Ord 2420 6/4/1968 •
ORDINANCE NO.
ORDINANCE CLOSING HEARING AND FINDING CERTAIN BUILDINGS AND/OR STRUC-
TURES TO BE DANGEROUS; COMMANDING PROPERTY OWNTERS TO REPAIR, VACATE,
OR DEMOLISH SAID BUILDING AND/OR. STRUCTURE WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS OF
TI-IE DATE OF MS 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
R. J. Treadway 104 Brook
Donald Blevins 1308 Third.
Mildred J. Estman 1105 Third
Mrs. N. B. Jamison Estate 802 Second
Richard Pink 511 Seventh
Ruble T. Johnson 507 Seventh
W. B. Marks 505 Seventh
Ralph Hines 1201 Tenth
Pat McBroom 1009 17th
I. N. Carlis 721 Ohio
A. A. Mcllhearn 713 Ohio
Beatrice Levine 711 Ohio
I. N. Carlis 707 Ohio
. Lewis Bergolowsky 709 Ohio
S. N. Weinstein 118 Indiana
G. L. Parks 201 Indiana
Montague Cattle Company 200 Lamar
0. R. Huffington 1201 Burnett
Mary T. Wilde Estate 511 Burnett
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WHEREAS, such property owners have not complied with the
directive of the Building Inspector within the sixty days alotted
in Ordinance No. 2388; and,
WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen passed and approved Resolution
No. 817 on May 21, 1968, which resolution set the date of June 4,
1968, at 7:30 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,
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 4th day of June, 1968,
7:30 P.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 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 herein enumerated or not, be and the same are hereby, overruled.
From the evidence presented in the aforementioned Public Hear-
ing by the property owners appearing and the Building Inspector of
the City of Wichita Falls, the building and/or structure at the loca-
tion 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 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
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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.
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 renumbered to conform to the uni-
form numbering system of the Code.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 4th day of June, 1968.
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MAYOR
ATTEST:
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City Clerk