1980-061ORDINANCE NO 80 -(of
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, DISANNEXING CERTAIN
PORTIONS OF LAND AS A PART OF THE CITY OF DENTON, AND DECLARING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, it has been proposed to the City Council of the City
of Denton, Texas, that it is desirable and to the best interest of
the City of Denton, Texas, that the property described herein be
disannexed as a part of said City, and
WHEREAS, the City of Denton has not been able to and does not
foresee being able to provide governmental and proprietary
services to the property within the next three years which is
substantially equivalent to the standard of governmental and
proprietary services furnished by the City to other areas similar
in topography, patterns of land utilization, and population
density of the property, and
WHEREAS, it appears that the majority of the owners of the
land more particularly described below are desirous of being
disannexed from the City of Denton, Texas,
All that certain lot, tract or parcel of land lying and being
situated in the City and County of Denton, State of Texas, and
being part of the H H Hagood Survey, Abstract No 517 and the
William Hudson Survey, Abstract No 586 and also being part of two
tracts of land, designated "Second Tract" and "Third Tract" as
conveyed from E D Massey and wife, Ada C Massey to William T
Smith and wife, Nona Smith by deed dated May 28, 1940 and recorded
in Volume 284, Page 187 of the Deed Records of Denton County,
Texas and more particularly described as follows
BEGINNING at a point in the north boundary line of said "Second
Tract", same being the north boundary line of said H H Hagood
Survey, said point of beginning being 56 81 feet south 890 45'
west of the west right of way line of the T $ P Railway Company
and also being the northwest corner of a tract of land as conveyed
from John W Hooser to the T $ P Railway Company by deed dated
February 23, 1929 and recorded in Volume 222, Page 551 of the Deed
Records of Denton County, Texas,
THENCE south 28005' west along the west boundary line of said T
$ P Railway Company Tract, a distance of 785 04 feet to a point
for a corner, same being the southwest corner of said T & P
Railway Company Tract,
THENCE south 610 55' east along the south boundary line of said
T $ P Railway Company Tract a distance of 50 00 feet to a point
for a corner, same being the southeast corner of said T $ P
Railway Company Tract and lying in the east boundary line of the
aforementioned "Second Tract",
THENCE south 280 05, west along the east boundary line of said
"Second Tract" passing at 1893 00 feet the southeast corner of
said "Second Tract" same being the northeast corner of said "Third
Tract" and continuing south 280 05' west along the east boundary
line of said "Third Tract" a total distance of 3,388 50 feet to a
point for a corner, same being the southeast corner of said "Third
Tract",
THENCE north along the west boundary line of said "Third Tract" a
distance of 722 24 feet to a point for a corner in the existing
Denton City Limits Line as established by Ordinance No 69-40,
said point being 500 0 feet northwest of and perpendicular to the
centerline of U S Highway 377,
THENCE north 280 05' east along the existing Denton City Limits
Line, 500 0 feet northwest of and parallel with the centerline of
U S Highway 377, a distance of 3,379 96 feet to a point for a
corner in the north boundary line of said "Second Tract",
THENCE north 890 45' east along the north boundary line of said
"Second Tract" a distance of 329 47 feet to the place of beginning
and containing 28 67 acres of land, more or less
NOW, THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS,
HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I
(1) That the matters and facts recited herein in the preamble
of this ordinance are hereby found and determined to be true and
correct
(2) That, pursuant to Articles 970a and 1175(2), Vernon's
Texas Civil Statutes, the above described property is hereby
discontinued as a part of the City of Denton, Texas
(3) That the City Secretary is hereby authorized and directed
to enter this Ordinance on the minutes and records of the City of
Denton, Texas, to the effect that said property is disannexed as a
part of the City of Denton, Texas, and after the entry of this
ordinance the said property shall cease to be a part of the City
of Denton, Texas
SECTION II
That this ordnance shall become effective immediately after
its passage and approval
PASSED AND APPROVED this the ~Fday of ,
A D 1980
0 , MAYOR V
CIT OF DE TON, TEXAS
ATTEST
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HOLT, CI RERE-TTRY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
C J TAYLOR, JR , CITY
ATTORNEY, CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
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