1979-069 ORDINANCE NO
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 C~ty
of Denton, Texas, that it is desirable and to the best ~nterest of
the City of Denton, Texas, that the property described here~n be
d~sannexed as a part of said City, and
WHEREAS, the City of Denton has not been able to and does not
foresee being able to provlde governmental and proprletary
services to the property w~thln the next three years which is
substantially equivalent to the standard of governmental and
proprletary services furnished by the C~ty to other areas s~mllar
in topography, patterns of land utilization, and population
density of the property, and
WHEREAS, ~t appears that the ma]orlty of the owners of the
land more particularly described below are desirous of being
d~sannexed from the C~ty of Denton, Texas,
All that certain lot, tract or parcel of land, lylng and being
situated ~n the C~ty and County of Denton, State of Texas, and
being all of a called 71 73 acre tract of land as conveyed by deed
dated June 20, 1956, from Terrell W King, Jr and Terrell
Wh~teman K~ng, III, to Genella Elizabeth K~ng, as shown of record
· n Volume 424, Page 136 of the Deed Records of Denton County,
Texas, all being out of the James Severe Survey, Abstract No
1164, and being more particularly described as follows
BEGINNING at a steel pin at the northwest corner of the above
mentioned called 71 73 acre tract, same being the northwest corner
of the James Severe Survey, Abstract No 1164, sa~d point of
beginning being 20 feet west of the centerl~ne of a north and
south public road whose width is 60 feet, sa~d beginning point
being in what was the west boundary l~ne of a public road whose
w~dth at that time was 40 feet,
THENCE north 89 degrees 34 minutes 11 seconds east along the north
boundary line of said James Severe Survey, and the north boundary
l~ne of said called 71 73 acre tract, same belng a fence line,
2085 00 feet, to a steel p~n and railroad crosstle fence corner
post for the northeast corner of sa~d 71 73 acre tract, and being
in the west boundary l~ne of the Texas and Pacific Railroad r~ght
of way,
THENCE southwesterly, along the arc of a curve to the left and the
west boundary l~ne of the Texas and Pacific Railroad, (the chord
of this part of curve being south 29 degrees 40 minutes 14 seconds
west), 450 00 feet to a steel p~n for the pc of said curve,
THENCE south 26 degrees 17 m~nutes west along the fence line and
the west boundary l~ne of the Texas and Pacific Railroad, 650 00
feet to a steel pin for corner,
THENCE south 27 degrees 24 m~nutes west along the west boundary
l~ne of sa~d Texas and Pacific Railroad, 500 00 feet to a steel
pin for a corner,
THENCE south 28 degrees 02 minutes west along fence line and the
west boundary line of sad Texas and Pacific Railroad, 2782 63 feet
to a steel pin for the south corner of the King 71 73 acre tract
and being in the west boundary l~ne of the James Severe Survey,
Abstract No 1164, and being 20 feet west of the centerl~ne of
public road running north whose w~dth ls 60 feet,
THENCE north 00 degrees 32 mlnutes 30 seconds west along the west
boundary l~ne of said James Severe Survey, 3858 38 feet, to a
point of beginning and containing 88 083 acres of usable land, or
net acreage, and 4 429 acres ~n public road making a total
d~stance of 92 512 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 reclted 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 C~v~l Statutes, the above described property ~s hereby
d~scont~nued as a part of the C~ty of Denton, Texas
(3) That the C,ty Secretary ~s hereby authorized and directed
to enter this Ordinance on the m~nutes and records of the C~ty of
Denton, Texas, to the effect that sa~d property ~s d~sannexed as a
part of the C~ty of Denton, Texas, and after the entry of th~s
ordinance the sa~d property shall cease to be a part of the City
of Denton, Texas
SECTION II
That th~s ordinance shall become effective ~mmedlately after
~ts passage and approval
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 4th day of September, A D 1979
BI~ NASH, MAYOR
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
ATTEST
t'BROOKS }{OLT, CITY SECRETARY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
NS, ACTING CITY
ATTORNEY, CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS