O65-08= fD K NNEDAICE ORDINANCE NO. 65-8
AN ORDINANCE VACATING AND AELANDONING THE ALLEY
ACROSS FLOCK 43, ORIGINAL TOWN OF "r%ENNEDALE,
TA2RRANT COUNTY, 1ELS .
WHEREAS, the owners of all adjacent property which
would thereby be affected have petitioned the City Council
of the City of Kennedale, Texas, to vacate and abandon the
alley across Block 43, in the plat of the Original Town of
Kennedale, Tarrant County, Texas; and
WHEREAS, the City Council, after due hearing and
investig tion, has found and determined that such alley,
although dedicated by plat many years ago, has never been
used or improved as such, but has been continuously devoted
to private use since such dedication; that no public use or
benefit will be served by the opening and improving of said
alley at this time, but that it T:7ou1d be to the public interest
and convenience that such unused and abandoned alley be vacated,
so that the tiarne can be developed and improved for private pur-
poses; now, therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL 37 THE CITY OF
KE =ALE, TEXAS
1. That the alley across Block 13, of the Origin
Town of Kennedale, Tarrant County, Texas, as sae appeare in
the plat thereof recorded in the Deed'�^Records of Tarrant County
Texas, said alley crossing Elock 43 between henned;y, Street and
Sulphur Street as shown on said plat, be, and said alley across
said Elock 2"3 is hereby abandoned and vacated as a public alley
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2. That no present need cr necessity exists for such
alley across said Bloak 43, that said property has never been
devoted or used as a public alley, but has been continuously
under private use since its dedicati oh, and that the public
interest and necessity would best be served by the vacation
of said alley across said Bloc. 43 so that such property can
be improved and developed for private purposes.
3. That title to the alley hereby vacated shall
revert to the abutting owners of property in said Block 43,
Original Town of Kennedale, Tarrant County, Texas, respectively,
so that said abutting owners shall henceforth oen to the center
of said vacated alley, respectively
ADOPTED eND APPROVED this 12th day of August, 1965.
APPROVED:
B. T. Webb, Mayor, City of
Kennedale, Texas
ATTEST
STATE OF TEXAS:
COUNTY OF TARRANT:
CITY OF KEENEDALE:
I, Nettie O. Roberts, City Secretary, of the City
of Kennedale. Texas, hereby certify that the above and fore-
going is a true and correct copy of Kennedale Ordi ance No.
65-8, unanimously adopted by the City Council of the City of
Kennedale,Texas, at a regular meeting of said council held
on the 12th day of August, 1965, a quorut being present, as
is reflecte by the inutea of sais council.
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TO CERTIFY WHICH, 'witness my hand a
seal of tie City of Kennedale, Texas, this
August, 1965.
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PETITION i `OR VACATION OF ALLEY
THE STATE OF ' S :
COUN'1'Yr OF TA NT:
TO THE MAYOR vTD, CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENNEDALE, "'Ea AS :
We, the un ersignaed, ageing all f the owners of
ad j aini nsg property ,1hich would be thereby affected, hereby
make applic Lion to and petition the said P yor and City
Council of the City of Kennedale, Tarrant County, Texas,
for the vacation of the alley in Block 43 of the pl.t of
the Original Town of Kennedale, Tarrant County, Texas,
as s,,me appears of record in the Deed Records of. Tarrant
County, Texas, said all y crossing Block 43 and being
between Kennedy Street and Sulphur Street in said plat,
and as grounds therefor would show the follow ng:
1. Although dedicated as an alley many years
ago, the aforesaid alley has never been improved or used
as such across said Block -3, and there is no public
convenience or necessity that would be served in developing
such alley across said block at the present or any future
time.
2. The only effect of such dedicated alley
is to prevent the development of such porti.nn of Block 43
for other purposes .
3® The vacation of said alley, across said
Block 43 and Between Kennedy Street and -Sulphur Street,
as shorn onn said plat, will enable the adjoining owners
to make improvements for the better use of their property,
resulting in taxation benefits to the City of Kennedale,
and the public convenience any necessity would best be
served by closing and vacating said alley.
WHE .EFORE, petitioners pray that the Mayor and
City Council of the City of Kennedale, Texas, adopt an
ordinance vacating and abandoning the ,platted alley across
said Block 43, Original Town of Kennedale, and that said
ordinance provide that title to the -alley thus vacated shall
revert to the present owners of abutti_ g property®
WITNESS OUR HANDS this 12th day of August, 1965.
C. V.
THE S T. TE OF TE S :
COUNTY OR TARR_ANT:
BEFORE ME, the undersIgned, a Notary Public .:.and for
Tarrant Cou.:.n.tyr Texas, on this day personally appeared L. V.
Flake and C .. 1 ke, known to me to be the persons whose
foregoing i t �e t c
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ledged o . r t t h r executed the same for the purposes and
coYi e' ti' n the're5,i expressed.
'GIVEN UN.DER HAND AND SEAL
EL GOFFICE this 12th
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LYDE . MARSHALL, JR. ry Public
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