HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 82-24 - Abandon Clamp St356
ORDINANCE NO. 82-24
AN ORDINANCE VACATING AND ABANDONING ALL OF THAT SECTION OF
CLAMP STREET THAT EXTENDS FROM PINE STREET TO THE MK&T RAILROAD
AS SHOWN ON THE PLAT OF SAID STREET OF RECORD IN VOLUME 26,
PAGE 321 OF THE DEED RECORDS OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS, BUT
RESERVING ALL PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENTS
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Georgetown in 1946 attempted by
resolution to disclaim and relinquish all right, title and interest of said
City in and to a strip of land running from Pine Street of Said City east to
the MK&T depot across the Clamp Addition to the said City at a place between
and equidistance from Seventh Street and Eighth Street which said strip of land
is designated as a street on the map of said city of record in Vol. 26, Page 321
of the Deed Records of Williamson County, Texas, and shown as Clamp Street on
said map; and
WHEREAS, since such action by the Council in 1946 such street has no longer
been recognized as a public street; and
WHEREAS, the present council of the City of Georgetown deems it necessary
for public safety, health, comfort, convenience and welfare of the community
of Georgetown to vacate, abandon and close said street and that it is in the
public's best interest to do so; and
WHEREAS, the Council further deems it in the City's best interest to
retain all rights relative to public utility easements on, over and across the
property so designated as "Clamp Street"; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN that the section
of Clamp Street that extends from Pine Street to the MK&T Railroad in the Clamp
Addition to the City of Georgetown as shown on the map of said City of record in
Vol. 26, Page 321 of the Deed Records of Williamson County, Texas, and designated
as "Clamp Street" is hereby VACATED, CLOSED and ABANDONED by said City, but all
rights relative to public utility easements on, over and across said property
herein referred to are not abandoned but are retained by the City of Georgetown.
READ, PASSED AND APPROVED on first reading this 21 st day of September, 1982.