HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 99-050 ORDINANCE NO.
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE DECLARING THE GUEST
INN HOTEL, 2525 NORTH ELEVENTH STREET,
BEAUMONT, TEXAS, TO BE A PUBLIC NUISANCE AND
ORDERING IT CLOSED PENDING CORRECTION OF
DEFICIENCIES; PROVIDING A REMEDY; PROVIDING
FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, AND
PROVIDING A PENALTY.
WHEREAS, the Beaumont Fire Rescue Service has requested that the City
Council of the City of Beaumont declare the Guest Inn Hotel at 2525 North Eleventh Street
to be a public nuisance as a life/safety hazard that may injure or affect the public health
or comfort; and
WHEREAS, evidence has been presented to the City Council showing that the
Guest Inn Hotel is in violation of numerous provisions of the Fire Code as follows:
1. improper storage of readily combustible materials;
2. fire alarm equipment has been tampered with;
3. necessary fire walls and fire stops and fire rated partitions are not
properly maintained;
4. the alarm system does not work properly;
5. personnel have failed to notify the Fire Rescue Service that alarms are
being silenced or put out of service;
6. there are not smoke detectors operating in each sleeping room;
7. fire hazards exist in portions of the facility;
8. doors which are required to remain unlocked are locked; and
9. fire rated corridors are not properly maintained; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that these violations created an eminent
danger to the public health and comfort if the facility is allowed to remain open without
correcting these deficiencies;
NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
Section 1.
That the City Council hereby finds that the violations of the Fire Code listed
above exist and that these violations constitute an eminent condition which may injure or
affect the public health or comfort and, under authority of State law, hereby declares the
Guest Inn Hotel except for that portion of the premises operated as a nightclub by Wallace
Debes to be a public nuisance and orders that a certified copy of this ordinance be
delivered to persons responsible for the operation of the Guest Inn Hotel and that those
persons immediately close the Guest Inn Hotel except for the nightclub described above
to public occupancy until such time as the violations of all City of Beaumont codes are
rectified and abated.
Section 2.
If the Guest Inn Hotel fails to comply with this order to close, the City Attorney
is authorized to take legal action to abate the nuisance.
Section 3.
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
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ordinance, and to such end the various portions and provisions of this ordinance are
declared to be severable.
Section 4.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed to the
extent of the conflict only.
Section 5.
That any person who violates any provision of this ordinance shall, upon
conviction, be punished as provided in Section 1-8 of the Code of Ordinances of the City
of Beaumont, Texas, the maximum fine per day being $500.00.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the /,Wday
of Qlxl� , 1999.
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