HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 83-77 ORDINANCE NO.
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE FINDING CERTAIN STRUCTURES
TO BE PUBLIC NUISANCES, AND ORDERING REPAIR OR
DEMOLITION; PROVIDING A PENALTY; AND PROVIDING
FOR SEVERABILITY.
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:
3390 Ector
1010 Finis
1745 Elgie
120 21st Street
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 thirty ( 30) days of the date of the passage of this
ordinance:
3390 Ector
120 21st Street
1745 Elgie
If such action is not taken, request shall be made that the City
Council authorize appropriate City officials to demolish and remove
said structures 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 thirty ( 30) days of the date of the passage of this
ordinance:
1010 Finis
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 removed 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 .
The following structures are hereby ordered to be
demolished and removed by the City of Beaumont on the account of the
owner thereof and such expense of demolition and removal shall be
assessed as a special tax against the property upon which the
building is situated. The following structures were heretofore
declared to be a public nuisance and violation of Chapter 14, Section
14-50 of the Code of Ordinances of the City:
999 Avenue E
1074 Long
1290 S . Major Dr . ( structure & garage)
745 Schwarner
Section 5 .
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 ordinance, and to such end the various portions and provisions
of this ordinance are declared to be severable.
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Section 6 .
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
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