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Home My WebLink About10354 ORD - 07/14/19717- 8- 71:mv1 . AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CORPUS CHRISTI CITY CODE, .1958, AS AMENDED, BY AMENDING SECTION 34 -21 SO AS TO ADOPT A REVISED POLICY OF STREET ASSESSMENT; PROVIDING A SEVERANCE CLAUSE; PROVIDING A REPEALER SPECIFICALLY REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 10075, PASSED ON THE 20TH DAY OF JANUARY, 1971; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION;A D DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS : SECTION 1. That the Corpus Christi City Code, 1958, as amended, be and the same is hereby amended by amending Section 34-21 so as to adopt a revised policy of street assessments, reading as follows: "Section 34 -21. Policy on Street Assessments. The policy for street paving assessments in the City of Corpus Christi shall be as follows: A. Improvements - Street shall contain a paved surface, plus two feet (2') of curb and gutter section on each side, a minimum of four feet (4') wide sidewalk on each side, or wider where needed, plus drive- ways as needed. The paved surface shall be as determined by the Department of Engineering Services and may be either asphalt with flexible base or concrete as required and approved by the City Council. B. Basic Rate of Assessment - Items have been broken down into five (5) categories: 1. Category 1 relates to the excavation, caliche base, prime coat and hot -mix surfaces; 2. Category 11 reflects curb and gutter, storm sewer inlets, caliche base, and excavation for curb and gutter and inlets; 3. Category 111 reflects sidewalks and drains; 4. Category 1V includes driveways; and 5. Category V includes header curb. All these categories include a 15% engineering and contingency fee. The rate of assessment is to be calculated by taking one -third of the total in each of the categories and dividing by the total linear or square feet (where applicable) of the frontage assessable on the project. 10354 More specifically the categories are as follows: 1. Pavement includes improvements such as excavation, caliche base, prime coat, asphalt surface, and a 15% (fifteen percent) engineering and contingency fee. 2. Curb and Gutter includes a two -foot (2') concrete curb and gutter section, caliche base under curb and gutter, necessary excavation for curb and gutter, storm sewer inlet betterment, and a 15% (fifteen percent) engineering and contingency fee. 3. Sidewalk includes a minimum four -foot (0) wide concrete sidewalk, sidewalk drain betterment, and a 15% (fifteen percent) engineering and contingency fee. 4. Driveways include construction of a minimum six -inch (0) thick reinforced concrete driveway to the width established on the plans, plus a 15% (fifteen percent) engineering and contin- gency fee. 5. Header Curb; Where it becomes necessary to construct a concrete header curb along commercially used properties to prevent vehicles from turning, backing, or parking on the sidewalk, this header curb will be assessed against the abutting property plus 15% (fifteen percent) for engineering and contingencies. Each of the above five categories will be charged one -third of the total cost distributed on the basis of linear or square footage appli- cable. Credits will be given for existing curbs and gutters, sidewalks and drive- ways if they meet the standards of the City of Corpus Christi at the time of construction up to the amount shown to have been previously spent for these permanent type improvements." SECTION 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed, and in particular Ordinance No. 10075, passed and approved by the City Council on January 20, 1971; provided, however, that all rights, benefits, titles, income, charges and assessments owned by or due to the City of Corpus Christi under any previous paving assessment ordinances, or other ordinances, are hereby expressly reserved and saved for the benefit of the City. SECTION 3. If for any reason any section, paragraph, subdi- vision, clause, phrase, or provision of this ordinance shall be held invalid, it shall not affect any valid provisions of this or any other ordinance of the City of Corpus Christi to which these rules and regu- lations relate. SECTION 4. Publication shall be made one time in the official publication of the City of Corpus Christi, which publication shall con- tain the caption stating in substance the purpose of the ordinance. SECTION 5. The necessity to immediately adopt the provisions herein contained in order to revise the street assessment policy 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 Council, and the Mayor having declared such emergency and necessity to exist, and having requested the suspension of the Charter rule and that this ordinance be passed finally on the date of its intro- duction and take effect and be in full force and effect from and after its passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, this the-Agjlay of July, 1971. ATTEST: u o City Secre MAYOR THE CITY OF CO US CHRISTI, TEXAS AP OVED: ��DAY OF JULY,, 1971: 7 L 2 ey Ci Attorn � ]l CORPUS e CHRISTI, TEXAS /HXII, DAY OF 19ZL TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE, 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; 1, 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, 0 OR THE CITY OF COT9 CHRISTI, TEXAS THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: RONNIE SIZEMORE CHARLES A. BONNIWELL ROBERTO BOSQUEZ REV. HAROLD T. BRANCH THOMAS V. GONZALES GABE LOZANO, SR. J. HOWARD STARK THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: RONNIE SIZEMORE CHARLES A. BONNIWELL ROBERTO BOSQUEZ REV. HAROLD T. BRANCH THOMAS V. GONZALES GABE LOZANO, SR. J. HOWARD STARK PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT— STATE OF TEXAS, County of Nueces. Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came........____...._... .-Lalaxid 0 Barnett ........... . ........ — who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that he is the -.01aansifie-d_E Mager ---- .._..._.._...------ _. - - -- of the Corpus Christi Caller and The Corpus Christi Times, Daily Newspapers published at Corpus Christi, Texas, in said County and State, and that the publication of Of 'Paagage. of ordinanan Code 195$, ----- of which the annexed is a true copy, was published in MIM0.0 .... . . on the.-19.tbday of......._. 19-73- %n&.enee-eaeh...-. . ...... . .. c,@ns9eu&c ........ . ........... . ........ . .... - ---------- - - - $5.J0 . ... ......... - Lei i— Barnes, v. r. Subscribed and sworn to before me this . ..... 2.Qth-.day, of Iuly .... . .......... 19.....71__ Louise Vick ---iJrotary Public, Nueces County, Texas ISSUED DNDEF. MY HAND AND ;sea. Sealy uaa)SamgleoS '19 Ol . ,Sa