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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS ABANDONING AND VACATING
A PORTION OF DEERWOOD PARKWAY, LOCATED WEST OF ITS INTERSECTION
WITH GRANT PARKWAY, AS A PUBLIC STREET; RESERVING A DRAINAGE AND
UTILITY EASEMENT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the city is not desirous of extending Grant Parkway
west of its intersection with Deerwood Parkway; and
WHEREAS~ the abandonment of right-of-way for Grant Parkway west
of its intersection with Deerwood Parkway at this time would allow
the surplus right-of-way, which is not useful to the city and not
required for public convenience and necessity, to be sold by the
city and included in the Deerwood subdivision, Phase I development;
and
WHEREAS, the fair market value of the right-of-way has been
determined and received as required by TEX. LOC. GOV'T CODE
272.001 and Denton, Tex., Code § 2-127 (1991); NOW, THEREFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That .041 acres of the right-of-way of Grant
Parkway located west of its intersection with Deerwood Parkway, and
being more particularly described in Exhibit "A", which is attached
hereto and made a part hereof for all purposes, is abandoned and
vacated as a public street; provided, however, that there is hereby
expressly reserved and excepted from vacation and abandonment the
property so described a public drainage and general use utility
easement for the purpose of constructing, reconstructing,
repairing, and maintaining drainage and utility facilities in,
over, and across the said property.
SECTION II. That by operation of law the city of Denton's
property interest in the street right-of-way herein abandoned and
vacated shall revert to the abutting property owner, whether one or
more, and the city of Denton hereby releases all claims to the use
of the property for street purposes upon receipt of the market
value of the property herein abandoned from the abutting property
owner.
SECTION III. That this ordinance shall become effective
immediately upon its passage and approval.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the /~day of , 1994.
ATTEST:
jENNIFER WALTERS, cITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
DEBRA A. DRAYOVITCH, CITY ATTORNEY
PAGE 2
EXHIBIT A
_{h~fkuf~.RiGHT_OF-WAY ABANDONMENT
DEERWOOD PARKWAY
train tract of land situated in the D Culp Survey
FIELD NOTES to all tha~.ce .... =~ ~--~-- Denton County, Texas, and bei~ a
~=~r~ ~umber 287 in the ul~y u~ ~=-~-, .... ~ ~- the Dedication
....... ~ ~ ~ -= n~d Parkway as ue~=~ --
n t of the Right-or-way u~ ~==~- .~ ~h, ,, Property Recoros
=a~.ded in Volume 2~81, Page ~. u~ _~-L -ial_ .~l~_out of Grant Parkway
r~ Texas; the subject tract being ~ne wes~er-
~nd m~e particularly descr~bsd as follows.
BEGINNING for the Northwest corner of the tract being described herein, at a
rod at a salient corner in a Westerly line of the Right-of-way
1/2 inch iron
Dedication on a North line of the called 51.~68 acre tract described in the
Deed to Teasley Road Associates recorded in Volume 3~14 Page 553 of the said
Real property Records South 89 Degrees ~3 Minutes 42 Seconds West a distance
of 49.48 feet from a reentrant corner thereof;
THENCE North 89 Degrees ~3 Minutes 42 Seconds East with North line of the
Teasley Road Associates tract a distance of 3~.~0 feet to the Northeast corner
of Lot 1, Block A, Deerwood Phase I onan extension of the West line of
Deerwood Parkway;
THENCE South ~ Degrees 52 Minutes 57 Seconds East across the said Grant
Parkway Stub-out with the East line of Lot 1 a distance of 60.~ feet to a
reentrant corner of the said dedicated Right-of-way;
THENCE South 89 Degrees ~3 Minutes 43 Seconds West across the said Stub-out
with the said Right-of-way a distance of 29.94 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod
found at a salient corner thereof;
THENCE North ~0 Degrees 56 Minutes 18 Seconds West with the said Right-of-way
a distance of 6~.~ feet to the PLACE OF BEGINNING and enclosing ~.041 of an
acre of land.
CERTIFICATE OF CITY SECRETARY
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF DENTON
cITY OF DENTON
I, the undersigned, City Secretary of the City of Denton,
Texas (the "City") DO HEREBY cERTIFY that according to the
records of the City of which I am custodian, that:
the attached is a true and accurate copy of ordinance No. 94-065 as approved
by the City of Denton City Council on April 19, 1994.
