HomeMy WebLinkAbout05693 ORD - 03/09/1960JKH :3 -9 -60 •
AN ORDINANCE
CREATING A SIDEWALK DISTRICT CONSISTING OF WTH SIDES OF
JUNIOR TERRACE STREET FROM ROBERT DRIVE TO EVERHART, WITHIN
HE CITY LIMITS OF WE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY,
TEXAS; PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF CURBS GUTTERS AND
SIDEWALKS ON B MAKING D ND OF E G PROPERTY
OWNERS THAT SUCH CURBS, GUTTERS AND SIDEWALKS BE B LT;
PWOVIDING THAT IN CASE OF FAILURE TO CONSTRUCT SAID CURBS,
GUTTERS AND SIDEWALKS AFTER NOTICE. CONS CTION BE DE
BY THE CITY; PROVIDING A PROCEDURE FOR FILING AND FIXING OF
LEN; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, PUBLIC POLICY MAKES IT NECESSARY THAT CURBS, GUTTERS
AND SIDEWALKS BE CONSTRUCTED ALONG BOTH SIDES OF JUNIOR TERRACE STREET,
FROM ROBERT DRIVE TO EVERHART, FOR THE USE OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC; AND
WHEREAS, IN NUMEROUS INSTANCES WITHIN THIS DISTRICT ALONG THIS
STREET SUCH CURBS, GUTTERS AND SIDEWALKS DO NOT EXIST:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THE SIDEWALK DISTRICT IS HEREBY CREATED WITHIN THE
CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI FOR BOTH SIDES OF JUNIOR TERRACE
STREET, FROM ROBERT DRIVE TO EVERHART.
SECTION 2. THAT ALONG BOTH SIDES OF SAID STREET WITHIN SAID
DISTRICT IT IS HEREBY REQUIRED THAT CURBS, GUTTERS AND SIDEWALKS BE CON-
STRUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GRADE AND REQUIREMENTS PROVIDED IN THE
CORPUS CHRISTI CITY CODE, 1958, AND AS ESTABLISHED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC WORKS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, ALL AS SHOWN IN THE SPECIFI-
CATIONS AND PLANS ON FILE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND MADE A PART
HEREOF FOR ALL PURPOSES.
SECTION 3. THAT ALL PROPERTY OWNERS IN SAID SIDEWALK DISTRICT
ARE GIVEN A PERIOD OF THIRTY (30) DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE TO
CONSTRUCT CURBS, GUTTERS AND SIDEWALKS ALONG BOTH SIDES OF JUNIOR TERRACE
STREET, FROM ROBERT DRIVE TO EVERHART, IN SAID DISTRICT IN ACCORDANCE WITH
SAID PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS. NOTICE TO OWNERS OF SAID ABUTTING PROPERTY
SHALL BE GIVEN BY REGISTERED MAIL.
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IF SUCH CONSTRUCTION IS NOT COMMENCED WITHIN A PERIOD OF
THIRTY (30) DAYS BY SAID OWNERS OF PROPERTY THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO CONSTRUCT SAME BY PRIVATE CONTRACT OR BY USE OF
CITY FORCES. A LIEN IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO BE CREATED AGAINST THE
ABUTTING PROPERTY AND THE REAL AND TRUE OWNER THEREOF FOR THE COST OF SAID
CURB, GUTTER AND SIDEWALK.
THIS LIEN SHALL BE FIXED BY THE CITY MANAGER OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI BY FILING AN AFFIDAVIT IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK OF NUECES
COUNTY$ TEXAS, BEFORE COMMENCING CONSTRUCTION OF SAID CURBS GUTTER AND
SIDEWALKS SHOWING THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION AND THE NAME OF THE ABUTTING
PROPERTY OWNER AND THE FACT THAT AT LEAST TEN (10) DAYS PRIOR TO THE FILING
OF SAID LIEN A PERSONAL DEMAND HAS BEEN MADE ON SAID PROPERTY.OWNER FOR
PAYMENT OF SAID (DNSTRULTION AND THAT PAYMENT HAS BEEN REFUSED.
SECTION 4. THAT THE NECESSITY FOR PROVIDING ADEQUATE CURBS,
GUTTERS AND SIDEWALKS IN CONNECTION WITH STREET PAVING IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN
SAID DISTRICT FOR THE USE OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY REQUIRING THE
SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE
PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR
RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE SEVERAL MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCILS AND
THE MAYOR, DECLARING SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY TO EXISTS HAVING REQUESTED
THE SUSPENSION OF SAID CHARTER RULE AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE PASSED FINALLY
ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND'WKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND
EFFECT FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE, IT IS ACCORDINGLY PASSED AND APPROVED,
THIS _/ DAY OF MARCH 1960.
ATTEST:
CITY SEC T Y
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM THIS
9TH DAY OF MARCH, ig6o:
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CITY ATTORNEY
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MAYOR
THE CITY 0 CORPUS 4STI, TEXAS
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CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
_LDAY OF �,- 19 {O,6
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF THE FORE-
GOING ORDINANCE, A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE NECESSITY EXIST FOR THE
SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLU-
TION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, AND THAT SUCH
ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SNALL BE READ AT THREE MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL;
I, THEREFORE, HEREBY REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE OR REQUIRE -
MENT AND PASS THIS ORDINANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, OR AT THE
PRESENT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
RESPECTFULLY,
WY-OR
THE CITY 6OR PUS CHR dT I, TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
ELLRoY KING
JAMES L. BARNARD
MRS. RAY AIRHEART
JOSEPH B. DUNN
PATRICK J. DUNNE
R. A. HUMBLE
GABE LOZANO, SR.
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY T
ELLRoY KING
JAMES L. BARNARD
MRS. RAY AIRNEART
JOSEPH B. DUNN
PATRICK J. DUNNE
R. A. HUMBLE
GABE LOZANO, SR.
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