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Home My WebLink About03750 RES - 05/07/1954WS:AC:14 /12/54 RESOLUTION SETTING FORTH THE STREET PSM ING ASSESSMENT POLICY OF THE. CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO BE ,APPLIED IN DETERMINIPIG THE PERCENT!'',GE OF COST OF IMPROVEMENTS TO BE ASSESSED AGAINST '+BUTTING PROPERTY OWNIERS; DIRECTING THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC ;IORKS TO FOLLO!,J SUCH POLICY IN PREP!`,RING ESTIMATES OF IMPROVEMENTS; "NO PROVIDING FOR THE CORRECTION OF ALL ESTIMATES EN ACCORDANCE 1:I I TH THE ST',TE U':' IN REGARD TO PAVING ',SSESSMENTS. WHEREAS, THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI HAVE AUTHORIZED T',iE ISSUANCE OF BONDS FOR THE CARRYING OUT OF A PERMANENT IMPROVE- MENT PLANT FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF STREETS BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF SIDEWALKS, CURDS, GU "ITERS AND PAVEMENT IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, UPON THE BASIS OF PARTICIPATION OF THE CITY IN THE PAYMENT FOR SUCH IMPROVEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE ASSESSMENT OF A PORTION OF THE COST AGAINST THE ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNER; AND 4WHEREIS, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT A UNIFORM POLICY OF ASSESSMENT BE ADOPTED FOR THE PARTICIPATION IN THE PAYMENT OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS BY ASSESS- MENT AGAINST THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND PAY:' ?ENT BY THE CITY; AND WHERtAS, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS DETERMINED A REASONABLE POLICY FOR SUCH ASSESSMENTS: NO'U, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. THAT THE POLICY FOR STREET PAVING ASSESSMENTS FOR STREETS WITH A NAXItLUM WIDTH OF THIRTY (30') FEET FROM FACE OF CURB TO FACE OF CURB SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS: T4ESE STREETS SHALL CONTAIN A MAXIMUM OF TWENTY -SEVEN (27) FEET OF ASPHALT PAVED SURFACE AND ON EACH SIDE OF THE STREET ONE AND ONE -HALF (1 - 1/2) FEET OF GUTTER SECTION, ONE (1) SIX (6) INCH CURB AND A FOUR ('4) FOOT SIDEWALK. SIDEWALKS SHALL BE REQUIRED ONLY WHERE THE LAND HAS BEEN SUBDIVIDED OR DEVELOPED BY SALE OF LOTS BY METES AND SOUNDS. � - PROPERTY OWNERS ABUTTING ON EACH SIDE OF THE STREET SHALL BE ASSESSED FORTY (40) PER CENT OF THE TOTAL COST OF THE PAVEMENT, CURB AND GUTTER AND SIDEWALKS A'dUTTING THE PROPERTY AS DETERMINED BY APPLYING THE UNIT PRICES OBTAINED BY BIDS TO THE CALCULATED QUANTITIES FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS ABUTTING THE PROPERTY. - ASSESSMENTS ARE ADJUSTED BY GIVING CREDIT FOR ADEQUATE EXISTING SIDEWALKS, CURBS AND GUTTERS AND THE AMOUNT PREVIOUSLY SPENT FOR A PERVIANENT- TYPE PAVEMENT THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE HAD INSTALLED ABUTTING THEIR PROPERTY. - THE ASSESSMENT FOR CURB AND GUTTER, SIDEWALK AND PAVEMENT ABUTTING THE SIDE OF ANY LOT SHALL BE ADJUSTED IN PROPORTION TO THE WIDTH OF THE PROPERTY PERPENDICULAR TO THE STREET BEING