HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 76-FAN ORDINANCE
ENTITLED 'AN ORDINANCE LEVYING AND ASSESSING AS A TAX UPON THE,
LOTS, PARTS OF LOTS, BLOCKS, OR TRACTS OF LAND tJHERE NOT DIVIDED
INTO LOTS OR BLOCKS, FRONTING OR ABUTTING ON AVENUE C FROM THE
SOUTH SIDE OF IRMA AVENUE TO THE NORTH SIDE OF WASHINGTON BOULDO—
VARD AND SABINE PASS AVENUE FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF RAILROAD
AVENUE TO THE NORTH r''bRJASHINGTON BOULEVARD, TWO—THIRDS
(2/3) OF'THE COST OF THE PAVING AND GUTTER AND INCIDENTAL DRAIN—
AGE-AND ALL THE COST OF CURBING SAID AVENUE C FROM THE SOUTH
SIDE OF IRMA AVENUE TO TIj'"Lj NORTH SIDE OF WASHINGTON BOULEVARD
AND SABINE PASS AVENUE FROM THE SOUT1, SIDE OF.RAILROAD AVENUE
TO THE NORTH SIDE OF ?,7ASHINGTON BOULEVARD, APPORTIONABLE TO
THE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO PROPERTY, AND DECLARING SAID TAX
A LIEN UPON SAID PROPERTY AND A PERSONAL DEBT UPON THE OWNER
OR 017NERS THEREOF AND PROVIDING A TIME WIEN SAID TAX SHALL BE—
COME DUE .AND PAYI`iBLE, PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION OF SA SE AND
ALL COST INCURRED IN COLLECTION OF SAME IF NOT PAID AT THE TI1,1E
IT BECOMES DUE AND PAYABLE,. AND PROVIDING THE RATE OF INTEREST
SAID TAX SHALL BEAR FROM THE TIME IT BECO1,1ES DUE, UNTIL PAID AND
DECLARING- AN E1IERGENTCY.
WHEREAS, pursuant to the requirements of Sub—division (h)
of Section 68, of the Charter of the City of Beaumont, -the City Com—
mission of the City of Beaumont caused to be published for the time
and in the manner required therefor by the City Charter, a not' c of
the Resolution of said Commission, passed on :the l day of
A. D. 1927 ordering a hearing to be given to the persons, firms, cor—
porations and estates, their agents or attorneys owning property abutt—
ing on Avenue C from the -south side of Irma Avenue to the -north side
of__iTas.hi-ngton Boulevard and Sabine Pass Avenue from the south side of
Railroad Avenue to the north side of Washington Boulevard, and call—
ing 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 riot be made against said
property and against the owners thereof, which hearing was to be held
in the Council Chamber of the City Hall of Beaumont, Texas, at 4000
P. T.J. on the 26th day of July, A. D. 1927; and
WHEREAS, a full and fair hearing in conformity with the Char—
ter and law in such cases having been had in conformity with said notice
and the Commission having inquired into and determined all facts nec—
essary 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 appeasing that the asse .apent as prop s�d in the above
mentioned resolution passed on the; day of A. D. 1927 with
the exceptions hereinafter noted, are in all respects fair and equit—
able and that there will be a full and adequate and special benefit
to the abutting property arid the" owners thereof from and by reason of
the proposed pa tiament and improvement in excess of the amount assessed
against the abutting property and the respective owners thereof..
NOM?, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COIvIlIdISS10N
OF THE CITY OF BE%'�U1:i0ivT
SECTION I.
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from the south side of Irma Avenue to the north side of Washington
Boulevard and Sabine Pass Avenue from the south side of Railroad
Avenue to the north side of Washington Boulevard, as a tax two—
thirds (2/3) of the cost of paving and gutter and incidental drainage
of said Streets, exclusive of the whole cost between curb lines of
improving said Streets at their intersections with other streets and
alleys, and all the cost of curbing said Avenue C from the south side
of Irma Avenue to the north side of Washington Boulevard and Sabine
Pass Avenue from the south side of Railroad Avenue to the north side
of Washington Boulevard.
The lot, lots, parts of lots, blocks or tracts of land on
which said tax is levied and assessed is 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 Engineer
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 tracts of land
as shown, to—wit:
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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, Darts of lots, blocks or
tracts of land, front and abut;.. and the amount of the tax hereby
levied and assessed, together with the cost of collecting and in—
terest at seven (7g) per cent per annum from the date same is col—
lectable 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' ,"Ot' s
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parts of lots, blocks or tracts of land.
SECTION 3.
The fact that the portions of the above named Streets as
indicated are in bad condition and jeopardize the safety of the people
travelling thereon creates an emergency and an imperative public nec—
essity, necessitating the suspension of the rule requiring ordinances
to be read on three (3) several days before their passage, said rule
is, therefore, hereby suspended and this Ordinance shall take effect
and be in full force and effect from and after its passage and pub—
lication.
Passed this the 2j$th day of IT
0 I A. I). 1927, by the affirma—
tive vote of all members of the Commission.
TuTayor
The -State of Texas, - -
Counts of Jefferson
Before me, the undersigned authority, on Vats day personally appeared ......... . ..... .
.� now tome, who being by me duly sworn, on his oath de-
poses and says that he is the. . r..iZ ..... , of the JBEAe i0 N
BEAUMONT JOURNAL, a newspaper published in said county; that a copy of the within and
r- -going was published ,in said newspaper, with publication being on the following dates:
..... A. D. 192. , , , and a newspaper copy of which is hereto at-
tached.:
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Sworn _ta ;and subscribed before me, this.......... day of . • . D. 192 .
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