TO CERTIFY WHICH, witness my official signature and the
seal of said City, this the ~ day of ^vri~ _, 19 _aA-'
/RJi'ty ~cretary _ __
[ir "/'. ~/~ity ~6f Denton, ~exa~
0469C
j~\wpdocs\ord\abandonm.ord
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS ABANDONING AND VACATING
A PORTION OF DEERWOOD PARKWAY, LOCATED WEST OF ITS INTERSECTION
WITH GRANT PARKWAY, AS A PUBLIC STREET; RESERVING A DRAINAGE AND
UTILITY EASEMENT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the city is not desirous of extending Grant Parkway
west of its intersection with Deerwood Parkway; and
WHEREAS, the abandonment of right-of-way for Grant Parkway west
of its intersection with Deerwood Parkway at this time would allow
the surplus right-of-way, which is not useful to the city and not
' e
required...for public convenlenc and necessity, to be sold by the
city and included in the Deerwood Subdivision, Phase I development;
and
WHEREAS, the fair market value of the right-of-way has been
determined and received as required by TEX. LOC. GOV'T CODE §
272.001 and Denton, Tex., Code § 2-127 (1991); NOW, THEREFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That .041 acres of the right-of-way of Grant
Parkway located west of its intersection with Deerwood Parkway, and
being more particularly described in Exhibit "A", which is attached
hereto and made a part hereof for all purposes, is abandoned and
vacated as a public street; provided, however, that there is hereby
expressly reserved and excepted from vacation and abandonment the
property so described a public drainage and general use utility
easement for the purpose of constructing, reconstructing,
repairing, and maintaining drainage and utility facilities in,
over, and across the said property.
SECTION II. That by operation of law the city of Denton's
property interest in the street right-of-way herein abandoned and
vacated shall revert to the abutting property owner, whether one or
more, and the city of Denton hereby releases all claims to the use
of the property for street purposes upon receipt of the market
value of the property herein abandoned from the abutting property
owner.
E~- That this ordinance shall become effective
immediately upon its passage and approval.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the /~day of ~,, 19'94.
ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
DEBRA A. DRA¥OVITCH, CITY ATTORNEY
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EXHIBIT A
?2~ED RIGHT-OF-WAY ABANDONMENT
DEERWOOD PARKWAY
FIELD NOTES to all that certain tract of land situated in the D Culp Survey
Abstract Number 287 in the City of Denton, Denton County, Texas, and being a
part of the Right-of-way of Deerwood Parkway as described in the Dedication
recorded in Volume 2~81, Page 511 of the Real Property Records of Denton
County, Texas; the subject tract being the Western Stub-out of Grant Parkway
and more particularly described as follows: . '
BEGINNING for the Northwest corner of the tract being described herein, at a
1/2 inch iron rod at a salient corner in a Westerly line of the Right-of-way
Dedication on a North line of the called 51.~68 acre tract described in the
Deed to Teasley Road Associates recorded in Volume 3~14 Page 553 of the said
Real Property Records South 89 Degrees ~3 Minutes 42 Seconds West a distance
of 49.48 feet from a reentrant corner thereof;
THENCE North 89 Degrees ~3 Minutes 42 Seconds East with North line of the
Teasley Road Associates tract a distance of 3~.~ feet to the Northeast corner
of Lot 1, Block A, DeerwoQd Phase I on an extension of the West line of
Deerwood Parkway;
THENCE South ~ Degrees 52 Minutes 57 Seconds East across the said Grant
Parkway Stub-out with the East line of Lot 1 a distance of 6~.~g feet to a
reentrant corner of the said dedicated Right-of-way;
THENCE South 89 Degrees ~3 Minutes 43'Seconds West across the said Stub-out
with the said Right-of-way a distance of 29.94 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod
found at a salient corner thereof;
THENCE North ~ Degrees 56 Minutes 18 Seconds West with the said Right-of-way
a distance of 6g.0~ feet to the PLACE OF BEGINNING and enclosing 8.041 of an
acre of land.
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BE EXTENDED
RIGHT-OF-WAY
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EXHIBIT OF
RIGHT-OF-WAY ABANDONMENT
DEERWOOB
' DENTON COUNIY, TEXAS
CATE: 24 FEB. 1994 PREPARED BY:
DRAWN BY: MOD COLEMAN & ASSOC
SCALE: 1" = 100' SURVEYING
-- PO BOX 686
REVISED: DENTON, TEXAS 76202
817 565 8215
RETURN '1'0: City of' Denton
21,5 E. McKinn=y
Denton. TX 76~01
~.~J~: Ro~,el' N. Wilkinson