HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 06-043 ORDINANCE NO. 06-043
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE FINDING THE STRUCTURE
LOCATED AT 1435 BROADWAY TO BE A PUBLIC NUISANCE
AND ORDERING ITS DEMOLITION AND/OR REPAIR;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL;
AND PROVIDING A PENALTY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
Section 1.
That the City Council of the City of Beaumont hereby finds and declares the building
located at 1435 Broadway 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,
Section 14-52 of the Code of Ordinances of Beaumont,Texas, it is hereby ordered that the
property owner(s) of the building located at 1435 Broadway execute a work program with
the City within ten (10) days of the effective date of this ordinance and either demolish or
have completed substantial repairs within one year from the date of the execution of the
work order and one additional year to receive a Certificate of Occupancy. Should the
owner(s)fail to execute a work program as ordered or fail to obtain substantial completion
as defined in the work program, within one year from the initiating date of the work
program, Council hereby orders that the property be demolished without further notification
to the property owner(s) or City Council action.
Section 3.
If the property owner requests and is authorized by City Council to enroll in a work
program, all delinquent taxes shall be paid in full or a payment plan executed prior to the
enrollment of the property in the work program.
Section 4.
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.
Section 5.
That any person who violated any provision of this ordinance shall, upon conviction,
be punished as provided in Section 1-8 of the Code of Ordinances of Beaumont, Texas.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the 25th day of July,
2006.
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••• - Mayor Guy N. Goodson -
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