The City of Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, as the boundaries and limits of said City are herein established, or may hereafter be established, shall be a body politic, incorporated under and known by the name and style of the “City of Lubbock,” with such powers, rights and duties as hereinafter provided.
The boundaries and limits of said corporation shall be as follows: Beginning at the northeast corner of Survey No. 1, Block “O,” which is also the southeast corner of Survey No. 79, Block “A;” Thence north 165 feet along the east line of said Survey No. 79; Thence west on a line parallel with, and 165 feet north of the south line of said Survey No. 79, a distance of 2129.25 feet to the east line of the Sanders Addition to the City of Lubbock; Thence north along the east line of said Sanders Addition a distance of 1037 feet to the northeast corner of the said Sanders Addition; Thence west along the north line of the Sanders Addition and Acuff Heights Addition to the City of Lubbock, a distance of 1639.75 feet to the northwest corner of said Acuff Heights Addition, which point is in the east line of the Wm. Tubbs Addition to the City of Lubbock; Thence north along the east line of the said Wm. Tubbs Addition, a distance of 1438 feet to the northeast corner of said Wm. Tubbs Addition; which point is in the north line of Survey No. 79, Block “A;” Thence west along the north line of said Survey No. 79, and the center line of Survey 19, Block “A,” a distance of 6791 feet to the west line of said Survey No. 19; Thence south along the west lines of said Survey No. 19, Survey No. 2, Block “O;” and Survey No. 9, Block “B,” a distance of 9297 feet to the southwest corner of Block 100 in McCrummen’s 2nd Addition to the City of Lubbock; Thence east following the south lines of Blocks 100 and 95, and the center line of 5th Street in said McCrummen’s Addition, a distance of 5280 feet to the east lines of said Survey No. 9, Block “B,” which is also the line of Survey No. 7, Block “B;” Thence south along the west line of said Survey No. 7, a distance of 1263 feet to the center line of said Survey No. 7; Thence east along the center line of said Survey No. 7, and the center line of Survey No. 5, Block “O,” a distance of 6580 feet; Thence north on a line parallel with and 1200 feet east of the west line of said Survey No. 5, Block “O,” and the west line of Survey No. 3, Block “O,” a distance of 3696 feet to a point due east of the northeast corner of Block 4 in Wheelock’s 1st Addition to the City of Lubbock; Thence west 375 feet to the northeast corner of said Block 4 in Wheelock’s 1st Addition; Thence north along the east line of said Wheelock’s Addition a distance of 3606 feet to the northeast corner of Block 18 in the said Wheelock’s Addition; Thence west along the north line of said Block 18 in the said Wheelock’s Addition a distance of 825 feet to the northwest corner of said Block 18, which point is in the west line of Survey 3, Block “O,” and the east line of Survey 1, Block “O;” Thence north along the east line of said Survey No. 1, Block “O,” a distance of 470 feet to the place of beginning.
The limits of said Corporation may be hereafter extended by adding additional territory to the same in the manner provided in the Municipal Annexation Act.
Editor’s note–Before being amended, section 3 provided that territory may be added whenever the majority of the qualified electors of the territory indicated a desire to be included within the corporation limits in the manner provided in article 78, chapter 1, title 22, Revised Civil Statutes. Ordinances that have changed the boundaries of the city are on file in the city secretary’s office.
(Amended by electorate 1/24/1967, eff. 2/9/1967)
Editor’s note–Section 3A, which provided for the alteration and extension of the boundary limits and the annexation of additional territory, was repealed at a special election on January 24, 1967.
Should any property lying within or adjacent to the city limits, as established by this Charter, be hereafter platted into blocks and lots, the owners of said property shall plat and lay the same off to conform to the streets and alleys abutting on same, and shall file with the City of Lubbock a correct map thereof, and such act or acts performed by said owner or owners of such land is and shall be considered the vote of such owner or owners to place such lands within the city limits of said City of Lubbock, under this Charter and all its requirements; provided, that in no case shall the City of Lubbock be required to pay for any of said streets or alleys, at whatever date opened, but when opened by reason of the platting of said property, at whatever date platted, they shall become, by such act, the property of the City of Lubbock, for use as a public highway.
(Amended 5/7/1988)