2002-053-ORD ABANDONING A 50 FOOT WIDE ST KNOWN AS COUNTY ROAD 42602 AND ALSO KNOWN AS SIMMONS DRIVE

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ORDINANCE NO. 2002-053 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, ABANDONING A 50 FOOT WIDE STREET KNOWN AS COUNTY ROAD 42602 AND ALSO KNOWN AS SIMMONS DRIVE IN THE EAST SUBURBAN ESTATES ADDITION BETWEEN PINE MILL ROAD AND NOLES DRIVE, BEGINNING AT THE WEST BOUNDARY LINE OF MOCKINGBIRD LANE GOING WEST APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET TO THE END OF SAID SIMMONS DRIVE; DECLARING NO NECESSITY OR NEED OF SAID STREET FOR CITY USE; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, it has been brought to the attention of the City Council of the City of Paris that a fifty (50) foot wide street known as County Road 42602, and also known as Simmons Drive, in the East Suburban Estates Addition between Pine Mill Road and Noles Drive, beginning at the west boundary line of Mockingbird Lane going west approximately 150 feet to the end of said Simmons Drive, is of no use as a street to the City of Paris or to its citizens; and, WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris has received a petition from adjacent property owners requesting that the fifty (50) foot street be abandoned from the west boundary line of Mockingbird Lane, west approximately 150 feet to the end of said street, located between Pine Mill Road and Noles Drive; and, WHEREAS, the City Council, following receipt of said petition, adopted Resolution No. 2002-133 on August 12, 2002, referring the matter of said proposed street abandonment to the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Paris for the Commission's review and recommendation to the City Council for final action; and, WHEREAS, the Planning & Zoning Commission did, at 5:30 p.m. on the 3rd day of September, 2002, conduct a public hearing to allow interested citizens and members of the public to comment for and against the proposal to abandon the aforesaid street; and, WHEREAS, following the public hearing conducted by the Planning & Zoning Commission, the Commission, having reviewed the proposed abandonment, recommended to the City Council of the City of Paris that the City abandon the aforesaid street right-of-way; and, WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris likewise conducted a public hearing on the 5th day of September, 2002, to receive comments from citizens and members of the general public for and against the proposal to abandon the aforesaid street right-of-way; and, WHEREAS, the City Council, having received the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission, hereby determines that it is in the best interests of the citizens and the City of Paris to abandon the aforesaid street right-of-way; NOW, THEREFORE,