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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 6061 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE MAKING 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 16.15 ACRES OF LAND, WHICH SAID TERRITORY LIES ADJACENT TO AND ADJOINS 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 THE CITIZENS OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDI- NANCE 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 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 opportunity to be heard on the proposed annexation of the territory hereinafter described, was held at the City Council Chamber in the City Hall of Fort Worth, Texas, on the 17th day of February, 1969, 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 in a newspaper having general circulation in the City of Fort Worth, Texas, and in the hereinafter described territory on the 4th day of February, 1969, which date is not more than twenty (20) nor less than ten (10) days prior to the date of such public hearing; and WHEREAS, the population of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, is in excess of 400,000 inhabitants; and WHEREAS, the corporate area of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, was 198.222 square miles on January 1, 1969, and WHEREAS, the hereinafter described territory lies within the extraterri- torial 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 territory hereinafter described contains approximately 16.15 acres; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: SECTION 1 . The following described land and territory lying adjacent to and adjoin- ing 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 within the corporate limits of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, to wit: Being a tract or parcel of land out of the W. W. Wheat Survey, Abstract #1646, situated in Tarrant County, Texas and described by metes and bounds as follows: BEGINNING at a point in the present Fort Worth City Limit line, said point being in the proposed West line of Hulen Street, 540.0 feet South 00 - 05' East from the Southwest corner of Hulen Street and Altamesa Blvd.; THENCE South 00 - 05' East along the present City Limit line and the proposed West line of Hulen Street 840.0 feet to an iron pin for corner; THENCE South 89' - 55' West, 80.0 feet; THENCE South 800 - 54' West, 75.3 feet; THENCE South 73' - 38' West, 272.3 feet; THENCE South 89° - 27' West, 262.7 feet; THENCE North 5° - 45' West, 169.6 feet; THENCE North 13' - 17' West, 171.2 feet; THENCE North 190 - 53' West, 162.6 feet; THENCE North 26" - 06' West, 162.9 feet; THENCE North 320 - 26' West, 148.8 feet to a point for corner in the present Fort Worth City Limit line; THENCE Easterly along said City Limit line - North 48" - 09' East 248.7 feet, North 890 - 27' East 195,0 feet, and North 890 - 40 min. East 560.0 feet to the point of beginning and containing 16.15 acres of land, more or less. 2 _ SECTION 2. y :1, 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 taxes levied by the City of Fort Worth, Texas, and the inhab- itants 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 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. If any section, subsection, clause, sentence, phrase, or word of this ordinance is for any reason held void or unconstitutional , by a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remaining sections, subsections, clauses, sentences, phrases, or words except as the same are inseparable from and indispensable to the remaining portions of the ordinance. SECTION 5. 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 read- ing 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: City Attorney Passed and approved this, the :41 day of Yn.'4 1969.