HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 1571 ORDINAM E NO. 1571
AN ORDINtME PROVIDUTG THAT THE ALLEY.' MEIN
NORTHMIY AND SOUTHERLY THROUGH BLOCK EVM )
AND THE NORTH FIFTY FEET O BLOCK ONE 1) TO
POINT IN SAID BLOCK ONE (1 TWO AND
FIFTY FEET NORTH OF THE NOM LPTE OF TENTH
STREET HIRSCHFIELD ADDITION•TO THE CITY OF FOOT
CATS'ANDNDCCLOSED OUNTY A �XC�I�GBTHEERI HTSDbF ALL
PUBLIC UTILITIES HERETOFORE ACQUIRED IN SAID
ALLEY MD CONVEYING TBE FEE IN SAID LAND TO THE
ABUTTING PROPERTY OU NERS.
NHERHAS, it appearing to the City Council of the
City of Fort Worth; Teas,s, that the alley hereinafter de-
scribed, although a duly dedicated and accepted alley for
use by the public, has in fact never been used by the pub—
lic and that it is to the beau interest to the public that
said alley be closed, abandoned and vacated as a poblie
thoroughfare and the fee to the land in said alley eonvey-
ed to the abutting property oeners.
NOW$ THffi FORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BT THE CITY COMM OF THE CITY
OF FORT NORTH:
SECTION I.
That an alley extending nortWly and southerly
through. Block Semen (7) and the north fifty feet of Block
One (1) to a point in said Block One (1) two hundred and
fifty feet north of the north Line of Tenth Street, Hirsch-
field Addition to the City of Fort North, Tarrant County
Texas, be and the same is hereby vacated, closed and per-
manently abandoned as an alley or public thoroughfare of
any kind or character whatever.
SIE T ION II.
That the rights of all public utilities hereto-
fore asquired by said utilities for the purpose -of con-
straoting and maintaining service lines shall not be din-
turbed, d4atroAd, revoked or abrogated by any of the pro-
visions of this ordinance but said rights as above set out
shall remain in fill force and effect.
SECTION III.
That the fee to the lead in said alley be hereby
released and conveyed in equal parts to the abutting prop-
erty owners on said alley.
SECTION IQ.
That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION V.
That this ordinance shall take effect and be in
fall force and effect from arA after the date of its pass-
age,
APPROYM AS TO FORM:
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ee No. 16-z 6 GY.�ti� _� Fort Pforth,Taxas
February 4,1929
TO THE HONORABLE CITY JOUNCIL CF THE CITY OF
FORT Y.O_�M:
Your petitioners, tax payers, property owners and
resident citizens of the City of Fort Worth, comprising,
Yeerick Properties Corporation, Fort Worth Properties Corporation,
C. A. Wheeler, Am. Bryce, A. S. Newell, Fort Worth Welfare
Association, Mrs, Ida L. Turner, Minnie Nash Parker, James Nash,
L. P. Robertson, Mary P. Lamb ( widow of Robert J. Lamb), C. C.
Gum and Congregation Ahavath Sholom, who are the only persons
interested in property abutting upon that(certain alley�wey
extending Northerly and Southerly throeg;h Blocks Seven (7) and
One (1), of Hirshfielda Addition to the City of Fort Worth,
Tarrant County, Texae)which said alley-way extends from the
boundary
South boundary line of West Seventh Street to the North/line of
Tenth Street, said Tenth Street being formerly designated on
the maps of the City of Fort Worth as Jackson Street, do hereby
petition this Honorable Body to close and vacate (that portion of
said ell #3ct81lt ng-tbyoa�t-sat$ al"kNo, Seven-47) and
through the North 50 feet of said Block No. One (1) to a point
in said Block No. One (1) 2 50 feet North of the North line of
tenth Street for the following reasons, to-wit:
-tilt, 0bov4 do soti btA. perti•n of
Becauseysaid alley no lon@ar serves any useful pur-
pose, and is one not used by the general public, but when used was
used by the owners of the abutting property owners, who are the
petitioners herein.
Because, as petitioners are advised, it. is the purpose
of the City, in the near future, to widen Throclanorton Street frm
the South line of Seventh Street approximately One Hundred Seventy-
five feet (175), in which event the space necessary to effect
such widening will necessarily have to be taken from the East side
of Block No. Seven (7) ;n Hirshfield's Addition as aforesaid,
and therefore it would become necessary to utilize said alley for
building purposes.
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Petitioners further aver that no one has an interest
in said alley but your petitioners and said alley-way has always
been is a nature of a private alley so far as its use is concerned,
not having been used by the Public generally for traffic.
wherefore,the promises considered, your Petitioners
pray that said above described portion of said alley be closed, vacated
and abandoned, and that an Ordinance to that effect be duly drawn
and be enacted by your Honorable Body as your, petitioners will
ever pray.
KEERICK PROPERTIES CORPORATION, ,
BY f4
FORT -�•0 PROPER CORPORATION,
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C. :r1: 7rI LER
;&I. BRYCE
A. E. NEWELL
FORT i(URTII WEIYARE ASSUCIATION
BY
LIRS. IDA L. TURNM
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P. ROBsHTS02
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AleC;0NGI-t,G_TI0N AHAVATH SHOLOM
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