OR 2014-1374 ROW Easement
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 2014-1374
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS,
ABANDONING A RIGHT OF WAY EASEMENT, DEDICATED AS
FARMERS BRANCH COPPELL ROAD, SOUTH OF LOTS 17 AND 18
NORTHLAKE ESTATES (160 AND 164 SOUTHWESTERN BLVD.) AND
ADJACENT TO SOUTHWESTERN BOULEVARD, AS DESCRIBED IN
EXHIBITS "A" AND "B" ATTACHED HERETO, IN FAVOR OF THE
ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNER TO THE NORTH; PROVIDING THAT
SUCH ABANDONMENT SHALL BE IN EXCHANGE FOR THE PAYMENT
BY THE ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNER OF THE FAIR MARKET
VALUE OF THE PORTION OF THE RIGHT OF WAY EASEMENT TO BE
ABANDONED; PROVIDING THAT SUCH ABANDONMENT SHALL BE
THE INTEREST WHICH THE CITY MAY LEGALLY AND LAWFULLY
ABANDON; PROVIDING THAT SAID ORDINANCE SHALL
CONSTITUTE A QUITCLAIM DEED THAT MAY BE RECORDED WITH
THE COUNTY CLERK OF DALLAS COUNTY TEXAS; AUTHORIZING
THE MAYOR TO SIGN; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS
, the City Council of the City of Coppell has determined that the right of way
easement located adjacent to lots 17 and 18 of the Northlake Estates (160 and 164 Southwestern
Blvd.), an Addition to the City of Coppell, Texas and more particularly described in Exhibits "A"
and "B" attached hereto, is no longer needed for City services; and
WHEREAS
, the abutting property owner to the north desires that said right of way
easement be abandoned and in consideration thereof has agreed to pay to the City of Coppell,
Texas, the fair market value of the property as established by the Dallas County appraisal
district; and
WHEREAS
, the Dallas County appraisal district establishes the fair market value of the
31,255.30
easement to be abandoned, to be $.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
That the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas has determined that
the right of way easement or any other public use of such property located adjacent to Lot 17
and 18 of the Northlake Estates (160 and 164 Southwestern Blvd.) an Addition to the City of
Coppell, Texas, and more particularly described in Exhibits "A" and "B ", attached hereto and
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hereof for all purposes, is no longer needed or necessary for public purposes and should be, and
is hereby, abandoned in favor of the abutting property owner to the north, in exchange for the
payment of the fair market value of such right-of-way and/or easement to be abandoned.
SECTION 2. That the fair market value of the said right of way easement being
abandoned has been determined by an appraisal to be $31,255.30.
SECTION 3. That upon payment of $31,255.30 to the City by the abutting property
owner to the south, this abandonment ordinance shall constitute a Quitclaim Deed in favor of the
abutting property owner to the south, and a certified copy of the same may be filed in the Deed
Records of Dallas County, Texas, and/or the Mayor is authorized to execute a Quit Claim Deed
to acknowledge such abandonment.
SECTION 4. That the abandonment provided for herein shall extend only to the public
right, title and interest which the City of Coppell, Texas, may have in and to said utility
easement, and shall be construed to extend only to such interests that the governing body of the
City of Coppell, Texas, may legally and lawfully abandon.
SECTION 5. If any article, paragraph, subdivision, clause or provision of this
ordinance, as hereby amended, be adjudged invalid or held unconstitutional for any reason, such
judgment or holding shall not affect the validity of this ordinance as a whole or any part or
provision thereof, as amended hereby, other than the part so declared to be invalid or
unconstitutional.
SECTION 6. That this ordinance shall become effective from and after its passage as
the law and charter in such case provide.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this the \Imo`'
day of Iv u+h 2014.
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ATTEST:
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APPROVED e TO FORM:
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ROBERT E. HAGE CITY ATTORNEY
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