1964-054 AN ORDINANCE VACATINGm CLOSING AND ABANDONING AS A PUBLIC
STREET A PORTION OF OAKLAND AVENUE LYING BETWEEN MCKINNEY
AND CONGRESS AVENUES AS PER MAP OR PLAT OF SAID AREA
RECORDED IN THE DEED RECORDS OF DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS, SAID
TBACT OF LAND BEING FURTHER DESCRIBED HEREIN IN FULL,
AFTER FINDING THAT THE PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY NO
LONGER REQUIRE ITS CONTINUED EXISTENCE, AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I,
The Caty Council hereby finds and determanes that the
publz¢ convenience and necessity no longer require the contznued
exastence of a port~on of Oakland Avenue lyang between McKznney
Avenue and Congress Avenue running 569 feet from a poznt 248 4
feet North of the North R~ght-of-way l~ne of McKanney Street,
an the Czty of Denton, Denton County, Texas, as hereanafter
descrabed in full particularity
SECTION II.
That the follow~n9 descrabed street r~ght-of-way, to wat
A tract of land bezng part of Oakland Street lyzng between
Blocks 123 and 115 as shown of the Offzcmal City of Denton
Platt Records Sazd tract being an the B.B.B & C.R.R
Survey, Abstract No 185
BEGINNING at a polnt 248 4 feet north of the North right-of
-way lane of McKmnney Avenue Saad Point bezng ~n the West
right-of-way l~ne of Oakland Street and the east property
lane of Lot 1, Block 115 as shown of the Platt Records of
the Caty of Denton, Texas,
THENCE East a dmstance of 40 feet to a pomnt for corner
Saad point being ~n the east raght-of-way lane of Oakland
Street
THENCE South w~th the East r~ght-of-way line of ~mkland
Avenue 569 feet to a point for corner, samd poznt bemng
248 4 feet north of the North rlght-of-way lane of
McKznney Avenue
THENCE West a dmstance of 40 feet to the place of begxnn~ng ·
be, and the same ms hereby vacated, closed and abandoned ansofar
as any rmght, tltle or anterest may be vested in the Public as a
publmc rmght-of-waym and the City Councal hereby authorizes the
title and interest in and to the above descrmbed tract of land to
vest in the City of Denton, as the abuttmng owner, for use as
part of a general Cavmc Center project, and other purposes for
the benefzt of the public
SECTION III.
There exists a public emergency requzr~ng that th~s
ordinance be passed f~nally on the date of ~ts ~ntroduct~on,
and the Mayor havzng in writing, declared the exlstance of such
emergency and requested such passage, thzs ordinance shall be
passed f~nally on the date of ~ts ~ntroduct~on, this ~
day of Deceraber, 1964, and shall take effect lmmed~ately upon
zts passage and approval by the Mayor
PASSED AND APPROVED thls ~ day of December, A D 1964
Warren Whztson, Jr , Mayor
Clty of Denton, Texas
ATTEST
~oks Holt, C~ty Secretary
City of Denton, Texas
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
tQ Barton, C~ty Attorney
of Denton, Texas
Ctty of Denton o Mu~c~pat Bu,~a,ng, Denton, Texas
I, Warren Whltson, Jr , Mayor of the City of Denton,
Texas, hereby declare the existence of an emergency
requiring the passage of an ordinance on December 8,1964,
closing the below described street, for the reason that
the area to be closed is needed for construction purposes
Oakland Avenue from a point 248 4 feet North
of the north right-of-way of McKlnney Avenue
running north 569 feet being 36 feet wide and
encompassing the entire width of Oakland Avenue
Warren Whltson, Jr , Mayor
City of Denton, Texas