HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 3194 ORDINANCE NO. `
AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING THE BOUNDARY LIMITS AND ANNEXING CER-
TAIN TERRITORY LYING ADJACENT TO THE CITY OF FORT WORTH; PRO-
VIDING THAT THE ORDINANCE BE ADVERTISED IN A DAILY NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED IN SAID CITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF
SECTION 40, CHAPTER XXVIII OF THE CITY CHARTER; AND PRESCRIB-
ING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
That the hereinafter described territory lying adjacent to the City
of Fort Worth is hereby annexed and brought within the corporate limits and
made an integral part of said City of Fort Worth, said territory being
situated in Tarrant County, Texas, and being described by metes and bounds
as follows:
Beginning at a point in the west line of Beach Street at
the most northerly northeast corner of the City of Fort Worth
city limit line, said point being also in the west city limit
line of Haltom City;
Thence in a northerly, easterly and southerly direction along
the present city limit line of Haltom City as follows:
Thence northerly along the west line of Beach Street to the
north line of Broadway Street;
Thence easterly along the north line of Broadway to the west
line of Larry Street;
Thence in a northerly direction along the west line of Larry
Street to a point 135 feet north of the north line of Joy Street;
Thence easterly along a line parallel to the north line of
Toy Street to the east line of Earls Lane;
Thence in a southerly direction along the east line of Earls
Lane to the north line of Broadway;
Thence easterly along the north line of Broadway to the west
line of Haltom Road;
Thence northerly along the west line of Haltom Road to the
north line of Webster Street;
Thence easterly along the north line of Webster Street to the
east line of Parker Road and continuing easterly 1527 feet to
a point in the north line of Webster Street;
Thence northerly 137 feet to a point;
Thence easterly 406 feet to the west line of State Highway
No. 10;
Thence southerly 137 feet to a point;
Thence easterly across said Highway No. 10 to and along a
line 40 feet north of and parallel with the north lines of
Blocks 19, 22 and 23 of Meadow Oaks Addition, in all to a
point 40 feet north of the northeast corner of said Block 23;
Thence in a southerly direction to the north line of Edwards
Street;
Thence easterly along the north line of Edwards Street and
parallel to the north line of Blocks 3, 2 and 1 of the Birdville
Addition to the northeast corner of the J. F. Reeves Tract 6;
Thence southerly along the east lines of various tracts, in-
cluding the Reeves Tract, the School Tract and the 0. B. Guynn
Tract, and the west lines of Bowen Motor Coaches Tract, J. S.
Ismay and A. B. Smeaton Tracts, and a Cemetery to the southeast
corner of said 0. B. Guynn Tract;
Thence westerly along the south line of said 0. B. Gwynn
Tract to the east line of Moneda Street;
Thence in a southerly direction along the east line of said
Moneda Street to its point of intersection with the north line
of Midway Street;
Thence easterly with the north line of Midway Street to the
east line of Solana Street;
Thence southerly along the east line of Solana Street to the
south line of the G. B. Stanley Survey, also being the north
line of H. P. Tuggle Survey and the southeast corner of a tract
in the name of E. L. Baker;
Thence westerly along the south line of the G. B. Stanley
Survey and the north line of the H. P. Tuggle Survey, passing
the southwest corner of the G. B. Stanley Survey, and continuing
in a westerly direction to the east line of Carson Street;
Thence southerly along the east line of Carson Street to its
point of intersection with the south line of the lower Birdville
Road;
Thence in a westerly direction along the southerly line of
the lower Birdville Road to its point of intersection with the
east line of Eden Street;
Thence southerly along the east line of Eden Street to its
point of intersection with the south line of Catalpa Street;
Thence westerly along the south line of Catalpa Street to the
east line of Haltom Road;
Thence southerly along the east line of Haltom Road to a
point of intersection with the north line of Wheeler Street,
said point being also in the present City of Fort Worth city
limit line;
Thence south along the present City of Fort Worth city limit
line and along the west line of Haltom Road a distance of 100
feet to a point;
Thence east a distance of 100 feet to a point;
Thence in a northerly, easterly, westerly and southerly direc-
tion along a line parallel to and 100 feet from the above de-
scribed Haltom City city limit line in reverse direction to a
point in the present City of Fort Worth city limit line which
extends west from the most northerly northeast corner of the
present city limit of the City of Fort Worth;
Thence east along the present City of Fort Worth city limit
line a distance of 100 feet to the place of beginning.
SECTION 2.
This ordinance shall be published one time in The Fort Worth Press,
a daily newspaper published in the City of Fort Worth, in accordance with
the provisions of Section 40, Chapter XXVIII of the City Charter.
SECTION 3.
This ordinance shall become effective and be in full force and effect
upon its final passage, which in no event shall be less than thirty (30) days
from the date of its publication as aforesaid, and it is so ordained.
Presented and passed on first reading Wednesday, April 28, 1954.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
City Attorney