OR 249 Utility easement no longer needed AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 249
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, ABANDONING AN
UNUSED UTILITY EASEMENT; 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;
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Coppell has determined that the following easement is
no longer needed for public purposes; and
WHEREAS, the abutting property owner desires that said utility easement be
abandoned; NOW, THEREFORE:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
That the hereinafter described utility easement is no longer needed or necessary
for public parposes and should be abandoned in favor of First Security Bank & Trust,
the abutting property owner. The utility easement being abandoned herein is described
as follows, to-wit:
Being that certain fifteen (15) foot utility easement in and across Lots
1, 2, 3, 4, 14, 15, 16 and 17 of the Coppell Heights Addition to the City
of Coppell as shown on the Plat of said Addition filed February 20, 1957,
Volume 32, Page 229 of the Plat Records of Dallas County, Texas.
SECTION 2.
That the above described easement be, and the same is hereby, abandoned in
favor of First Security Bank & Trust, the owner of the abutting property.
SECTION 3.
That this abandonment ordinance shall constitute a quitclaim deed in favor of
First Security Bank & Trust, the abutting property owner, and a certified copy of the
same may be filed in the Deed Records of Dallss County, Texas, to indicate such
abandonment.
SECTION 4.
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 easement, and
shall be construed to extend only to such interest that the governing body of the City
of Coppell, Texas, may legally and lawfully abandon.
SECTION 5.
The fact that the above described utility easement is no longer needed or
necessary for public parposes, and that such easement should be abandoned in favor
of the abutting property owner requires that this ordinance shall take effect immediately
from and after its passage as the law in such cases provides.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas on the
day of
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM: