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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 19-JLEVYING AND ASSESSING AS A TAX UPON PROPERTY ABUTTING ON FOURTH STREET FROM THE NORTH LINE OF FRANKLIN STREET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF COLLEGE STREET; AND FOURTH STREET FROM THE NORTH LINE OF WASHINGTON BOZLEVARD TO THE NORTH LINE OF FANNETT ROAD, TWO-THIRDS OF THE COST OF PAVING, GUTTER AND INCIDENTAL DRAINAGE, AND ALL THE COST OF CURBING SAID STREETS, AND DECLARING SAID TAX A LIEN UPON SAID PROPERTY AND A PERSONAL DEBT UPON THE OWNER OR OWNERS THEREOF, AND PROVIDING A TIME WHEN SAID TAX SHALL BECOME DUE AND PAYABLE, AND PROVIDING THE RATE OF INTEREST SAID TAX SHALL BEAR FROM THE TIME IT BECOMES DUE UNTIL PAID, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, pursuant to the requirements of Subdivision (h) of Section 68 of the Charter of the City of Beaumont, the City Commission of the City, of Beaumont caused to be published for the time and in the manner required therefor by the City Charter, a notice of the Resolution of said Commission, passed on the 24th day of November, A; D. 1931, ordering a hearing to be given to the per- sons, firms, corporations and estates, their agents or attorneys owning property abutting the above named streets, and calling upon all persons interested in said matter to appear and show cause, in conformity with the provisions of the Charter above referred to, why the assessment in said notice should not be made against said proper- ty, and against the owners thereof, which hearing was to be held in the Council Chamber of the City Hall of Beaumont, Texas, at 10:00 o1clock A. M. on the 15th day of December, A. D. 1931; and, WHEREAS, a full and fair hearing in conformity with the Charter and law in such cases having been had in conformity with said notice and the Commission having inquired into and determined all facts necessary to the adjudication of all special benefits accruing to such owners by means of such improvements, and said hearing having been duly closed; and, It appearing that the assessment as proposed in the above mentioned Resorption passed on the 24th day of November, A. D. 1931, with the exceptions hereinafter noted, are in all respects fair and equitable, and that there will be a full and adequate and special benefit to the abutting property and the owners thereof from and by reason of the proposed pavement and improvement in excess of the amount assessed against the abutting property and the respective own- ers thereof: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE, CITY C0M1dISSION .. OF THE CITY OF BEAUTriONT: Section 1. That there is hereby assessed against the owners of pro- perty abutting on Fourth Street from the north line of Franklin Street to the south line of College Street; and Fourth Street from the north line of Washington Boulevard to the north line of Fannett Road, as a tax two-thirds of the cost of paving, gutter and inciden- tal drainage abutting on said property, exclusive of the whole cost between curb lines of improving said street yat their intersection with other streets and alleys, and all the cost of curbing said streets in front of said property. The lot, lots, parts of lots, blocks or tracts of land on which said tax is levied and assessed are hereinafter described, to- gether with the number of front feet on such lot, lots, parts of lots, blocks or tracts of land, the name or names of the owner or owners thereof, and the proportionate amount of the cost of said paving and gutter, and the cost of said curbing to be borne and paid for by such owner or owners as shown by the statement prepared by the City Engi- neer of the City of Beaumont, which said amount is hereby levied and assessed as a tax upon such lot, lots, parts of lots, blocks or t'acts -2 - Section 2. That said amounts so levied and assessed shall become due and payable upon the completion of the paving upon the portion of said streets upon which said lot, lots, parts of lots, blocks or tracts of land front andabut, and the amount of the tax hereby levied and assessed, together with the cost of collecting anX interest at seven per cent (7O) per annum from the date same is collectible until paid, is hereby declared a lien against said lot, lots, parts of lots, blocks, or tracts of land superior to all other liens, claims or titles except city, county, and state taxes, and constitute a personal charge or claim against the owner or owners of said lot, lots, parts of lots, blocks or tracts of land. Section 3. The fact that the portions of the above named streets ag as indicated are in bad condition and jeopardize the safety of the people traveling thereon creates an imperative public emergency necessitating the suspension of the rule requiring ordinances to be read on the three several days before their passage. Where fore, said rule is hereby suspended, and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication. Passed by the affirmative vote of all members of the City Commission, this the 15 th day of December, A. D. 1931.