TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES

I.	ANNEXATIONS AND DISANNEXATIONS
II.	CLOSINGS, VACATIONS AND ABANDONMENTS
III.	FRANCHISES
IV.	STREET NAME CHANGES
V.	ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS

 

TABLE I: ANNEXATIONS AND DISANNEXATIONS

Ord. No.	Date Passed	Description
577		Annexing a certain tract of land.
613	1-19-93	Disannexation of a 100 foot wide strip of land out of the Chas. W. L'Hommedieu Survey, Abstract 16, commencing at the southeast corner of Abstract 16, said corner being in the east line of the Mary Austin Survey, Abstract 1.
613	1-19-93	Disannexation of a 100 foot wide strip of land out of the Mary Austin League, Abstract 1, said 100 foot wide strip of land being out of the McGregors Subdivision, commencing at the northwest corner of the Jas. Haggard Survey, Abstract 118, same being the southwest corner of the Alex Farmer Survey, Abstract 11 and being in the east line of the Mary Austin Survey, Abstract 1.
615	4- 7-93	Disannexation of 729.3 acre tract of land out of the James Haggard, J.R. Pace, Antonio Julia and E.T. Mitchell Surveys, beginning at the intersection of the common corner of Outlots 125 and 167 of the Alta Loma Subdivision with the south line of the Alexander Farmer Survey (A-11), same being a point on the north line of the James Haggard Survey (A-118).
615	4- 7-93	Disannexation of 804.5 acre tract of land out of the James Haggard, J.R. Pace, Antonio Julia and E.T. Mitchell Surveys, beginning at the point of intersection of the centerline of Drainage District #1 Highland Bayou Ditch "A" with the south line of the Alexander Farmer Survey (A-11).
617	4- 7-93	Disannexation of 37.309 acre tract of land out of the James Haggard and J.R. Pace Survey, beginning at the northeast corner of Outlot 167 of the Alta Loma Outlots, same being the northwest corner of Outlot 125 and a point on the north line of the James Haggard Survey (A-118) and the south line of Alexander Farmer Survey (A-11).
620	9-30-93	Annexation of a 677.7 acre tract of land out of the Phillip Guyott (A-71) and J.R. Pace (A-161) Surveys, beginning at a point on the west line of Lot 5, Adoue and Lobits Subdivision.
657	3-30-95	Annexation of a 3939.0 acre tract of land out of the A-27, A-35, A-156, A-210, A-209, A-75, A-211, A-152, A-191, and A-671 Surveys, beginning at the most easterly corner of the Wm. C. Baker Survey, same being a west corner of the Sarah White Survey (A-207).
657	3-30-95	Annexation of a 1,156.9 acre tract of land out of the Wm. C. Baker Survey (A-28), beginning at a point on the northeast line of said Baker Survey, same being a point on the southwest line of the William Scott Survey (A-177), said point being 3,889 feet, more or less, from the north corner of said Baker Survey.
657	3-30-95	Annexation of a 3,980 acre tract of land including portions of the A-29, A-215, A-117, A-40, A-217, A-665, A-158, A-170 and the A-39 Surveys, beginning at a point on the southwesterly line of the Daniel Buckley Survey (A-29), same also being a point on the northeasterly line of the Wm. C. M. Baker Survey (A-28), said point also being a distance of 2,000 feet from the west corner of said Buckley Survey.
657	3-30-95	Annexation of a 1,408.9 acre tract of land out of the James Spillman Survey (A-175) and the Samuel C. Bundick Survey (A-7), beginning at a point which is 6,050 feet east of the northwest line of the James Spillman Survey and 3,000 feet north of the north right-of-way line of the Highland Bayou Diversion Channel, same being a corner of the existing city limits.
674	9-28-95	Annexation of a 726.2 acre tract of land out of the S.C. Bundick Survey (A-7), beginning at the intersection of the southeast line of Lot 15 of the S.C. Bundick Survey with a line that is 100 feet perpendicularly distant from and southwest of the southwesterly right-of-way line of Interstate Highway 45 as said right-of-way line existed in 1960.
96-686	2-19-96	Annexation of a 4082.9 acre tract of land out of Wm. C.H. Baker Survey (A-28), Daniel Buckley (A-44), B.T. Masterson Survey (A-642), John Harvey Survey (A-82), John O'Conner Survey (A-160), John Bell Survey (A-37), Lynn Grandirson Survey (A-146), Lynn Grandirson Survey (A-147), and J.F. Harmoning Survey (A-80).
97-704	3-31-97	Annexation of a 2584.3 acre (4.04 sq. mi.) tract of land out of the Wm C. M. Baker Survey (A-28), John H. Jones Survey (A-172), Jacob Hall Survey (A-87), P.R. Edwards Survey (A-58), P.R. Edwards Survey (A-59), Mary Harris Survey (A-85) and Mary Harris Survey (A-86), all in Galveston County, Texas.

