OR 2014-1396 E. Belt Line Rd. Easement Abandonment
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 2014-1396
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS,
ABANDONING A RIGHT OF WAY EASEMENT AT 890 SOUTH DENTON
TAP ROAD, DEDICATED AS EAST BELT LINE ROAD, AS DESCRIBED
IN EXHIBIT "A" 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 A UTILITY EASEMENT WILL BE
DEDICATED; 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 of E. Belt Line Rd. located south of 890 South Denton Tap Rd., The Mobil Site, an
Addition to the City of Coppell, Texas and more particularly described in Exhibit "A" attached
hereto, is no longer needed for City services; and
WHEREAS
, the abutting property owner to the north will dedicate a utility easement to
the City of Coppell, Texas, 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, approximately 40% of the fair market value of the property as established by the Dallas
County appraisal district; and
WHEREAS
, the Dallas County appraisal district establishes that 40% of the fair market
25,000
value of the 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 E. Belt Line Road right of way easement to 890 S. Denton Tap Rd. an Addition to the City of
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Coppell, Texas, and more particularly described in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and made a part
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 the 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 $25,000.
SECTION 3. That upon payment of$25,000 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 north, and a certified copy of the same may be filed in the Deed
Records of Dallas County, Texas,to indicate 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.
ULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this the 9711
day of 14.
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RISTEL PET OS, CITY SE, ' TARY
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APPROVED _S TO FORM:
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CITY ATTORNEY
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