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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 71-E'! AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE LEVYING AND ASSESSING AS A TAX UPON THE LOTS, PARTS OF LOTS, BLOCKS, OR TRACTS OF LAND WHERE NOT DIVIDED IITTD LOTS OR BLOCKS, FRONTING OR ABUTTING ON PEARL STREET BET [Erl T THE NORTH SIDE OF CALDER AVENUE AND THE SOUTH SIDE O =' T, TWO THIRDS (2/3) OF THEI COST OF PAVING,, GUTTER AND INC IDF."TAL DRAIN- AGE AND ALL THE COST OF CURBING SAID PEARL STREET FROM NORTH SIDE OF CALDER AVENUE TO SOUTH SIDE OF ASH STREET, APPORTIONABLE TO THE HERE- INAFTER REFEMED TO PROPERTY, LEVYIITG AND ASSESSING AS A TAX UPON THE BELULONT WHARF AND TEIMINAL CO11PANY ALL THE COST OF PAVING BETWEEN AND TWO F27T OI? EACH SIDE OF THE TRACKS AND RAILS OF SAID COIH'ANY ON THE ABOVE REFERRED TO STREET; AND DECLARING SAID TAX A LIEN UPON SAID PROP= LRTY AND A PERSONAL DEBT UPON THE ODNER OR OWNERS THEREOF AND PROVIDING A TII,7F, 'BJH yid SAID TAX SHALL BECO1,1E DUE AND PAYABLE, PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION OF SAME AND ALL COSTS INCURRED IN COLLECTING S u u, IF NOT PAID AT THE TI12 IT BECOMES DUE AND PAYABLE; AND PROVIDING THE RATE OF INTMEST SAID TAX SHALL BEAR FROM THE TIME IT BECOLIES DUE UNTIL PAID AND DECLARING AN EM, RGEITCY. WHEREAS, pursuant to the requirements of subdivision v'hJ of Section 68 of the Charter of the City of Beaumont, the City Commission of the City of Beaumont caused to be published, for the time and in the manner required therefor by the City Charter, a notice of a resolution of said Commission, passed heretofore on the 14th day of July 1925 or- dering a hearing to be given to the persons, firms, corporations or estates, their agents or attorneys owning property abutting on Pearl Street between the North side of Calder Avenue and the South side of Ash Street; and calling upon all persons interested in said matter to appear and show cause, in conformity with the provisions of the Charter above referred to, why the assessment in said notice should not be made against^::said property and or the owners thereof, which hearing was to be held in the Council Chamber of the City Hall of Beaumont, Texas at 3 o'clock P.Me on the 4th day of August A.D. 1925& ARD, WHEREAS, a full and fait hearing in conformity with the Charter and the law in such cases having been had in conformity with said notice, and the Commission having inquired into and dejer- mined all facts necessary to the adjudication of all special benefits accruing to such owners by means of such improvements, and said hear- ing having been duly closed; And it appearing that the assessments as proposed in the above mentioned resolution passed on the 14th day of July A.D. 1925 d. 7 I t U 1'7 Z amount assessed against the abutting property and the respective owners thereof. NOW THEREFORE B3 IT ORDLINED BY THE CITY C0I111ISSION OF THE CITY OF B UI1,01- T ; Section 1 That there is hereby assessed against the several owners of property and against their respective property abutting upon Pearl Street between the Borth side of Calder Avenue and the South side of Ash Street; as a tax two thirds (2/3) of the cost of the paving and gutter and incidental drainage, and all the cost of curbing on said Pearl Street between the North side of Calder Avenue and the South side of Ash Street; The lot, lots, parts of lots, blocks or tracts of land on which said tax is levied and assessed is hereinafter described, to- gether with the number of feet front on such lot, lots, parts of lots, blocks or tracts of land, the name or names of the owner or owners thereof and the proportionate amount of the cost of the said paving and gutter, and the cost of said curbing to be borne and paid for by such owner or owners as shown by the statement prepared by the City Engineer of the City of Beaumont, which said amount is hereby levied and assessed as a tax upon such lots, parts of lots, blocks or tracts of land as shown, to -wit r dw Section 2 That said tax so levied and assessed ahall become due and payable upon the completion of the paving upon the portion of said street, upon which said lot, lots, parts of lots, blocks or tracts of land front and abutt, and the amount of the tax hereby levied and assessed together with the cost of collecting same and seven percent (7o)per annum from the date same is collectable until paid is hereby declared a lien against the said lit, lots, parts of lots, blocks or tracts of land, superior to all other liens, claims or title except Qity, County and State taxes, and shall constitute a personal charge or claim against the owner or owners of said lots, blocks or thacts of land. Section 3 That all the cost of grading and paving that portion of Pearl Street between the North side of Calder Avenue and the South side of Ash Street as is occupied between the rails of the Beaumont Wharf and Terminal Company, and a space twenty four inches beyond the outer edge of the rails of said company located on said street, shall be borne by the said Beaumont Wharf and Terminal Company, and such costs of said improvement are hereby assessed against the said Beaumont 17harf and Terminal Company, and shall be collected as other assessments levied under this ordinance, provided such work shall be done in accordance with the City ordinances regulating the construction of the railroads in the streets of the City of Besmmont, and the paving of such streets traversed by the same. Section 4 The fact that the portions of the above named streets as A indicated are in bad condition and jeopardize the safety of the peo- ple travelling thereon creates an emergency and imperative public necessity, necessitating the suspension of the rule requiring ordin- ... � qi. -�'�- . --ter;-� ��Sl +��:Y.-: . ��-�...-7-... ... _ r � - _ ..y:.� - +l" • r..S•' is �.. Ti! .�- . -y! 3 {,.1{. G ny y Passed this the 4th day of August A.D. 1925, by the 4 affirmative vote of all members of the Commission. 9 Approved this 4th day of.Augast A,'D 925. a M6 or �p 1 Pol. - x 17 ire by iah is as }n -tfie a r .. ,all persons mentioned re6 tion passed on the ® Cost of the pX . e'"A 'gutter to appear 14th day of Julv'A. D. 1925 with the and incidental drainage, and all the urnuty %xith exceptions hereinafter noted, are In cost of curbing on said Pearl Street Aarter abc•ve all respects fair and equitable, and between the North side of CaldA- seesment in that there will be a full and ade- Avenue and the South side of The State of TE folie Le made abate and specialbenefit to the Street: = and or the abutting property and the owners I The hearing was thereof from and by r^:�a� �q�:+4.. (✓ 4 ii C:e"her proposellim- r Counttp of Jefferson�_f�' ,,�a<w► ' ` ,�- r e ndersigned authority, on this day personally appeared - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ----------- ` n to me, vVho being by me duly sworn, on his oath de- .......... e- ---------- poses and says, that he is the --- ---- - - ----- -----of the B E, P Y --- - BEAUMONT JOURNAL, a newspaper published in said county; that a copy of the within and fore ng was published in said newspaper, such publication being on the following dates: -------A. D. 19 _ and _ a newspaper copy of whi_h iQ—hereto a#- -__ tached. - ------------------ /------- Sword +o and subscribed before me, this_ C _0 _ _ _ _ _day of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A. D. 191215�_ M 64 -------------- Notary Public ;V IX Ly, Texas.