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ORDINANCE N0.17890-11-2007
AN ORDINANCE DECLARING CERTAIN FINDINGS; PROVIDING FOR THE
EXTENSION OF CERTAIN BOUNDARY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF FORT
WORTH; PROVIDING FOR THE ANNEXATION OF AN APPROXIMATELY 19.9
ACRE TRACT OF LAND SITUATED IN THE JOSE GILL SURVEY, ABSTRACT
NUMBER 568, SITUATED ABOUT 10.3 MILES SOUTH 5 DEGREES WEST OF
THE COURTHOUSE, TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS (CASE N0. AX-07-007)
WHICH SAID TERRITORY LIES ADJACENT TO AND ADJOINS THE PRESENT
CORPORATE 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; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE
CUMULATIVE OF ALL PRIOR ORDINANCES NOT IN DIRECT CONFLICT;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND NAMING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the territory hereinafter described and proposed for
annexation is less than one-half mile in width; and,
WHEREAS, the territory hereinafter described is vacant and
without residents, or on which fewer than three registered voters
reside; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Worth has received a petition in
writing requesting the annexation of the area; and,
WHEREAS, the population of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, is in
excess of 100,000 inhabitants; 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
Approximately 19.9 acres of land (0.031 square miles) 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
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hereinafter described shall hereafter be included within the
boundary limits of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, and the present
corporate 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:
BEGINNING at a point for the southeast corner of said Crowley
tract, same being on the west right-of-way line of Crowley Road
(a right-of-way of variable width), and being also on a westerly
city limits line for the City of Fort Worth;
THENCE: South 89°13'50" West, with the south line of said Crowley
tract, a distance of 1170.55 feet to a point for corner on the
easterly right-of-way line of the Gulf Colorado & Santa Fe
Railroad, same being the southwest corner of said Crowley tract;
THENCE: North O1°45'00" East, with said easterly right-of-way
line, a distance of 792.60 feet to a point for corner on the
south right-of-way line of said North Crowley Cleburne Road;
THENCE: North 89°29'07" East, with said south right-of-way line,
a distance of 1027.11 feet to a point for corner on the said