Graham
Street adjacent to Lots Nos. 5, 6, 7 and 8 in Block No. 24
and Lot No. 3 of Block No. 27 of Middletown Subdivision, lying
within the corporate limits of the City of Baytown in Harris
County, Texas, according to the Map or Plat thereof recorded
in Volume 6, Page 7, of the Map Records of Harris County,
Texas, is not now used by the Public:
That said portion of Graham Street that lies adjacent
to and abuts Lots 5, 6, 7 and 8 in Block 24 and Lot
3 in Block 27 of Middletown Subdivision, an addition
in the City of Baytown, Texas, as shown on Plat re-
corded in Volume 6, Page 7, of the Map Records of
Harris County, Texas, described as follows, to -wit:
BEGINNING at the Northwest corner of Lot 8 in Block
24 of said subdivision, said point also being the
intersection of the South right -of -way line of
Graham Street with the East right -of -way line of
Bayless Street;
THENCE, in a northerly direction, crossing Graham
Street, along the projection of the East right -of-
way line of Bayless Street a distance of 40' to a
point;
THENCE, in an easterly direction along the south
line of Lot 3, Block 27 of said subdivision, also
being the north right -of -way line of Graham Street
to its intersection with the south right -of -way
line of Riggs Street to a point;
THENCE, in an easterly direction to the northeast
corner of Lot 5, Block 24 of said subdivision to a
point;
THENCE, in a Westerly direction along the south line
of Graham Street, across the north line of Lots 5, 6,
7 and 8 of Block 24 of said subdivision to the POINT
OF BEGINNING, and containing 5,576 square feet of
land; and
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WHEREAS, no interest of the Public requires that
said portion of said street be improved or kept open; and
WHEREAS, the interest of the Public will be bene-
fited by the termination of any obligation on the part of
the City of Baytown to maintain said portion of said street
as a public right -of -way; and
WHEREAS, the only known owner of property abutting
or adjoining the above described portion of said street has
made application that same be discontinued, closed and abandoned;
and
WHEREAS, it appears to be to the best interest of
the City of Baytown, Harris County, Texas, that the above
described portion of said street be discontinued, closed and
abandoned, and that the dedications made in connection with
said map or plat of Middletown Subdivision of record as
aforesaid, be cancelled and held for naught insofar as the
same apply to and affect the above described portion of said
street; and it further appears that the interest of no other
owners of property in said Middletown Subdivision or of the
Public in general will be prejudiced or impaired thereby;
NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN, TEXAS:
Section 1: That the above described portion of
Graham Street in the Middletown Subdivision, lying within the
corporate limits of the City of Baytown, Harris County, Texas,
according to the Map or Plat thereof recorded in Volume 6,
Page 7 of the Map Records of Harris County, Texas, be and the
same is hereby discontinued and abandoned for Public use, and
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the City of Baytown does for itself and for the Public
abandon and quitclaim all interest in and to the above des-
cribed portion of Graham Street, and does hereby approve
the application of said owner of the property abutting said
portion of said street.
Section 2: That the Mayor of the City of Baytown
is hereby authorized and directed to execute and the City
Clerk to attest and deliver an appropriate conveyance of
said portion of Graham Street, to the owner or owners of
property abutting same.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative
vote of the City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas, on
this 27th day of February, 1969.
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Edna Oliver, City Clerk