HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 88-34 ORDINANCE NO.
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE FINDING CERTAIN
STRUCTURES TO BE PUBLIC NUISANCES AND ORDERING
THEIR REPAIR OR DEMOLITION; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR 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:
3465-67 Grand 3465-67 Grand (rear)
3845 Maida 4870 Avie
5250 Sunset (garage) 345 Threadneedle
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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 effective
date of this ordinance:
3465-67 Grand 5250 Sunset (rear)
345 Threadneedle 1096 Colorado
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1260 Harriot
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 effective date of
this ordinance:
3465-67 Grand (rear) 3845 Maida
4870 Avie
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
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the owners thereof and such expense of demolition and removal shall
be assessed as a special tax against the properties 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:
2405 Buchanan 1783-91 Liberty
838 Buford 1783-91 Liberty(garage)
1005 Doucette 3912 Park
1728 Liberty
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 violated 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 2 day of 1988.
Mayor
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