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ORDINANCE N0. J ~ ~~
AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING THE BOUNDARY LIMITS AND ANNEXING
CERTAIN TERRITORY LYING ADJACENT TO TIC CITY OF FORT WORTH;
PROVIDING THAT THE ORDINANCE BE ADVERTISED,IN A DAILY NEWS-
PAPER PUBLISHED IN SAID CITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRO-
VISIONS QF SECTION 40, CHAPTE$ XXVIII OF THE CITY CHARTER;
AND PRESCRIBING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OP THE CITY C1F' 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 south line of the Bowman Springs
Road, or Polly-Webb Road (County Road No. 2005), said paint
being 1899.6 feet east of the east line of the Parker Henderson
Road, or Miller Street, said point being also in the present
city limit line of the Village of Lake City recently incor-
porated;
Thence in a southerly and easterly direction along the eity-
limit line of the Village of Lake City south 0 degrees 08
minutes east, 1574.5 feet to a point 18.6 feet east of the north-
west corner of Lot 8 in Block 6, Homewood Addition in Tarrant
County, Texas;
Thence south 8g degrees 39 minutes east, 1432.1+ feet to the north-
east corner of Lot 11 i.n Block 7, Homewood Addition;
Thence south 0 degrees 25 minutes east, 882.1 feet to the south-
east corner of Lot 12 in Block 8, Homewood Addition, and being
a point in the north line of Martin Avenue;
Thence north 89 degrees 19 minutes west with the north line of
Martin Avenue and the south line of Homewood Addition, 2612.55
feet to a point 40 feet north of the northwest corner of the
M. J. Britton Survey and the northeast corner of the J. Collett
Survey;
Thence south 0 degrees; 20 minutes east along the east line of
the J. T. Couch Addition, 2752.7 feet to a point 25 feet south
of the southeast corner of Block 10 in said J. T. Couch Addition
and being the southwest corner of the M. J. Britton Survey;
Thence east 236.4 feet to the northeast corner of Block A, J. T.
Couch Addition, and the northwest corner of the E. P. Parris
Survey;
Thence south along the east line of the J. T. Couch Addition,
3073.0 feet to a point 420 feet south of the southeast corner of
Block B, J. T. Couch Addition;
Thence east 3541 feet to a point in the west line of Marie Jones
Road, being 16$.7 feet north and 46 feet west of the southwest
corner of Lot 40 in Block 5, Weisenberger City Addition;
Thence north 0 degrees 05 minutes east with the west line of
Marie Jones Road, 2101.26 feet to a paint 42.8 feet west and 30
feet x~rth of the northwest corner of Lot 1 in Block 1, Weisen-
berger City Addition, said point being.in the approximate center
line of David Strickland-Britton Road;
Thence with the approximate center line of David Strickland-
Britton Road, north 89 degrees 11 minutes east, 2602 feet to
a point in the east line of Wrey Crest Farm Road, said point
being in the City of Arlington city limit line around the pro-
posed Village Creek Lake;
Thence north along the east line of the Wrey Crest Farm Road
(County Road No. 1010) and along the Arlington city ,limit 13ne
to the south line of the Polly-Webb Road (County Road No. 2005);
Thence east along the south side of County Road No. 2005 and
along the Arlington city limit line to a point in the east line
of the Eandley-Village Creek School Road (County Road No. 2047);
Thence north along the east line of County Road No. 2047 and
along the Arlington city limit line to a point in the present
City of Fort Worth city limit line at the southeast corner of
Carver Heights Addition;
Thence in a westerly and southerly direction along the present
City of Fort Worth city limit line to the place of beginning,
and containing approx~nately four square miles of land.
SECTION 2.
This ordinance shall be published one time in The Fort Worth Stax-
Telegram, 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•
This ordinance shall become effective and be in full force and ef-
feet 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 Wednesday, December $, 1954.
APPROVED AS TO(F~'O`RM~~AND LEGALITY:
City At orney