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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE DECLARING CERTAIN FINDINGS;
PROVIDING FOR THE EXTENSION OF CERTAIN
BOUNDARY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH;
PROVIDING FOR THE ANNEXATION OF A CERTAIN
1,214.52 ACRES (1.898 SQUARE MILES) OF
LAND, MORE OR LESS, 6VHICH SAID TERRITORY
LIES ADJACENT TO AND ADJOINS THE PRESENT
CORPORATE BOUNDARY LIMITS OF FORT WORTH,
TEXAS; PROVIDING THAT THE TERRITORY
ANNEXED SHALL BEAR ITS PRO RATA PART OF
TAXES; PROVIDING THAT THE INHABITANTS
THEREOF SHALL HAVE ALL THE PRIVILEGES OF
ALL THE CITIZENS OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS;
PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL AMEND
EVERY PRIOR ORDINANCE IN CONFLICT HEREWITH;
PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE
CUMULATIVE OF ALL PRIOR ORDINANCES NOT IN
DIRECT CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY
AND NAMING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, a public hearing before the City Council of the
City of Fort Worth, Texas, wherein all interested persons were
provided an opportunity to be heard on the proposed annexation
of the terri tory hereinafter described, was held in the City
Council Chambers, on the 6th day of October, 1987, which date
was not more than forty (40) days nor less than twenty (2 0 )
days prior to institution of annexation proceedings; and
WHEREAS, a second public hearing before the City Council
of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, wherein all interested
persons were provided an opportunity to be heard on the
proposed annexation of the territory hereinafter described, was
held in the City Council Chambers in the Municipal Office
Building of Fort Worth, Texas, on the 20th day of October,
1987, which date was not more than forty (40) days nor less
than twenty (20) days prior to the institution of annexation
proceedings; and
WHEREAS, notice of the first such public hearing was
published in a newspaper having general circulation in the City
of Fort Worth, Texas, and in the hereinafter described
territory on the 25th day of September, 1987, which date was
not more than twenty (20) days nor less than ten (10) days
prior to the date of said such public hearing; and
WHEREAS, notice of the second such public hearing wa s
published in a newspaper having general circulation in the City
of Fort Worth, Texas, and in the hereinafter described
terri Cory on the 9th day of Oc tober, 1987, which date was not
more than twenty (20) days nor less than ten (10) days prior to
the date of said public hearing; and
WHEREAS, prior to the publication of the notices of public
hearings, a Service Plan providing for the extension of
`~ municipal services into the hereinafter described territory was
prepared for inspection by and explanation to the inhabitants
Hof the area to be annexed; and
WHEREAS, the population of the City of Fort Worth, Texas
is in excess of 100,000 inhabitants; and
WHEREAS, the hereinafter described terri tory lies within
the exclusive extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Fort
Worth, Texas; and
WHEREAS, the hereinafter described territory lies adjacent
to and adjoins the City of Fort Worth, Texas; and
WHEREAS, the hereinafter described territory contains
i, 214. 52 acres (1.898 square miles) of land, more or less;
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
That the following described land and territory lying.
adjacent to and adjoining the City of Fort Worth, Texas is
hereby added to and annexed to the City of Fort Worth, Texas,
and said terri tory hereinaf ter described shall hereafter be
included within the boundary limits of the City of Fort Worth,
Texas, and the present corporate boundary limits of said City,
a t the various points contiguous to the area hereinafter
described, are altered and amended so as to include said area
within the corpora to 1 imi is of the City of Fort Worth, Texas,
to-wit:
BEING 1214.520 acres situated in the D.T. FINLEY SURVEY,
Abstract Number 1900; the S.A.&M.G. RR Co. SURVEY,
Abstract. Number 1479; the E. TAYLOR SURVEY, Abstract
Number 1560; the D. T. FINLEY SURVEY, Abstract Number
1 903 ; the E. LANGSTON SURVEY, Abstract Number 988; the T.
