HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 79-48 ORDINANCE NO. Z7- O
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE FINDING CERTAIN
STRUCTURES TO BE PUBLIC NUISANCES;
ORDERING REPAIR OR DEMOLITION FOR CERTAIN
STRUCTURES; ORDERING DEMOLITION FOR
CERTAIN STRUCTURES; ORDERING DEMOLITION
BY THE CITY UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS; PROVIDING
FOR SEVERABILITY 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 buildings located at:
1200 East Drive
505 Neicy Alley
518 Neicy Alley
521 Neicy Alley
523 Neicy Alley
530 Neicy Alley
575 Milam
1560 Gladys
1220 Iowa
2750 Cox Street
2070 Glasshouse
2850 Willard
2850 Willard (rear)
2852 Willard (rear)
2860-62 Willard
2862 Willard (rear)
1394 Cable
2730 Poplar
1725 Leiper
1430 Herring
each 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, Sections 10-2 and 14-52 of the Code of Ordinances
of Beaumont, Texas, and Section 103.4 of the Standard Building Code, it
is hereby ordered that the owner or owners of the following buildings
either repair or demolish and remove said structures within 30 days of
the date of the passage of this ordinance:
1200 East Drive
575 14ilam
1220 Iowa
2070 Glasshouse
1725 Leiper
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If such action is not taken, request shall be made that the City Council
authorize appropriate City officials to demolish and remove said struc-
tures at the expense of the City of Beaumont on account of the owner
thereof and such expense shall be assessed as a special tax against the
property upon which the buildings are situated.
Section 3.
In accordance with Article XVII, Section 2 of the Charter of
the City of Beaumont, Sections 10-2 and 14-52 of the Code of Ordinances
of Beaumont, Texas and Section 103.4 of the Standard Building Code, it is
hereby ordered that the owner or owners of the following described buildings
demolish and remove said structures within 30 days of the date of the
passage of this ordinance:
505 Neicy Alley
518 Neicy Alley
521 Neicy Alley
523 Neicy Alley
530 Neicy Alley
1560 Gladys
2750 Cox Street
2850 Willard
2850 Willard (rear)
2852 Willard (rear)
2860-62 Willard
2862 Willard (rear)
1394 Cable
2730 Poplar
1430 Herring
If such action is not taken, the owners of said buildings shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and said buildings shall be demolished and re-
moved at the expense of the City of Beaumont on the account of the owner
thereof and such expense shall be assessed as a special tax against the
property upon which said buildings are situated and a lien shall exist
for such special tax, which lien shall be foreclosed and said expense
be recovered by the City of Beaumont as in the case of any other debt
and lien in favor of the City of Beaumont.
Section 4.
That if any section, subsection, sentence, phrase or clause 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 in-
validity shall not affect the remaining portions of this ordinance, and
to such end the various portions and provisions of this ordinance are
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declared to be severable.
Section 5.
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 Beaumont, Texas.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the
49-� day of 1979.
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