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Home My WebLink About04423 ORD - 12/21/1955IF TAP:MEM:12 /14/55 AN ORDINANCE CREATING A SIDEWALK DISTRICT WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, CONSISTING OF THE EAST AND WE SIDES OF TANCAHUA STREET. EXTENDING BETWEEN Ut KINNLY STiZEET, AND CONSISTING OF THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDES OF BLUCHER STREET, EXTENDING BETWEEN THE WEST SIDE OF TANCAHUA STREET, AND THE EAST SIDE OF CARRIZO STREET; PROVIDING FOR THE CON- STRUCTION OF SIDEWALKS THEREON BY MAKING DEMAND ON THE ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS THAT SUCH SIDEWALKS BE BUILT; PROVIDING THAT IN CASE OF FAILURE TO CONSTRUCT SAID SIDEWALKS AFTER NOTICE THAT CONSTRUCTION BE MADE BY THE CITY; PROVIDING A PROCEDURE FOR FILING AND FIXING OF LIEN; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, PUBLIC POLICY MAKES IT NECESSARY THAT SIDEWALKS BE CONSTRUCTED ALONG THE EAST AND WEST SIDES OF TANCAHUA STREET AND ALONG THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDES OF BLUCHER STREET SO AS TO PROVIDE A SAFE WALKING AREA FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN ATTENDING CHESTON L. HEATH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND NORTH SIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, AND FOR THE USE OF THE GEN- ERAL PUBLIC; AND WHEREAS, IN NUMEROUS INSTANCES ALONG TANCAHUA AND BLUCHER STREETS SUCH SIDEWALKS DO NOT EXIST. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. A SIDEWALK DISTRICT IS HEREBY CREATED WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, CONSISTING OF THE EAST AND WEST SIDES OF TANCAHUA STREET EXTENDING BETWEEN THE SOUTH SIDE OF BLUCHER STREET AND THE NORTH SIDE OF KINNEY STREET AND CONSISTING OF THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDES OF BLUCHER STREET EXTENDING BETWEEN THE WEST SIDE OF TANCAHUA STREET AND THE EAST SIDE OF CARRIZO STREET, ALL AS SHOWN BY A MAP OF SAID AREA ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART OF THIS ORDINANCE FOR ALL PERTINENT PURPOSES. SECTION 2. IT IS HEREBY REQUIRED THAT WHERE SIDEWALKS DO NOT NOW EXIST THE SAME BE CONSTRUCTED ALONG THE EAST AND WEST SIDES OF TANCAHUA STREET AND ALONG THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDES OF BLUCHER STREET WITHIN SAID DISTRICT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GRADE AND REQUIREMENTS SHOWN IN THE SPECIFICATIONS ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF FOR ALL PERTINENT PURPOSES. SECTION 3. ALL OWNERS OF PROPERTY IN SAID SIDEWALK DISTRICT ARE GIVEN A PERIOD OF THIRTY DAYS (30) FROM THE DATE OF PASSAGE OF THIS J ORDINANCE TO CONSTRUCT SAID SIDEWALKS. NOTICE TO THE OWNERS OF SUCH PROPERTY SHALL BE GIVEN BY REGISTERED MAIL, IF SUCH CONSTRUCTION IS NOT COMMENCED WITHIN A PERIOD OF THIRTY DAYS (30) BY SAID OWNERS OF PROPERTY, THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO CONSTRUCT SAME BY PRIVATE CONTRACT OR BY USE OF CITY FORCES, A LIEN IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO BE CRBATED AGAINST THE ABUTTING PROPERTY AND THE REAL AND TRUE OWNER THEREOF FOR THE COST OF SAID SIDEWALK. THIS LIEN SHALL BE FIXED BY THE CITY MANAGER OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI BY FILING AN AFFIDAVIT IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK OF NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, BEFORE COMMENCING CONSTRUCTION OF SAID SIDEWALK, SHOWING THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION AND THE NAME OF THE ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNER AND THE FACT THAT AT LEAST TEN (10) DAYS PRIOR TO THE FILING OF SAID LIEN A PERSONAL DEMAND HAS BEEN MADE ON SAID PROPERTY OWNER FOR PAY- MENT OR SECURITY FOR THE PAYMENT OF SAID CONSTRUCTION AND THAT SAID DEMAND HAS BEEN REFUSED, SECTION 4. THAT THE NECESSITY FOR PROVIDING ADEQUATE SIDE- WALKS FOR THE USE OF CHILDREN ATTENDING SCHOOLS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC 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 INTRO- DUCTION AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE SEVERAL MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE FIAYOR, DECLARING SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY TO EXIST, HAVING REQUESTED THE SUSPENSION OF SAID CHARTER RULE AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED. /f + f PASSED AND APPROVED, THIS THE MDAY OF DECEMBER 1955. MAYOR THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS ATTEST,: CITY S CR ARY APPRO #D AS TO LEGAL FORM TH / DAY F UECENiSER, 1955: CITY ATTORNEY 0- CONCRETE SIDEWALKS DESCRIPTION: THIS SPECIFICATION SHALL GOVERN FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SIDEWALKS COMPOSED OF WIRE MESH REINFORCED PORTLAND CEMENT CONCRETE ON AN APPROVED SUB- GRADE. SIDE- WALKS SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DETAILS IN THE PLANS AND TO THE LINE AND GRADE ESTABLISHED BY THE ENGINEER. MATERIALS: ALL SIDEWALKS SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED OF "CLASS B" CONCRETE, AND SHALL CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS AS SPECIFIED UNDER S 40 PORTLAND CEMENT CONCRETE, EXPANSION JOINTS SHALL CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS AS SPECIFIED UNDER "EXPANSION JOINT FILLER" N0. 6 6 X 6 WIRE MESH REINFORCING SHALL CONFORM TO STANDARD SPECIFICATION S - 42. CONSTRUCTION METHODS: THE SUB -GRADE SHALL BE EXCAVATED AND SHAPED IN CONFORMITY WITH THE TYPICAL SECTIONS SHOWN ON PLANS AND TO THE LINES AND GRADES AS ESTABLISHED BY THE ENGINEER. ALL SOFT AND YIELDING OR OTHER UNSUITABLE MATERIALS SHALL BE REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH SELECTED MATERIALS, AND THE SUBGRADE SHALL BE THOROUGHLY COM- PACTED AND FINISHED TO A FIRM, SMOOTH SURFACE, ALL TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE ENGINEER. EXPANSION JOINTS SHALL BE PLACED AT A MAXIMUM SPACING OF 40 FEET AND SHALL BE PLACED AT ALL DIRECTION CHANGES OF THE WALK AND WHERE SIDEWALK ABUTS A CURB. SIDEWALKS SHALL BE MARKED WITH AN APPROPRIATE TRANSVERSE MARKING TOOL AT INTERVALS NOT TO EXCEED THE WIDTH OF THE SIDEWALK. WHERE SIDEWALK CROSSES A DRIVEWAY IT SHALL BE 6 INCHES THICK AND CONFORM IN ALL RESPECTS TO THE CITY "DRIVEWAY ORDIN- ANCE" ORDINANCE N0. 