Ordinance No. 2,453ORDINANCE NO. 2453
807 -2
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:
Describing a 60.858 acre tract of land in the G.C. & S.F. RR
Survey Abstract 1017, being Lot 16 and part of Lot 15 in
Block 129, Unit "D" Elena Fruit and Cotton Farms as recorded
in Volume 7, pages 48 and 49 of the Map Records of Harris
County, Texas, and more particularly described as follows:
COMMENCING at a 1/2" iron rod marking the intersection
of the southerly right -of -way line of Lynchburg - Cedar
Bayou Road and the westerly right -of -way line of Bush
Road, said point also being the northeast corner of Lot
10 of said Elena Fruit and Cotton Farms;
THENCE, North 780 30' 00" West, along the southerly
right -of -way of Lynchburg - Cedar Bayou Road, a distance
of 1,758.74 feet to a 3/8" iron rod marking the POINT
OF BEGINNING;
THENCE, South a distance of 1,395.46 feet to a 3/8"
iron rod marking a point in the existing City of Baytown
city limit line, said point also being in the northerly
line of the Harvey Whiting Survey, Abstract 840;
THENCE, West along said City of Baytown northerly city
limit line, a distance of 1,559.68 feet to a 3/8" iron
rod marking the easterly shore line of Goose Creek;
THENCE, North 190 3' 41" West along the easterly shore
line of Goose Creek, a distance of 281.85 feet to a
1/2" iron rod;
THENCE, North 270 23' 24" West, along the easterly
shore line of Goose Creek, a distance of 290.00 feet to
a 1/2" iron rod;
THENCE, North 150 44' 56" East, continuing along the
easterly shore line of Goose Creek, a distance of
257.70 feet to a 1/2" iron rod;
THENCE, North 050 47' 44" East, continuing along the
easterly shore line of Goose Creek, a distance of
708.69 feet to a 1/2" iron rod;
80427 -2a
THENCE, North 290 54' 48" West, continuing along the
easterly shore line of Goose Creek, a distance of
330.42 feet to a 2" cyclone fence post marking the
intersection of the easterly shore line of Goose Creek
with the southerly right -of -way line of Lynchburg -
Cedar Bayou Road;
THENCE, South 780 30' 0" East along the southerly
right -of -way of Lynchburg - Cedar Bayou Road, a distance
of 1,845.54 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING. (Ginger
Creek).
was held at 7 :00 o'clock p.m. in the City Council Chamber
of the City Hall of the City of Baytown, Texas, on the 13th
day of April, 1978, which date is not more than twenty (20)
nor less than ten (10) days prior to the institution of
annexation proceedings; 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 24th day
of March 1978, 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 1st day of January, 1978, was 17,670 acres; and
WHEREAS, the population of the City of Baytown, Texas,
is approximately 52,067 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 1: That the following described land and
territory 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
-2-
la
80 7 -2b
shall hereafter be included 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:
Describing a 60.858 acre tract of land in the G.C. & S.F. RR
Survey Abstract 1017, being Lot 16 and part of Lot 15 in
Block 129, Unit "D" Elena Fruit and Cotton Farms as recorded
in Volume 7, pages 48 and 49 of the Map Records of Harris
County, Texas, and more particularly described as follows:
COMMENCING at a 1/2" iron rod marking the intersection
of the southerly right -of -way line of Lynchburg - Cedar
Bayou Road and the westerly right -of -way line of Bush
Road, said point also being the northeast corner of Lot
10 of said Elena Fruit and Cotton Farms;
THENCE, North 780 30' 00" West, along the southerly
right -of -way of Lynchburg - Cedar Bayou Road, a distance
of 1,758.74 feet to a 3/8" iron rod marking the POINT
OF BEGINNING;
THENCE, South a distance of 1,395.46 feet to a 3/8"
iron rod marking a point in the existing City of Baytown
city limit line, said point also being in the northerly
line of the Harvey Whiting Survey, Abstract 840;
THENCE, West along said City of Baytown northerly city
limit line, a distance of 1,559.68 feet to a 3/8" iron
rod marking the easterly shore line of Goose Creek;
THENCE, North 190 3' 41" West along the easterly shore
line of Goose Creek, a distance of 281.85 feet to a
1/2" iron rod;
THENCE, North 270 23' 24" West, along the easterly
shore line of Goose Creek, a distance of 290.00 feet to
a 1/2" iron rod;
THENCE, North 150 44' 56" East, continuing along the
easterly shore line of Goose Creek, a distance of
257.70 feet to a 1/2" iron rod;
THENCE, North 050 47' 44" East, continuing along the
easterly shore line of Goose Creek, a distance of
708.69 feet to a 1/2" iron rod;
THENCE, North 290 54' 48" West, continuing along the
easterly shore line of Goose Creek, a distance of
330.42 feet to a 2" cyclone fence post marking the
intersection of the easterly shore line of Goose Creek
with the southerly right -of -way line of Lynchburg -
Cedar Bayou Road;
-3-
80427 -2c
THENCE, South 780 30' 0" East along the southerly
right -of -way of Lynchburg - Cedar Bayou Road, a distance
of 1,845.54 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING. (Ginger
Creek).
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
27th day of April , 1978.
ATTEST:
EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED:
"MOTT'BOUNDS, City Attorney
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED on SECOND and FINAL READING
this 8th day of June , 1978•
—
Igoe
EMMETT 0. HUTTO, Mayor
ATTEST:
EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED:
SCOTT BOUNDS, City Attorney
Y-4-
A town y" Alm