Ordinance No. 10,657Published in the Baytown Sun
on August 3, 2007
ORDINANCE NO. 10,657
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS,
PROVIDING FOR THE EXTENSION OF CERTAIN BOUNDARY LIMITS OF THE
CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, AND THE ANNEXATION OF A 1.0941 ACRE
TRACT OF LAND SITUATED IN THE W. C. RAILROAD COMPANY SURVEY,
ABSTRACT 899, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, AND BEING OUT OF AND A PART
OF THAT CERTAIN CALLED 126.735 ACRE TRACT (TRACT ONE) CONVEYED
BY FLORENCE GODFREY, ET AL, TO GARTH-ARCHER, CHARLES H. GRUBE,
LTD, BY DEED DATED FEBRUARY 15, 1973, AND RECORDED UNDER
COUNTY CLERK'S FILE NO. D806833 OF THE DEED RECORDS OF HARRIS
COUNTY, TEXAS; WHICH SAID TERRITORY LIES ADJACENT TO AND
ADJOINS THE PRESENT BOUNDARY LIMITS FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS.
WHEREAS, there being no request for an "on-site" hearing, two public hearings 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 property described in Section 1 of this ordinance, were held,
during the City Council meeting on the 28th day of June, 2007, in the City Council Chamber of the City
Hall of the City of Baytown, Texas, which date is not more than forty (40) nor less than twenty (20) days
prior to the institution of annexation proceedings; and
WHEREAS, notices of such public hearings were published in a newspaper having general
circulation in the City of Baytown, Texas, and in the below described territories on June 18,2007, which
date is net more than twenty (20) nor less than ten (10) days prior to the date of such public hearings; and
WHEREAS, a notice of such public hearings was posted on the City of Baytown's website on
June 18, 2007, which date is not more than twenty (20) nor less than ten (10) days prior to the date of
such public hearings and remained posted until the date of the hearings; and
WHEREAS, the total corporate area of the City of Baytown, Texas, on the 1st day of January,
2007, was 34.5 square miles; and
WHEREAS, the population of the City of Baytown, Texas, is approximately 71,359 inhabitants;
and
WHEREAS, the below described territories lie within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City
of Baytown, Texas; and
WHEREAS, the below described territories lie adjacent to and adjoin 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 territories lying adjacent to and adjoining
the City of Baytown are hereby added and annexed to the City of Baytown, Texas, and shall hereinafter
be included within the boundary limits of the City of Baytown, Texas, and present boundary limits of
such City, at the various points contiguous to the areas hereinafter described, are altered and amended so
as to include said areas within the corporate limits of the City of Baytown, Texas, to-wit:
SEE EXHIBIT "A"
Section 2: The above described territories and the areas so annexed shall be a part of the
City of Baytown, Texas, and the property so added hereby shall bear its pro rata 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 of the City of Baytown and shall be bound by the acts, ordinances, resolutions, and
regulations of the City of Baytown, Texas.
Section 3: In accordance with Texas Local Government Code Annotated § 43.056, as
amended, the service plan prepared by the City for providing municipal services to the annexed areas is
hereby approved and is on file in the City Clerk's office. Said service plan is incorporated herein by this
reference for all intents and purposes as if fully copied at length and attached hereto.
Section 4: 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. y
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote
Baytown this the 26th day of July, 2007.
he City Council of the City of
STE/HEtfHTtTONCARLOS, Mayor
LORRI COODY.City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
RAMIREZ3R., dity Attorney
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED on the SECOND AND FINAL READING this the day of ,2007. 7 ' '
STEPHEN H. DONCARLOS, Mayor
APPROVED AS-TQfQRM:
AGIO RAMIREZ, SR., City Attorney
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Exhibit "A"
STATE OF TEXAS)
COUNTY OF HARRIS)
ANNEXATION FIELD NOTES)
FIELD NOTES of a 1.0941 acre tract of land situated in the W. C. Railroad Company
Survey, Abstract 899, Harris County, Texas and being out of and a part of that certain
called 126.735 acre tract (Tract One) conveyed by Florence Godfrey, et at, to Garth-
Archer, Charles H. Grube, LTD, by Deed dated February 15,1973 and recorded under
County Clerk's File No. D806833 of the Deed Records of Harris County, Texas. This
1.0941 acre tract of land is more particularly described by the following metes and
bounds, to-wit:
NOTE: ALL BEARINGS ARE LAMBERT GRID BEARINGS AND ALL
COORDINATES REFER TO THE STATE PLANE COORDINATE SYSTEM, SOUTH
CENTRAL ZONE, NAD 83. ALL DISTANCES ARE ACTUAL DISTANCES.
SCALE FACTOR -0.9998832.
COMMENCING at a point in the East right-of-way line of Garth Road (right-of-way
width varies) at the Southwest comer of the residue of that certain 4.5856 acre tract of
land conveyed by Garth-Archer, Charles H. Grube, LTD to Diamond Shamrock Corp. by
Deed dated April 1,1977 and recorded under County Clerk's File No. F101300 of the
Deed Records of Harris County, Texas and the Southeast comer of that certain 0.058 of
an acre conveyed by Diamond Shamrock Corp. to County of Harris by Deed dated
November 14,1978 and recorded under County Clerk's File No. F952906 of the Deed
Records of Harris County, Texas. Said point being in the West line of the residue of said
called 126.735 acres and being the Northwest comer of a 2.4893 acre tract surveyed this
date. Said COMMENCING POINT has a State Plane Coordinate of X-3,243,354.24 and
Y-13,857,303.34.
THENCE: North 77°48' 11" East along the North line of said 2.4893 acre tract and the
South line of said 4.5856 acres for a distance of 128.34 feet to a point for an angle point
in said line.
THENCE: North 39°40'52" East along the North line of said 2.4893 acres and the South
line of said 4.5856 acres for a distance of 157.14 feet to a point in the existing City Limits
of the City of Baytown, Texas for the Northwest comer and POINT OF BEGINNING of
this tract
THENCE: Continue North 39°40'52" East along the North line of this tract, the North
Hue of said 2.4893 acres and the South line of said 4.5856 acres for a distance of 152.40
feet to a point for the Northeast comer of this tract and the Northeast comer of said
2.4893 acres.
THENCE: South 12° 15'44" East along the East line of this tract and the East line of said
2.4893 acres for a distance of 415.16 feet to a point for the Southeast corner of this tract
and the Southeast comer of said 2.4893 acres.
PAGE 2 -1.0941 ACRES.
THENCE: South 77°44*16M West along the South line of this tract and the South line of
said 2.4893 acres for a distance of 141.64 feet to a point for the Southwest comer of this
tract in the existing City Limits of the City of Baytown, Texas.
THENCE: North 08°24'24" West along the West line of this tract and along the existing
City Limits of the City of Baytown, Texas, over and across said 2.4893 acres, for a
distance of 321.94 feet to the PLACE OF BEGINNING and containing within these
boundaries 1.0941 acres of land.
SURVEYOR'S CERTIFICATE
I, Juliene Ramsey, Registered Professional Land Surveyor No. 4379, do hereby certify
that the foregoing field notes were prepared from an actual survey made on the ground,
under my supervision, in May of 2007 and that all lines, boundaries and landmarks are
accurately described therein.
WITNESS my hand and seal at Baytown, Texas, this the 14th day of May, A. D., 2007.
liene Ramsey
jstered Professional Land Surveyor No. 4379
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