Ord 2444 9/3/1968 T. /I -
ORDINANCE NO. /1
ORDINANCE CLOSING HEARING AND FINDI G CERTAIN BUILDINGS AND/OR STRUC-
TURES TO BE DANGEROUS; COMMANDING PROPERTY OWNERS TO REPAIR, VACATE,
OR DEMOLISH SAID BUILDING AND/OR STRUCTURE 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 correc-
tions were needed to_be made or the building demolished.
OWNER ADDRESS
C Hamilton Lot 3, Blk. G, Granger
& Ballow
Anna W. Offutt 112 Bonner
Bernado Rangel 408 Bonner
William Allen 411 & 413 Bonner
I. E. Burnett 412 Bonner
Quirino Rodriquez 415 Bonner
Arthur Cooper 402 Cleveland
''Robert Andrews 508 Edison
D. V. Miller 612 Edison
W. A. Turner 613 Edison
Anna W. Offutt 312 Flood
G. Rodriquez 313 Flood
Mrs. Victoria Ramos 412 Flood
Mrs. Beatrice Williams 500 Homes
M. T. Williams 603 Humphrey
Henry Ben Roberts 622 Humphrey
Joe Hawkins , 707 Humphrey
Atanacia Martinez 410 Juarez
Ida Taylor 416 Juarez (rear)
Dorothy Taylor Murcherson 418 Juarez
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Willie Pride 420 Juarez
OWNER ADDRESS
Milton C. Easley 502 Juarez
Violet Beardsley 305 Lake
George Perkins 612 Lake
Benny Ray Simmons 402 Marconi
Zena Louise Amos • 704 Marconi
Justina Cooper 810 Neff
Rex Gates & W. H. Garner 300 Park
Jessie & Beulah Johns 311 Park
Aurura Garza Luera 333 & 335 Park
West Texas Real Estate 611 Park
Elizabeth M. Smith 902 & 903 Park
Erma Jean Johnson 405 Sullivan (rear)
La Nella Carroll 500 Sullivan
Nabor Hernandez 317 Tulsa
Pablo Martinez 413 Tulsa
V. Rodriquez 411 Tulsa
Jesus Perez 415 Tulsa
Mary Lee Watkins 425 Wood (rear)
J. W. Charles 509 Wood
Sadie Dixon 812 Wood
Richard Powell 1009 Wood
Swanson Bennett 1023 Wood
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 Board of Aldermen passed and approved Resolution
No. 837 on August 20, 1968, which resolution set the date of September
3, 1968 at 2:30 P.M. as the date of a Public Hearing for the property
owners listed above to appear before the Board of Aldermen to show
cause why the building or structure reported to be a dangerous build-
ing should not be repaired, vacated, or demolished in accordance with
the Statement of Particulars set forth in the Building Inspector' s
notice; and,
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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 proper 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 Ordinance No. 2388 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
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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 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 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
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so ordained.
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WHEREAS, the above listed property owners have been notified
by certified mail by the Building Inspector of the time and date of
said Public Hearing and said Public Hearing was had and held at the
time and place fixed therefor, to-wit, on the 3rd day of September
1968, at 2:30 P.M., in the Council Chambers of the City of Wichita
Falls, Texas, and at such Public Hearing, the following protests and
objections were made, to-wit:
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The provisions of this ordinance shall be included and
incorporated in the Code of Ordinances of the City of Wichita Falls as
an addition or amendment thereto, and shall be appropriately re-
numbered to conform to the uniform numbering system of the Code.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 3rd day of September 1968.
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MAYOR
ATTEST:
Cit Clerk
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