Ordinance No. 4,1795061.3 -18
ORDINANCE NO. 4179
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO MAKE AN
OFFER FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN TO THE
OWNER OR OTHER PARTIES IN INTEREST FOR THE ACQUISITION
OF A CERTAIN TRACT DESCRIBED HEREIN REQUIRED FOR STREET
IMPROVEMENT PURPOSES; REQUIRING THAT SUCH OFFER BE
ACCEPTED WITHIN FIFTEEN (15) DAYS; DIRECTING THE CITY
ATTORNEY TO INSTITUTE CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS IN THE
EVENT SUCH OFFER IS REFUSED; AND PROVIDING FOR THE
EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Baytown now finds and
determines that public convenience and necessity require that the City of Baytown
acquire the tract described below for street improvement purposes; NOW
THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS:
Section 1: That the City Attorney is hereby authorized and directed to make
the offer listed below to the below named owner, or other parties in interest
believed to be the true owners of said property or to the actual real and true
owners thereof, whether correctly named or not, for the purchase and acquisition by
the City of Baytown of the fee interest in the said tract that is required for street
improvement purposes within the City of Baytown:
A 0.2130 acre tract on East Defee between North Seventh Street and
Lafayette Drive.
OWNER OFFER
W. L. 3one3, Jr. $14,000.00
Section 2: Such offer shall provide that if the offer should not be accepted
within fifteen (15) days after receipt, the City of Baytown will consider such offer
refused and will institute condemnation proceedings on behalf of the City of
Baytown under any applicable provisions of the law, whether provided by Chapter 21
of Texas Property Code, Chapter 17 of Title 28 of the Texas Revised Civil
Statutes, the Charter of the City of Baytown, or any other provisions.
Section 3: Should such offer be accepted, the money above set forth shall be
paid out of any appropriation heretofore made for the public purpose for which the
above described tract is required. Should such offer not be accepted, the amount
finally awarded to the owner in the condemnation proceeding, plus costs, fees, and
expenses, shall be paid out of such funds so appropriated.
Section 4: 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, this the 13th day of June, 1985.
MMETT O. HUTTO, Mayor
ATTEST:
EILEEN P. HALL, City
APPROVED:
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