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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, ABANDONING AND VACATING
A PORTION OF A DRAINAGE EASEMENT AT THE REAR OF LOT 20, BLOCK B OF
NORTHWOOD ADDITION TWELFTH INSTALLMENT, AN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF
DENTON, PROVIDING FOR THE REVERSION OF THE CITY'S PROPERTY INTERESTS
1N SAID LAND, AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, the City of Denton has received a request from Kelly J Thomas for a partial
abandonment of a drainage easement located at the rear of 3301 Cooper Branch East m order for
the property owner to construct a fence along the perimeter of existing drainage channel
improvemants, 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 the
drainage easement being vacated is no longer needed for public use based on the recently
improved drainage channel alignment and the applicant's conveyance on April 2, 1998 of an
additional drainage easement containing 120 34 square feet, and
WHEREAS, the process for (1) conveying, selling or exchanging the property interests of
the City of Denton ,n the drainage easement 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 easement interests to abutting property owners who own the
underlying fee simple, shall be followed m effectuating this abandonment, NOW, THEREFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
S]~CTION I That the portion of drainage easement located at the rear of Lot 20, Block B
of Northwood Addition Twelfth Installment an addition to the City of Denton, recorded in
Cabinet G, Page 17 of the Plat Records of Denton County, Texas, and described in Exhibit "A",
which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference, is vacated and permanently
abandoned
SECTION II That the City's property interests In said portion of the drainage easement
above described is hereby released and will revert to the owners as provided by law
SECTION III That this ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage
and approval
PASSED AND APPROVED this the ~ At~ day of ~ ,1998
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ATTEST
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
HERBERT L PROUTY, CITY ATTORNEY
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EXHIBIT ~A~
ALL that certain lot, tract or parcel of land lying and being
situated in the City and County of Denton, State of Texas, in the
D. Culp Survey, Abstract No. 287, and being part of Lot 20, Block
B of the Northwood Addition Twelfth Installment, an addition to the
City o~ Denton es recorded in Cabinet G, Page 17, of the Plat
Records of Denton County, Texas, and under Certificate of
Correction recorded in Volume 2395, Page 791 of the Real Property
Records of Denton County, Texas, and being part of the tract
conveyed to Kelly J. Thomas and wife, Rhonda M. Thomas, by deed
recorded aa Clerk's File l~,mher 96-R0010153 in the Real Property
Records of Denton County, Texas, and being more particularly
described as follows~
COMMENCINO et the southwest corner of said Lot 20, Block B~
THENCE North 06° 51' 54" West, along the west line of said Lot 20,
a distance of 16.12 feet to · point~
THENCE.South 89° 52' 46" East, along the north line of an existing
16-foot utility and drainage easement, a distance of 60.05 feet to
a point/
THENCE~North 00° 07' 14" East, leaving the north line of said 16-
foot utility and drainage easement, a distance of 2.00 feet to the
POINT OF EEOINNINO on the west line of an existing 14-foot drainage
easement which adjoins said 16-foot utility and drainage easement~
THENCE, North 00° 07' 14" East, along the west line of said 14-foot
drainage easement, a distance of 12.00 feet to a point for corner~
THENCEiNorth 89° 52' 46" East, along the north line of said 14-foot
drainage easement, a distance of 45.00 feet to a point for corner
on the east line of said Lot 20~
THENCE, South 48° 18' 3?# West, leaving the east line of said Lot
20, a distance of 18.00 feet to a point for corner~
THENCE North 89° 52' 46" West, a distance of 31.58 feet to the
POINT OF BEOINNINO and containing 459.50 square feet of land.