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THE STATE OF TEXAS X ~
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COUNTY OF DENTON X
BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, A
MUNICIPAL CORPORATION
WHEREAS, heretofore the then owners of a certain
tract of land out of the B.B.B. & C.R.R. Company Survey,
Abstract No. 186, subdivided a small port,on of a tract of
land and filed a plat in the Office of the county Clerk of
D~nton County, Texas, designating said subdivision as OAKWOOD
ADDITION to the City of Denton, Texas; and
WHEREAS, said purported subdivision and addition
contained only nxneteen (19) lots lying immediately East of
North Locust Street in the City of Denton, Texas, being Lots
O~e through N~ne in Block "A# and Lots One through Ten in
BlOck #B# of Oakwood Addition to sa~d City of Denton, Texas~ and
WHEREAS, said plat left a sixty-foot strip lying
between said Blocks "A" and "B" of said Addition, which sixty-
foot strip began at North Locust Street and extended for a
distance of 800 feet where it terminated; and
WHEREAS, by reason of the leaving of sa~d sixty-
foot strip it might be construed by some to indicate that
said sixty-foot strip was intended to be dedicated as a public
street; and
WHEREAS, said sixty-foot strip xs wholly undesirable
as a stEeet and did not, and does not, comply with the
requirements of the City of Denton, Texas, for public street
purposes; and
WHEREAS, said sixty-foot str~p aforesaid and which
is hereinafter described has never been accepted, recognized or
used by said City of Denton, Texas, as a public street and sa~d
City of Denton, Texas has no need for the same, and does not and
has never approved or accepted the same; and
WHEREAS, the filing of said plat with said strip
located aforesaid is a cloud against the title to such tracts,
and the tract herein described, and the present owner of sa~d
t~acts of land desires that said cloud be removed; and
WHEREAS, the City of Denton, Texas, a municipal
corporation, makes no claim to said str~p of land as a public
street or otherwise, and has no ownership therein~
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, and xt is hereby determxned that
the strip of land hereinafter described has never been
accepted, used or claimed by the City of Denton, Texas, as
a p~blic street, and the City of Denton, Texas, actxng by
and through its City Council, here and now declines to accept
the same as a public street, and the City of Denton, Texas,
here and now disclaims any interest, rxght or title in and to
the following described tract of land:
Ail that certain lot, tract or parcel of land out
of the B.B.B. & C.R.R. Co. Survey, Abstract No. 186 in the
City of Denton in Denton County, Texas, and described by metes
and bounds as follows~
BEGINNING at the Northwest corner of Lot No. One in
Block "B" of Oakwood Addition to the City of Denton, Texas, as
shown by plat of record in the Office of the County Clerk of
Denton County, Texas, to which reference is hereby made;
THENCE EAST along the North Lxne of Block "B"
aforesaxd 800 feet for corner, same being the Northeast corner
of Lot NO. Ten in Block "B" of said Addition;
THENCE NORTH 60 feet for corner, same being the
Southeast corner of Lot Nine in Block "A" of said Addition;
THENCE WEST along the South Lxne of Block "A" xn
said Addition 800 feet, more or less, for corner, same being
the Southwest corner of Lot One in Block "A" of said Addition;
THENCE SOUTH 60 feet to the PLACE OF BEGINNING.
PASSED AND APPROVED at a regular meetxng of said
City Council of the City of Denton, Texas, thxs the ~/~day of
June, A.D. 1964.
Mayor of the City of Denton,
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Secretary; City of Denton, Texas
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APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM=
Denton, Texas
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