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OR 60-21 Annexation 6021 AN ORDINANCE ANNEXING CERTAIN TERRITORY CONTIGUOUS TO AND ADJOINING THE TOWN OF COPPELL, TAXAS, TO THE TOWN OF COPPELL, TEXAS, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHERAS, the Mayor has certified to the Town Council of the Town of Coppell, Texas, the affidavit of B. H. Pearson, Bert T. Colley Hattie M. Colley, pertaining to the vote of the inhabitants of the hereinafter 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 annexation; and WHEREAS, the Town Council have investigated into and have determined that it would be advantageous to the Town of Coppell, Texas, and its inhabitants, as well as the inhabitants of the hereinafter 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; THEREFOR, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF COPPELL, TEXAS: 1. That the territory described as follows: BEGINING at the most northern Northwest corner of the Town of Coppell, Texas, in the Denton- Dallas County Line; THENCE West with the Denton-Dallas County Line to the Northwest right-of-way line of State Highway No. 121; THENCE Southwest with the Northwest right-of-way line of State Highway No. 121 to a point two thousand six hundred forty (2640) feet West of the West corporate limits of the Town of Coppell, Texas; THENCE South parallel to and two thousand six hundred forty (2640) feet West of the corporate limits of the Town of Coppell, Texas, to the centerline of Cotton Road; THENCE East with the centerline of Cotton Road to the West corporate limits of the Town of Coppell, Texas; THENCE North and Northeasterly with 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 terri- tory shall be a part of said Town of Coppel, 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- formity with the General Laws of the State 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 debarking that any and all rules requiring ordinances to be passed at more than one meeting be suspended, and that this ordinance take effect immediately upon its passage, and it is so ordained. Ordinance 60-21 was passed and approved by the Town Council of the Town of Coppell, Texas on August 25, 1960.