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AN ORDINANCE
PROHIBITING THE ISSUANCE OF BUILDING PERMITS FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION, REPAIR, ALTERATION, OR
REMODELING OF STRUCTURES LOCATED NORTH OF THE CORPUS
CHRISTI SHIP CHANNEL, WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE "CORPUS
CHRISTI BEACH AREA "; PROVIDING FOR AN APPROXIMATE
DURATION OF THE EFFECT OF THIS ORDINANCE; REPEALING
ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR
PUBLICATION; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
including adjacent water area
WHEREAS, THE LAND AREA /WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, NORTH OF THE CORPUS CHRISTI SHIP CHANNEL, COMMONLY KNOWN AS
THE "CORPUS CHRISTI BEACH AREA ", HAS SUFFERED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE FROM THE
WINDS AND TIDES OF HURRICANE BEULAH; AND
WHEREAS, THE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL HAVE INSPECTED
THE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IN SUCH AREA AND HAVE DETERMINED THAT NUMEROUS STRUC-
TURES ARE UNSAFE, UNSANITARY AND A MENACE TO THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF THE
CITIZENS OF THIS CITY AND THE PUBLIC AT LARGE; AND ,
WHEREAS, AN ORDERLY RECONSTRUCTION IS NECESSARY TO PRESERVE
ECONOMIC VALUE OF EXISTING PROPERTY AND TO INSURE SAFE AND SANITARY BUILD-
ING CONDITIONS; AND
WHEREAS, IT APPEARS TO THE CITY COUNCIL THAT MINIMUM BUILDING
STANDARDS SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED TO INSURE THAT NEW CONSTRUCTION WILL BE
ABLE TO BETTER WITHSTAND HURRICANES AND FLOOD WATERS:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
including adjacent water area
' SECTION 1. THAT THE LAND AREA /WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, LYING AND BEING SITUATED NORTH OF THE CORPUS
CHRISTI SHIP CHANNEL, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE "CORPUS CHRISTI BEACH
AREA ", IS IN SUCH A STATE OF DISREPAIR, PHYSICAL DETERIORATION AND DILAPI-
DATION, SO AS TO CONSTITUTE A MENACE TO THE SAFE, HEALTHFUL AND ORDERLY
DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI.
SECTION 2. THAT IN ORDER TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND
WELFARE OF THE CITIZENS OF THIS CITY AND TO SAFEGUARD PERSONS AND PROPERTY,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT NO BUILDING PERMITS SHALL BE ISSUED BY THE
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BUILDING DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION,
RECONSTRUCTION, STRUCTURAL REPAIR, ALTERATION OR REMODELING OF ANY STRUCTURE
LYING WITHIN AND BEING SITUATED IN THE AREA SET OUT IN SECTION 1 HEREOF,
FOR A PERIOD OF FOUR (4) WEEKS FROM THE DATE OF THE ENACTMENT OF THIS
ORDINANCE.
SECTION 3. ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH ARE HEREBY
EXPRESSLY REPEALED.
SECTION 4. THE NECESSITY TO EVALUATE AND REVIEW THE DAMAGE TO
THE CORPUS CHRISTI BEACH AREA AND DEVISE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO SAFEGUARD
PERSONS AND PROPERTY 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 COUNCIL, AND THE MAYOR, HAVING DECLARED SUCH EMERGENCY AND
NECESSITY TO EXIST, HAVING REQUESTED THE SUSPENSION OF SAID CHARTER RULE
AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION
AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM
AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE AND PUBLICATION, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, THIS
THE � DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1967.
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APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM THIS
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CITY ATTORNEY
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THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
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TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF THE FOREGOING
ORDINANCES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE NECESSITY EXIST FOR THE SUSPEN-
SION OF THE CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION 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
REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT AND PASS THIS ORDI-
NANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE
CITY COUNCIL.
RESPECTFULLY
fTH�MARE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED Y THEE FOLLOWING VOTE:
JACK R. BLACKMON
RONNIE SIZEMORE ✓
V. A. "DICK" BRADLEY, JR.✓
P. JIMENEZ, JR., M.D.
GABE LOZANO, SR.
KEN MCDANIEL ✓
W. J. "WRANGLER" ROBERTS
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWIN VOTE:
JACK R. BLACKMON /7" R
RONNIE SIZEMORE
V. A. "DICK" BRADLEY, JI
P. JIMENEZ, JR., M.D. v
GABE LOZANO, SR. II/
KEN MCDANIEL ✓
W. J. "WRANGLER" ROBERT