Ordinance No. 1,120ORDINANCE NO. 1120
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE EXTENSION OF CERTAIN
BOUNDARY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, AND
THE ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN TERRITORY, WHICH SAID
TERRITORY LIES ADJACENT TO AND ADJOINS THE PRESENT
BOUNDARY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS.
WHEREAS, a public hearing before the City Council of the
City of Baytown, Texas, where all interested persons were provided
with an opportunity to be heard on the proposed annexation of the
following described property, to --wit:
BEING a 56.785 acre tract of land out of the G.S. & S.F.
R.R. Survey No. I, A -1017, Harris County, Texas, and being
north of the City of Baytown, Harris County, Texas, and
being more particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at a point on the existing City limit line of
the City of Baytown, said City limit line being the north
line of the Harvey Whiting Survey, and said point being
south 89045'53" east a distance of 451.73 feet from the
northeast corner of Section 5, Craigmont Place, Subdivision;
THENCE, in a northerly direction, 10 feet from and parallel
to, the west line of the public road known as Reddell Road
Extension, or Gwenn Lane, to a point on the north line of
Lynchburg -Cedar Bayou Road;
THENCE, south 79055' east along the north line of Lynch-
burg -Cedar Bayou Road a distance of 50 feet to a point
for corner;
THENCE, north 10005' east a distance of 220.0 feet to a
point for a corner;
THENCE, south 79055' east parallel to the south line of
Block 130, a distance of 941.66 feet to a point for a
corner;
THENCE, south 11037' west a distance of 206.44 feet to
an iron pin for a corner;
THENCE, south 81029' east a distance of 280.68 feet to
the center line of Goose Creek Stream;
THENCE, north 8018' east along the centerline of Goose
Creek Stream a distance of 198.0 feet to a point for a
corner (angle point);
THENCE, north 2058' east, along the center line of Goose
Creek Stream, a distance of 597.36 feet to a point for a
corner (angle point) ;
THENCE, north 14023' west, along the center line of Goose
Creek Stream, a distance of 567.3 feet to a, point for a
corner (angle point) ;
THENCE, north 5022' east a distance of 377.14 feet to a
point in the center of Goose Creek Stream, the northeast
corner of Block 130 and northeast corner of this tract;
THENCE, south 88026' west along the north line of Block 130,
and the south line of Block 39, a distance of 1811.25 feet
to the northwest corner of Block 130, Unit "D ", Elena Fruit
and Cotton Farms;
THENCE, south 1024' west, along the west line of the above
mentioned Block 130, a distance of 1122.65 feet to a point
for the southwest corner;
THENCE, south 79055' east and parallel to the south line of
Block 130, a distance of 526.51 feet to a point for a
corner;
THENCE, north 10005' east, a distance of 200.0 feet to
point for an interior corner;
THENCE, south 79055' east a distance of 200.0 feet to a
point in the east line of a private road;
THENCE, south 10005' west, along the west line of the above
mentioned private road, a distance of 420.0 feet to a point
on the north line of the Lynchburg -Cedar Bayou Road;
THENCE, continuing in a southerly direction along the west
line of the public road known as Reddell Road and Reddell
Road Extension, or Gwenn Lane, to a point in the north
line of the Harvey Whiting Survey, said north line of the
Harvey Whiting Survey being the City limit line of the
City of Baytown;
THENCE, south 89045'52" east a distance of approximately
10 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING; SAVE AND EXCEPT two
tracts of land, being 100.0 by 200.0 feet each, and being
more particularly described as follows:
TRACT NO. 1:
COMMENCING at a 5/8" iron rod set in the south line
of McLean Road, a 60' public road, said rod marks the
Northwest corner of Block 130, Unit "D ", Elena Fruit
and Cotton Farms;
THENCE, south 1024' west, along the west line of the
above mentioned Block 130, a distance of 1122.65 feet
to a 5/8" iron rod set for the southwest corner of
the tract of land described above;
THENCE, south 79055' east and parallel to the south
line of Block 130 a distance of 526.51 feet to a
1/2" iron pipe;
THENCE, north 10005' east a distance of 260.0 feet
to a 1/2" iron pipe for the PLACE OF BEGINNING;
THENCE, south 79055' east a distance of 200.0 feet
to a point for the Southeast corner;
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THENCE, north 10005' east, along the west line of a
private road, a distance of 100.0 feet to a point for
the northeast corner;
THENCE, north 79055' west a distance of 200.0 feet to
a point for the northwest corner;