IMPROVED. ONE (1) PER CENT SHALL BE ADDED TO FIFTY (50) PER CENT OF THE ASSESSMENTFOR EACH FOOT OF WIDTH OF THE PROPERTY GREATER THAN FIFTY (50) FEET OF WIDTH UP TO A MAXIMUM OF ONE HUNDRED (100) PER CENT FOR PROPERTY OF ONE HUNDRED (100) FEET OR MORE IN WIDTH. IN NO CASE SHALL LESS THAN FIFTY (50) PER CENT OF THE FORTY (40) PER CENT �� OF COST BE ASSESSED OR MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED (100) PER CENT OF THE FORTY (`110) PER CENT OF THE COST DE ASSESSED. LOTS ZONED FOR ONE AND TWO- FAMILY DWELLING UNITS (R -1 AND R -2) WITH THE BACK OF THE LOT ABUTTING THE STREET TO BE IMPROVED SHALL BE ASSESSED TWENTY -FIVE (25) PER CENT OF THE FORTY (40) PER CENT OF THE COST. WHERE THERE IS ACCESS TO THE STREET BY DRIVEWAY FROM THE PROPERTY TO THE STREET, THEN THE ABUTTING PROPERTY SHALL BE ASSESSED FIFTY (50) PER CENT OF THE FORTY (40) PER CENT OF THE COST. ON ALL PROPERTY ZONED OR USED FOR OTHER THAN ONE OR TWO - FAMILY DWELLING UNITS, THE COST OF THE PAVEMENT SHALL BE ASSESSED THE OWNER AS IF THE LOT WERE FACING ON THE STREET TO BE IMPROVED. SECTION 2. THAT THE POLICY FOR STREET PAVING ASSESSMENTS FOR STREETS WITH A WIDTH OF MORE THAN THIRTY (30) FEET FROM FACE OF CURB TO FACE OF CURB SHALL DE AS FOLLOWS; THESE STREETS SHALL CONTAIN THE WIDTH OF ASPHALT PAVED SURFACE RE- QUIRED, ONE AND ONE -HALF (1 -1/2) FEET OF GUTTER SECTION, ONE (1) SIX (G) INCH CURB AND A FOUR (4) FOOT SIDEWALK 014 EACH SIDE OF THE STREET. THE SIDEWALK MAY BE OMITTED ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET AFTER APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL. SIDEWALKS SHALL BE REQUIRED ONLY WHERE THE LAND HAS BEEN SUBDIVIDED OR DEVELOPED BY SALE OF LDTS BY METES AND BOUNDS. PROPERTY OWNERS WITH ZONING FOR ONE AND TWO- FAMILY DWELLING UNITS tl SHALL BE ASSESSED FORTY (40) PER CENT OF THE COST OF THEIR ONE-HALF (1/2) OF OF AN EQUIVALENT THIRTY (30) FOOT STREET, WHICH SHALL BE THE FOUR (4) FOOT W -2- SIDEWALKS CURB AND GUTTER AND 13.5 FEET OF PAVEMENT WIDTH ABUTTING THE PROPER- TY. THE CALCULATI O;JS SHALL BE BASED ON APPLYING THE UNIT PRICES OBTAINED 6Y BIDS AND CALCULATING THE QUANTITIES FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS ABUTTING THE PROPERTY. PROPERTY OWNERS WITH ZONI PIG USED FOR OTHER THAN ONE OR TWO- FAMILY D WELLING UNITS SHALL BE ASSESSED FORTY (4O) PER CENT OF THE COST OF TFIE P AVEMFNT, CURBS AND GUTTERS AND SIDEWALK ABUTTING THE PROPERTY AS DETERMINED BY APPLYING THE UNIT PRICE OBTAINED BY BIDS TO THE CALCULATED QUANTITIES FOR THE IMPROVEMENT ABUTTING THE PROPERTY. THE PAVEMENT WIDTH FOR THESE CALCU- LATIONS SHALL BE DETLRMINED BY THE WIDTH OF THE STREET PLANNED LESS THE THREE F EE OF GUTTER SECTION. FOR ONE AND TWO- FAMILY DWELLING UNITS, THE ASSESSMENT FOR CURB AND G UTTER, 5IDEWALK AND PAVEMENT ABUTTING THE SIDE OF ANY LOT SHALL BE ADJUSTED IN THE PROPORTION TO THE WIDTH OF THE PROPERTY PERPENDICULAR TO THE STREET EEING IMPROVED. ONE (1) PER CENT SHALL BE ADDED TO FIFTY (50) PER CENT OF THE ASSESSMENT FOR EACH FOOT OF WIDTH OF THE PROPERTY GREATER THAN