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ORDINANCE N0. 2238
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE EXTENSION OF CER-
TA.IN BOUNDARY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS,
AND THE ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN TERRITORY CONSISTING OF
3.05 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, WHICH IS LESS THAN TEN PER CENT
( lOJ ) OF THE TERRITORY INCLUDED WI'THIN ITS PRESENT CITY
LIMITS, WHICH SAID TERRITORY LIES ADJACENT TO AND ADJOINS
THE PRESENT BOUNDARY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS,
TEXAS.
Whereas, a public hearing before the City Council of the City
of Paris, Paris, Texas, where all interested persons were provided
with an opportunity to be heard on the proposed annexation of the
following described territory:
BEGINNING at the intersection of the east right of way
line of 41st Street S. W. with the north right of way line
of Old Bonham Road, said point being the southwest corner
of Lot 7, City Block 329, owned by T. S. Smith and lying in
the present City Limit Line;
THENCE in an Easterly direction along the north right
of way line of Old Bonham Road and the present City Limit
Line, to its intersection wirh a line that is 600 feet west
of and parallel to the centerline of the outside lane of
Loop 286 S. W. ;
TI-iENCE in a Southerly direction along said line that
, is 600 feet west of and parallel to the centerline of the
outside lane of Loop 286 S. W. and the present City Limit
Line to its intersection with the south right of way line of
Old Bonham Road;
THENCE S 78 ° 30' W along the south right of way
line of Old Bonham Road to the northeast corner of a
0. 5 acre tract of land conveyed to J. H. Blankinship and
~ wife by Ernest Randle by deed recorded Volume 448,
Page 250, Deed Records, Lamar County, Texas;
THENCE S 0° 50' W, 181. 0 feet to the southeast
corner of said Blankinship tract;
THENCE S 78 ° 30' W, 581. 0 feet, more or less, to
a point in the east right of way line of Gordon Lake
Road;
THENCE in a Northerly direction along the said
east right of way line of Gordon Lake Road to its
intersection with the south right of way line of Old
Bonham Road, the same being the northwest corner of
a tract of land owned by Ernest Randle;
THENCE Northeasterly across Old Bonham Road to
the Place of Beginning and containing 3.05 acres of
' land.
was held at Paris, Texas, on the 9th day of June, 1975, which date is
~not more than twenty nor less than ten days prior to the institution
of annexation proceedings; and,
WHEREAS, notice of such public hearing was published in a
newspaper having general circulation in the City of Paris, Texas, and
in the above described territory, on the 25th day of May, 1975, which
date is not more than twenty nor less than ten days prior to the date
of such public hearing; and,
WHEREAS, the total corporate area of the City of Paris, Paris,
Texas, on the first day of January, 1975, was 13, 729. 728 acres; and,
WHEREAS, the population of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, is
in excess of 5, 000 and less than 25, 000 inhabitants; and,
WHEREAS, the above described territory lies within the extra-
territorial jurisdiction of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas; and,
WHEREAS, the above described territory lies adjacent to and adjoins the City of Paris, Paris, Texas; and,
WHEREAS,. the above described terr.itory contains 3.05 acres,
more or less, which when added to other property annexed in the year
1975 is less than ten per cent (1070) of the present acreage contained
in the corporate limits of the City of Paris, Texas; NOW, THERE-
FORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PAR IS:
Section 1. The following described land and territory lying ad-
_jacent to and adjo.ining the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, is hereby added
and annexed to the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, and said territory here-
inafter described shall hereafter be included within the boundary limits
of the City of Paris, Texas, and the present boundary limits of said
city, at the various points contiguous to the area hereinafter described,
are altered and amended so as to include said area within the cor- '
porate limits of the City of Paris, Texas, to-wit:
BEGINNING at the intersection of the east right of way
line of 41st Street S. W. with the north right of way line
of Old Bonham Road, said point being the southwest corner
of Lot 7, City Block 329, owned by T. S. Smith and lying in
the present City Limit Line;
THENCE in an Easterly direction along the north right
of way line of Old Bonham Road and the present City Limit
Line, fo its intersection with a line that is 600 feet west
of and parallel to the centerline of the outside lane of
Loop 286 S. W. ;
THENCE in a Southerly direction along said line that
is 600 feet west of and parallel to the centerline of the
outside lane of Loop 286 S. W. and the present City Limit
Line to its intersection with the south right of way line of
Old Bonham Road;
THENCE S 78 ° 30' W along the south right of way
line of Old Bonham Road to the northeast corner of a
, 0.5 acre tract of land conveyed to J. H. Blankinship and
wife by Ernest Randle by deed recorded Volume 448,
Page 250, Deed Records, Lamar County, Texas;
THENCE S 0° 50' W, 181. 0 feet to the southeast
corner of said Blankinship tract;
THENCE S 78 ° 30' W, 581. 0 feet, more or less, to
a point in the east right of way line of Gordon Lake
Road;
THENCE in a Northerly direction along the said
east right of way line of Gordon Lake Road to its
intersection with the south right of way line of Old
Bonham Road, the same being the northwest corner of
a tract of land owned by Ernest Randle;
THENCE Northeasterly across Old Bonham Road to
~ the Place of Beginning and containing 3. 05 acres of land.
Section 2. The above described territory and area so annexed
shall be a part of the City of Paris, Texas, and the property so added
hereby shall bear its pro rata part of the taxes levied by the City of
Paris, Paris, Texas, and the inhabitants thereof shall be entitled to
all of the rights and privileges of all the citizens and shall be bound
by the acts, ordinances, resolutions and regulations of the City of
Paris, Paris, Texas.
Section 3. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City
Council of the City of Paris that the sections, paragraphs, sentences,
clauses and phrases of this ordinance are severable, and if any
phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall
be declared unconstitutional or invalid by the valid judgment or decree
of any court of competent jur.isdiction, such unconstitutionality or in-
validity shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sen-
tences, paragraphs and sections of this ordinance, since the same
would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation
in this ordinance of any unconstitutional or invalid phrases, clauses,
sentences, paragraphs or sections, It is further hereby declared ro
be the intention of the City Council of the City of Paris to exclude any
area or areas described in the description of the property to be
annexed, which are not within said City's jurisdiction to annex and
that such area or areas should be carved out of the description of the
property herein described by the valid judgment or decree of any
court of competent jurisdiction, in order that such area or areas
would not cause this annexation ordinance to be found to be invalid,
voidable or void.
' Section 4. This ordinance shall be published and passed in
the manner provided in Article II, Section 7, of the Charter of the
City of Paris, Paris, Texas.
Passed and adopted this llth day of August, 1975.
ATTEST:
H. C. Gree , ity Clerk
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s M. ru tte, Mayor
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APP O E S O FORM:
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T. K. aynes, Ci ttorney