HomeMy WebLinkAbout025404 ORD - 07/22/2003ORDINANCE
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, CHAPTER 49, STREETS AND SIDEWALKS;TOINCREASE
FEES TO CLOSE OR ABANDON STREET OR EASEMENT;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERANCE;PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF
AUGUSTI, 2003;PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION;AND DECLARING
AN EMERGENCY
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CiTY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 49-12 of the Code of Ordinances is revised to read as follows:
"Sec. 49-12. Petition to council to establish or close streets, etc.
"(b) Each request shall be accompanied by the payment of a nonrefundable
application fee in the amount of t'::c hu.-.drcd dc!lorn ($200.00) five hundred dollars
($500.00) to cover the expense of administrative processing and a fee of seventy-
five dollars ($75.00) to cover all notification and legal publication costs incurred by
the city. The seventy-five dollars ($75.00) fee will be refunded if the processing of
the applicant's request does not reach the notification and publication stage and the
city does not incur such expenses."
SECTION 2. Section 49-13 of the Code of Ordinances is revised to read as follows:
"Sec. 49-13. Request for closing or abandonment of easement.
"(a) All persons desiring to have the city council close or abandon an easement shall
file their requests with the city engineer, in writing, directed to the city council. Such
request shall contain an accurate description of the easements, or portions thereof,
desired to be closed or abandoned.
"(b) Upon filing of such request, as provided in this section, a-depesi{ an application
fee shall be made with the city engineer of the sum of c~c ~'', ,........,~."~lr~"l ,.1~,11~ r~-.,~,~,,.,,., ,,w./~4, '~'"~'/nt" nC,\
five hundred dollars ($500,00) to cover the expense of processing the request,
"(c) Upon the closure or alteration of any easement under the terms of this section,
the applicant shall be required to apply for the replat of the affected properties so
that the plat records accurately reflect the revised subdivision of the property."
SECTION 3. The effective date of this Ordinance is August 1, 2003.
SECTION 4. If for any reason any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase,
word or provision of this Ordinance shall be held invalid or unconstitutional by final
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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 in this Ordinance be given full force and effect for its purpose.
SECTION 5. Publication shall be made in the official publication of the City of Corpus
Christi as required by the City,Charter of the City of Corpus Christi.
SECTION 6. That upon written request of the Mayor or five Council members, copy
attached, the City Council (1~ finds and declares an emergency due to the need for
immediate action necessary for the efficient and effective administration of City affairs
and (2) suspends the Charter rule that requires consideration of and voting upon
ordinances at two regular meetings so that this ordinan~is ~oassed and_~t~kes effect
upon first reading as an emergency measure this the ,~,J~ day of
2003.
ATTEST' ,
Arma~d~o~
City Secretary
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
APPROVED: This 16th day of July, 2003:
Acting City Attorney
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Corpus Christi, Texas
?~-~9-~ Day of ~-~-'~ , 2003
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance an
emergency exists requiring suspension of the Charter rule as to consideration and
voting upon ordinances at two regular meetings: I/we, therefore, request that you
suspend said Charter rule and pass this ordinance finally on the date it is introduced, or
at the present meeting of the City Council.
Respectfully,
Respectfully,
Council Members
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Samuel L. Neal, Jr.
Brent Chesney
Javier D. Colmenero
Melody Cooper
Henry Garrett
Bill Kelly
Rex A, Kinnison
Jesse Noyola
Mark Scott
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PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT
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CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
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Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came Diana
Hinoiosa, who being first dul? sworn, according to law, says that she is Credit
Manager of the Corpus Christi Caller-Times, a daily newspaper published at
Corpus Christi in said City land State, generally circulated in Aransas, Bee,
Brooks, Duval, Jim Hogg, ~Jim Wells, Karnes, Kenedy, Kleberg, Live Oak,
Nueces, Refugio, San Patri~io, Victoria and Webb Counties, and that the
publication of, NOTICE OF I~ASSAGE OF ORDINANCE NO. which the annexed
is a true copy, was inserted iO the Corpus Christi Caller-Times and on the World
Wide Web on the Caller-Timed Interactive on the 28TH day(s} of JULY, 2003.
$63.57
TWO {2 ) Time{s)
Credit Manager
Subscribed and sworn to me on the date of
JULY 29, 2003.
Notary Public, Nueces County, Texas
ROSA MARIA FLORES
Print or Type Name of Notary Public
My commission expires on 04/23/05.
~OTICE
025404 Ordinance
Ordinances, City of
Corpus Christi,
Chato~er 49, Streets
and $1dCwalka; to
a~:l abandon -*met or
easement and
providing for an
effective date of
Au 1, 2003. This
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and approved by
City Council of the City
of Corpus Christi on