HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 2158 ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING THAT THE FOLLOWING THOROUGH-
FARES DESIGNATED AS LONEY STREET, IN GLENWOOD AD-
DITION TO THE CITY OF FORT WORTH; AN ALLEY TEN FEET
IN WIDTH THROUGH BLOCK 422 GLENWOOD ADDITION TO THE.
CITY OF FORT WORTH; AN UNNAMED STREET OR ALLEY SPACE
THIRTY FEET MORE OR LESS IN WIDTH AS SHOWN BY THE
RECORDED PLATS OF GLENWOOD ADDITION TO THE CITY OF
FORT WORTH; AND THAT PART OF 'WHAT PURPORTS TO BE AN
ALLEY BEGINNING AT LONEY STREET AND EXTENDING THROUGH
BLOCK 43 OF GLENWOOD ADDITION TO THE CITY OF FORT
WORTH, BE VACATED, CLOSED AND ABANDONED; PROVIDING
THAT THE FEE TO SAID PROPERTY SHALL REVERT TO THE
ADJACENT OWNERS; AND PROVIDING THAT THE ORDINANCE
SHALL TAKE EFFECT UPON THE PASSAGE THEREOF.
WHEREAS, although the hereinafter described areas appear on a
recorded plat as public thoroughfares, they have never been used by the
public as public thoroughfares and they have never been accepted by the
City of Fort Worth as public thoroughfares, but on the contrary they have
always been used and claimed as private property by the adjacent owners;
and,
WHEREAS, it is to the best interest of the public that this apparent
cloud to the title to this property be removed and that these thoroughfares
be permanently closed and abandoned to public use; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS:
SECTION 1,
That all of the following described lots, tracts and parcels of
land be and the same are hereby vacated, closed and permanently abandoned
as streets, alleys or public thoroughfares:
That part of Loney Street, as shown by the recorded plat
of Glenwood Addition to the City of Fort North, Texas, be-
tween what is now known as East Broadway and the right of
way of the Texas & Pacific Railway Company.
An alley 10 feet in width, as shown by the recorded plat
of Glenwood Addition to the City of Fort Worth, Texas,
running from east to west through Block 42, Glenwood Ad-
dition to the City of Fort Worth, Texas, between Luxton
Street on the west and Loney Street on the east, some
plats, however, showing this alley to extend only part
of the way through Block 42.
An unnamed street or alley space 30 feet more or less
in width, as shown by the recorded plats of Glenwood
Addition to the City of Fort Worth, Texas, between the
right of way of the Texas & Pacific Railway Company and
Lots 11 2, 3 and 4. Block 42, of said Glenwood Addition,
including the north 30 feet off of Lot 3 in said Block .
42, reserved for street purposes in deed from R. Vickery
to James L. Schoolfield, dated May 17, 1892, and recorded
in Vol, 87, Page 479, of the Deed Records of Tarrant
County, Texas, and including also 30 feet off of the
north of Lot 4• in said block left for a street in deed
from R. Vickery to T. W. XcMickle, dated September 13,
1892, and recorded in Vol. 80, Page 465, of the Deed
Records of Tarrant County, Texas.
That part of what purports to be an alley, as shown by
the recorded plat of Glenwood Addition to the City of
Fort Worth, Texas, beginning at Loney Street and extend«.*
ing eastward through Block 43 of said Glenwood Addition
between Lots 1 and 2 of said block on the north and Lots
19 and 20 of said block on the south.
SECTION 2,
That the fee to all of the aforesaid lots, tracts and parcels of
land are hereby released and will revert to the adjacent owners as provided
by law.
SECTION 3,
That this ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and ef—
fect from and after the date of its passage, and it is so ordained.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney