HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 4825ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING THE BOUNDARY LIMITS AND ANNEXING
CERTAIN TERRITORY LYING ADJACENT TO THE CITY OF FORT OFFICIAL
WORTH; 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; AMENDING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT WORTH, TEX,
HEREWITH, PRESCRIBING A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND SP ECIFYTNG
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT CRDAINED BY TFE; 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 and
Johnson Counties, Texas, and being described by metes and bounds as follows:
BEING a tract of land about 12 miles south from the Courthouse of
Tarrant County, Texas, and lying in and including all or part of the G.
Hamilton, John Sise, J. Jennings, Henry Lane, William Stone, John Steele,
S A & M G R.R. Co., Sarah Gray, I & G N R.R. Co., H. Alsbury, C. Martin,
R. W. Waggoner, S. Herrera, and H. G. Catlett No. 5 -157 Surveys in Tarrant
and Johnson Counties, Texas;
BEGINNING at a point in the present City Limit Line of the City of
Fort Worth, in the east line of the G C & S F R.R. Co. right -of -way, said
point being 2500 feet south from the south right -of -way line of County
Road No. 1059;
THENCE east, along a line parallel to and 2500 feet south from the
south right-of-way line of County Road No. 1059, the present City Limit
Line of the City of Fort Worth, to its intersection with the west line
of the J. J. Scott Survey;
THENCE south, along the west line of the J. J. Scott Survey and the
west line of the J. J. Scott Survey produced south, the present City Limit
Line of the City of Fort Worth, to its intersection with the south right -
of -way line of County Road No. 1078;
THENCE west, along the south right -of -way line of County Road No.
1078, to its intersection with the easterly line of the M K & T R.R. Co.
right -of -way;
THENCE southerly, along the easterly line of the M K & T R.R. Co.
right -of -way to its intersection with the south line of Tarrant County,
Texas;
THENCE west, along the south line of Tarrant County, Texas, to its
intersection with the northeasterly line of the H. G. Catlett Survey No.
5 -151, the present City Limit Line of Burleson;
THENCE northwesterly, along the northeasterly line of the H. G.
Catlett Survey No. S -151, the present City Limit Line of Burleson, to
the north corner of the H. G. Catlett Survey No. 5 -151, the east corner
of the H. Alsbury Survey;
THENCE southwesterly, along the southeasterly line of the H. Alsbury
Survey, the present City Limit Line of Burleson, to its intersection with
the south line of Tarrant County;
THENCE westerly, along the south line of Tarrant County, the present
City Limit Line of Burleson, to its intersection with the easterly right -
of -way line of the western route of County Road No. 1017;
THENCE southwesterly, along the southeasterly right -of -way line of
said road, the present City Limit Line of. Burleson, approximately 300 feet
to its intersection with the northeasterly right-of-way line of the Bur-
leson- Crowley Public Road;
THENCE southeasterly, along the northeasterly right -of -way line of the
Burleson- Crowley Public Road, the present City Limit Line of Burleson, to
its intersection with the northwest line of the H. G. Catlett Survey No.
S -151;
THENCE southwesterly, along the northwest line of the H. G. Catlett
Survey No. S -151, the present City Limit Line of Burleson, passing a cor-
ner of Burleson's City Limits, and continuing southwesterly along the
northwest line of the H. G. Catlett Survey No. S -1511 to its intersection
with the northeast line of the H. G. Catlett Survey No. S -157,
THENCE southeasterly, along the northeast line of the H. G. Catlett
Survey No. S -157, to its east corner;
V THENCE southwesterly, along the southeast line of the H. G. Catlett
Survey No. S -157, to its south corner;
THENCE northwesterly, along the southwest line of the H. G. Catlett
Survey No. S -157, to its intersection with the east line of the G C & SF
R.R. Co. right-of-way;
THENCE northeasterly, along the east line of the G C & S F R.R. Co.
right -of -way, to its intersection with the south line of Tarrant County,
the present City Limit Line of Crowley;
THENCE along the present City Limit Line of Crowley, easterly, north-
westerly, northeasterly, northwesterly, northeasterly, northwesterly,
northerly, easterly, northerly, westerly, northerly, and westerly to its
intersection with the east line of the G C & S F R.R. Co. right-of-way;
THENCE northeasterly, along the easterly line of the G C & S F R.R.
Co. right -of -way to the place of beginning and containing approximately
6.006 square miles.
Section 2.
That this ordinance shall and does hereby amend every prior ordinance in conflict
herewith, and more particularly this ordinance expressly amends Ordinance Nos. 4733,
3893, and 4028, heretofore adopted and passed on October 8, 1962, June 20, 1958, and
February 6, 1959, respectively, but as to all other ordinances or sections of ordi-
nances not in direct conflict herewith this ordinance shall be and is hereby, made
cumulative.
Section 3.
That this ordinance shall be published one time in 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 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.
That this ordinance shall 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 publications, as aforesaid, and it is so ordained.
PRESENTED AND PASSED on first reading Monday, the- .. , ,` ; `;,
A.D., 1963.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
City Attorney