FIFTY (50) FEET OF WIDTH UP TO A MAXIMUMS OF ONE HU14DRED (100) PER CENT FOR PROPERTY OF ONE HUNDRED (100) FEET OR MORE IN WIDTH. IN IJO CASE SHALL LESS THAN FIFTY (50) PER CENT OF THE FORTH (40) PER CENT OF THE COST BE ASSESSED OR MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED (100) PER CENT OF THE FORTY (40) PER CENT OF THE COST BE ASSESSED. LOTS ZONED FOR ONE AND TWO- FAMILY DWELLING UNITS WITH THE BACK OF THE LOT ABUTTING THE STREET TO BE IMPROVED SHALL BE ASSESSED TWENTY -FIVE (25) PER CENT OF THE FORTY (40) PER CENT OF THE COST. WHERE THERE IS ACCESS 1"0 THE STREET BY DRIVEWAY FROM THE PROPERTY TO THE STREET, THEN ffT��HE ABUTTING PROPERTY SHALL BE ASSESSED FIFTY (50) PER CENT OF THE FORTY (4O) PER CENT OF THE COST. ON ALL PROPERTY ZONED LOWER THAN TWO - FAMILY DWELLING UNITS THE COST OF THE PAVEMENT SHALL BE ASSESSED THE OWNER AS IF THE LOT WERE FACING ON ''HE STREET TO BE IMPROVED. SECTION 3. THAT THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, IN PREPARING ESTIMATES OF THE AMOUNT TO BE ASSESSED AGAINST EACH TRACT OF LAND AND THE OWNERS THEREOF OF EACH AND EVERY TRACT ABUTTING UPON STREETS, AND THOROUGHFARES PROPOSED TO BE IMPROVED SHALL SHOW THE AMOUNT ASSESSABLE ON THE FRONT FOOT BASIS AS TO EACH ABUTTING PROPERTY CALCULATED -3- AT A UNIFORM RATE AND THAT IN ADDITION TO SUCH AMOUNT SO CALCULATED THAT THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS CALCULATE AS TO EACH AND EVERY PIECE OF PROPERTY AN ADJUSTMENT OF SUCH AMOUNT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ABOVE ESTABLISHED POLICY. SECTION 1E. IN ALL INSTANCES THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL IN ITS DISCRETION DETERMINE THAT THE ASSESSMENT AS TO EACH AND EVERY PARCEL OF PROPERTY SHALL NOT EXCEED THE BENEFIT WHICH SUCH PROPERTY WILL RECEIVE BY REASON OF THE CON- 11 STRUCTION OF THE IMPROVEMENTS PROPOSED TO BE MADE, AND IN THE EVENT THE AMOUNT OF THE ASSESSMENT DOES EXCEED THE BENEFITS AS TO ANY ONE OR MORE PARCELS OR TRACTS OF LAND, THEN THE PROPOSED ASSESSMENT SHALL, AS TO SUCH PARCELS OR TRACTS, BE REDUCED SO AS NOT TO EXCEED THE BENEFIT OF THE IMPROVEMENTS. SECTION 5. THAT THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE WAS READ FOR THE FIRST TIME AND PASSED TO 'ITS SECOND READING ON THIS THE DAY OF , 1954, BY THE FO OWING VOTE: T ELI-Roy KI P. C. CALLAWAY JAMES 5. NAISMITH W. JAMES BRACE THAT THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE WAS READ FOR THE SECOND TIME AND PASSED 1 TO ITS THIRD READING ON THIS THE DAY OF , 1954, BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: ELLROY Klj,fG P. C. CALLAWAY JAMES S. NAISMITH CCi��LSGZ\ W. JAMES BRACE THAT THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE WAS READ FOR THE THIRD TIME AND PASSED FINALLY ON THIS THE DAY OF 1954, BYY� THE FOLLOWING VOTE: ELLRDY KING P. C. CALLAWAY JAMES S. NAISMITH W. JAMES BRACE / -4- PASSED AND APPROVED THIS THE DAY OF 1954. MAYOR PRO TEI THE CITY CORPUS CI ISTI, TEXAS ATTE� //, /, 1 G I TY SECR At. 4' I B1PPP.OVED % 'CO LEG;aL FORM r CIT ,ATTORNEY �1 i ) J-