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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 2216 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE FINDING THAT A ➢AJORITY OF THE PER- SONS RESIDING WITHIN CERTAIN TERRITORY ADJACENT AND CONTI(AJOUS TO THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, AND BE- ING GREMAY PLACE, IN THE W. H. LITTLE SURVEY, AND GILMORE STRIP NO. 2 OF THE W. H. LITTLE SUP, VEY, WHO ARE QUALIFIED TO VOTE FOR MEMMS OF THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, HAVE SIGNED A PETITION IN CITING REQUESTING THAT THE TERRITORY BE ANNEXED TO THE CITY OF FORT WORTH; PROVIDING FOR THE ANNEXATION OF SAID TERRITORY; AND DESIG- NATING THE EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That the City Council finds that the territory and area hereinafter described in Section 2 is adjoining and contiguous to the corporate limits of the City of Fort Worth; that more than a majority of the persons resid- ing within said area who are qualified to vote for members of the Legisla- ture of the State of Texas have signed a petition in writing, describing said territory by metes and bounds, and have requested the City Council of the City of Fort Worth, by an appropriate ordinance, to annex and make said territory an integral part of the corporate limits of the City of Fort Worth; and that said application has been duly presented and considered in strict compliance with the provisions of Section 3, Chapter I of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth. SECTION 2. That the following described territory is hereby annexed, brought within the corporate limits, and made an integral part of the City of Fort Worth, said territory being all that certain lot, tract or parcel of land situated in Tarrant County, Texas, and being Greenway Place, in the W. H. Little Survey, and Gilmore Strip No. 2 of the W. H. Little Survey, more par- ticularly described as follows: Beginning at a point in the present city limit line, said point being in the easterly right of way line of the C. R. I. & G. R. R. and the north line of Parkside Addition pro- duced west; thence north 60 degrees east along the south line of Oreenway Place Addition and the north line of Park- side Addition to a point, said point being the southeast corner of the G. H. Kiosseff tract; thence north 30 degrees west along the easterly line of the G. H. Kiosseff tract to a point in the northerly line of the dump grounds road; thence north 34 degrees east along the northerly line of the dump grounds road to a point, said point being the most easterly point of the City garbage dumping grounds; thence north 82 degrees west a distance of 597.2 feet to a point; thence north 14 degrees west a distance of 427.8 feet to a point; thence north 32 degrees west a distance of 444.4 feet to a point; thence north 12 degrees west a dis- tance of 322.2 feet to a point, said point being in the north line of the W. H. Little Survey; thence west along the north line of the W. H. Little Survey to a point, said point being in the west line of the levee on the west side of the Trinity River; thence in a northwesterly direction along the westerly and southwesterly line of the levee to a point in the easterly line of the T. & P. R. R. right of way line 535 feet north of the north line of the F. G. Mulli- ken Survey; thence in a southerly direction along the easterly- right of way line of the T. & P. R. R. to a point, north 78 degrees east from the southeast corner of the H. C. Holloway lands; thence south 78 degrees west, crossing the T. & P. R. R. right of way and the Cold Springs Road, to a point in the present city limits; thence in a southeasterly, thence in a southwesterly direction along the westerly line of the Cold Springs Road and present city limits to a point in the easter- ly right of way line of the C. R. I, 4'0. R. R.; thence in a southerly direction along the easterly right of way line and the present city limits to the place of beginning. SECTION 3. Municipal improvements will be extended to the area as soon as de- velopment in the area will justify them. SECTION 4. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage, and it is so ordained. APPROVED AS TO FORM: City Attorney K p ORDINANCE f f_ Y✓'F ^ Date 4'71 g, r- 4r Filed -- day of -- City Secretary