Ord 2875 6/4/1974 r
ORDINANCE NO. 9a X417.1
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
Bessie Cornell Estate 505 Bluff, being the North 40' of
Lot 12, Block 145, Original Townsite
Salomon Doniaz 810 Clay, Lot 2, Block 41 , Original
Townsite
Rex M. Gates 203 Fifth, being the middle 50' of
Lots 1 & 2, Block 135, Original
Townsite
Vencent Mauricio 320 Front, Lots 16 and 17, Block W,
R. E. Montgomery Second Subdivision..
Vencent Mauricio #13 Lee, Lots 12 and 13, Less R-O-W,
Block W, R. E. Montgomery Second
Subdivision.
W. A. Lynn 2213-2215 Jasper, Lots 7 and 8, Block
25, Sibley-Taylor Addition
Robert F. Nix 608 Linwood, Lot 1 , Block 20, Scot-
land Addition
Myrtle Harmon 1520 N. Ninth, Lot 14, Block 5, Scot-
land Addition
Roy Pittman 701 Oak, Lot 1 , Block 22, Barwise and
Jalonick Addition
Velma Long 1310-1318 N. Second, Lots .15-16-17-18
and 19, Block 34, Scotland Addition
Fred Boust 907 Sixteenth, being the East 50' of Lot
8, the North 40' of East 75' of Lot 9, the
South 30' of East 50' of Lot 9, and the
East 75' of Lot 10, Block 2 , Jalonick
Addition.
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OWNER ADDRESS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION
Harry Giester 201 Travis , Lot 14, Block 101 ,
Original Townsite
R. M. Morrow 1404 Travis (garage and storage
only) , being the South 1 of Lot
2 , and the North - of Lot 3,
Block 221 , Original Townsite.
C. A. Barry 1514 Twenty-Second, Lot 19,
Block C, Wyatt Southside Addition.
John F. Wallace 2202 Avenue 0, Lot 10, less R-0-W,
Block 107-A, Highland Addition.
Mary K. McAfee 1423 Thirty-Third, Lot 12, Block
10, Hillcrest Addition.
W. E. Thompson III 1314 Polk, East 90' of Lot 8,
Block 50, Floral Heights Addition.
Mrs. Bill Jones 1310 26th, Tract 6, a 65' x 90'
tract out of Block 8, J. A. Scott
10, Abstract 302
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
4th day of June, 1974, at 10:00 A.M. , in the Council Chamber in the
City of Wichita Falls, Texas, and at such Public Hearing the following
protests and objections were made, to-wit:
protested that
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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 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 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 demolition 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 4th DAY OF JUNE, 1974.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
City Clerk