 

TABLE II: CLOSINGS, VACATIONS AND ABANDONMENTS

Ord. No.	Date Passed	Description
594	11- 6-91	Abandonment of the east 50 feet of Lawrence St. in the Lawrence Henckel Residential Sites No. 2 Subdivision.
623	9-30-93	Abandonment of sections of streets and alleys located in part of the re-survey of the Dart Tract in the W.H. Jack League.
628	10-18-93	Abandonment of two five foot utility easements in Lot 10 of Fountainbleau, a subdivision in the J.C. Stevens and Arthur Burke Surveys.
631	11-15-93	Abandonment of a section of roadway easement being designated as that section of North Railroad Ave. lying between 3rd and 4th Sts. and southwesterly of Block 16.
643	4-28-94	Abandonment of 5th and 6th Sts. between Kidd St. and Burns Ave., and all alleyways adjacent thereto.
670	9-18-95	Abandonment of that certain area of land lying from 15 feet through and including 30 feet on either side of the center line of the existing 60 foot wide utility easement running N 86°, 30 min., 49 sec. E along and with the south line of that certain tract of land conveyed by Strother Timberlands, Ltd. to Robert D. Benson.
671	9-18-95	Abandonment of a section of roadway easement being designated as that section of North Railroad Ave. lying between 3rd and 4th Sts. and southwesterly of Block 16.
651	11-21-94	Partial closing and vacation of a utility easement along Delesandri Rd. in the W.H. Jack League and providing for the reversion of the fee to said land.
96-696	8-29-96	Abandoning a section of a road right-of-way out of Lot 25 in the L.M. Hitchcock Subdivision, out of the W.H. Jack League.
99-738	1-25-99	Abandoning sections of roadway and alley easements located in the Flakes Addition.
00-770	8-21-00	Abandoning a section of roadway easement located in the J. R. Pace Survey, Abstract 161, being a portion of Avenue A in the Orchard Place Subdivision.
00-771	8-21-00	Abandoning a section of roadway easement out of Robinson Rd. adjacent to a tract of land described as GCCFN 974991.
01-786	1-22-01	Abandoning a section of roadway easement located in W. H. Jack League being known as Price Rd.
2004-843	5-27-04	Abandoning and selling a 0.71 acre section of right-of-way out of Alta Loma Outlot 59.
2007-880	2-26-07	Abandoning a portion of a 40-foot right-of-way lying between Lot 27 and Lot 28 and extending southerly to the south line of L. M. Hitchcock West subdivision between Lot 63 and Lot 64.
2012-938	9-17-12	Vacating, abandoning, and closing a portion of Clem Street.
2017-978	2-27-17	Vacating, abandoning, and closing a portion of Frazier Street.

 

