HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 7366 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 1,320 ACRES OF LAND,
MORE OR LESS, WHICH SAID TERRITORY LIES ADJACENT TO
AND ADJOINS THE PRESENT 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; PRO-
VIDING 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 with
an opportunity to be heard on the proposed annexation of the territory
hereinafter described, was held at the City Council Chambers in the
Municipal Office Building of Fort Worth, Texas, on the lst day of
June, 1976, which date is not more than 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 20th day of
May, 1976, which date was not more than twenty (20) nor less than ten
(10) days prior to the date of the public hearing; and
WHEREAS, the population of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, was, on
January 1, 1976, and is now in excess of 400,000 inhabitants; and
WHEREAS, the corporate area of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, was
238.134 square miles on January 1, 1976; 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 lies adjacent to and
adjoins the City of Fort Worth, Texas; and
WHEREAS, the hereinafter described territory contains 1,320 acres
of land, more or less;
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 territory hereinafter
described shall hereafter be included within the boundary limits of
the City of Fort Worth, Texas, and the present 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 portions of the Heirs of W. W. Thompson
Survey, Abstract No. 1498; the D. E. Norton Survey,
Abstract No. 1167; and the N. A. Roberts Survey,
Abstract No. 1275, situated about 8 miles Northeasterly
from the Courthouse in Tarrant County, Texas, and being
more particularly described by metes and bounds as
follows:
BEGINNING at a point for corner in the present
Fort Worth city limit line in the East right-of-way
line of Old Denton Road (County Road No. 4048) at its
intersection with the North right-of-way line of
Watauga-Smithfield Road (County Road No. 4022) .
THENCE along and with the present Fort Worth city
limit line and along and with the East right-of-way
line of Old Denton Road North No Degrees - 03 Minutes
- 58 Seconds East 4,202.66 feet and North No Degrees -
1 Minute - 59 Seconds East 4,725.55 feet to a point in
the North line of said Cambridge Realty Development
Corporation tract and in the South line of a tract of
land conveyed to Irvin Properties, Ltd. , by deed recorded
in Volume 5618, Page 992, Tarrant County Deed Records.
THENCE South 89 Degrees - 54 Minutes - 12 Seconds
East to, and along, the common line of said Irvin
Properties, Ltd. , and Cambridge Realty Development
Corporation tracts, and continuing and in all 5,335.74
feet to a point for corner in the East right-of-way
line of Alta Vista Road (County Road No. 4053).
THENCE South No Degrees - 28 Minutes - 55 Seconds
West along and with the East right-of-way line of Alta
Vista Road 4,036.83 feet to the Southwest corner of a
tract of land conveyed to G. L. Duncan and M. R. Ellis
by deed recorded in Volume 4893, Page 597, Tarrant
County Deed Records, said point being in a Northerly
line of said Cambridge Realty Development Corporation
tract.
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THENCE South 89 Degrees - 35 Minutes - 34 Seconds
East along the common line of said Duncan and Ellis and
said Cambridge Realty Development Corporation tracts,
2,352-33 feet to the most Northerly Northeast corner of
said Cambridge Company, Inc. tract.
THENCE along the common line of said Duncan and
Ellis and said Cambridge Company, Inc. tracts, the
following courses and distances:
South 89 Degrees - 46 Minutes - 34 Seconds East
692.2 feet, and
South No Degrees - 23 Minutes - 10 Seconds West
2,278.69 feet, and
North 89 Degrees - 53 Minutes - 29 Seconds West
401.05 feet, and
South No Degrees - 36 Minutes - 27 Seconds West
1,334.94 feet to the Northeast corner of a tract of
land conveyed to Weldon G. Carden, et ux, by deed
recorded in Volume 4305, Page 493, Tarrant County Deed
Records.
THENCE North 89 Degrees - 36 Minutes - 9 Seconds
West along the common line of said Carden, et ux, and
said Cambridge Company, Inc. tracts 1,650-56 feet to
the Northwest corner of said Carden, et ux, tract.
THENCE South 1 Degree - 23 Minutes - 4 Seconds West
continuing along the common line of said Carden, et ux,
and said Cambridge Company, Inc. tracts 1,244.46 feet
to a point in the present Fort Worth city limit line
which is 50 feet North from and parallel to the North
right-of-way line of Watauga-Smithfield Road (County
Road No. 4022).
THENCE along and with the present Fort Worth city
limit line:
North 89 Degrees - 36 Minutes - 9 Seconds West
1,012-55 feet to a point for corner in the West right-
of-way line of Alta Vista Road, and
South No Degrees - 47 Minutes - 46 Seconds West
50 feet to a point for corner in the North right-of-way
line of Watauga-Smithfield Road, and North 89 Degrees -
43 Minutes - 22 Seconds West 5,213.41 feet to the PLACE
OF BEGINNING and containing 1,320 acres of land, more
or less.
SECTION 2.
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.
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SECTION 3.
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 direct conflict herewith, this ordinance
shall be and is hereby made cumulative.
SECTION 4.
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 unconstitutionality 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 un-
constitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
SECTION 5.
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.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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City Attorney
Passed and approved this the _/�= day of 1976.
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