HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 4211 ORDINANCE NO. 44;2,/
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING THAT A PORTION OF EAST SEVEN-
TEENTH STREET IN THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TARRANT
COUNTY, TEXAS, BE VACATED, ABANDONED AND CLOSED;
PROVIDING FOR THE REVERSION OF THE FEE IN SAID LAND;
RESERVING ALL EASEIE dTS FOR PUBLIC UTILITIES; REPEAU NG
ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HERMTITH; AND PROVIDING
THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF, THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS:
Section 1.
That the following described portion of East Seventeenth Street be
and the same is hereby closed, abandoned and permanently vacated as a street or
public thoroughfare of any kind or character whatever:
From the east line of Jones Street to the east line of
the Texas and Pacific Railway Company right of way line,
which is a line along the westerly side of Blocks 0-1 and
N-3, Daggetts Addition to the City of Fort 14orth, Tarrant
County, Texas.
Section 2.
That the fee to the land in said street is hereby released and will
revert to the adjacent owner as provided by law, with the exception that all easements
for public utilities are expressly reserved.
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hereby repealed.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
OFFICIAL RECORD
CITY SFI°PIE TARY
I`T. V122T.1, TLA.
CI E Y OF FORE WOREH
EEXA S CIT
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER Communication to Mayor and Council No. pwg::_ '7 "
December 4, 1959
Honorable Mayor and Re: Proposed Closing of East
Members of the City Council 17th Street at E-W Freeway
City of Fort Worth
Mrs. McKnight and Gentlemen:
In securing the right-of-way for the construction of the East-West Free-
way, the City of Fort Worth entered into an agreement with the Gulf,
Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Company, the Fort Worth and Denver Railway
Company, the Texas and Pacific Company, the Chicago, Rock Island and
Pacific Railroad Company, and the Fort Worth Union Passenger Station,
which is City of Fort Worth Contract No. 3658. This agreement provides
that in exchange for the above companys' granting the right for grade
separation structures to be constructed at properties and tracks owned
by them, the,City of Fqrt Worth shall by Ordinance that portion of East
17th Street which crosses this property—.N eL4
The above companies have fulfilled their portion of the agreement, and
it is recommended that an Ordinance be adop+4d closing East 17th Street
from the east line of Jones Street to the east line of Texas and Pacific
Railway Company right-of-way near Terry Street with easements for exist-
ing utilities reserved in order to fulfill the City's portion of the
agreement.
Respectfully submitted,
LPC: ih ?City
Coo IngAam
Manager
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
I?E SUBJECT 11ATTER OF THIS M.& C.C.
WAS P.�XSLNTEB TO THE CITY COUNCIL
In I p-1999
1999
AND WAS C', APP?OvED
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ity Secretary