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Home My WebLink About12686 ORD - 07/09/1975. jkh:7 -8 -75; 1st AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 34 -21 OF THE CORPUS CHRISTI CITY CODE, AS AMENDED, AND PARTICULARLY AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NO. 12493, BY AMENDING SUBSECTION B, PARAGRAPH 7 OF SAID SECTION 34 -21 SO AS TO HERE- AFTER PROVIDE THAT SIDE LOT ASSESSMENTS FOR PROPERTY INTENDED FOR RESIDENTIAL USE SHALL NOT EXCEED 50% OF THE FRONTAGE RATE, ALL AS MORE FULLY SET FORTH HEREINAFTER; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICA- TION; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That Section 34 -21 of the Corpus Christi City Code, as amended, and particularly as amended by Ordinance No. 12493, be and the same is hereby amended by amending Subsection B, paragraph 7, which reads as follows: "Where the City Council finds that property is platted for and committed in writing to one or two - family residential use and so used at the time of assessment, or platted without improvements but committed in writing to one or two - family residential use or in use for church or school purposes, then the assessment rate will not exceed $4.75 per front foot for curb and gutter and pavement and $0.75 per square foot for sidewalk• and 100% of driveway cost. Property in this category which sides on a street being improved shall be assessed not exceeding 50% of the $4.75 rate for curb, gutter and pavement and 50% of $0.75 rate for sidewalk, and 100% of the driveways. Where churches abut on two streets and double frontages are indicated, then the assessment rate for the church shall be reduced to 50% of the residential rate on the street which the improvements physically side; the determination as to whether the property is siding will be dependent upon actual location of improvements on property." be and the same is hereby amended so as to hereafter read as follows: "Where the City Council finds that property is platted for one or two - family residential use and so used at the time of assessment, or platted without improvements but committed in writing to one or two - family 12686 residential use or in use for church or school purposes, then the assessment rate will not exceed $4.75 per front foot for curb and gutter and pavement and $0.75 per square foot for sidewalk and 100% of driveway cost. Property in this category which sides on a street being improved shall be assessed not exceeding 50% of the rate for curb, gutter, pavement and sidewalk but such rate shall be calculated based on a percentage of width divided by the depth, in which event the rate could be less than 50% of the full rate but the intent is that it will never exceed the 50% indicated above. Driveways shall be excluded from this provision." SECTION 2. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith shall be and are hereby repealed to the extent of conflict herewith; 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, subdivision, clause, phrase, word, or provision of this ordinance shall be held invalid or unconstitutional by final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction it shall not affect any other section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word, or provision of this ordinance, for it is the definite intent of this City Council that every section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word, or provision hereof be given full force and effect for its purpose. SECTION 4. Publication shall be made one time in the official publication of the City of Corpus Christi, which publication shall contain the caption stating in substance the purpose of the ordinance. SECTION 5. The necessity to amend the Corpus Christi City -Code as hereinabove set forth at the earliest practicable date 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 but that such ordinance or resolution shall be read at three several meetings of the City Council, and the Mayor having declared that such emergency and necessity exist, and having requested the suspension of the Charter rule and that this ordinance be passed finally -2- on the date of its introduction and take effect and be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication, IT IS ACCORDINGLY so ORDAINED, this the ,9` day of July, 1975. ATTEST: AP: DAY OF JULY, 1975: li� kimll?--4 Acting City A:tt6rney MA R PRO -TM THE CITY OF ORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS / DAY OF TO THE MEM3ERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL COPPUS 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; 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, *NAO % C/1'1 OF C RPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: JASON LUBY OR. BILL TIPTON EDUARDO DE A3E3 RUTH GILL BOB GULLEY GABE LOZANO, SR. EDWARD L. SAMPLE THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE F LOWING VOTE: JASON LUBY DR. BILL TIPTON EDUARDO DE ASES RUTH GILL BOB GULLEY GABE LOZANO, SR. EDWARD L. SAMPLE PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT STATE OF TEXAS, lss: County of Nueces. J Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came ... ............................... ....................... who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that he is the ACC011tlting ........... 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 Le &a1s...NOTICE OF PASSACE OF ORDINANCE NO. 12686... City of Corpus Christi... ...................................................... of which the annexed is a true copy, was published in Corpus Christi tt Times on the _1.5 day of--- July .................. 19...75 8 c9Fi ........................... p% tLT1XM ......................._... pacdisex......--- .............. ............................... ............. .................. Times. $ .............. 12..69 .... ..7 5 ..t r........... .. �owena C. Ve ueRZ Aocountj� g Subscribed and sworn to before me this ....l . .............day -of ......_.._..._. .__.__.__July ........._-- .____. 19___........... Eugenia S'•. Cortez ... .......... ._----- ...--- - County, ..................... .. Notary�s County, Texas '�� a �: xvi.�...C1' .:� .� r..... ,. ., .:: = r �:� �., . 9 t. " .. A . t l ' :I'1 ...�� i I :t- :....:�:: r • r d - �'��"f, .. F: is i, ..