THENCE, south 10005' west a distance of 100.0 feet to
the PLACE OF BEGINNING;
TRACT NO. 2:
COMMENCING at a 5/8" iron rod set in the south line
of McLean Road, said rod marks the northwest corner
of Block 130, Unit "D ", Elena Fruit and Cotton Farms:
THENCE, south 1024' west, along the west line of the
above mentioned Block 130, a distance of 1122.65 feet
to a 5/8" iron rod set for the southwest corner of the
tract of land described above;
THENCE, south 79055' east and parallel to the south
line of Block 130 a distance of 526.51 feet to a
1/2" iron pipe;
THENCE, north 10005' east a distance of 260.0 feet
to a 1/2" iron pipe, the PLACE OF BEGINNING of Tract
No. 1 Described Above;
THENCE, south 79055' east, a distance of 260.0 feet
to a 1/2" iron pipe, and THE PLACE OF BEGINNING of
the tract of land being described herein;
THENCE, north 10005' east a distance of 100.0 feet
to a point for the northwest corner;
THENCE, south 79055' east a distance of 200.0 feet
to a point for the northeast corner;
THENCE, south 10005' west, a distance of 100.0 feet
to a point for the southeast corner;
THENCE, north 79055' west, a distance of 200.0 feet
to the PLACE OF BEGINNING;
was held at 6:30 o'clock p.m. in the City Council Chamber of the
City Hall of the City of Baytown, Texas, on the 17th day of
August, 1971, which date is twenty -one (21) days prior to the in-
stitution of annexation proceedings, but which meets the statutory
requirement that the annexation proceedings be instituted not less
than ten nor more than twenty days after the public hearing in that
the twentieth day fell on the lst Monday in September, a legal
holiday, and Vernon's Annotated Rules Civil Procedure, Rule 4 pro-
vides that if the last day of computation falls on a Saturday,
Sunday, or legal holiday the period of computation runs until the
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end of the next day which is neither a Saturday, Sunday nor a
legal holiday; and
WHEREAS, notice of such public hearing was published
in a newspaper having general circulation in the City of Baytown,
Texas, and in the above described territory on the lst day of
August, 1971, which date is not more than twenty (20) nor less
than ten (10) days prior to the date of such public hearing; and
WHEREAS, the total corporate area of the City of Baytown,
Texas, on the lst day of January, 1971, was 16,242.956 acres; and
WHEREAS, the population of the City of Baytown, Texas, is
approximately 50,000 inhabitants; and
WHEREAS, the above described territory lies within the
extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Baytown, Texas; and
WHEREAS, the above described territory lies adjacent to
and adjoins the City of Baytown, Texas; NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN, TEXAS:
Section l: That the following described land and ter-
ritory lying adjacent to and adjoining the City of Baytown, Texas,
is hereby added and annexed to the City of Baytown, Texas, and
the said territory hereinafter described shall hereafter be in-
cluded within the boundary limits of the City of Baytown, Texas,
and the present boundary limits of such City, at the various
points contiguous to the area hereinafter described, are altered
and amended so as to include said area within the corporate limits
of the City of Baytown, Texas, to -wit:
BEING a 56.785 acre tract of land out of the G.S. & S.F.
R.R. Survey No. I, A -1017, Harris County, Texas, and being
north of the City of Baytown, Harris County, Texas, and
being more particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at a point on the existing City limit line of
the City of Baytown, said City limit line being the north
line of the Harvey Whiting Survey, and said point being
south 89045'52" east a distance of 451.73 feet from the
northeast corner of Section 5, Craigmont Place Subdivision;
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THENCE, in a northerly direction, 10 feet from and parallel
to, the west line of the public road known as Reddell Road
Extension, or Gwenn Lane to a point on the north line of
Lynchburg -Cedar Bayou Road;
THENCE, south 79055' east along the north line of Lynch-
burg -Cedar Bayou Road a distance of 50 feet to a point
for corner;
THENCE, north 10005' east a distance of 220.0 feet to a
point for a corner;
THENCE, south 79055' east, parallel to the south line of
Block 130, a distance of 941.66 feet to a point for a
corner;
THENCE, south 11037' west a distance of 206.44 feet to
an iron pin for a corner;
THENCE, south 81029' east a distance of 280.68 feet to
the center line of Goose Creek Stream;
THENCE, north 8018' east along the centerline of Goose
Creek Stream a distance of 198.0 feet to a point for a
corner (angle point);
THENCE, north 2058' east, along the center line of Goose
