2001-052-ORD ABANDONING CITY'S INTEREST IN THE 15 FOOT ALLEY BEGINNING AT 17TH ST NW
ORDINANCE NO. 2001-052
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
PARIS, TEXAS, ABANDONING THE CITY'S INTEREST IN THE FIFTEEN
(15) FOOT ALLEY BEGINNING AT 17TH STREET N,W. WEST TO THE
EAST BOUNDARY LINE OF CITY BLOCK 200 BETWEEN BONHAM
STREET AND MAPLE A VENUE; DECLARING NO NECESSITY OR NEED
OF SAID ALLEY 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
by petition of the adjacent property owners that a fifteen (15) foot alley beginning at 17th Street
N . W. west to the east boundary line of City Block 200 between Bonham Street and Maple Avenue
is of no use as an alley to the City of Paris or to its citizens, and the City Council so finds; NOW,
THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS,
TEXAS:
Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all
things approved.
Section 2. That the fifteen (15) foot alley beginning at 17th Street N.W. west to the east
boundary line of City Block 200 between Bonham Street and Maple A venue, described in Exhibit
A, attached hereto, is found to be of no use as an alley to the City of Paris or its citizens;
therefore, the City's interest in such alley is hereby abandoned.
Section 3. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby
expressly repealed.
Section 4, That this ordinance shall be effective from and after its date of passage.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of September, 2001.
~L
ichael J. P e , Mayor
ATTEST:
Mattie Cunningham, City Clerk
EXffiBIT A
DESCRIPTION OF ALLEY TO BE CLOSED
SITUATED within the corporate limits of the City of Paris, County of
Lamar, and State of Texas, being a part of the Asa Jarman Survey, and being a
fifteen foot alley located in Block I, of the Warren Addition of the City of Paris
between Bonham Street (U .S. Hwy 82) and Maple A venue, being more particularly
described as follows:
BEGINNING at the northwest corner of Lot 1, Block I, Warren Addition,
being in the west boundary line of 17th Street N. W. ;
THENCE West along the north boundary lines of Lots 1 through 14 a
distance of approximately 867.4 feet to a point being the northwest corner of said
Lot 14, in the east boundary line of City Block 200;
THENCE North along the east boundary line of City Block 200 a distance
of 15 feet to the southwest corner of said Lot 28;
THENCE East along the south boundary lines of Lots 28 through 15 a
distance of approximately 867.4 feet to a point being the southeast corner of said
Lot 15;
THENCE South along the west boundary line of 17th Street N.W. a
distance of 15 feet to the place of beginning and containing 13,011 square feet,
more or less.