HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinanceORDINANCE NO. 2185
AN ORDINANCE REZONING A 32.72 ACRE TRACT OF LAND SITUATED IN THE
ROBERT STEVENSON LEAGUE, ABSTRACT NO. 54, IN THE CITY OF COLLEGE
STATION, BRAZOS COUNTY, TEXAS, AND BEING A PORTION OF THE HORACE
SCHAFFER, ET AL 56.5 ACRE TRACT (400/7), FROM A-O AGRICULTURAL OPEN
TO R-2 DUPLEXES.
V1/HEREAS, on June 27, 1996, the City Council of the City of College Station convened
and, pursuant to notices prescribed by law, held a public hearing with regard to the
application for the rezoning of 32.72 acres of property situated in the Robert Stevenson
League, Abstract No. 54, m the City of College Station,. Brazos County, Texas, and
more particularly described as follows:.
Being all of that certain tract or'parcel of land .lying and being. situated in the
Robert Stevenson League, College Station, Brazos County, .Texas and being a
part of Tract (a} conveyed to Horace Schaffer and Clyde .Schaffer, Trustee by
Fritz Schaffer et ux, recorded in Volume 400 page 7, ®eed Records ®f Brazos
County, Texas .and being described as follows:.
BEGINNING:. at a %' .iron rod found at the south. corner of said tract A same
'being at the intersection of the northwest right-of-way'line of Graham Road and
the northeast right-of~way line of Schaffer Road;
THENCE: N 45°00'00" W - 88.1..86 feet. along said Schaffer Road .line to a '/Z'
iron rod found at the south corner of a Brazos County 0.48 acre tract (810/820);
THENCE:- N 45°02'39" E -.42.93 feet along the southeast line of said Brazos
County tract to a 1/2" iron road found at the,southeast corner of said: tract;
THENCE: N 44°5T2.1" E - 53.61. feet continuing along said Brazos County tract
line and comer in the centerline of a creek;
THENCE: along said Creek centerline for the following calls:
N 5°3T07" E - 304.89 feet,
N 16°58'36" E - 167.55 feet,
N 33°02'42" E - 139.93 feet,
N 48°11'54" E - 121.82 feet,
N 77°1'.9'27" E - 139.69 feet,
N 49°35'48" E - 105.11 feet and
S 79°41'27" E - 206.44 feet and corner in the common line between said
77.00 acre tract and the Bodley P. Thornton 12.1 acre tract (1321/140);
THENCE: S 45°58'13" E - 58.54 feet, N 61°57'32" E - 467.23 feet and to the
common corner of said 77.00 acre tract, the George Carroll, Sr. 5.39 acre tract,
the Horace. Schaffer 4.5 acre tract (400/7). and said Thornton tract;
THENCE: S 44°54'59" E - 725.61 feet along the common line between said
77.00 acre tract and said Schaffer 4.5 acre tract to a 1/2" iron rod found at the
most southerly common corner of said tract; same being in said Graham. Road
line;
THENCE: S 45°00'00" W - 1425.26 feet along said Graham Road line to the
place of beginning; and containing 32.72 acres of land, more or less.
Ordinance No. 2176 Page 2
WHEREAS, the above-described property is currently zoned. A-O Agricultural Open,
and the current use is agricultural;
WHEREAS, the owner of the above-described property, Horace Schaffer, .purchased
the property on September 20,.:1994, by deed recorded m Volume 2224, Page 208 of
the. Official Records of Brazos County, Texas;
WHEREAS, the owner has applied for`the rezoning of the above-described property to
R-2 Duplexes;
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of College Station: heard evidence that the area.
in which the above described tract is located is currently used for agriculture;
WHEREAS,. the City Council of the City of College Station heard evidence that the
property situated immediately across Schaffer Road from the subject property has been
rezoned. and developed. for single-family residential use;
WHEREAS, rezoning the. subject tract of land into the aforementioned tract would allow
the owner to develop. the property in such a way .that it fills a need in the local real
property. market; and
WHEREAS, the subject rezoning is consistent With the City`s .Comprehensive Plan for
development;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION; TEXAS, that the 32.72 acre tract mentioned above is .hereby
rezoned`from A-O Agricultural-Open to R-2 Duplexes, effective immediately.
PASSED and APPROVED this 27th day of June, 1996.
APPROVED:
LYNN MCILHANE ~, Mayor
ATTEST:
CONNIE HOOKS, City Secretary
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