Ord 2895 9/3/1974 •
ORDINANCE NO. cl r
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 Ordinance No. 2388 enacted by the Board of
Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls on February 12 , 1968, 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
Maggie Johnson Estate 606 Barwise, East 1/3 of South 1/2
of Acre Lot 1 , Block 1 , Bateson
Acre Lots.
Charles L. White 614 Barwise, Lot 10 and the West
'40' of Lot 9 , Block 23, Bateson
. Second Addition
Mary Boger 205 Bonner, Lot 4 , Block 2, Granger
Park Addition
Fannie Tippen Estate 411 Denison , All of Block 30, Barwise
and Jalonick Addition
Earl Andrews 406 Duncan, A 1 .22 acre tract out of
J. A. Scott 14, Abstract 304.
Edgar Williams 804 Elwood, A 68.4' x 100' tract out of
Block 19, W.E. Wilson Acre Block.
Elbert Fisher 814 Elwood, A. 76 acre tract out of Block
16, W.E. Wilson Acre Block
G. Rodriquez 3172 Flood, East 2 of Lot 16, Block 4,
Sayles Addition .
323 Flood, Lot 13, Block 4, Sayles
Addition.
Joyce Sims 1317 N. First, North 150' of Lot 23,
Block C, Scotland Gardens Addition.
Joe Wood Const. Co. 906 Fifth, East 50' x 100' of Lots 8
and 9, Block 125, Original Townsite.
J. M. Brand 2410 Fifth, Tract 56 , a 100' x 150'
tract out of J.A. Scott 18, Abstract
300.
OWNER ADDRESS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION
Rex M. Gates 1519 Fifteenth, Lot 10, Block 23,
Jalonick Addition
Ardie Doggins 309 Garden, East 40' of Lot 1 ,
Block F, Granger and Ballow Addn.
James A. Palmer 913 Gerald, Lot 19, Block 1 , Black-
mon and Williams Subdivision #2.
Dale Murphy 2705 Hill , Lot 13, Block 2, Vista
Heights Addition
Coy E. Sherwood 2707 Hill , Lot 12 , Block 2, Vista
Heights Addition.
Robert M. Steimel 3707 Herring, Lot 1 , Block 6,
Southmoor Addition
Eva de la 0 Torres. 300 Sixth , East 60' of Lots 6. & 7,
Block 136., Original Townsite.
• WHEREAS, such property owners above have not complied with
the directive of the Building Inspector within the sixty days allotted in
Ordinance No. 2388; 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 Partic-
ulars 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
3rd day of September, 1974, at 10:00 A. M. , in the Council Chamber in the
City of Wichita Falls , Texas , and at such Public Hearing the following
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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 he, 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 dang-
erous building as defined in Ordinance No. 2388 and the property owners
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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
Statement of Particulars set forth in the Building Inspector's notice. The
property owner listed or any other person having an interest in said build-
ing as shown by the tax records of the City of Wichita Falls is further com-
manded to repair, vacate or demolish in accordance with the Statement of
Particulars set forth in the Building Inspector's notice within thirty (30)
days from the date of this ordinance.
The fact that the repair, vacation , and/or demolit ion .of
dangerous 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 requires that this ordinance shall become effective from and after
the date of its passage and is accordingly so ordained.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS THE 3rd DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1974.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk