HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 6458 ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE DECLARING CERTAIN FINDINGS; PROVIDING
FOR THE EXTENSION OF CERTAIN BOUNDARY LIMITS OF THE
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, AND THE ANNEXATION OF
CERTAIN TERRITORY CONSISTING OF 0.122 SQUARE MILE
OF LAND, WHICH TERRITORY LIES ADJACENT TO AND AD-
JOINS THE PRESENT BOUNDARY LIMITS OF THE CITY 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 CITIZENS OF FORT WORTH,
TEXAS; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL AMEND
EVERY PRIOR ORDINANCE IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PRO-
VIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF
ALL PRIOR ORDINANCES NOT IN DIRECT CONFLICT; PRO-
VIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE 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 with an op-
portunity to be heard on the proposed annexation of the territory hereinafter
described, was held in the City Council Chamber in the City Hall of Fort Worth,
Texas, on the 15th day of March, 1971 , which date is not more then twenty (20)
nor less than ten (10) days prior to the institution of annexation proceedings;
and
WHEREAS, notice of such public hearing was published prior thereto
in a newspaper having general circulation in the City of Fort Worth, Texas ,
and in the hereinafter described territory on the 4th day of March, 1971 , which
date was not more than twenty (20) and not less than ten (10) days prior to
the date of the opening of such public hearing; and
WHEREAS, the population of the City of Fort Worth, Texas , is in ex-
cess of 393,000 inhabitants ; and
WHEREAS, the corporate area of the City of Fort Worth, Texas , was
212.916 square miles on the lst day of January, 1971 ; and
WHEREAS, the hereinafter described territory lies within the exclusive
extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Fort Worth, Texas ; and
WHEREAS, the hereinafter described territory contains approximately
0. 122 square mile of land; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH:
SECTION I
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 territory hereinafter described shall
hereafter be included within the boundary limits of the City of Fort Worth,
Texas, and the boundary limits of said City, at the various points contiguous
to the area hereinafter described, are altered and amended so as to include
said area within the corporate limits of the City of Fort Worth , Texas, to wit:
BEING a tract of land about nine miles southeast from the courthouse
of Tarrant County, Texas, and including a portion of Block 43 and a
portion of Block 56 of the Shelby County School Land Survey, and being
described as follows :
BEGINNING at a point for corner 871 .0 feet north and 25
feet east from the southwest corner of Block 43, Shelby County
School Land Survey, said point being in the east right-of-way line
of Anglin Road (County Road No. 1060) and being 25 feet east
from the northwest corner of a 10-acre tract conveyed to the
City of Forest Hill by deed recorded in Volume 2904, Page 408,
Deed Records of Tarrant County, Texas;
THENCE, north along and with the east right-of-way line of Anglin
Road (County Road No. 1060) 434.0 feet to a point for corner;
THENCE, South 89 degrees 45 minutes East 2946. 3 feet to an iron
pin for corner in the southwest right-of-way line of the H. & T.C.
R.R. ,said point being in the mutual common boundary line between
the City of Kennedale and the City of Fort Worth;
THENCE, southeasterly along and with the southwest right-of-way
line of the H. & T.C. R.R. , the mutual common boundary line
between the City of Kennedale and the City of Fort Worth, to a
point for corner at its intersection with the centerline of
Village Creek;
THENCE, southwesterly along and with the meanders of the centerline
of Village Creek to a point for corner at its intersection with the
north line of Block 55, Shelby County School Land Survey, said
point being in the present city limit line of the City of Fort Worth;
THENCE, west along and with the north line of Blocks 55 and 44,
Shelby County School Land Survey, the present city limit line of
the City of Fort Worth, to a point for corner 475 feet from the
southwest corner of Block 43, Shelby County School Land Survey,
said point for corner being the southeast corner of the 10-acre
tract of land conveyed to the City of Forest Hill by deed recorded
in Volume 2904, Page 408, Deed Records of Tarrant County, Texas ;
and
THENCE, north 871 feet along and with the east line of the 10-acre
tract conveyed to the City of Forest Hill by deed recorded in
Volume 2904, Page 408, Deed Records of Tarrant County, Texas ,
to an iron pin for corner at the northeast corner of said 10-acre
tract; and
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THENCE,west along the north line of the 10-acre tract conveyed to
the City of Forest Hill by deed recorded in Volume 2904, Page 408,
Deed Records of Tarrant County, Texas , 450 feet to the place of
beginning, and containing 0.122 square mile.
SECTION II
THAT the above described territory and the area annexed shall be a 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 inhabitants thereof shall be entitled to all of the rights and privileges
of all the citizens and shall be bound by the acts , ordinances , resolutions
and regulations of the City of Fort Worth, Texas.
SECTION III
THAT this ordinance shall and does hereby amend every prior ordinance
in conflict herewith, but as to all other ordinances or sections of ordinances
not in conflict herewith this ordinance shall be and is hereby made cumulative.
SECTION IV
THAT it is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that
the sections , paragraphs , sentences , clauses and phrases of this ordinance are
severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this
ordinance shall be declared void, ineffective, or unconstitutional by the valid
judgment or final decree of a court of competent jurisdiction , such unconstitu-
tionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases , clauses , sentences,
paragraphs and sections hereof, since the same would have been enacted by the
City Council without the incorporation herein of any such void, ineffective or
unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
SECTION V
THAT this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
the date of its passage on first reading and publication and its passage on
second reading as provided for in Section 40 of Chapter XXVIII of the Charter
of the City of Fort Worth and it is so ordained.
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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
City Attorney
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PROPOSED ANNEXATION prepared by
CITY PLANNING DEPARTMENT
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CORPORATE B 0 U N 0 A R Y CHANGE CITY OF FOOT WORTH
AREA OF FORT `FORTH
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Total This Ordinance --APPROX. 0.42 sa. mi.
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TARRANT COUNTY KEY MAP