F. ROGERS SURVEY, Abstract Number 1357; the T. FINLEY
SURVEY NUMBER 2, Abstract Number 1878; the T.&N. O. RR
COMPANY SURVEY, Abstract Number 1565; the D.T. FINLEY
SURVEY, Abstract Number 1 901 ; and the G.H. &H. RR COMPANY
SURVEY, Abstract Number 624, Tarrant County, Texas, being
a portion of a 7217.6 acre tract of land conveyed to
Monroe B. Veale and Mrs. Ida W. Veale by deed recorded in
Volume 1279, Page 90, Tarrant County Deed Records and
being more particularly described by metes and bounds as
follows:
BEGINNING at a 1" iron at the southwest corner of a tract
of land conveyed to Trinity Ranch Joint Venture by deed
recorded in Volume 7887, Page 705, Tarrant County Deed
Records, said point being in the east line of said Veale
tract and the north right-of-way line of U. S. Highway
Number 377;
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THENCE S 48°02'20" W, along the north line of said Highway
Number 377, a distance of 1222.96 feet to a 1" iron;
THENCE S 48°30'39" W, continuing along the north line of
said Highway Number 377, a distance of 1777.04 feet to a
1" iron;
THENCE N 41°29'21" W, a distance of 1000.00 feet to a 7/8"
iron;
THENCE S 48°30'39" W, a distance of 583.30 feet to a 1"
iron;
THENCE N 89°59'51" W, a distance of 3524.03 feet to a 1"
iron in the west line of said T. FINLEY SURVEY and the
east line of the T. & N. O. RR COMPANY SURVEY, Abstract.
Number 1567;
THENCE N 00°00'09" E, along the common line of said T.&
N.O. RR Company and D.T. FINLEY SURVEYS a distance of
4192.30 feet to a 1" iron in the south line of said D. T.
FINLEY SURVEY, Abstract Number 1903, said point being the
northwest corner of said T. FINLEY SURVEY NUMBER 2;
THENCE S 89°59'51" E, along the north line of said T.
FINLEY SURVEY, a distance of 3180.04 feet to a 1" iron at
the southeast corner of the W. ATKINS SURVEY, Abstract
Number 1961 and the southwest corner of said T. F. ROGERS
SURVEY:
THENCE N 00°00'09" E, along the common line of said ATKINS
and ROGERS SURVEYS, passing the common north corner of
same and continuing in all, a distance of 6921.49 feet to
a 7/8" iron;
THENCE S 89°59'51" E, a distance of 3712.75 feet to a 7/8"
iron in the east line of said Veale tract and the wes t
line of said Trinity Ranch Joint Venture tract;
THENCE S 00°10'37"' 1n1, along the common line of said Veale
and Trinity Ranch Joint Venture tracts, a distance of
9481.3 9 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING AND CONTAINING
1214.520 acres of land.
SECTION 2.
That the above described terri tory is shown on Map Exhibi t
"A" which is attached hereto and expressly incorporated herein
by reference for the purpose of illustrating and depicting the
location of the hereinabove described territory.
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SECTION 3.
That the above described terri tory hereby annexed shall be
part of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, and the property so
added hereby shall bear its pro rata part of the taxes levied
by the City of Fort Worth, Texas, and the in habitants thereof
shall be entitled to all of the rights and privileges of all
the ci tizens in accordance with t he Service Plan and shall be
bound by the acts, ordin ances, resolutions and regulations of
the City of Fort Worth, Te xas..
SECTION 4.
That. attached hereto, marked Exhibit "X" and incorporated
herein for all purposes incident hereto, is a Service Plan
providing for the extension of municipal services into the area
to be annexed, said Service Plan having been prepared prior to r
publication of the notices of hearings prescribed under Section
6 of Article 970a, and having been made available at said
hearings for inspection by and explanation to the inhabitants
o f the area to be annexed .
SECTION 5.
That this ordinance shall and does amend every prior
ordinance in conflict herewith, but. as to all other ordinances
or sections of ordinances not in direct conflict, this
ordinance shall be, and the same is hereby made cumulative.
SECTION 6.
That it is hereby declared to be the intent of the City
Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and
phrases of this ordinance are severable, and if any phrase,
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clause, sentence, paragraph o~r section of this ordinance shall
be declared unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of
any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality
shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses,
sentences, paragraphs and sections of this ordinance, since the
same would have been enacted by the City Council without the
incorporation in this ordinance of any unconstitutional phrase,
clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
SECTION 7.
That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
and after the date of its passage on second reading as provided
for in Section 35 of Chapter XXVII of the Charter of the City
of Fort Worth, Texas, and it is so ordained.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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DATE: !I ,-/I`''87
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EXHIBIT X
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
SERVICE PLAN FOR ANNEXED AREA
Name: Veale Ranch Addition
Location and Acreage Annexed: Located southwest of the City
of Benbrook 1,214.52 Acres.
County: Tarrant
Municipal Services to the acreage described above shall be
furnished by or on behalf of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, a t
the following levels and in accordance with the following
schedule:
A. Police Protection Service
(1) Patrolling, responses to calls, and other
routine police protection services, within the limits of
existing personnel and equipment, will be provided on the
effective date of annexation.
(2) As developm ent. and construction commence within
this area, sufficient police personnel and equipment will
be provided to furnish this area the maximum level of
police services consistent with the characteristics of
topography, land utilization, and population density
within the area as determined by the City Council within
two and one-half (2-1/2) years from the date of adoption
of the annexation ordinance, or upon commencement of
development wi thin the area, whichever occurs later.
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(3) Upon ultimate development. of the area, the same
level of police protection services will be provided to
this area as are furnished throughout the City.
B, Fire and Emergency Protection Service
(1) Fire protection services by the present
personnel and the present equipment of the Fire
Department, wi thin the 1 imi to tions of available wa ter and
distances from existing fire stations, will be provided to
this area on the effective date of the annexation
ordinances.
(2) As development and construe tion of subdivisions
commence within this area, sufficient fire and emergency
ambulance equipment will be provided to furnish this area
the maximum level of fire and emergency ambulance services
consistent with the characteristics of topography, land
utilization, and population density of the area, as
determined by the City Council, within two and one-half
(2-1/2) years from the date of adoption of the annexation
ordinance, or upon commencement of development within this
area, whichever occurs later.
(3) Upon ultimate development of the area, the same
level of fire and emergency ambulance services will be
provided to this area as are furnished throughout the
city.
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C. Environmental Health and Code Enforcement Services
(1) Enforcement of the City's envi ronmen tal health
ordinances and regulations, including but not limited to
weed and brush ordinances, junked and abandoned vehicle
ordinances, food handlers ordinances and animal control
ordinances, shall be provided within this area on the
effective date of the annexation ordinance. These
ordinances and regulations will be enforced through the
use of existing personnel.
Complaints of ordinance or regulation violations
within this area will be answered and investigated by
existing personnel beginning with the effective date of
the annexation ordinance.
(2) The City's building, plumbing, mechanical,
electrical, and all other construction codes will be
enforced within this area beginning with the effective
date of the annexation ordinance. Existing personne 1 wi 11
be used to provide these services.
(3) The City's zoning, subdivision, sign, mobile
home, junk yard and other ordinances shall be enforced in
this area beginning on the effective date of the
annexation ordinance.
(4) All inspection services furnished by the City of
Fort Worth, but not mentioned above, will be provided to
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Page 4.
this area beginning on the effective date of the
annexation ordinance.
(5) As development and construction commence within
this area, sufficient personnel will be provided to
furnish this area the same level of environmental health
and code enforcement services as are furnished throughout
the City.
D. Planning. and Zoning Services
The planning and zoning jurisdiction of the City will
extend to this area on the effective date of the
annexation ordinance. City planning will thereafter
encompass this property, and it shall be entitled to
considera tion for zoning in accordance with the City' s
Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance and General Plan.
E. Recreation and Leisure Services
(1) Residents of this property may utilize all
existing recreational and leisure service facilities and
sites throughout the City, beginning with the effective
date of this ordinance.
(2) Additional facilities and sites to serve this
property and its residents will be acquired, developed and
maintained at locations and times provided by applicable
plans, policies and programs and decisions of the City of
Fort Worth. This property will be included in all plans
for providing recreation and leisure services to the Ci ty .
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Page 5.
The same level of recreation and leisure services shall be
furnished to this property as is furnished throughout the
City.
(3) Existing parks, playgrounds, swimming pools and
other recreation and leisure facilities within this
property shall, upon deeding to and acceptance by the
City, be maintained and operated by the City of Fort
Worth; but not otherwise.
F. Solid Waste Collection
(1) Solid waste collection shall be provided to the
property in accordance with existing City policies,
beginning with the effective date of the annexation '
ordinance. Residents of this property utilizing private
collection services at the time of annexation shall
continue to do so until notified by the Director of
Transportation and Public Works.
(2) As development and construction commence wi th i n
this property, and population density increases to the
proper level, solid waste collection shall be provided to
this property in accordance with then current policies of
the City as to frequency, charges and so forth.
