HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 81-22 ORDINANCE NO.
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE FINDING CERTAIN
STRUCTURES TO BE PUBLIC NUISANCES,
ORDERING REPAIR OR DEMOLITION FOR
CERTAIN STRUCTURES; ORDERING DEMOLITION
FOR CERTAIN STRUCTURES; ORDERING
DEMOLITION BY THE CITY UNDER CERTAIN
CONDITIONS; PROVIDING A PENALTY; AND
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
Section 1 .
That the City Council of the City of Beaumont hereby finds and
declares the buildings located at:
2420 Angelina (Garage Apt. )
2140 Corley (Garage Apt. )
825 Cuniff
992 Forsythe Street
3679 Glenwood
each to be a public nuisance in that said buildings violate Chapter
14, Section 14-50 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Beaumont
and are for want of repairs, or by reason of age or dilapidated
condition, likely to cause or promote fires that would endanger
persons or property.
Section 2.
In accordance with Article XVII, Section 2 of the Charter of the
City of Beaumont, Sections 10-2 and 14-52 of the Code of Ordinances
of Beaumont, Texas, and Section 103.4 of the Standard Building Code,
it is hereby ordered that the owner or owners of the following
buildings either repair or demolish and remove said structures within
30 days of the date of the passage of this ordinance:
2420 Angelina (Garage Apt. )
2140 Corley (Garage Apt. )
992 Forsythe Street
3679 Glenwood
If such action is not taken, request shall be made that the City
Council authorize appropriate City officials to demolish and remove
said structures at the expense of the City of Beaumont on account of
the owner thereof and such expense shall be assessed as a special tax
against the property upon which the buildings are situated.
Section 3 .
In accordance with Article XVII, Section 2 , of the Charter
of the City of Beaumont, Sections 10-2 and 14-52 of the Code of
Ordinances of Beaumont, Texas and Section 103.4 of the Standard
Building Code, it is hereby ordered that the owner or owners of the
following described buildings demolish and remove said structures
within 30 days of the date of the passage of this ordinance:
825 Cuniff
If such action is not taken, the owners of said buildings shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and said buildings shall be demolished
and removed at the expense of the City of Beaumont on the account of
the owner thereof and such expense shall be assessed as a special tax
against the property upon which said buildings are situated and a
lien shall exist for such special tax, which lien shall be foreclosed
and said expense be recovered by the City of Beaumont as in the case
of any other debt and lien in favor of the City of Beaumont.
Section 4 .
The following structure is hereby ordered to be
demolished and removed by the City of Beaumont on the account of the
owner thereof and such expense of demolition and removal shall be
assessed as a special tax against the property upon which the
buildings are situated. The following structure was heretofore
declared to be a public nuisance and a violation of Chapter 14,
Section 14-50 of the Code of Ordinances of the City:
3030 W. Crockett
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Section 5 .
Any person who violates any provision of this ordinance
shall, upon conviction, be punished as provided in Section 1-8 of the
Code of Ordinances of Beaumont, Texas.
Section 6 .
That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase
of this ordinance, or the application of same to a particular set of
persons or circumstances, should for any reason be held to be
invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions of
this ordinance, and to such end the various portions and provisions
of this ordinance are declared to be severable.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the
�1411 day of ' L , 1981.
Mayor -
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