HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 3872 ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING THE BOUNDARY LIMITS
AND ANNEXING CERTAIN TERRITORY LYING ADJACENT
TO THE CITY OF FORT WORT$:,PROVIDING 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 PRESCRIBING 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 present City of Fort
Worth city limit line, said point being the intersection
of the south line of the Greater Fort Worth International
Airport and the Tarrant County line, said point also be-
ing in the westerly line of the City of Grand Prairie
city limits;
THENCE south along the Grand Prairie city limits and
along the Tarrant County line to the center line of the
Trinity River;
THENCE northerly with the center line of the Trinity
River and along the Grand Prairie city limits to a point
of intersection with the City of Arlington city limits,
said point being in the east line of the J. Estill Survey;
THENCE north along the City of Arlington city limit
line and along the east line of the J. Estill Survey to the
northeast corner thereof;
THENCE east along the south line of the J. Burnett
Survey to the southeast corner thereof;
THENCE north along the City of Arlington city limit
line and along the east line of the J. Burnett Survey to
a point of intersection with the present City of Fort Worth
city limit line, said point being in the south line of the
Greater Fort Worth International Airport;
THENCE east along the present City of Fort Worth city
limit line to the place of beginning, and containing approxi-
mately 0.64 square miles.
Section 2.
That 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.
That this ordinance shall be and 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, the 23rd day of May ,
1958.
r"OVED F ALITY:
Assistant City Attorney