HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 79-14 ORDINANCE NO.
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE DETERMINING THE
NECESSITY OF AND ORDERING THAT COLLIER
ROAD FROM BERRY ROAD EASTWARD TO DRAIN-
AGE DITCH NO. 5 , A PUBLIC STREET IN THE
CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS, SHALL BE IM-
PROVED; ADOPTING AND APPROVING PLANS
AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR SUCH IMPROVEMENT;
DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO ADVERTISE
FOR BIDS FOR THIS PROJECT; INVOKING THE
PROCEDURE OF ARTICLE 1105b OF THE REVISED
CIVIL STATUTES OF THE STATE OF TEXAS;
AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
Section 1.
The City Council of the City of Beaumont, Texas
hereby determines the public necessity for and orders the
permanent improvement of Collier Road from Berry Road east-
ward to Drainage Ditch No. 5, by the construction thereon
of a street in conformance with street construction standards
of the City of Beaumont, Texas, all as provided by the plans,
specifications and cost estimates hereinafter referred to
and approved.
The City Council herein now approves and adopts the
plans, specifications, and cost estimates for such improve-
ments heretofore prepared and submitted to it by the Public
Works Department.
Section 2.
The real and true owners of property abutting upon
said streets as herein defined and ordered to be improved
have prepaid for their paving without assessment by paying
the sum of $10. 00 per each front foot of property abutting
upon said street; however, in no event shall the cost of such
improvements as hereinbefore paid by the abutting property
owners and the real and true owners thereof exceed the total
cost of curbs and sidewalks and nine-tenths (9/10) of the
estimated cost of such improvements exclusive of curbs and
sidewalks as so estimated by the City' s Public Works Director.
The City of Beaumont shall pay all the remainder of
the costs of said improvements.
Section 3 .
This ordinance and all proceedings hereunder are done
pursuant to the power given by Article 1105b Revised Civil
Statutes of Texas, 1925, and having been adopted by the City
of Beaumont at Article XIV, Section 2 of the Charter of the
City of Beaumont, Texas.
Section 4 .
The City Clerk is hereby directed to file a "Notice
of Intent to Assess" with the County Clerk of Jefferson County
Texas, pursuant to the provisions of Article 1220-a of the
Revised Civil Statutes of Texas. The City Clerk is further
directed to advertise for bids for such work and improvement
in accordance with the plans and specifications hereinabove
adopted and approved, such bids shall be received on the 9th
day of March, 1979 .
Section 5.
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 CI Y COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont
this the _Z&day of 1979.
Mayor -
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