TOP ROOFING SERVICES IN Piney Point, TEXAS

In 1885 Piney Point Village began as a station on the Texas Western Railroad. German farmers settled in the area. According to 1936 state highway maps, the community was near a sawmill.[6]

In the mid 1950s, an effort to form a Spring Branch municipality failed.[7] Piney Point Village incorporated in 1955 with an alderman form of government.[6] Because of the 1955 incorporation, Houston did not incorporate Piney Point Village’s territory into its city limits, while Houston annexed surrounding areas that were unincorporated.[8] In 1960 the city had 1,790 residents. By 1966 the city had one public school and four churches. In 1990 the city had 3,380 residents.[6]

For a decade ending in 1993 the Consulate-General of Japan in Houston refused to pay “user fees” billed to the consulate by the City of Piney Point Village (the consul-general residence is in Piney Point Village). The Japanese argued that this was a tax and that diplomatic facilities should not be taxed.[9] In 1993 Piney Point Village announced that the consulate owed the city around $14,000 United States dollars.[10] The Japanese argued that international agreements exempted consulate facilities from taxes, while Piney Point Village said the annual fees were for user services. James Baker, a Piney Point Village alderman, threatened to suspend garbage pickup services and expose the Japanese consulate to ridicule. In September of that year a U.S. State Department letter stated that consulates should pay legitimate user fees, and that consulates do not have to pay for fire and police services. The consulate paid almost $12,000, including $4,500 in interest, to the city. According to Vice-Consul Takaki Takinami originally the city charged $14,915.52 before changing the invoice and deducting police and fire costs. Shojiro Imanishi, who was the outgoing consul-general, agreed to pay $4,500 annually.[11] In 1993 the Consulate-General of Indonesia in Houston and the Consulate-General of Australia in Houston had consul-general residences in Piney Point Village; they paid the fees voluntarily and without controversy.[12][13]

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