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AN ORDINANCE ABANDONING AN ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION/DISTRIBUTION LINE
EASEMENT SITUATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SOUTH INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 35-
E, APPROXIMATELY 700 FEET NORTHWEST OF SOUTHERN HILLS BLVD
RECORDED IN VOLUME 325, PAGE 616 OF THE DEED RECORDS OF DENTON
COUNTY, TEXAS, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, an electric transmxsslon/dmtnbutlon line easement exists on land owned by
Epic Development, Inc which no longer serves the residence formerly situated on the north side
of South Interstate Highway 35-E, approximately 700 feet northwest of Southern Hills Blvd,
which such property owner desires abandoned, and
WHEREAS, the easement was conveyed m 1946 to T P & L per Volume 325, Page 616
of the Deed Records of Denton County, Texas and assigned to the City of Denton per Volume
1740, Page 768 of such deed records, and
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Denton, Texas
reviewed the requested abandonment and recommended approval on December 16, 1998, and
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Denton, Texas has determined that such electric
transmlssion/&stnbutlon easement is no longer needed for public use, and
WHEREAS, that the process for determining the fair market value of the easement
above, as applicable, pursuant to Section 272 001 of the Texas Local Government Code relating
to the conveyance of easements to abutting property owners who own the underl3nng fee s~mple
shall be followed in effectuating this abandonment, NOW THERFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I. That the electric transmmmon/chstnbutlon line easement located on the
north side of South Interstate Highway 35-E, apprommately 700 feet northwest of Southern Hills
Blvd conveyed to T P & L per Volume 325, Page 616 of the Deed Records of Denton County,
Texas, and assigned to the City of Denton per Volume 1740, Page 768 of such deed records, is
permanently vacated and abandoned as a public easement
SECTION II That by reason of such vacation the City of Denton's property interest in
the smd easement shall, by operation of law, revert to the owner or owners abutting the easement
herean abandoned, and the City of Denton releases any and all clmms to the use of the vacated
property as a public easement
SECTION III That this ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage
and approval
JAC~J~I~LER, MAYOR
ATTESTI
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
APlX~OVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
HERBERT L PROUTY, CITY ATTORNEY
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