Ordinance No. 1,400ORDINANCE NO.1400
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITYOF BAYTOWN,TEXAS,
AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF 0.259 ACRES FROM S.W.TROXELL AND
WIFE,MARGUERITE TROXELL,GRANTEES,FOR RIGHT OF WAY PURPOSES,
AND AUTHORIZING PAYMENT TO S.W.TROXELL AND WIFE,MARGUERITE
TROXELL,BY THE CITY OF BAYTOWN OF THE SUM OF THIRTEENTHOUSAND
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($13,500.00),FOR SAID PROPERTY WITHOUT THE
HOUSE PRESENTLY SITUATED THEREON CONTINGENT UPON THE REMOVAL OF
THE HOUSE WITHIN SIXTY (60)CALENDAR DAYS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE
HEREOF AND PROVIDING FORTHE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THECITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,TEXAS:
Section 1:That the City Council of the City of Baytown hereby authorizes
the purchase of 0.259 acres for right of way purposes to widen and improve
Massey-Tompkins Road in Baytown,Harris County,Texas,said property being
described as follows,to-wit:
BEING a parcel or tract ofland out of the J.W.Singleton Survey,A-709,City
of Baytown,Harris County,Texas,and being a part of that certain two (2)acre
tract of land conveyed to S.W.Troxell et ux Marguerite by deed recorded in
Volume 1435,Page 147 of the Deed Records of Harris County,Texas;and being
more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows:
BEGINNING at the Southeast corner of the abovementioned two (2)acre
Troxell tract,said point being located in the existing North line of
Massey-Tompkins Road;
THENCE,North 1°37'18"East with the East lineof the said Troxell tract,
as fenced,a distance of 29.0 feet;
THENCE,South 85°37'53"West a distance of271.95 feet to a point;
THENCE,North 46°28'53"West a distance of 13.41 feet to the East line
of a ten (10)foot wide easement granted to the City of Baytown by deed
recorded in Volume 6601at Page 409 of the Deed Records of Harris County,
Texas;
THENCE,South l°22'O8"West with the East line of the above mentioned ten(10)foot wide City of Baytown easement a distance of 61.0 feet to the
existing North right-of-way line of Massey-Tompkins Road;
THENCE,North 81°13'18"Eastwith the existing North right-of-way line
of Massey-Tompkins Road a distanceof 284.86 feet to the POINT OF BE
GINNING,enclosing a tract of land containing 11,265.842 square feet
or 0.259 acres.
and authorizes payment to S.W.Troxell and wife,Marguerite Troxell,Grantees,
of the sum of Thirteen Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($13,500.00),said authorization
being for the purchase of the above described property only,excluding the
house presently situated thereon and said authorization being contingent upon
the removal ofsaid house within sixty (60)calendar days after the effective
date hereof.
Section 2:Effective Date:This ordinance shall take effect immediately
from and after its passage by the City Council of the City of Baytown.
INTRODUCED,READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council
of the City of Baytown on this o+h day of Mav ,1973.
TOM GENTRY,Mayor
ATTEST:
EDNA OLIVER,City Clerk
APPROVED:
NEEL RICHARDSON,City Attorney
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