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2004-017-ORD ABANDONING CITY'S INTEREST IN PORTION OF A THIRTY FOOT WIDE STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY KNOWN AS 27TH ST NE ORDINANCE NO. 2004-017 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, ABANDONING THE CITY'S INTEREST IN A PORTION OF A TIDRTY (30) FOOT WIDE STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY KNOWN AS 27m STREET N.E., BEGINNING AT THE SOUTH BOUNDARY LINE OF PINE BLUFF STREET, AND GOING SOUTH APPROXIMATELY 150.5 FEET TO THE NORTH BOUNDARY LINE OF LOT 10, CITY BLOCK 255-A; DECLARING NO NECESSITY OR NEED OF SAID STREET FOR CITY USE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF AUGUST 1, 2004. WHEREAS, it has been brought to the attention of the City Council of the City of Paris that a portion of a thirty (30) foot wide street right-of-way known as 27th Street N ,E" beginning at the South Boundary Line of Pine Bluff Street and going South approximately 150.5 feet to the North Boundary Line of Lot 10, City Block 255-A, is of no use as a street to the City of Paris or to its citizens, and the City Council so finds; and, WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris has received a petition from adjacent property owners requesting that the City's interest in the aforesaid portion of the thirty (30) foot wide street right-of-way be abandoned from the South Boundary Line of Pine Bluff Street South to the North Boundary Line of Lot 10, City Block 255-A; and, WHEREAS, the Planning & Zoning Commission did, at 5:30 p.m. on the 6th day of July, 2004, 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; and, WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris likewise conducted a public hearing on the 8th day of July, 2004, to receive comments from citizens and members of the general public for and against the proposal to abandon the aforesaid street; and, WHEREAS, the City Council, having received the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission, hereby determines that it is in the best interest of the citizens and the City of Paris to abandon the aforesaid street; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS: Section 1. That the fmdings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all things approved. Section 2. That the City's interest in a portion ofa thirty (30) foot wide street right-of-way known as 27'-h Street N.E., beginning at the South Boundary Line of Pine Bluff Street and going South approximately 150.5 feet to the North Boundary Line of Lot 10, City Block 255-A, described in Exhibit A, attached hereto, is found to be of no use as an street to the City of Paris or its citizens, and therefore, such street is hereby abandoned. Section 3. That this ordinance shall become effective on August 1, 2004. PASSED AND ADOYfED this 8th day of July, 2004. (',.,' , "- \- C' ., .' ('., / ....t.. ATTEST: x)~~ Sherian Dixon, Assistant City Clerk EXHIBIT A DESCRIYfION OF ALLEY/STREET 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 City Block 255-A (formerly known as the L. Townsend Addition), and being a portion of a thirty (30) foot wide street known as 27th Street N. E. from the South Boundary Line of Pine Bluff Street going South approximately 150.5 feet to the North Boundary Line of Lot 10, City Block 255-A, being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at a point for corner in the South Boundary Line of Pine Bluff Street, also being the Northwest corner of Lot 13-A, City Block 255-A; THENCE South along the West Boundary Line of said Lot 13-A, a distance of 150.5 feet to a point in the North Boundary Line of Lot 10, also being the Southwest corner of said Lot 13-A; THENCE West along the North Boundary Line of said Lot 10, a distance of 30 feet to a point for corner being the Southeast corner of Lot 12, City Block 255-A; THENCE North along the East Boundary Line of said Lot 12, a distance of 150.5 feet to a point in the South Boundary Line of Pine Bluff Street, also being the Northeast corner of said Lot 12; THENCE East along the South Boundary Line of Pine Bluff Street a distance of 30 feet to the place of beginning and containing approximately 4,515 square feet of land.