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ORDINANCE NO.
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE FINDING CERTAIN
STRUCTURES TO BE PUBLIC NUISANCES, AND
ORDERING THEIR REPAIR OR DEMOLITION;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND
PROVIDING FOR 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:
1187 Broadway 1940 Brooklyn
360 Center 3385 W. Euclid
3385 W. Euclid (garage) 1395 Ewing
680 Forrest 2055 Forrest
2055 Forrest 1205 Gill
( storage building) 1365 Grant
1365 Grant (garage) 2875 Harriot
3310 Highland 1122 Hazel
2185 Liveoak ( rear) 1409 Liberty
711 Madison (rear -
garage apartment)
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
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remove said structures within thirty ( 30) days of the date of the
passage of this ordinance:
1187 Broadway 1395 Ewing
1205 Gill 1122 Hazel
3310 Highland 3385 W. Euclid
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:
1940 Brooklyn 360 Center
2055 Forrest 3385 W. Euclid (garage)
680 Forrest 2055 Forrest
1365 Grant (storage building)
1365 Grant (garage) 2875 Harriot
2175 Liveoak (rear) 1409 Liberty
711 Madison (rear-
garage apartment
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
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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 owners thereof and such expense of demolition and removal shall
be assessed as a special tax against the property upon which the
buildings are situated. The following structures were theretofore
declared to be public nuisances in violation of Chapter 14,
Section 14-50 of the Code of Ordinances of the City:
1227 Broadway 1688 Milam
2030 Potts 3760 Usan
2389 Washington
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.
Section 6 .
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 Beaumont, Texas.
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PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont
this the Z2�� day of _, 1984.
Mayor -
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