HomeMy WebLinkAbout05843 ORD - 08/03/1960JKH:8 -1-60
AN ORDINANCE
CREATING A SIDEWALK DISTRICT CONSISTING OF BOTH
SIDES OF OHIO STREET FROM SANTA FE TO LAWNVIEW,
WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES
COUNTY, TEXAS; PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF
CURBS, GUTTERS AND SIDEWALKS THEREON BY LAKIN G
DEMANDS OF THE ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS THAT SUCH
CURBS, GUTTERS AND SIDEWALKS BE BUILT; PROVIDING
THAT IN CASE OF FAILURE TO CONSTRUCT SAID CURBS,
GUTTERS AND SIDEWALKS. AFTER NOTICE. THAT CONSTRUC-
T-ION BE MADE BY THE CITY; PROVIDING A pRQCEDSJRE FOR
FILING AND FIXING OF LIEN; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, PUBLIC POLICY MAKES IT NECESSARY THAT CURBS, GUTTERS
AND SIDEWALKS BE CONSTRUCTED ALONG BOTH SIDES OF OHIO STREET, FROM SANTA
FE TO LAWNVIEW, 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 OHIO
STREET, FROM SANTA FE TO LAWNVIEW.
SECTION 2. THAT ALONG BOTH SIDES OF SAID STREET WITHIN SAID
DISTRICT IT IS HEREBY REQUIRED THAT CURBS, GUTTERS AND SIDEWALKS BE
CONSTRUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GRADE AND REQUIREMENTS PROVIDED IN
THE CORPUS CHRISTI CITY CODE, 19581 AND AS ESTABLISHED BY THE DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, ALL AS SHOWN IN THE
SPECIFICATIONS AND PLANS ON FILE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
AND MADE A PART HEREOF FOR ALL PURPOSES.
SECTION'S. 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 SAID SIDES OF
OHIO STREET, FROM SANTA FE TO LAWNVIEW, 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 15 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
CURB, GUTTER AND SIDEWALK, 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 CONSTRUCTION AND THAT PAY-
MENT 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 NECES-
SITY REQUIRING THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE THAT NO ORDINANCE OR
RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND
THATSUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE SEVERAL MEETINGS
OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE MAYOR, DECLARING SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECES-
SITY TO EXIST, HAVING REQUESTED THE SUSPENSION OF SAID CHARTER RULE AND
THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION
AND TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER ITS
PASSAGE, IT IS ACCORDINGLY PASSED AND APPROVED, THIS 1 DAY of
AUGUST, 1960.
ATT MAYOR
THE CITY OF C P S CHRISTI, T CAS
CITY SECREITAPI
APPRQVED AS TO LEGAL FOR THIS
j DAY OF AUGUST, ig6o:
CITY ATT NE
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS /
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 FUR 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 SHALL 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,
MAYOR
THE CITY OF C PUS CHRISTI, 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 THE FOLLOWING VOTE;
ELLROY KING
JAMES L. BARNARD
MRS. RAY AIRHEART
JOSEPH B. DUNN
PATRICK J. DUNNE
R. A. HUMBLE
GABE LOZANO, SR.
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