TABLE III: FRANCHISES

Ord. No.	Date Passed	Description
14	8-10-60	Granting a franchise to the Houston Lighting and Power Company, its successors and assigns, the right, privilege and franchise to conduct within the city an electrical lighting and power business.
18	8- 9-60	Granting a franchise to the Houston Natural Gas Corporation, its successors, lessees and assigns, right-of-way, privilege and easement to lay, construct, equip, use, operate and maintain gas mains, pipes, and connections along, across and through the city.
297	7-11-77	Granting a franchise to Big Three Industries, Inc., to lay and operate a pipeline in the city.
300	8- 8-77	Granting a franchise to the Meca Corp., its successors and assigns, to construct, operate and maintain a community antenna television system in the city.
372	4-14-80	Granting a franchise to the Service Production Co., Inc., to lay and operate a gathering line pipeline in the city.
437	3-22-82	Granting a franchise to the Valero Energy Corp. to lay and operate a gathering line pipeline in the city.
485	7-23-84	Granting a franchise to the Seagull Energy Corp. to lay and operate a gathering line pipeline in the city.
517	11-10-86	Granting a franchise to the General Telephone Co. of the Southwest the right to provide communication service and for conducting a general local and long-distance telephone business.
548	7-17-89	Granting a franchise to the Wintershall Corp. to lay and operate a gathering line pipeline in the city.
586	5-20-91	Granting a franchise to the Meca Corp. for the construction and operation of a cable system.
644	7-18-94	Granting a franchise to Phibro Energy USA, Inc., to lay and operate a trunk line pipeline in the city.
645	8-30-94	Granting a franchise to Phibro Energy USA, Inc. to lay and operate a trunk line pipeline in the city.
96-682	1-16-96	Granting a franchise to Tepco, Inc. to lay and operate a gathering line pipeline in the city.
96-689	3-18-96	Amending Ord. 96-682, which granted a franchise to Tepco, Inc. to lay and operate a gathering line pipeline in the city.
97-709	9- 8-97	Granting a franchise to Kiawah Resources, Inc., to lay and operate a gathering line pipeline and setting forth related conditions.
98-736	12-21-98	Granting an easement for electric distribution facilities to Houston Lighting and Power Company on, under, over and across property of the city.
99-755	10-18-99	Granting a permit and consent to PG&E Texas Pipeline, L.P., its successors and assigns to maintain, use and operate certain natural gas transmission pipelines along, across, and under public property and rights of way in the city.
00-764	2-28-00	Granting a permit and consent to PG&E Gas Transmission, Texas Corporation, PG&E Gas Transmission TECO, Inc. and PG&E Energy Trading-Gas Corporation, its successors, lessees or assigns to maintain, use and operate certain natural gas and natural gas liquids transmission pipelines along, across, and under public property and rights of way in the city.
00-769	10-16-00	Granting a franchise to Lavaca Pipe Line Company to lay and operate a trunk line pipeline in the city.
2006-874A	8-21-06	Granting a franchise to Centerpoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC for conducting an electric delivery business in the city.
2008-892	6-16-08	Granting a franchise to Centerpoint Energy Resources Corp., DBA Centerpoint Energy Texas Gas Operations for transportation, delivery, sale, and distribution of natural gas.

 

TABLE IV: STREET NAME CHANGES

Ord. No.	Date Passed	Description
678	12-18-95	Renaming of First, B, C, and M Streets located within the area formerly known as the Blimp Base.
96-695	7-15-96	Renaming of South Railroad between Second and Fourth Streets to Henck Avenue.
97-705	4-21-97	Changing the name of Burns Street Park to Joe Moore Park.
98-725		Naming the section of road located East ofand adjacent to Jay Road where Jay Road turns westwardly shall be named Roberts Drive.
99-744	3-15-98	Changing the name of Little Bend Loop to Wayne Johnson Avenue.
00-778	10-16-00	Changing the name of Mike St. to Battise Dr.
01-798	2-26-01	Repealing Ord. 00-778, restoring the name of roadway known as Mike St.

 

TABLE V: ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS

Ord. No.	Date Passed	Description
2003-814	2-24-03	Changing the zoning classification from Agricultural Residential (AR) to General Commercial (GC) for the 33.56-acre property at 8316 FM 2004.
2003-815	2-24-03	Changing the zoning classification from Agricultural Residential (AR) to General Commercial (GC) for the 8.17-acre property at 4820 FM 2004.
2003-816	2-24-03	Changing the zoning classification from Agricultural Residential (AR) to Single Family Residential (SFR) for the 27.86-acre property at 6122 Fairwood.
2003-817	2-24-03	Changing the zoning classification from Agricultural Residential (AR) to General Commercial (GC) for the 38.5-acre property at 4415 Highway 6.
2003-821	5-19-03	Changing the zoning classification from Agricultural Residential (AR) to General Commercial (GC) for the 3.5-acre property at Lot 57, Blimp Base.
2003-822	5-19-03	Changing the zoning classification from Agricultural Residential (AR) to General Commercial (GC) for the 0.923-acre property at 8618 Highway 6, applying only to the first 150 feet where the property abuts Highway 6.
2003-823	5-19-03	Changing the zoning classification from Neighborhood Commercial (NC) to General Commercial (GC) for the 0.87-acre property comprising the north part of Lot 3 (3-2) of the L.M. Hitchcock West Subdivision.
2003-826	6-30-03	Changing the zoning classification from Single Family Residential (SFR) to General Commercial (GC) for the 7.491-acre Galveston County park property on 2nd Street at the Highland Bayou Diversionary Canal.
2003-827	6-30-03	Changing the zoning classification from Agricultural Residential (AR) to General Industrial (GI) for the 7.57-acre property known as S.F. Austin Survey Tract 146.
2004-839	4- 5-04	Changing the zoning classification from Agricultural Residential (AR) to General Industrial (GI) for the 8.25-acre property known as Daniel Buckley Survey Abstract #43.