HomeMy WebLinkAbout023128 ORD - 11/11/1997AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES CHAPTER 49 - STREETS AND
SIDEWALKS, ARTICLE I, SECTION 49-17 - CONDITIONS AND
REQUIREMENTS FOR PERMIT, BY CLARIFYING THAT THE
MANAGING TENANT'S APPROVAL, AND, IF VACANT, THE MANAGING
PROPERTY OWNER'S APPROVAL IS REQUIRED FOR A TEMPORARY
STREET CLOSURE; BY ADDING A NEW REQUIREMENT PROVIDING
FOR AT LEAST 90% APPROVAL OF THE MANAGING TENANTS OR, IF
VACANT, MANAGING PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY
ABUTTING THE AFFECTED STREET SECTION TO BE TEMPORARILY
CLOSED FOR A PUBLIC EVENT WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN
MANAGEMENT DISTRICT AREA; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION;
AND PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES.
WHEREAS, the persons most affected by a temporary street closure to vehicular traffic are
those persons whose businesses abut the street temporarily being closed; and
WHEREAS, the existing practice has been for the organization requesting a street closure
to contact the business owner, who is not necessarily the property owner, for approval of the street
closure, and this ordinance is needed to clarify and codify that practice; and
WHEREAS, the Downtown Managment District has requested that, for the Downtown
Management District area only, the requirement for approval of the abutting managing tenant or
owner, if the property is vacant, be reduced from 100% to 90% for the entire area where the street
closure is being requested.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the City Code of Ordinances Chapter 49 - Streets and Sidewalks, Article
I Section 49-17, is hereby amended as follows:
item (f): Written approval for the temporary street closure must be obtained from;.(i) one
hundred (100) per cent of the managing tenants or. if the property is vacant. managing
property owners of the property abutting that portion property --owners of the street to be
closed to vehicular traffic: and (ii) for the Downtown Management District area only
(bounded by Lower Broadway. Interstate 37. Shoreline Boulevard (including the marina
areas). and Kinney Street). ninety (90%) percent of the managing tentants. or, if the property
is vacant. managing property owners of the property abutting that portion of the street to be
closed to vehicular traffic.
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SECTION 2. Publication shall be made one time in the official publication of the City of
Corpus Christi as required by the City Charter of the City of Corpus Christi.
SECTION 3. A violation of this temporary street closure to vehicular traffic may result in
a citation being issued and a fine being assessed.
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That the foreg ng ordinance was read for the first time and passed to its second reading on
this the �d7-� t day of Le Let/LA} , 1997, by the following vote:
Loyd Neal
Jaime Capelo
Melody Cooper
Alex L. Garcia, Jr.
Arnold Gonzales
Betty Jean Longoria
John Longoria
Edward A. Martin
Dr. David McNichols
That e foregoing ordinance was read for the second time and passed finally on this the 11 Ei "1 day
of -//YI bi,"ir' , 1997, by the following vote:
Loyd Neal '
Jaime Capelo .'
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Melody Cooper ( Lb5ql:(-
Alex L. Garcia, Jr. CL
Arnold Gonzales
Betty Jean Longoria
John Longoria
Edward A. Martin
Dr. David McNichols
PASSED AND APPROVED, this the NJ) day of Li(tt"ji` /il hCh 1997.
ATTEST:
Armando Chapa, City Seetary
MAYOR
THE CITY OF CO' ' I S CHRISTI
LEGAL FORM APPROVED 2 / 02C -74064i , 1997; JAMES It BRAY, JR., CITY ATTORNEY
By: LA i utthl ALI
Alison Gallaw y, Assistant City Attorney
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State of Texas
County of Nueces}
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PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
ss: Ad # 1724318
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Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came Darrell
G. Coleman, who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that he is Vice -
President and Chief Financial Officer of the Corpus Christi Caller -Times, a daily
newspaper published at Corpus Christi in said City and State, generally
circulated in Aransas, Bee, Brooks, Duval, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Karnes,
Kenedy, Kleberg, Live Oak, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, Victoria and Webb
Counties, and that the publication of, NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE
NO. 023128 which the annexed is a true copy, was inserted in the Corpus
Christi Caller -Times and on the Caller -Times Interactive on the World Wide Web
on the 17TH day(s) of NOVEMBER, 1997.
TWO (2) Time(s)
o
Vice -President and Chief Financial Officer
i/Cotpus Christi Caller -Times, Monday, November 17, 1997
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 2ND
day(s) of DECEMBER, 1997.
1110 Legal Notices
ORDINANCE NO. 023128 1
Amending the Code of Ordi-'
nances, Chapter 49 - Streetsi
and Sidewalks, Article I, Sec,
tion 49 - 17 - Conditions and
1114inegnietitilt
uirements for Permit, b
ifying that the managin
nts approval, and, if va
t, the managing prop!
ers approval is requir
a temporary street closure
adding a new requiremen
viding for at least 90% ap =
ve) of the managin
nts or, if vacant, managin
perty owners of the prop
abutting the affecte
et section to be temporaril
ed for a public event with'
Downtown Manageme
trict area. This ordinan
passed and approved b
City Council of the City
rpus Christi on Novembe
1997.
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/s/Ar nando C
City Secrete
City of Corpus Chris
Notary Public, Nueces County, Texas
CONNIE HARALSON
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