HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 51-JAN ORDINANCE
REPEALING THAT PORTION OF AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED
"AN ORDINANCE LEVYING AND ASSESSING AS A TAX UPON THE LOT, LOTS,
PARTS OF LOTS, BLOCKS OR TRACTS OF LAND WHERE NOT DIVIDED INTO
LOTS OR BLOCKS, FRONTING OR ABUTTING ON THE STREETS THEREIN NAMED,
TVO -THIRDS OF THE COST OF PAVING, GUTTER AND INCIDENTAL DRAINAGE,
AND ALL THE COST OF CURBING SAID STREETS APPORTIONABLE TO THE
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO PROPERTY, AND DECLARING SAID TAX A LIEN
UPON SAID PROPERTY AND A PMSONAL IEBT ON THE OWNER OR OWNERS
THEREOF, AND PROVIDING A TIME WHEN SAID TAX SHALL BECOME DUE AND
PAYABLE, PROVIDING FOR TBE -COLLECTION OF SAME AND ALL COSTS INCURRED
IN COLLECTING SANTE IF NOT PAID AT THE TIME IT BECCIES DUE AND
PAYABLE AND .PROVIDING THE RATE OF INTEREST SAID TAX SHALL BEAR
FROM THE TIME IT BECOMES -DUE UNTIL PAID, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY'
INSOFAR AS THE SAME RELATES TO AVENUE D IN FRONT OF LOT1, BLOCK
78, OF THE CARTVVRIGHT ADDITION; AND IN FRONT OF LOTS 11 and 12,
BLOCK 21, OF THE CARTVVRIGHT ADDITION, AND IN FRONT OF LOT 7, BLOCK
79, OF THE CARTWRIGHT ADDITION, AND FURTHER REPEALING THAT SPECIFIC
PORTION OF THE RESOLUTION PASSED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF BEAUMONT ON THE 5TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1930, ORDERING A HEARING,
INSOFAR ONLY AS IT RELATES TO SAID PROPERTY.ABOVE DESCRIBED, AND
RELEASING ANY AND ALL PAVING LIENS PURPORTING TO BE FIXED AGAINST
SAID PROPERTY BY VIRTUE OF SAID ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION, AND
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY®
WHEREAS, on the 26th day of Aug"Ust, 1930, the City
Commission of the City of Beaumont passed the above entitled ordinance
purporting to fix liens against Lot 1, Block 78 of the Cartwright
Addition., Lots 11 and 12, Block 21, of the Cartwright Addition, and
Lot 7, Block 79, Cartwright Addition, for the paving and improving
of Avenue D in front of said lots, and it appears that said lots
are the homesteads of the respective parties owning said property,
and by reason thereof the City of Beaumont was without pourer or
authoti,ty to fix liens against aaid homesteads for the improvement
of said street, and said parties owning said lots have requested
a release from the City of Beaumont of the purported paving lien
against said lots:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF BEAUM ONT :
Section 1
That that portion of an ordinance entitled "An
Ordinance levying and assessing as a tax upon the lot, lots, parts
of lots, blocks or tracts of land where not divided into lots
or blocks, fronting or abutting on the streets therein named$
two-thirds of the cost of paving, gutter and incidental drainage,
and all the cost of curbing said streets apportionable to the
hereinafter referred to property, and declaring said tax a lien
upon said property and a personal debt on the owner or owners
thereof, and providing a time when said tax shall become due and
payable, providing for the collection of same and all costs incurred
in collecting same if not paid at the time it becomes due and
payable, and providing the rate of interest said tax shall bear
from the time it becomes due until paid, end declaring an emergencyt°
insofar as the same relates to Avenue D in front of Lot 1 Block 78,
of the Cartwright Addition, and in front of Lots 11 and 1, Block
211, of the Cartwright Addition, and in front of Lot 7, Block 79,
of the Cartwright Addition, is hereby repealed, and the Resolution
passed by the • City Commission of the City of Beautiion.t on the 5th.
An%T of 1930- orderixia- a hewing to be given, insofar as the
same relates to the above described property fronting on Avenue
D, is hereby repealed and all purported paving liens against
said property heretofore declared in any ordinance or resolution
are hereby in all things repealed, and said property and the owners
thereof are hereby fully released from any and all such purported
liensa
Section 2
This ordinance, however' is specifically -limited
in its operation to Avenue D in fronting on Lot 1, Block 78, of
the Cartwright Additiolis Lots 11 and 121, Block 210 of the Cartwright
Addition, and Lot 7, Block 79, of the Cartwright Addition to the
City of Beaumont, and same does not in any wise affect any other
property covered by said ordinance or resolution'
Section 3
The fact that the ordinance and resolution hereinabove
described appear in the abstract to the above described property.
as a cloud upon the title to said property, and it is necessary
for this ordinance to be finally passed upon the date of its intro-
duction in order to remove the cloud cast thereby upon said property,
and the fact that it is necessary in order to expedite the business
transacted by the City Commission that this ordinance be passed
upon the date of its introduction, creates an emergency necessitating
the suspension of the rule requiring ordinances to be read on three
several days before their passage, wherefore, such rule is hereby
suspended and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
and after its passage.
Passed by the affirmative vote of all members of the
City Commission, this the 20th dey of December, A.D, 1932,
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