Ordinance No. 962ORDINANCE NO. 962
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE BOUNDARY LIMITS OF THE
CITY OF BAYTOWN BY EXCLUDING CERTAIN TERRITORY
NOW INCLUDED WITHIN THE LIMITS OF SAID CITY; SAID
AREA SO EXCLUDED THEREFROM COMPRISING APPROXIMATELY
5.62 ACRES AND BEING A TEN (10) FOOT STRIP OF LAND
ALONG A CERTAIN PORTION OF THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC
RAILROAD RIGHT OF WAY AND A CERTAIN PORTION OF FARM -
MARKET ROAD 1942, ALL OF THE TERRITORY COVERED BY
THIS ORDINANCE BEING IN CHAMBERS-COUNTY, TEXAS; ALL
AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN THIS ORDINANCE;
AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
BAYTOWN:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
Section 1: That the following described land and
territory heretofore included within the boundary limits of
the City of Baytown be, and the same is hereby, excluded from
the City of Baytown, and that said territory hereinafter des-
cribed shall henceforth be excluded from the boundary limits
of said City and shall not hereafter be included within nor
constitute a part of the territory comprising the City of
Baytown, and the present limits of said City at the various
points contiguous to the area hereinafter described are al-
tered and amended so as to exclude said area from the corporate
limits of the City of Baytown, to -wit:
BEGINNING at a point on the existing City limit line
of the City of Baytown, said point being more fully
described as being on the Southeasterly right of way
line of the Southern Pacific Railroad at a distance
of 10 feet North of the South right of way line of
State Highway No. 73 (Interstate Highway 10);
THENCE, in a Northeasterly direction along the South-
easterly right of way line of the Southern Pacific
Railroad, a distance of 14,135.34 feet to a point
for corner, said point being 10 feet Northwest of
the Southeasterly right of way line of State Farm -
Market Highway No. 1942, the 10 feet being measured
perpendicularly to the Southeasterly right of way
line of the highway;
THENCE, in a Southwesterly and Westerly direction,
10 feet from and parallel to the South right of way
line of State Farm Market Highway No. 1942, a dis-
tance of approximately 13,100 feet to a point for
corner, said point being at the intersection of the
described line and the West line of the Cedar Bayou
stream;
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THENCE, in a Southerly direction a distance of 10
feet to the South right of way line of State Farm
Market Highway 1942 and a point for corner;
THENCE, in an Easterly and Northeasterly direction
along the South right of way line of State Farm
Market Highway No. 1942, a distance of approximately
13,090 feet to a point for corner, said point being
10 feet West of the Easterly right of way line of
the Southern Pacific Railroad;
THENCE, in a Southerly direction, 10 feet from and
parallel to the Easterly right of way line of the
Southern Pacific Railroad, a distance of approxi-
mately 14,125.34 feet to a point for corner on the
existing City limit line of the City of Baytown,
said point being 10 feet North of the South right
of way line of State Highway No. 73 (Interstate
Highway 10);
THENCE, in a Southeasterly direction along the
existing City limit line of the City of Baytown,
a distance of 11.05 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING.
Section 2: That the above described tract shall
henceforth, be excluded from the corporate limits of the City
of Baytown, and the City limits of said City are hereby amended,
fixed and determined so as to exclude said area from said
City.
Section 3: That this ordinance shall take effect
from and after its passage by the City Council of the City
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative
vote of the City Council of the City of Baytown, this the
13th day of March, 1969.
Seaborn Cravey, -Mayor
ATTEST:
Edna Oliver, City Clerk
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William, R. Laughlin, City Attorney
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