HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 76-48ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO.
740 TO PROVIDE FOR A TEN (10) DAY PERIOD
WITHIN WHICH OWNERS OF DILAPIDATED STRUCTURES
MAY DEMOLISH OR TEAR DOWN SUCH STRUCTURES
PRIOR TO DEMOLITION BY CITY FORCES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY'OF BEAUMONT:
Section 1.
That Section 2 of Ordinance No. 76-40 is hereby amended to read
as follows:
Section 2.
In accordance with Article XVII, Section 2 of the Charter of.the
City of Beaumont, and Section 13-20 of the Code of Ordinances of Beaumont,
Texas, and Section 103.4 of the Southern Standard Building Code, the same
having been incorporated by reference into the ordinances of the City of
Beaumont by Section 8-1 of said ordinances, it is hereby ordered that the
owner or owners of the buildings located upon the above-described properties
in the City of Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, demolish and tear down
within ten (10) days of the date of passage of this ordinance, said structures
so located on the above-described properties; and, 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.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the
day of L, a 1976.
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