OR 93-623 Inclusion of area receiving longstanding treatment as a part of the City AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 93623
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, DECLARING AN
AREA RECEIVING LONGSTANDING TREATMENT AS A PART OF THE
MUNICIPALITY; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND
DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS:
Sec. No. 1:
The City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, hereby finds that the area of land
described in Exhibit "A" and shown on the plat attached hereto as Exhibit "B", ("the area") meets
all the requirements of V.T.C.A., Local Government Code §41.003, Subsection (b), to wit: That
on the effective date of this Ordinance:
1. The records of the City of Coppell indicate that the area has been a part of the
City of Coppell for at least the preceding twenty (20) years;
2. The City of Coppell has provided municipal services, including police protection,
to the area and has otherwise treated the area as a part of the municipality during
the preceding twenty (20) years;
3. That there has not been a final judicial determination during the preceding twenty
years that the area is outside the boundaries of the City of Coppell, Texas; and
4. There is no pending lawsuit that challenges the inclusion of the area as a part of
the City of Coppell, Texas.
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Sec. No. 2:
The City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, further finds that the City of Coppell
began its continuous treatment of "the area" as a pan of the City of Coppell, Texas, on August
25, 1960, and that on said date the area was adjacent to the land comprising the original
incorporation of the City of Coppell, Texas, on December 19. 1955.
Sec. No. 3:
That pursuant to V.T.C.A., Local Government Code §41.003, "the area" shall be
considered to be a part of the corporate limits of the City of CoppelL Texas, retroactive to
August 25, 1960, the date on which the City of Coppell began its continuous treatment of "the
area" as a part of the City of Coppetl, Texas, and such a date shall be used for relevant purposes,
including a determination of whether "the area" which is alleged by the City of Coppell to have
been annexed on August 25, 1960, was adjacent to the City of Coppell at the time of the
purported annexation.
Sec. No. 4:
That pursuant to V.T.C.A., Local Government Code §41.003, the adoption of this
Ordinance creates an irrebuttable presumption that the area is a part of the City of Coppell,
Texas, for all purposes which said presumption may not be contested/br any cause after the
effective date of this Ordinance.
Sec. No. 5:
Exhibit "A" attached hereto is made a part of this ordinance tbr all purposes as if copied
herein verbatim. Exhibit "B" attached hereto is made a part of this ordinance for all purposes
as if copied herein in full.
Sec. No. 6:
That should any word, phrase, paragraph, section or portion of this ordinance or of the
Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, be held to be w}id or unconstitutional, the same shall
not affect the validity of the remaining portions of said ordinance or of the Code of Ordinances,
as amended, hereby, which shall remain in full force and eftbct.
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Sec. No. 7:
This Ordinance shall become eft~ctive immediately upon its passage as the law in such
cases provides.
DULY ADOPTED this the ~;~.~ :~r/'day of September, 1993.
APPROVED:
Mayor
ATTEST:
C~t S ,/q
· 7y ecretary ,4-,~ T'-
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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EXHIBIT "A"
Description of land referred to as "The Area" in the foregoing ordinance:
Being a tract of land lying in the northwest portion of Dallas County, Texas, and
more particula~y described as follows:
Beginning at a point located at the intersection of the centerline of the east-west
section of what is now known as Coppell Road and the east right-of-way line of
State Highway No. 121, said point also being the intersection of said east right-of-
way line of State Highway No. 121 and the north line of the Cousy Survey,
sometimes called the Couse_y Survey. Abstract 317, Dallas County, Texas, if
extended east across said State Highway:
Thence west crossing State Highway 121 to a point for corner in the west right-of-way
line of said State Highway No. 121. where such right-of-way line was located on August
25, 1960:
Thence southwest with said west right-of-way line of State Highway No. 121 to
its intersection with the Dallas-Tarrant County Line:
Thence south, crossing State Highway No. 121, with the Dallas-Tan'ant County
Line to the centerline of Cotton Road:
Thence east with the centerline of Cotton Road to a point in the west line of the
City of Coppell's original area of incorporation as reflected by Order of County
Judge of Dallas County. Texas, filed of record on the 19th day of December,
1955. and duly recorded on the 281h day of December, 1955, in Volume 4404,
Page 147 of the Deed Records of Dallas County, Texas. Said west line of said
original incorporation being 5,280 feet west of the centerline of Belt Line Road,
as said centerline and said roadway was located at the time of Coppell's original
incorporation, said portion of Belt Line Road being then known and referred to
as "New Belt Line" Road;
Thence noah along said west line of Coppell's original incorporation and parallel
to said centerline of said Belt Line Road, continuing noah past the northwest
corner of Coppell's original incorporation to a point for corner being the
intersection of the noah right-of-way line of Thweat Road, as extended to the east
and the east right-of-way line of the north-south section of Coppell Road:
EXHIBIT "A" - Page 1
Thence south and southeast with the north-east right-of-way of Coppell Road to
a point in the north bank of Cottonwood Creek:
Thence northeasterly with the north bank of Cottonwood Creek to its intersection
with the centerline of the roadway now known as Denton Tap Road:
Thence north with the centerline of Denton Tap Road to a point for comer, said
point being the intersection of the centerline of said Denton Tap Road and a line
extending the centerline of the above mentioned east-west section of Coppell Road
in an easterly direction. Said extension line also being a line that would extend
the north line of said Cousy Survey, Abstract 317, in an easterly direction to said
point tier corner:
Thence west along said extension line of said Cousy Survey and the east-west
section of Coppell Road, passing over said centerline of the east-west section of
Coppell Road to the place of beginning.
EXHIBIT "A" - Page 2