Creek Stream, a distance of 597.36 feet to a point for a
corner (angle point);
THENCE, north 14023' west, along the center line of Goose
Creek Stream, a distance of 567.3 feet to a point for a
corner (angle point);
THENCE, north 5022' east a distance of 377.14 feet to a
point in the center of Goose Creek Stream, the northeast
corner of Block 130 and northeast corner of this tract;
THENCE, south 88026' west along the north line of Block 130,
and the south line of Block 39, a distance of 1811.25 feet to
the northwest corner of Block 130, Unit "D ", Elena Fruit
and Cotton Farms;
THENCE, south 1024' west along the west line of the above
mentioned Block 130, a distance of 1122.65 feet to a point
for the southwest corner;
THENCE, south 79055' east and parallel to the south line of
Block 130, a distance of 526.51 feet to a point for a
corner;
THENCE, north 10005' east, a distance of 200.0 feet to a
point for an interior corner;
THENCE, south 79055' east a distance of 200.0 feet to a
point in the west line of a private road;
THENCE, south 10005' west, along the west line of the above
mentioned private road, a distance of 420.0 feet to a point
on the north line of the Lynchburg -Cedar Bayou Road;
THENCE, continuing in a southerly direction along the west
line of the public road known as Reddell Road and Reddell
Road Extension, or Gwenn Lane, to a point in the north
line of the Harvey Whiting Survey, said north line of the
Harvey Whiting Survey being the City limit line of the
City of Baytown;
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TRACT NO. 1:
COMMENCING at a 5/8" iron rod set in the south line
of McLean Road, a 60' public road, said rod marks the
Northwest corner of Block 130, Unit "D ", Elena Fruit
and Cotton Farms;
THENCE, south 1024' west, along the west line of the
above mentioned Block 130, a distance of 1122.65 feet
to a 5/8" iron rod set for the southwest corner of
the tract of land described above;
THENCE, south 79055' east and parallel to the south
line of Block 130 a distance of 526.51 feet to a
1/2" iron pipe;
THENCE, north 10005' east a distance of 260.0 feet
to a 1/2" iron pipe for the PLACE OF BEGINNING;
THENCE, south 79055' east a distance of 200.0 feet
to a point for the Southeast corner;
THENCE, north 10005' east, along the west line of a
private road, a distance of 100.0 feet to a point for
the northeast corner;
THENCE, north 79055' west a distance of 200.0 feet to
a point for the northwest corner;
THENCE, south 10005' west a distance of 100.0 feet to
the PLACE OF BEGINNING;
TRACT NO. 2:
COMMENCING at a 5/8" iron rod set in the south line of
McLean Road, said rod marks the northwest corner of
Block 130, Unit "D ", Elena Fruit and Cotton Farms;
THENCE, south 1024' west, along the west line of the
above mentioned Block 130, a distance of 1122.65 feet
to a 5/8" iron rod set for the southwest corner of the
tract of land described above;
THENCE, south 79055' east and parallel to the south
line of Block 130 a distance of 526.51 feet to a
1/2" iron pipe;
THENCE, north 10005' east a distance of 260.0 feet
to a 1/2" iron pipe, the PLACE OF BEGINNING of Tract
No. 1 Described Above;
THENCE, south 79055' east, a distance of 260.0 feet
to a 1/2" iron pipe, and THE PLACE OF BEGINNING of
the tract of land being described herein;
THENCE, north 10005' east a distance of 100.0 feet
to a point for the northwest corner;
THENCE, south 79055' east a distance of 200.0 feet
to a point for the northeast corner;
THENCE, south 10005' west a distance of 100.0 feet
to a point for the southeast corner;
THENCE, north 79055' west a distance of 200.0 feet
to the PLACE OF BEGINNING;
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Section 2: The above described territory and the area
so annexed shall be a part of the City of Baytown, Texas, and the
property so added hereby shall bear its pro rata part of the taxes
levied by the City of Baytown, Texas, and the inhabitants thereof
shall be entitled to all of the rights and privileges of all the
citizens and shall be bound by the acts, ordinances, resolutions,
and regulations of the City of Baytown, Texas.
Section 3: This ordinance shall be published and passed
in the manner provided in Article 1, Section 9 of the Charter of
the City of Baytown, Texas.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED on FIRST READING this 7th
day of September 1971.
C. GLEN WALK R, Mayor
ATTEST:
EDNA OLIVER, City Clerk
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NEEL-RIC14ARDSOW, City Attorn
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED on SECOND and FINAL READING
this 19th day of October 1971.
C. GLEN WALKER, May ,6r
ATTEST:
EDNA OLIVER, City Clerk
APPROVED:
NEEL,AtffHPDXON, City Attorney