G, Street., Storm Drainage and Street Lights
(1) The City of Fort Worth's existing policies with
regard to street maintenance, applicable throughout the
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entire City, shall apply to this property beginning with
the effective date of the annexation ordinance. The City
will maintain improved roadway sections dedicated to the
public consistent with maintenance performed on other
roadways of similar construction and classification within
the City of Fort Worth.
(2) As development, improvement or construc tion of
streets to City standards commences within this property,
the policies of the City of Fort Worth with regard to par-
ticipation in the costs thereof, acceptance upon
completion, and maintenance after completion, shall apply.
(3) The same level of maintenance shall be provided
to streets within this property which have been accepted
by the City of Fort Worth as is provided to City streets
throughout the City.
(4) The City will maintain storm drainage
facilities, within a drainage easement when constructed,
to current City of Fort Worth standards applicable
throughout the Ci ty.
As development., improvement or construction of
storm drainage facilities to City standards commences
within this property, the policies of the City of Fort
Worth with regard to participation in the costs thereof,
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acceptance upon completion, and maintenance after
completion, shall apply.
(5) Street 1 igh is installed on improved public
streets shall be maintained by the City of Fort Worth i n
accordance with current City policies. Other street
lighting shall not be maintained by the City of Fort
Worth.
H. Water Services
(1) Connection to existing City wa ter mains for
domestic water service to serve residential, commercial,
and industrial use within this property will be provided
in accordance with existing City ordinances and policies.
Upon connection to existing mains, water will be provided
at rates established by City ordinances for such service
a t the normal ra tes charged throughout the City ._
(2) As development and construction of subdivisions
commence within this property, water mains of the City
will be extended by the property owner in accordance with
provisions of the Subdivision Ordinance and other
applicable policies, ordinances, and regulations. City
participation in the costs of these extensions shall be in
accordance with applicable City policies, ordinances, and
regulations. Such extensions will commence within two and
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one-half (2-1/2) years from the effective date of the
annexation ordinance, and/or upon commencement of
development of a subdivision within this property,
whichever occurs later.
I. Sanitary Sewer Services
(1) Connections to existing City sanitary sewer
mains for sanitary sewage service in this area will be
provided in accordance with existing City ordinances and
policies. Upon connection, to existing sanitary sewer
mains, sanitary sewage service will be provided at rates
established by City ordinances for such service at the
normal rates charged throughout the City.
(2) As development and construction of subdivisions
commence within this property, sani tary sewer mains of the
City will be extended by the property owners in accordance
with provisions of the Subdivision Ordinance and other
applicable policies, ordinances, and regulations. City
participation in the costs of these extensions shall be in
accordance wi th applicable City policies , ordinances , and
regulations. Such extensions will commence within two and
one-half (2-1/2) years from the effective date of the
annexation ordinance, and/or upon commencement of
development of a subdivision within the property,
whichever occurs later.
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J. Miscellaneous
(1) Any facility or building located within the
annexed area and acquired by the City of Fort Worth to
provide service to the area will be maintained by the City
commencing upon the date of use or the effective date of
the annexation ordinance, whichever occurs later.
(2) General municipal administration and
administrative service of the City shall be available to
the annexed area beginning with the effective date of the
annexation ordinance.
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Recommendation
It is recommended that the City Council approve the attached Annexation
Timetable in order to annex the subject property in compliance with the
requirements of Article 970a of the Revised Civil Statutes of the State of
Texas .
Discussion
Mr. Gregory S. Carter, Attorney-in-Fact for and on behalf of Mozelle Ekstrom
and Ward Veale, as co-executors of the Estates of Monroe 6. Veale and Suda S.
Veale, has requested annexation of said land into the corporate limits of the
City of Fort Worth.
The subject property is within the exclusive extraterritorial jurisdiction
(ETJ) of the City of Fort Worth. No common boundary adjustments with other
cities-will be required for annexation. See the attached map (Exhibit "A"} and
the Staff Information Report.
A concept plan (C-81-9R) was conditionally approved by the City Plan Commission
on August 26, 1987.
The Development Review Committee recommended approval of the subject annexation
on August 20, 1987 The City Plan Commission recorrnnended approval of the
proposal on August 26, 1987.
Location
The subject property is located southwest of the City of Benbrook. If annexed,
it would become a part of City Council District 3.
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APPROVED BY
CITY COUNCIL
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City of Fort Worth, Tsxas
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