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ORDINANCE NO. ti- c7
CITY SECRETARY
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING THAT THAT PORTION OF FT. FORTH, TEX.
WINDMILL STREET LYING AND BEING BETWEEN LOT
12 AND PARTS OF LOTS 17 AND 18, GETZENDANER=S
ADDITION (VACATED) TO THE CITY OF FORT WORTH,
TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS, AND THAT PORTION OF
SWIFT STREET LYING AND BEING BETWEEN PARTS OF
THE SOUTH LINE OF LOTS 10 AND 11, GETZENDANERIS
ADDITION (VACATED) , AND BLOCK 1 OF WILLIAMS AND
HARRISON ADDITION TO THE CITY OF FORT WORTH,
TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS, BE VACATED, ABANDONED
AND CLOSED; PROVIDING FOR THE REVERSION OF THE
FEE IN SAID LAND; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN
CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING THAT THIS OR-
DINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
WORTH, TEXAS:
SECTION 1 .
That the following areas be, and the same are hereby,
closed, abandoned and permanently vacated as streets or pub-
lic thoroughfares of any kind or character whatever:
That portion of Windmill Street more particularly
described as follows:
Beginning at a point in the easterly right of way
line of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Company and the south line of Windmill Street, Getzen-
daner' s Addition (Vacated) to the City of Fort Worth,
Tarrant County, Texas, said point located easterly
as measured normally 252 feet from the centerline of
the southbound main track of said Railroad Company;
Thence north 29 degrees 30 minutes west 57 .45 feet
to a point in the north line of said Windmill Street;
Thence east along the north line of said street
64 .34 feet to a point located easterly as measured
normally 308 feet from the centerline of said main
track;
Thence south 29 degrees 30 minutes east parallel with
the easterly right of way line of said Railroad Com-
pany 57 .45 feet to a point in the south line of Wind-
mill Street;
Thence west along the south line of said street 64.34
feet to the point of beginning.
That portion of Swift Street more particularly
described as follows:
Beginning at a point in the easterly right of way
line of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Company and the south line of Swift Street, Getzen-
daner's Addition (Vacated) to the City of Fort Worth,
Tarrant County, Texas, said point located easterly as
measured normally 252 feet from the centerline of the
southbound main track of said Railroad Company;
Thence north 29 degrees 30 minutes west along said
easterly right of way line 45 .96 feet to a point in
the north line of Swift Street;
Thence east along the north line of said street
64.34 feet to a point located easterly as measured
normally 308 feet from the centerline of said main
track;
Thence south 29 degrees 30 minutes east parallel
with the easterly right of way line of said Railroad
Company 45 .96 feet to a point in the south line of
said Swift Street;
Thence west along the south line of said street
64.34 feet to the point of beginning.
SECTION 2 .
That the fee to the aforesaid areas is hereby released
and will revert to the adjacent property owner as provided
by law, save and except that an easement ten (10) feet in width
and extending five (5) feet on each side of the centerline of
said streets is reserved for public utilities .
SECTION 3 .
That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4.
That this ordinance shall take effect and be in full force
and effect from and after the date of its passage.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY-
City Attorney
CIEY OF FORE WOREH
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER Communication to Mayor and Council No. PW- 1012
May 14, 1962 FH� -
RIECORD
RETARY
Honorable Mayor- and
FT. �'ORTH, TEX.
Membersof the City Council Re: Requested Closing Portions of
City of Fort Worth Windmill Street and Swift St.
Mrs. McKnight and Gentlemen:
The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company is expanding its
existing railroad yards in the vicinity of Windmill Street and Swift
Street, and has requested that portions of Windmill Street and Swift Street
be closed to provide for this improvement.
The Public Works Department and the City Planning Department have investi-
gated this request. The Rock Island Railroad has agreed to pay for reloca—
tion of all utilities in the portion of the street to be closed, including
relocation of a 2-inch water line and a City street light. All interested
parties are agreeabie to the closing under these conditions.
It is recommended that an ordinance be adopted closing a portion of Windmil
Street and Swift Street, fifty-six feet in width, east of and parallel to
the present east right-of-way lune of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Railroad Company.
Respectfully submitted,
LPC: ih L• P. Cookingham
City Manager
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
THE SUBJECT OF T?TIS M.& C.C.
WAS P F- .iTl'R; ' 0 THE CITY COUNCIL
MAY 14. 1952__ _._
AND WAS 0'!D
City Secretary