OR 94-666 Abandons utility easement; property owner Corrine JohnsonAN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS,
ABANDONING A UTILITY EASEMENT, DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A"
ATTACHED HERETO, IN FAVOR OF THE ABUTTING PROPERTY
OWNER; PROVIDING THAT SUCH ABANDONMENT SHALL BE IN
EXCHANGE FOR THE PAYMENT BY THE ABUTTING PROPERTY
OWNER OF THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF THE UTILITY EASEMENT
TO BE ABANDONED; PROVIDING THAT SUCH ABANDONMENT SHALL
BE THE INTEREST WHICH THE CITY MAY LEGALLY AND LAWFULLY
ABANDON; PROVIDING THAT SAID ORDINANCE SHALL CONSTITUTE
A QUITCLAIM DEED THAT MAY BE RECORDED WITH THE COUNTY
CLERK OF DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Coppell has determined that the utility
easement herein described is no longer needed for City services; and
WHEREAS, the abutting property owner desires that said utility easement be
abandoned and in consideration thereof has agreed to pay to the City of Coppell, Texas, the
fair market value of the property as established by an appraisal; and
WHEREAS, a proper appraisal has been conducted establishing the fair market value
of the easement to be abandoned to be $131.32;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF COPPELL, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas has
determined that the hereinafter described utility easement is no longer needed or necessary
for public purposes and should be, and is hereby, abandoned in favor of Corrine Johnson,
the abutting property owner, in exchange for the payment of the fair market value of the
easement to be abandoned.
SECTION 2. That the fair market value of the said utility easement being abandoned
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has been determined by an appraisal to be $131.32.
SECTION 3. That upon payment of $131.32 to the City by Corrine Johnson, this
abandonment ordinance shall constitute a Quitclaim Deed in favor of Corrine Johnson, the
abutting property owner, and a certified copy of the same may be filed in the Deed Records
of Dallas County, Texas, to indicate such abandonment.
SECTION 3. That the abandonment provided for herein shall extend only to the
public right, title and interest which the City of Coppell, Texas, may have in and to said
utility easement, and shall be construed to extend only to such interests that the governing
body of the City of Coppell, Texas, may legally and lawfully abandon.
SECTION 4. That this ordinance shall become effective from and after its passage
as the law and charter in such cases provide.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this the
day of �. m, G� , 1994.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
PETER G. SMITH, CITY ATTORNEY
(PGS/jd 8-31-94)
APPROVED:
ON ROBERTSON, MAYOR PRO TEM
ATTEST:
LINDA GRAU, ACTING CITY SECRETARY
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EXHIBIT 'A'
LOT 3, BLOCK 8, NORTH LAKE WOODLANDS
20' UTILITY EASEMENT ABANDONMENT
Being a portion of Lot 3, Block 8 of NORTH LAKE WOODLANDS situated in the City of
Coppell, Dallas County, Texas as recorded in Volume 74189, Page 1390 of the Plat Records
of Dallas County, Texas, and being more particularly described as follows:
COMMENCING at the Northwest corner of the aforementioned Lot 3, Block 8, said point
being in the South right-of-way of Meadowcreek Road;
THENCE along the West property line of said Lot 3, South 1' 45' 22" East, a distance of
160.00 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING, said point being in the North line of a 20'
utility easement and being North 1' 45' 22" West, a distance of 20.00 feet from the
Southwest property corner of the aforementioned Lot 3;
THENCE along the North line of said 20' utility easement, North 88` 14' 38" East, a
distance of 135.00 feet to a point in the East property line of Lot 3;
THENCE along the East property line, South 1' 45' 22" East, a distance of 20.00 feet to a
point for corner, said point being the Southeast property corner of Lot 3;
THENCE along the South property line of said Lot 3, South 88' 14' 38" West, a distance of
135.00 feet to a point for corner, said point being the Southwest property corner of Lot 3;
THENCE along the West property line of said Lot 3, North 1' 45' 22" West, a distance of
20.00 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 2700 square feet of land.
EXHIBIT "B"
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