1998-076 ORDINANCE NO q ~ -O "] [_.,
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, ABANDONING AND VACATING
A STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY EASEMENT TO THE PORTION OF LINDEN STREET
BETWEEN FULTON AND ALICE STREETS, PROVIDING FOR THE REVERSION OF
THE FEE IN SAID LAND, AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, the City of Denton has received a request from the Denton Independent
School District (DISD) for a partial abandonment of the right-of-way easement for Linden
Street, and
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Denton, Texas,
reviewed the requested abandonment and recommended approval, and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Denton has determined that the portion of
Linden :Street being vacated is no longer needed for public use based on the Master Plan for
Denton High School Athletic Facilities that has been approved by DISD, and
WHEREAS, the process for (1) conveying, selling or exchanging the property interests of
the City of Denton in the street right-of-way being abandoned and vacated herein and (2)
determining fair market value, as applicable, pursuant to TEX LOC GOV'T CODE §272 001
relating to the conveyance of right-of-way to abutting property owners who own the underlying
fee simple, shall be followed in effectuating this abandonment, NOW, THEREFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I That the portion of Linden Street between Fulton and Alice Streets, as
described m Exhibit "A" attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference, is vacated and
permanently abandoned as a public street, to the extent described in Exhibit "A"
SECTION II That the fee to the land in said street right-of-way easement above
described is hereby released and will revert to the owners as provided by law
SECTION III That this ordinance shall become effective lmme&ately upon its passage
and approval
PASSED AND APPROVED this the ] Q'~' day of~ 1998
ATTEST
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
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HERBERT L PROUTY, CITY ATTORNEY
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