4212. FORMS FOR SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION, IF OF WOOD, SHALL BE OF NOT LESS THAN 2" COMMERCIAL LUMBER WELL STAKED AND BRACED TO MAINTAIN LINE AND GRADE AFTER CON- CRETE IS DEPOSITED IN THE FORMS. LUMBER SHALL BE FREE OF WARPS AND DEFECTS AND THE TOP SURFACE OF SUCH FORMS SHALL BE SMOOTH ENOUGH TO PERMIT THE USE OF A SCREED OR STRAIGHTEDGE. IF STEEL FORMS ARE USED THEY SHALL BE TRUE TO LINE AND GRADE, AND SHALL BE CLEANED AND OILED BEFORE EACH SUBSEQUENT USE. NO CONCRETE SHALL BE PLACED UNTIL THE 5UBGRADE AND FORMS HAVE BEEN CHECKED AND APPROVED BY THE ENGINEER. CONCRETE SHALL BE DEPOSITED ON A MOIST SUBGRADE. DURING PLACING THE CONCRETE SHALL BE THOROUGHLY SPADED NEXT TO THE FORMS AND SHALL BE CAREFULLY TAMPED. USING AN APPROVED TAMPER. EXCESS WATER, LAITANCE, OR OTHER INERT MATERIALS SHALL BE FLOATED FROM THE SURFACE. AFTER THE CONCRETE HAS TAKEN ITS INITIAL SET AND 15 READY TO RECEIVE A FINISH IT SHALL BE DUSTED WITH AN APPROVED MIXTURE OF CEMENT AND SAND AND TROWLED SMOOTH WITH A STEEL TROWEL, AND BRUSHED WITH A BROOM OR STIFF BRUSH TO LEAVE A SEMI- SMOOTH FINISH. ALL EDGES SHALL BE ROUNDED WITH AN APPROPRIATE EDGING TOOL. THE APPLICATION OF CEMENT TO THE MORTAR SURFACE IN ORDER TO ABSORB EXCESS WATER OR TO HASTEN THE SETTING WILL NOT BE PERMITTED. -1- WHEN COMPLETED, THE SIDEWALKS SHALL 13E COVERED WITH APPROVED CURING MATS OR TWO (2) THICKNESSES OF TEN (10) TO TWELVE (12) OUNCE BURLAP AND KEPT THOROUGHLY WET FOR A PERIOD OF FOUR (4) DAYS AT WHICH TIME COVERING MAY BE REMOVED. OTHER METHODS OF CURING MUST MEET THE APPROVAL OF THE ENGINEER PRIOR TO USE. AFTER THE CURING IS COMPLETED AND BEFORE THE WALK IS OPEN FOR TRAFFIC THE CON- TRACTOR SHALL REMOVE ALL SURPLUS EXCAVATION, WASTE CONCRETE, WOOD FORMS AND BRACES AND ANY AND ALL SURPLUS MATERIALS USED IN CONSTRUCTION OR LEFT OVER FROM SUCH CONSTRUCTION. IT SHALL BE HIS RESPONSIBILITY TO DISPOSE OF ANY SUCH MATERIALS AWAY FROM THE SITE OF THE WORK OR AS DIRECTED BY THE ENGINEER. HE SHALL DRESS AND FINISH THE AREA IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO EACH SIDE OF THE COMPLETED WALK AND LEAVE THE SURFACE IN A CONDITION THAT WILL NOT IMPEDE THE NATURAL DRAINAGE OF SURFACE WATER TOWARD THE CURB OR DITCHES. THE CONTRACTORS ATTENTION IS ESPECIALLY DIRECTED TO THE FACT THAT EXCAVATED MATERIALS MUST NOT BE PLACED IN ADJACENT DITCHES, BUT SHALL BE DISPOSED OF IN A MANNER SATISFACTORY TO THE ENGINEER. MEASUREMENT: ALL WORK AND ACCEPTED MATERIAL AS PRESCRIBED BY THIS ITEM WILL BE MEASURED BY THE SQUARE FOOT OF SURFACE AREA OF COMPLETED SIDEWALK. DIMENSIONS: SIDEWALKS SHALL BE FOUR (4) FEET IN WIDTH. 0 C,P,- ` 1 r✓N�� . OPROPOSED SIDEWALK LU I 2 3 Z l4c� 107. CrrY OF COMPS CHFW.,Tl. TEXAS PUD' 'C WORKS [)CP,llTMF NT TANGAHUA ARCAiE SALIZO PIZOPo5et) sior=WNLY, ALMO 1 MOM 2 TAWCAJAUA, FROM KINNEY TO BLW02 I4 1'4 1 10 tl BLUCHER FROM TAt4CkKUi\ 10 CARMO -CA u 45. V, W. -NO. UAl V. 2.-1255 Corpus hristi, TTJexas 1955 T0. TIE !EMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL Corpus. Christib.Texas Gentlemen: For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance, a public emergency and imperative eecessity 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, hereby request that you suspend said Charter rule or requirement and pass this ordinance finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of the City Council. Respectfully, MAYOR THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS The Charter Rule was suspended by the following vote: Farrell D. Smith Minor Culli W. J. Roberts B, E. Bigler Manuel P. Maldonado The above ordinance was passed by the following vote: Farrell D. Smith Minor Culli W, J. Roberts B, E. Bigler Manuel P. Maldonado �u--) -�' I L_t�� GCJS c