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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01812 ORD - 06/26/1945AN ORDIUXTCE CREATING THE -YJEED AND RUBBISH CONIROL DIVISION OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEAS; CREATING THE OFFICE OF DIRECTOR OF SAID DIVISION AND DEFINING HIS DUTIES AND POWERS; PR0VIDING FOR CONTRACTS TO BE ME FOP. TEE CIMfNG OF LOTS; PROVIDING PE11ALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION HEREOF; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY 7MERFds, it is emsential for the health and well -being of • the inhabitants of the City of Corpua Christi that lots within maid City shall be free from weeds and rubbish as provided for in Ordinance No. 1601 of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas; and, WHEREAS, many of the owners of lots in the city are unable to obtain the necessary facilities to clean their lots and some of the owners are non - residents of the city; and, MEREAS, the creation of a 9Peed and Rubbish Control Division of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, will greatly aid in the enforce - (t went of Ordinance Ho. 1601 and will cause the lots in the City to be cleaned; therefore, BE IT ORDAIID;D BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TM - Section 1. There is hereby created "The Steed and Rubbish Control Division" of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, which said' Division shall be a part of the Department of Public Health and shall be under the Commissioner of Police, Public Health and Safety of the City of Corpus Christi. The Weed and Rubbish Control Division is • hereby created for the purpose of cleaning lots of rubbish and cutting weeds thereon. Section 2. There is hereby created the Office of the Director of the ?Peed and Rubbish Control Division of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas. The said Director shall be nominated by the Commissioner of Police, Public Health and Safety and shall be appointed by the City Council. The said Director shall hold office at the will and pleasure of the City Council and shall receive such compensation as the City Council v y from time to time provide. 1$/2 The said director of the Weed and Rubbish Control Division shell have charge of all weed and rubbish control; shall make in- spections of premises; shall cause (with the Director of Public Health) notices to be sent to owners or occupants of promises to cut weeds, and/or remove rubbish and/or do other things to make such premises clean and sanitary, he shall havo charge of all machinery and equipment acquired or used by such control division in its work and be responsible for its upkeep and proper keeping; and shall keep a proper record of all equipment, materials and machinery so acquired or used by such control division; he shall cause to be prepared proper notices to be sent out, contracts to be prepared for the furtherance of such work, he shall sign all` contracts with owners, for the City of Corpus Christi, for the cleaning of such lots upon such terms as my be determined by such director and the Commissioner of Police, Public Safety and Health, which said contract forms shall be approved by the City Attorney; he shall keep proper records of all notices sent out, contracts made, money received and any and all transactions in regard to such Division; he shall make monthly reports to the Commtissioner of Police, Public Health and Safety of the work_ done by said Division and shall send a copy of said report to the Mayor and City Council; he shall make a proper bond, payable to the mayor of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, and his successors in Office in the sum of Five Thousand ($5,000.00) Dollars conditioned that he will faithfully perform all the duties of his office and pay over into the General Fund of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, all sums of money that may be collected by him as Director of said control division, which said obligation shall be a continuing one and shall not be discharged by one recovery on said bond; he shall promptly notify the city attorneyts office of the failure of any owner or occupant of premises in the City who shall fail to clean such promises after notice; he shall, in case an miner fails to clean the premises, and his control division does such work, keep a proper record of the tine and labor expended in cleaning said premises and submit the same to the Mayor and Director of Public Health in order that the lien provided in Ordinance Ho. 1601 may be filed and fixed as provided therein. The said Director shall have such deputies to assist him as the City Council may deem advisable, such deputies shall hold of- fice at the will and pleasure of the City Council and receive such compensation as said Council may fix and determine from time to time; such deputies shall be bonded as herein provided for the Director. Section 3. It shall be the duty of the said Director and /or his deputies and they shall have the right and power to go on any premises in the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, for the purpose of making inspections to ascertain if such premises are free from weeds and rubbish, and it shall be unlawful for any person to prevent the said Director and /or his deputies from making much inspections or to interfere therewith in any manner. Section 4. all moneys collected by said ]Teed and Rubbish Control Division shall be paid into the General Rind of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas. Section 5. any person who shall violate any part of Section 3 of this Ordinance, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction in the Corporation Court, shall be fined in any aum not in excess of Two H nidred ($200.00) Dollars. Section 6. The fact that the creation of The Weed and Rubbish Control Division of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, vn 11 be.of great benefit to the citizens of Corpus Christi and'will aid materially in reducing the dangers now existing to the public health creates a public emergency and an imperative public necessity requiring the sus- pension of the Charter rule providing that no Ordinance or Resolution shall be passed finally on the data it is introduced and that such Ordinance or Resolution shall be read at three several meetings of the City Council, and the Mayor having declared that such public emergency and imperative necessity exist, and having requested that said Charter rule be suspended and that this Ordinance take effect mz and be in full force and effect from and after its passage, IT IS, ACCORDINGLY, SO ORDAINED. PASSED AND APPROVED ON THIS _1J/L day of June A. D., 1945. MAYO ity o Corpus a exas ATTESTt y ze.rex.ry APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM; `H Tilompsgh Acting City Attorney City of Corpus Christi, Texas 1945 TO THE MEW= OF THE CITY COUNCIL �.,..,,.,.. _ CF,THS_CITY_OF,COSFUS CHRISTI m Corpus Christi., Texas Gentlemant For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing Ordinance, a public emergency and an imperative necessity exist for the suspension of the Charter rule or requirement that no Ordinance or Resclution shall be passed finally on the data it is introduced, and that such Ordinance or'Resolution shell be read at three several meetings of the City Council: I, therefore, hereby 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, . Mayor.,U-ty of Corpus "at,. axes. The Charter rule was suspended by the following votes Roy L. Self B. G. Moffett z� R. R. Rambo / N. C. Beck /IA /-C / A. B. Marriott The above above Ordinn a was passed `byytthe following votes Roy L. Self �gza:z-_/,®�,,� B. G. Moffett R.H. Rambo .0 &61E N. C. Berk A. B. Marriott �Z