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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1976-061NO %`"(01 AN ORDINANCE VACATING, CLOSING AND ABANDONING AS A PUBLIC STREET A PORTION OF WAINWRIGHT STREET AS PER MAP OR PLAT OF SAID AREA RECORDED IN THE DEED RECORDS OF DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS, SAID TRACT OF LAND BEING FURTHER DESCRIBED HEREIN IN FULL, AFTER FINDING THAT THE PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY NO LONGER RFQUIRE ITS CON- TINUED EXISTENCE, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN A QUIT CLAIM DEED, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY WHEREAS, the City of Denton has completed improvements on the Bell -Blount -Industrial Street pro3ect, and WHEREAS, it was necessary to close off a portion of Wainwright Street at its southern most end to avoid a hazardous intersection with the new Bell Avenue, and WHEREAS, the City Council hereby finds and determines that the public convenience and necessity no longer require the continued existence of a portion of Wainwright Street, and WHEREAS, the City Council determines that the portion of Wain- wright Street closed by this ordinance should be conveyed to Thomas E Noel in exchange for right of way granted by Thomas E Noel to the City of Denton for the improvement of Bell Avenue, NOW, THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, HEREBY ORDAINS SECTION I That the following described parcel of land containing 3,329 75 square feet, more or less, situated in the City of Denton, Denton County, Texas, and more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows All that certain lot, tract or parcel of land lying and being situated in the City and County of Denton, State of Texas, being part of the Wm Loving Survey, Abstract No 759, and being part of Lot 8, Block A and Lot 8, Block B of the Blount Addition, an addition to the City and County of Denton and also being part of three tracts of land hereinafter described as Tract One, Tract Two and Tract Three, Tract One being the street right of way known as Wainwright as shown on the Plat of the Blount Addition as recorded in Volume 75, Page 54 of the Deed Records of Denton County, Texas, Tract Two being conveyed by Thomas E Noel to the City of Denton by deed dated October 18, 1968, and recorded in Volume 574, Page 104 of the Deed Records of Denton County, Texas, Tract Three being conveyed by Claude Miller to the City of Denton by deed dated December 1, 1970 and recorded in Volume 611, Page 640 of the Deed Records of Denton County, Texas, and being more particularly des- cribed as follows BEGINNING at a point in the west right of way line of Wainwright Street, said point of beginning lying in the east boundary line of Lot 9, Block B of the Blount Addition 82 5 feet north of the intersection of the west right of way line of Wainwright Street and the north right of way line of Eagle Drive, THENCE north along the west right of way line of Wainwright Street, a distance of 82 5 feet to a point for a corner, same being the southeast corner of said Tract Two and also being the southeast corner of Lot 8, Block B of the Blount Addition, THENCE west along the south boundary line of said Tract Two a dis- tance of 8 0 feet to a point for a corner, same being the southwest corner of Tract Two, THENCE north along the west boundary line of said Tract Two a dis- tance of 50 0 feet to a point for a corner, same being the northwest corner of said Tract Two, THENCE east passing at 8 0 feet the northeast corner of said Tract Two, continuing east and passing at 33 0 feet the west boundary line of said Tract Three, same being the east right of way line of Wain- wright Street, and continuing east a total distance of 41 0 feet to a point for a corner in the east boundary line of said Tract Three, %1ENCE south, along the east boundary line of said Tract Three, a dis- tance of 17 0 feet to a point for a corner, same being the southeast corner of said Tract Three, THENCE west along the south boundary line of said Tract Three a dis- tance of 8 0 feet to a point for a corner in the east right of way line of Wainwright Street, same being the southwest corner of said Tract Three, THENCE south along the east right of way line of Wainwright Street a distance of 90 0 feet to a point for a corner, THENCE south 440 25' 58" west a distance of 35 71 feet to the place of beginning and containing 3,329 75 square feet of land, more or less be, and the same is hereby vacated, closed and abandoned insofar as any right, title or interest may be vested in the public as a public right of way, and the City Council hereby authorizes the title and interest in and to the above described tract of land to vest in Thomas E Noel, as the abutting owner, in exchange for right of way granted by Thomas E Noel to the City of Denton, Texas, for the improvement of Bell Avenue SECTION II That the Mayor of the City of Denton, Texas is hereby authorized to sign a quit claim deed conveying the above described tract of land to Thomas E Noel SECTION III This ordinance is passed as an emergency measure, and shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage -2- PASSED AND APPROVED this the 21st day of December, A D 1976 ATTES OKS HOLT, CITY SECRETARY ITY OF DENTON, TEXAS APPROVED /AAS TO LEGAL FORM AUL C, ISHAM, CITY ATTORNEY CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS ELINOR HUGHES, MAYUR CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS -3-