Coppell Cross 1P-CS 951114 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. ~.~"~'.'~ O
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS,
ABANDONING A PORTION OF RIVERCHASE DRIVE WEST OF
MACARTHUR BOULEVARD, BEING FURTHER DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT
"A", AND DEPICTED IN EXHIBIT "B" ATTACHED HERETO; 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 Council of the City of Coppell has determined that the portion
of Riverchase Drive west of MacArthur Boulevard being further described in Exhibit "A"
and depicted in Exhibit "B", is no longer needed for City services; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Coppell has determined that the interest
of the City and the public therein should be abandoned; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Coppell has determined that the City and
public have no need for such portion of Riverchase Drive west of MacArthur Boulevard,
and that the cost of keeping and maintaining such portion of Riverchase Drive west of
MacArthur is in excess of the fair market value of the City's interest in the portion of
Riverchase Drive west of MacArthur Boulevard being abandoned;
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 portion of Riverchase Drive being further described in Exhibit "A" and
depicted in Exhibit "B", attached hereto and made a part hereof for all purposes, is no
longer needed or necessary for public purposes and should be abandoned in favor of the
abutting property owner, Riverchase Joint Venture.
SECTION 2. That the City of Coppell, Texas, hereby abandons all its right, title, and
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interest in and to said portion of Riverchase Drive, and abandons, conveys, and relinquishes
all such public interest the City may have in and to said portion of Riverchase Drive to the
abutting property owners.
SECTION 3. That the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, has determined
that the cost of keeping and maintaining such portion of Riverchase Drive is in excess of the
.fair market value of the City's interest in the portion of Riverchase Drive being abandoned.
SECTION 4. That the abandonment ordinance of the City's interest in said portion
of Riverchase Drive shall constitute a Quitclaim Deed in favor of the abutting property
owners, and a certified copy of the same may be filed in the Deed Records of Dallas
County, Texas, to indicate such abandonment.
SECTION 5. That the abandonment provided for herein shall extend only to the
public fight, title and interest which the City of Coppell, Texas, may have in and to said
portion of Riverchase Drive, 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 6. That this ordinance shall become effective from and after its passage
as the law and charter in such cases provide.
DULY PASSED'by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this the
dayof ~;./~ ,1995.
APPROVED:
TOM MORTON, MAYOR
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ATrEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
PETER. G. sMrr~, CITY ATTORNEY
(PGS/ct 10-19-95)
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STATE OF TEXAS '-
COUNTY OF D~LLAS
· _WREREAS, Rtverchase Joiflt Venture ts the owner of e tract of lend sltauted in
the City of Coppe]l out of the Singleton Thompson Survey, Abstract No. ]493 &
James Pettish Survey, Abstract No. 1139, said 1.0698 acre tract of ]nnd betas
part of a 20.80 adre tract of land deacribed in deed fron Nra. Lizzie A. Crow,
et. al., to J, B. Lesley, dated November 29, 1943 and in Volume 2445, Pn[e 317
Said tract being part of a 64 acre trnct recorded in Volu~e 2445, PaSs 317 and
part of a 106 acre tract recorded in Volume 20~6, Page 204 of the Deed Records
of Dallas County, Texas said tract of lend being more particularly described
as follows:
~CING, at a l/2-tnch 1roe rod found at the intersection of the north
right-of-way line of the St. Louis & Southwestern Railroad (Cotton Belt
Railway lO0-feet wide) with the northwest right-of-way of a 100 foot T.P.& L.
Easement as recorded in Volume 3887, Page 110, Deed Records of Dallas County,
Texas;
THENCE, North 29° 13' 41" East along the northwest line of said T.P.& L.
easement s distance of 747.53 feet to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING;
THENCE,. North 29° 13' 41" East, continuing along the northwest line of said
T.P.&L'., a distance of 59.95 feet to a iron rod set for corner;
THENCE, ·South 62' 02' 00" East, a distance of 24.47 feet to an iron rod set
for corner and'the beginning of n ctrcu].er curve to the ]eft;
~{ENCE, Northeasterly aloes said curve having a central angle of 51° 00' 00",
a radius of 395.00 feet, a tangent of 188.41 feet and an arc length of 351.60
feet to a point of reverse curvature;
THENCE,- Southeasterly along said curve having a central angle of 50° 18° 38",
a radius of 455.00 feet, a tangent length of 213.67 feet, and an ~rc length
399.~3 feet to an iron rod set for corner, said point bein8 the intersection
of said curve and the west right-of-way line of HacArthur Boulevard (110 foot
right-of-way) as recorded in Volume 84221, Page 98~ of the DeeJ Records of
Dallas Co~nty, Texas;
THENCE, South 27
distance of 60.06 feet'~o en iron rod set for corner, said point being the
beginnlns of a non-tangent curve to the ]eft whose center bears South 24° 16'
39" West n distance of 395.00 feet;
THENCE, Northwesterly along said curve having a central angle of 49" 56' Of",
a radius of 395.00 feet, a tangent length of 183.9! feet and an arc length of
344.24 feet to an iron rod net for corner and a point of reverse curvature;
THENCE, Southwesterly along said curve havtn~ a central angle of 51" 00' 00",
a radius of 455.00 feet, a tangent lensth of 217.02 feet, and an arc length of
405.00 feet to an iron rod set for corner, said point also betn~ ~ point of
tangencyl
THENCE, North 62° 02' 00" West, a distance of 28.54 feet to the POINT OF
BEGINNING~
CONTAINING, 1.0698 ACRES (46,600 SQ. FT.) of land save sad except 0.1963 acres
(8,553 sq. ft) of land within the City of Carrollton nnd 130 feet D.P.& L.
right-of-way as recorded in Volume 4594, Page 302 of the deed records, Dallas
County, Texas. ,iEX~IBiT