1969-027AN ORDINANCE VACATING, CLOSING AND ABANDONING AS A PUBLIC STREET
A PORTION OF MAPLE STREET LYING BETWEEN AVENUE E AND AVENUE D AS
SHOWN ON THE MAP OR PLAT OF SAID AREA RECORDED IN VOLUME 337,
PAGE 193 OF THE DEED RECORDS OF DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS, SAID PORT-
ION BEING FURTHER DESCRIBED HEREIN IN FULL, AFTER FINDING THAT THE
PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY NO LONGER REQUIRE ITS CONTINUED
EXISTENCE, AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I
The City Council hereby finds and determines that the
public convenience and necessity no longer require the continued
existence of that certain portion of Maple Street lying between
Avenue E and Avenue D, in the City of Denton, Denton County, Texas,
and described in full as
Ail that certain lot, tract or parcel of land lying and
being situated in the City and County of Denton, State
of Texas, being a part of the Eugene Puchalski Survey,
Abstract No 996, being a part of the W H Hodgson
Addition to the City of Denton, Texas, by plat and de-
dication dated July 16, 1947, and recorded in Volume 337,
Page 193, of the Deed Records of Denton County, Texas, and
being all of Maple Street as indicated on said plat and
dedicated in said dedication, and being more particularly
described as follows, to-wit
BEGINNING at the Southwest corner of the intersection of
said Maple Street South right-of-way line with the West
right-of-way line of Avenue "D", said point of beginning
also being the Southeast corner of said Maple Street right-
of-way, said point of beginning also being the Northeast
corner of Lot Ten (10) of said W H Hodgson Addition,
THENCE West with the South right-of-way line of said Maple
Street, 600 00 feet to a point for a corner at the South-
east corner of the intersection of said Maple Street South
right-of-way line with the East right-of-way line of
Avenue "E", said point for corner being the Southwest
corner of said Maple Street right-of-way (same point being
the Northwest corner of Lot One (1) of said Hodgson Addition,
THENCE North, crossing said Maple Street right-of-way with
the said East right-of-way line of Avenue "E", 60 00 feet
to a point for a corner at the Northeast corner of the
intersection of said Maple Street North right-of-way line
with said East right-of-way line of Avenue "E", said point
for corner being the Northwest corner of said Maple Street
right-of-way (same point being the Southwest corner of a
tract of land conveyed by C V Kee and wife Gladous Kee to
the State of Texas (N T S U ) by deed dated July 14, 1947,
and recorded in Volume 340, Page 475, of the Deed
Records of Denton County, Texas),
THENCE East, with said North right-of-way line of
Maple Street, 600 00 feet to a point for a corner at
the Northwest corner of the intersection of said North
right-of-way line of Maple Street with said West right-
of-way line of Avenue "D", said point for corner being
the Northeast corner of said Maple Street right-of-way
[same point being the Southeast corner of said State of
Texas (N T S U ) tract],
THENCE South, crossing said Maple Street right-of-way
with said West right-of-way llne of Avenue "D", 60 00
feet to the place of beginning and containing 36,000 00
square feet of land, more or less
And said described tract of land is hereby vacated, closed
and abandoned in so far as any right, title or interest may be
vested in the public as a public right-of-way
SECTION II
That if any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause,
phrase or word in this ordinance, or application thereof to any
person or circumstances, is held invalid by any court of competent
Jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this ordinance, and the City Council of the
City of Denton, Texas, hereby declares it would have enacted such
remaining portions despite any such invalidity
SECTION III
That this ordinance shall become effective fourteen (14)
days from the date of its passage, and the City Secretary is hereby
directed to cause the caption of this ordinace to be published
twice in the Denton Record-Chronicle, the official newspaper of the
City of Denton, Texas, within ten (10) days of the date of its
passage
PASSED AND APPROVED this the ~ day of ~ ,
A D , 1969
L A MAYOR
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
ATTEST
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM