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HomeMy WebLinkAbout316 03-12-1968ORDINANCE NO. 316 AN ORDINANCE ANNEXING CERTAIN TERRITORY LYING ADJACENT TO THE CITY OF EULESS, TEXAS; DETERMINING THAT THE AREA TO BE ANNEXED SHOULD BE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE CiTY OF EULESS; DETERMINING THAT THE AREA TO BE ANNEXED IS AD- JACENT AND CONTIGUOUS TO THE CiTY OF EULESS AND LIES WITHIN THE EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF EULESS AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED iN ARTICLE 970A, REVISED CIVIL STATUTES OF TEXAS ENTITLED THE MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION ACT, AND FURTHER DETERMINING THAT SUCH AREA iS NEITHER A PART OF ANY OTHER CITY NOR THAT SUCH AREA LIES WITHIN THE EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF ANY OTHER CITY; PROVIDING AND DETERMINING THAT SUCH ANNEXATION SHALL BE ACCOMPLISHED UNDER THE PROVISIONS AND WITHIN THE LIMITATIONS PRESCRIBED BY THE EULESS CITY CHARTER AND THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 970A, REVISED CIVIL STATUTES OF TEXAS; PROVIDING THAT THE ORDINANCE BE PUBLISHED iN THE OFFICIAL CITY NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF EULESS AS REQUIRED BY THE EULESS CITY CHARTER; AND PRESCRIBING AN EFFECTIVE DATE WHEREAS, the Euless City Council on June 25, 1963, by annexation ordinances and proceedings duly held, accomplished and adopted according to the Euless City Charter and the then existing statutes of the State of Texas, made and annexed the territory described In the attached Exhibit "A" an integral part of the City of Euless, and WHEREAS, the City of Euless has, since such annexation on June 25, 1963, considered and treated the area described in the attached Exhibit "A" as a part of the City of Euless and has provided municipal services to such area Including, but not limited to fire protection, police protection and the use of library facilities and services and further has afforded the residents of such area described in Exhibit "A" the benefit and protection of Euless Zoning Ordinances and Euless Building Codes and Building Regulations, and WHEREAS, a portion of such annexation accomplished by the City of Euless on June 25, 1963, Including the area described in the attached Exhibit "A" has been challenged In the courts as being in violation of Article 970A, Revised Civil Statutes of the State of Texas known as The Municipal Annexation Act, which Act became effective on August 22, 1963, and WHEREAS, the Euless City Council, at a public hearing held in the Council Chambers of the Euless Municipal Building, 201 Ector Street, Euless, Texas, on Tuesday, January 30, 1968, determined that the terri- tory and area described in the attached Exhibit "A" should be a port of the City of Euless and that the area should be annexed at this time to the City of Euless so as to make the annexation thereof clear and certain and to ratify the previous determination by the Euless City Council on June 25, 1963, that the area described in Exhibit "A °1 should be an integral part of the City of Euless, and WHEREAS, the Euless City Council has determined that under the provisions of Article 970A, Revised Civil Statutes of the State of Texas, the City of Euless Is entitled to annex territooy equivalent in size to 10% of the total corporate area of Euless as of January 1, 1966, and WHEREAS, there is described in the attached Exhibit "A" an area which does not exceed in territory an area In excess of 10% of the total area of the City of Euless on January 1, 1968. when taken in conjunction with other annexations accomplished by the City of Euless during the calendar year 1968, and WHEREAS, the Euless City Council has determined that the area de- scribed In the attached Exhibit "A" is adjacent and contiguous to the City of Euless and lies within the extra territorial Jurisdiction of the City of Euless as that term is defined by Article 970A, Revised Civil Statutes of the State of Texas entitled The Municipal Annexation Act, and WHEREAS, the Euless City Council has further determined that the area described in Exhibit "A" is neither a part of any other city nor that the area lies within the extra territorial jurisdiction of any other city except the City of Euless, Tarrant County, Texas, and WHEREAS, the Euless City Council has determined that such pripposed annexation Is to be made and accomplished under the provisions of Article 970A, Revised Civil Statutes of the State of Texas arcs within the limitations Imposed by that Act, NOW,.'THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CiTY OF EULESS, TEXAS: 1. That the territory particularly described in Exhibit "A" attached to this Ordinance and by reference incorporated herein and made a part hereof being situated in Tarrant County, Texas, and being contiguous and lying adjacent to the City of Euless and being within the extra territorial jurisdic- tion of the City of Euless, is hereby annexed, brought within the corporate limits and made an integral part of the City of Euless. Ii. It is not the intention of this Ordinance to annex or attempt to annex to the City of Euless any territory or land which has been validly annexed to any other municipality prior to the date that the City of Euless first duly and legally exercised municipal control thereover. The Euless City Council has determined that the area described in the attached Exhibit "A" is not a part of any other municipality and further that the territory described in the attached Exhibit "A" is not within the extra territorial jurisdiction of any other city except the City of Euless, Texas. If any portion of the annexation declared herein shall for any reason be held void or unconst+L-utional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining area so annexed. Ill. This Ordinance shall be published at least one time in the official newspaper of the City of Euless, In accordance with the provisions of the Euless City Charter. IV. This Ordinance shall become effective and be in full force and effect upon its final passage, which In no event shall be less than thirty (30) days from the date of its first publication as aforesaid, and it is so ordained. PRESENTED and given First Reading on the 20th day of January , 1968, at a Called Meeting of the City Council of the City of Euless, Texas, and given Second Reading, passed and approved on the 12th day of March . 1968, by a vote of �_ ayes and 0 j_ a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Euless, Texas. APPROVED: ATTEST: City Secretary -- MAYOR EXHIBIT "A" ORDINANCE NO. ____316 �• Being a part of the R. Crowley Survey, Abstract No. 312 and the B. F. Crowley Survey, Abstract No. 320, Tarrant County, Texas, and being more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows: Beginning at the Intersection of the North line of County Road No. 3011 and the West line of County Road No. 3121, same point being in a North line of an area described in the City of Euless Ordinance No. 48; Thence Northerly, a distance of 300 feet, more or less, to the South line of an area described in said Ordinance No. 48; Thence, Easterly with the said South line of Ordinance No. 48 a distance of 2639 feet, more or less, to the West line of County Road No. 3011; Thence Southerly along the West line of County Road No. 3011 a distance of 300 feet, more or less, to its intersection with the same road; Thence Westerly along the North line of said County Road No. 3011, same being a North line of Ordinance No. 48, a distance of 2639 feet, more or less, to the place of beginning.