OR 57-09 Annexation
5709
AN ORDINANCE ANNEXING CERTAIN TERRITORY CONTIGUOUS
TO AND ADJOINING THE TOWN OF COPPELL, TEXAS, TO
TNE TOWN OF COPPELL, TEXAS, AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, C. R. Lesley has presented a petition to the Town Council
of the Town of Coppell, Texas, praying that certain lands, more parti-
cularly described in said petition, be annexed to the Town of Coppell,
Texas; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council of the Town of Coppell, Texas, have
investigated into and have determined that all of the facts contained
in said petition are true and do hereby officially find:
1. That C. R. Lesley is the owner of the land
described in said petition.
2. That the land described in said petition
is located entirely within Dallas County, Texas,
and is contiguous and adjacent to the Town of
Coppell, Texas, and on which less than three
(3) qualified voters reside.
3. That none of the territory is more than
one-half mile in width from the present Town
Limits of the Town of Coppell, Texas.
4. That said petition is acknowledged by
every person owning an interest in said land.
and;
WHEREAS, the Town Council of the Town of Coppeil, Texas, have
in vestigated into and have determined that it would be advantageous
and beneficial to the Town of Coppell, Texas, and its inhabitants, as
well as the heeeinafter described territory, to annex such territory
to the Town of Coppell, Texas;
THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF
COPPELL, TEXAS:
1. That the territory described as follows:
BEGINNING at the intersection of the South
right of way line of the St. Louis end
Southwestern Ry. with the East corporate
limits of the Town of Coppell, Texas, as
extended;
THENCE East with the South right of way Iine
of the St. Louis and Southwestern Ry. 264O
feet;
THENCE South to the corporate limits of the
City of. Dallas, Texas, as established on
first reading;
THENCE Northwesterly with the meanderings
of the corporate limits of the City of
Dallas, Texas, as established on first
reading, to the East corporate limits of
the Town of Coppell, Texas;
THENCE North with the East 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 cf this ordinance, said terri-
tory 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 con-
fortuity with the general laws of the Stats of Texas.
The fact that the Town of Coppell, Texas, and its inhabitants, are
in immediate need of the relief afforded by the provisions of this
ordinance creates an emergency and an imperative public necessity demand-
ing that any and all rules requiring ordinances to be passed at more than
one meeting be suspended, anl that this ordinance take effect immediately
upon and after its passage, and it is so ordained.
Ordinance 57-09 was passed and approved by the Town Council
of the Town of Coppell, Texas on May 15, 1957.