OR 60-22 Annexation 6022
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 Jack A. Maxwell, J.M. Johnson and
Mrs. J. M. Johnson, 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
conformity with law, and that a nmjority 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 deter-
mined that it would be advantageous to the Town of Coppell, Texas, and
its inhabitants, as well as the inhabitants of the hereinafter describ-
ed territory, to annex such territory to the Town of Coppell, Texas;
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 most westerly Northwest corner
of the Town of Coppell, Texas, in the Northwest
right-of-way line of State Highway of. 121;
THENCE Southwest with the Northwest right-of-
way line of State Highway No. 121 to a point
in the corporate limits of the City of Grapevine
Texas;
THENCE South with the corporate limits of the
City of Grapevine, Texas, to the Southeast
right-of-way line of State Highway No. 121,
continuing South with the Dallas-Tarrant County
Line to a point due West of the Southwest
corner of the Town of Coppell, Texas;
THENCE East to the corporate limits of the Town
of Coppell, Texas;
THENCE North with the West corporate limits of
the Town of Coppell, Texas, to the place of
Begining.
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 Coppell, Texas, and the inhabitants
thereof shall be entitled to all of the rights, privleges 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 immediate need of.the relief afforded by the provisions of this
ordinance creates an emergency and an imperative public necessity demand-
lng 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 60-22 was passed and approved by the Town Council
of the Town of Coppell, Texas on August 25, 1960.