Ordinance 1981-08
ORDINANCE #81-8
AN ORDINANCE ANNEXING THE HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED TERRITORY TO THE CITY
OF WYLIE, COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS, AND EXTENDING THE BOUNDARY LIMITS OF
SAID CITY, GRANTING TO SAID TERRITORY AND TO ALL PRESENT AND FUTURE
INHABITANTS OF SAID PROPERTY ALL OF THE RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF OTHER
CITIZENS AND BINDING SAID PRESENT AND FUTURE INHABITANTS BY ALL OF THE
ACTS AND ORDINANCES OF SAID CITY.
WHEREAS, a petition for annexation has been duly signed and acknowledged
by each member of the Board of Trustees of the Birmingham Land Trust
having an interest in the following described territory, to wit:
Being a tract of land located in Collin County, Texas, located
on the east side of Farm Road 1378 and on the north side of Farm
Road 544 and comprised of eleven contiguous and adjacent tracts
of land, currently described as the Birmingham Trust Land, and
more particularly described as Parcel #3, 47.5525 acres; Parcel
#4,47.6806 acres; Parcel #5,47.8523 acres; Parcel #6, 49.0532
acres; Parcel #7, 49.2918 acres; Parcel #8, 53.0066 acres. The
beforementioned tracts of land numbers 3 through 8 all face on
FM1378. Also included are: Tract #11, 33.0652 acres; Tract #12,
94.5631 acres; Tract #13, 83.7226 acres; Tract #14, 85.5978 acres;
and Tract #15, 82.8682 acres. Tracts number 11 through 15 face on
FM544.
All of the contiguous land above described, containing a total of
674.2539 acres, is adjacent to present City limits of the City of
Wylie insofar as the various tracts front upon ~~1378 and FM544.
WHEREAS, after conducting a public hearing in the manner prescribed by
law and hearing the arguments for and against the same, the City Council
has voted to annex said territory to the City of Wylie, Texas.
WHEREAS, the petition for annexation includes a request that it be made
a matter of public record that the land is tax exempt as long as it is
part of the Birmingham Trust Land. The Council is desirous of making
this request a matter of public record.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WYLIE,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the following described property, to wit:
Being a tract of land located in Collin County, Texas located on
the east side of Farm Road 1378 and on the north side of Farm
Road 544 and comprised on eleven contiguous and adjacent tracts
of land, currently described as the Birmingham Trust Land, and
more particulary described as Parcel #3, 47.5525 acres; Parcel
#4, 47.6806 acres; Parcel #5, 47.8523 acres; Parcel #6, 49.0532
acres; Parcel #7, 49.2918 acres; Parcel #8, 53.0066 acres. The
beforementioned tracts of land numbers 3 through 8 all face on
FM1378. Also included are: Tract #11, 33.0652 acres; Tract #12,
94.5631 acres; Tract #13, 83.7226 acres; Tract #14, 85.5978 acres;
and Tract #15, 82.8682 acres. Tracts number 11 through 15 face on
FM544.
All of the contiguous land above described, containing a total
of 674.2539 acres, is adjacent to present City limits of the
City of Wylie insofar as the various tracts front upon FM1378
and n~544.
Upon its annexation to the City of Wylie, Texas, the new City
limits shall be described by metes and bounds as follows:
commencing at the current City limit located on the east right-
of-way line of FM1378 and the northwest corner of Tract #3,
proce~ding eastward for a distance of 2,594 feet to the northeast
corner of Tract #3, thence southward 3,202.6 feet to a point for
a corner, thence easterly for a distance of 3,729.58 feet to the
northeast corner of Tract #15, thence south a distance of 2,939.3
feet to a southeasterly corner of Tract #3, thence westerly a
distance of 392.42 feet to an interior corner in Tract #15, thence
south a distance of 809.0 feet, to the intersection of this east
boundary line of Tract #15 and the current City limits of the City
of Wylie, Texas, thence west along the north right-of-way of FM544
for a distance of 5,136.8 feet to the southwest corner of Tract #10,
which is to be excluded from this annexation procedure, thence
north a distance of 1,816.15 feet to the northeast corner of Tract
#9, which is also excluded from this annexation, westerly for a
distance of 810 feet to the northwest corner of Tract #9 and its
intersection with the east right-of-way line of FM1378, thence
north a distance of 4,777.62 feet to the northwest corner of
Tract #3 and its intersection with the east right-of-way line of
FM1378, the place of beginning; and the same tracts of land are
hereby annexed to the City of Wylie, Collin County, Texas and that
the boundary 1 imi ts of the Ci ty of Wyl ie, be and the same are here-
by extended to include the above described territory within the
City limits of the City of Wylie, Collin County, Texas and the
same shall hereafter be included within the territorial limits of
said City and said land and the present and future inhabitants
thereof shall hereafter be entitled to all the rights and privi-
leges of other citizens of the City of Wylie, Collin County,
Texas and shall be bound by the acts and the ordinances of said
City.
The City Secretary is hereby directed to file with the County Clerk of
Collin County, Texas a certified copy of this Ordinance, together with
a copy of the attached map prepared by G. t'1. Geer, registered profes-
sional engineer #6653, McKinney, Texas, which is made a part hereof.
PASSED AND APPROVED ON THIS, THE TWENTY-FIFTH DAY OF AUGUST, A.D., 1981.
ATTEST:
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