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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 75-Fa- , AN ORDINANCE (�-,? GL, f/ ---�­', 7 -S' -/l z -/ ENTIJLED AN ORDINANCE LEVYING AND ASSESSING AS A TAX UPON THE„ .6 S, PARTS OF LOTS, BLOCKS, OR TRACTS OF LAND VA ERE NOT DIVIDED INTO LOTS OR BLOCKS, FRONTING OR ABUTTING ON AVENUE F FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF FRANKLIN STREET TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF FOCH STREET AND BUFORD STREET FROII1 THE EAST SIDE OF PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE TO THE EAST SIDE OF CARROLL STREET, Tt'JO—THIRDS (2,3) OF THE COST OF THE PAVING AND GUTTER AND INCIDENTAL DRAINAGE AND ALL THE COST OF CURB— ING SAID AVENUE F FRO1,1 THE SOUTH SIDE OF FRANx,LIN STREET TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF FOCH STREET.AND BUFORD STREET FROM THE EAST SIDE OF PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE TO THE EAST SIDE OF CARROLL STREET, APPORTIONABLE TO THE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO PROPERTY, AND DECLARING SAID TAX A LIEv UPON SAID PROPER— TY AND A PERSONALDEBT UPON THE OWNER 01-1 0t7NERS THEREOF AND PROVIDING A TII'diiD WHENT SAID TAX SHALL BECOI':7E DUE AND PAYABLE, PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION OF SAME AITD ALL COST INCURRED IN COLLECTION OF SAME IF NOT PAID AT THE TIME IT BECOMES DUE AND PAYABLE: AKD PROVIDING THE RATE OF INTEREST SAID TAX SHALL BEAR FROM THE TIME IT BECOMES DUE UNTIL PAID AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.� c� WHEREAS, purBu:ant to the requirements of Subdivision H of Section 68,. of the Charter of', the City of Beaumont, the City Com— mission of the City of Beaumont caused ,to be published for the time and in the manner required therefor by the City C'ha.rter, a notice of the Resolution of said Commission passed on the 19th day of April,_ . A.J. 1927, ordering a hearing to be given to the persons, firms, cor— porations and estates, their agents or attorneys, owning property aubtt— ing on Avenue F from the south side of Franklin Street to the south side of Foch Street and Buford Street from the east side of Pennsylvania Avenue to the east side of Carroll 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 against the owners thereof, which hearing was to be held in the Council Cham— b.er of the City Hall of Beaumont, Texas, at 4:00 o'clock P. 1:7. on the :5th aay of July, A-. D. 1927; and WHEREAS, a full and fair hearing in conformity with the Charter and law in such cases having been had in conformity with said notice, and the Commission having inquired into and determined all facts necessary to the adjudication of all special benefits accruing to such otiziners by means of such improvements, and said hearing having been duly closd:d; and It appearing that the assessment as proposed in the above mentioned resolution passed on the 19th day of April, A. D. 1927, with the exceptions hereinafter noted, bare in. all respects fair and equitable and that there will be a full and adequate and special benefit to the abutting property and the owners thereof from and by reason of the pro— posed pavement and improvement in excess of the amount assessed agairz t the abutting property and the respective owners thereof. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BEAUIrIONT crnrnmTn,n, T i A from the south side of Franklin Street to the sow.th side of Foch Street and Bud-ord Street from the east side of Pennsylvania Avenue to the east side of Carroll Street, as a tax two—thirds (2/3) of the cost of paving and gutter and incidental drainage of said Streets, exclusive of the whole cost between curb lines of improving said Streets at their intersections with other -streets and alleys, and all the cost of curbing said Avenue F from the south side of .Frank— lin Street to the south side of Foch Street and Buford Street from the east side of Pennsylvania Avenue to the east side of Carroll Street. The lot, lots, parts of lots, blocks or tracts of land on which said tax is.levidd and assessed is hereinafter described -together with the number of front feet 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 said pav— ing and gutter, 'and -the cost of said curbing to be borne and paid 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 lot, lots, parts of lots, blocks or tracts of land as shown,tto—wit: 17 SECTION 2. That said amounts so levied and assessed shall become due and payable upon the completion of the paving upon the portion of said Streets upon which said lot, lots, parts of lots, blocks, or tracts of land front and abut, and the amount of the tax hereby levied and assess- ed, together with the cost of collecting and interest at seven per cent (7/) 'per annum from the date same is collectable until -paid is hereby declared a lien against said lot, lots, parts of lots, blocks, or tracts of land, superior to all other liens, claims, or titles, ex- cept City, County, and State taxes, and constitute a personal charge or claim against the owner or owners of saidAlots, parts of lots, blocksp or tracts of land. SECTION 3. The fact that the portions of the above named streets as indicated are in bad condition and jeopardize the safety of the people travelling thereon creates an emergency and an imperative public ne- cessity, necessitating the suspension of the rule requiring ordinances to be read on three several days before their passage, said rule is therefore hereby suspended and this Ordinance' shall take effect and be in -full force and effect from and after its passage and publication. Passed this the 5t -h day of Judy, A. D. 1927, by the affirmative vote of all members of the Commission. 0 The State of Texas, . Count/ of Jefferson Before the undersigned authority, on t'nis day personally appeared ................ .. . knffivn tome, who being by me duly sworn, on his oath de- poses and says that he is the... BEAUMONT SOURNAL, a newspaper published in said county; that a copy of the within and foregoing was published -in said- newspaper, such publication being on the following .dates: . ............A, D. 192...., and a newspaper copy of which ie hereto at- tached. `worn to i64 Aubscribed before me, this... ... day of . . . A. D. 182.7. _ <, Notary Publie; Jefferson_ Co ty, ,Texas. 9