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Ord 3079 5/4/1976 ORDINANCE NO. 7f ORDINANCE CLOSING HEARING AND FINDING CERTAIN ' BUILDINGS AND/OR STRUCTURES TO BE DANGEROUS ; COMMANDING PROPERTY OWNERS TO REPAIR, VACATE, OR DEMOLISH SAID BUILDINGS AND/OR STRUCTURES WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS OF THE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY WHEREAS , the Building Inspector of the City of Wichita Falls , acting under the provisions of Article III of Chapter 7 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Wichita Falls , notified in writing by certified mail the following list of property owners of the property shown that the building or buildings on the premises had been classified as a dangerous building and that certain corrections were needed to be made or the building demolished. OWNER ADDRESS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION W. W. Whatley Estate 1501 Austin , being the NW 20 ' x 75' tract out of Lot 9 and the W of Lot 10, Block 227, Original Townsite Maria Hernandez 420 Bonner, Lots 16 & 17, Block 1 , Homewood Addition Bernice Williams 404 Denison, Lots 4 & 5, Block 29, Barwise and Jalonick Addition M. A. Cooper 322 Flood, Lot 11 , Block 3, Sayles Addition Gilbert Memorial Church & 601 -603 Flood, Lots 15 & 16, Block Mrs. E. P. Williams 11 , Homewood Heights Addition United States Finance 922-924 Gerald, being part of a tract Company, Inc. out of Blocks 8 & 9, W. E. Wilson Acre Blocks W. 0. Hudgins Estate 2306 Grant, being the N. 70' of Lots 9 through 12, Block 54-A, Highland Addition John Langford 2807 Hill , Lot 15, Block 2 , Vista Heights Addition Patricia A. Olsen 2605 Lebanon, Lot 14, Block 4, Fairview Addition Russell McClellan 1514 N. Ninth (rear structure only) Lot 17, Block 5, Scotland Addition Mrs. John Velasquez 302 Offutt, Lot 17, Block 6, Reilly Addition L ,) OWNER ADDRESS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION J. C. Smith 900 Roosevelt, Lot 12, Block 2, Blackmon & Williams Subdivision #2 Howard and Golden Rice 1209 Smith , being a 2 acre tract out of Block 4, J. A. Scott 12, Abstract 296. Agapito Martinez 107 Tulsa, Lot 21 , Block 2, Sayles Addition McCutchen Memorial Nursery 422-424 Welch , Lots 14 & 15, Block 16, Bateson Second Addition Ella Childress 1000 Woods , Lot 12, Block 3, Blackmon and Williams Subdivision #2 Progress Realty Company 1810 Burnett, being Lots 5 & 6, and the South 13.8' of Lots 4 & 7, Block 10, Jalonick Addition Emmie A. Lander 701 Calhoun , being the West 50' of Lot 8, Block 45, Original Townsite Wanda Sosebee 3134 Manchester, Tract 90, a 70' x 300' tract out of Block 7U, Abstract 83. WHEREAS, such property owners above have not complied with the directive of the Building Inspector within the sixty days allowed in said Article III ; and, WHEREAS , the above listed property owners have been notified by . certified mail by the Building Inspector of the time and date of a Public Hearing for the above named property owners to appear before the Board of Aldermen to show cause why such building or structure should not be repaired, vacated, or demolished in accordance with the State of Particulars set forth in the Building Inspector's notice; and said Public Hearing was had and held at the time and place fixed therefore, to-wit , on the 4th day of May, 1976, at 8:30 A.M. , in the• Council Chambers in the City of Wichita Falls , Texas, and at such Public Hearing the following protests and objections were made, to-wit: PROTESTED THAT PROTESTED THAT PROTESTED THAT PROTESTED THAT PROTESTED THAT PROTESTED THAT PROTESTED THAT PROTESTED THAT and said hearing was continued until all desiring to be heard were given full and fair opportunity to be heard and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls having fully considered all property matters , is of the opinion that the said Hearing should be closed. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT: Said hearing be, and the same is hereby, closed, and the said protests and objections , and any and all other protest objections whether .enumerated or not, be and the same are hereby, overruled. From the evidence presented in the aforementioned Public Hearing by the property owners appearing and the Building Inspector of the City of Wichita Falls , the building and/or structure at the location listed above with the corresponding property owner is found to be a dangerous building as defined in said Article III and the property owners listed or any other person having an interest in said building as shown by the tax records of the City of Wichita Falls, are hereby commanded to repair, vacate, or demolish the building and/or structure in accordance with the State of Particulars set forth in the Building Inspector's notice. The property owner listed or any other person having an interest in said building as shown by the tax records of the City of Wichita Falls is further commanded to repair, vacate or demolish in accordance with the State of Particulars set forth in the Building Inspector's notice within thirty (30) days from the date of this ordinance. F • 9 If, within 30 days from the date of this ordinance, any such building has not been so repaired or demolished, it shall be demolished or removed at the expense of the City by the City or its contractor, and the net cost of the demolition or removal shall be charged to the owners of the property and assessed on the land on which the building stood. The fact that the repair, vacation , and/or demolition of dan- gerous buildings is being delayed pending the taking effect of this ordinance creates an emergency for the immediate preservation of the public business place, property, health, safety and general welfare of the public which re- quires that this ordinance shall become effective from and after the date of its passage and is accordingly so ordained. PASSED AND APPROVED THIS THE 4th DAY OF MAY, 1976. MAYOR ,//// Y7/7/(9/1 ATTEST: j{-2(-1/YYZ. WIW-d') 04 1( 21yCity Clerk C