OR 94-662 Abandons utility easement in Estates of Cambridge Manor AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 94662
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS,
ABANDONING A UTILITY EASEMENT DESCRIBED HEREIN IN FAVOR
OF THE ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNER; PROVIDING THAT SUCH
ABANDONMENT SHALL BE IN EXCHANGE FOR THE DEDICATION TO
THE CITY OF COPPELL OF ANOTHER UTILITY EASEMENT BY THE
ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNER, DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A"
ATTACHED HERETO; 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 DENTON 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 dedicated to the City of Coppell, Texas, an
additional utility easement, described in Exhibit "A" attached hereto, which is needed by the
City for public purposes; and
WHEREAS, a proper appraisal has been conducted insuring that the abandoned
easement and the easement which has been dedicated in exchange for the abandoned
easement are of equal fair market value;
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 Beamer
Development, Inc., the abutting property owner, in exchange for the dedication of an
additional utility easement which is needed by the City for public purposes, described in
Exhibit "A", attached hereto and made a part hereof for all purposes. The utility easemere
hereby abandoned is described as follows:
"BEING the centerline description for a 20-foot wide utility easement as recorded
in Volume 958, Page 899 of the Deed Records of Denton County, Texas, said easement
being across a 30.2 acre tract of land in Denton County, Texas situated in the W. A. Trimble
Survey, Abstract No. 1268, said tract conveyed to Cicero Long by partition deed from Sam
Long et al, dated January 22, 1955 and recorded in Volume 406, Page 576, of the Denton
County Deed Records, said centerline before more fully described as follows:
BEGINNING at a point in the west line of said Long tract, said point being N,
21' 44" E., 25.00 feet from the most westerly southwest corner of said Long tract, same being
the northwest corner of a 0.512 acre tract of land conveyed to Charles M. Renfro by deed
dated April 26, 1971 and recorded in Volume 620, Page 445 of the Denton County Deed
Records;
THENCE S, 89° 37' 51" E., 437.05 feet to the end of said utility easement at a point
in the east line of said Long tract, said utility easement containing 0.200 acres of land more
or less."
SECTION 2. That the fair market value of the said utility easement being dedicated
in exchange for the easement being abandoned has been determined by an appraisal to
equal or exceed the fair market value of the easement being abandoned.
SECTION 3. That this abandonment ordinance shall constitute a Quitclaim Deed in
favor of Beamer Development, Inc., the abutting property owner, and a certified copy of the
same may be filed in the Deed Records of Denton 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
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as the law and charter in such cases provide.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this the
dayof 6'~,4~fl ,1994.
¢ APPROVED:
ATTEST:
G 'L~G'RAU, ASSIS "TAFT CITY SECRETLY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
(PGS/jd 8-10-94)
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