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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:
1015 Avenue D. 1354 Forrest
1665-1675 Gilbert 823 Grant
1530 Harrison 1122 Hazel
2865 Irving 3051 Washington
3560 Pradice 3370 Rivers Rd .
675 Stanton 542 Washington
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:
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1015 Avenue D 1665-1675 Gilbert
1530 Harrison 1122 Hazel
542 Washington 823 Grant
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:
1354 Forrest
2865 Irving 3560 Pradice
3370 Rivers Rd . 675 Stanton
3051 Washington
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.
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Section 4 .
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 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 Beaumont, Texas.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont
this the day ofczze��� � , 1984.
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