OR 57-03 Annexation Town of Coppell
ORDINANCE NO. 5703
AN ORDINANCE ANNEXING CERTAIN TERRITORY .
CONTIGUOUS TO AND ADJOINING THE TOWN OF
COPPELL, TEXAS, TO THE TOWN OF COPPELL,
TEXAS, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the Mayor has certified to the Town Council of the Town
of Coppell, Texas, the affidavit of John H. Burns, Jr., Mrs. John H.
Burns, Jr. and M. H. Rehwinkel, pertaining to the vote of the inhabitants
of the hsreinaft'er described territory with reference to the annexation
of such territory to the Town of Coppell, Texas; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council have investigated into said election and
have determined that such election was in all things regular and in con-
formity with law, and that a majority of the inhabitants who are qualified
to vote for members of the State Legislature, voted in favor of annexa-
tion; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council have investigated into and have determin-
ed that it would be advantageous to the Town of Coppoll, Texas, and its
inhabitants, as well as the inhabitants of the he~einafter described
territory, to annex such territory to the Town of Coppell, Texas; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council have determined that such territory is
contiguous to and adjoins the Town of Coppell, Texas, and that no part
of such territory is more than one-half mile in width from the existing
corporate limits of such Town;
THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF
COPPELL, TEXAS:
1. That the territory described as follows:
BEGINNING at the Northeast corner of the Town
of Coppell, Texas;
THENCE North 2640 feet;
THENCE East 2640 feet;
THENCE South parallel to and 2640 feet East of
the corporate limits of the Town of Coppell,
Texas, to the corporate limits of the City of
Dallas, Texas, as established on first reading;
THENCE Southwest along the corporate limits of
the City of Dallas, Texas, as established on
first reading, to a. Northwest comer in the
corporate limits of the City of Dallas, Texas;
THENCE South along the corporate limits of the
City of Dallas, Texas, as established on first
reading, to an angle comer in the corporate
limits of the City of Dallas, Texas;
THENCE West along the corporate limits of the
City of Dallas, Texas, as established on first
rading, to the East corporate limits of the
Town of Coppell, Texas;
THENCE North along the corporate limits of
the Town of Coppell, Texas, to the place of
Beginning.
be and the same is hereby annexed to the Town of Coppell, Texas.
2. That from and after the passage of this ordinance, said
territory shall be a part of said Town of Coppell, Texas, and the
inhabitants thereof shall be entitled to all of the rights, privileges
and immunities of all other citizens of the Town of Coppell, Texas,
and shall be bound by all of the ordinances and regulations enacted
pursuant to and in conformity with the Gemral Laws of the State of
Texas.
The fact that the Town of Coppoll, Texas, and its inhabitants,
are in i~nediate need of the relief afforded by the provisions of this
ordinance creates an emergency and an imperative public necessity demand-
in~ that any and all rules requirir~ ordinances to be ~assed at more
than one meeting be suspended and that this ordinance take effect immediate-
ly upon its passage, and it is so ordained.
Ordinance 57-03 was passed and approved by the Town Council
of the Town of Coppell, Texas on April 15, 1957.