HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 58 ORDINANCE 1P0. 58.
An ordinance amending sections ' )s.
i of ordinance No. 28, passe,' �� 2
entitled "An ordnance pen•-' •
ing of streets and thor-
of Fort Worth, and
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ORDINANCE NO. 5a_
An ordinance amending Sections Nos.2 and 3 of Ordinance
No.28, passed July 9,1907,entitled "An Ordinance providing for
the paving of streets and thoroughfares n the City of Fort Worth,
and prescribing how same shalt be done and the manner of pro-
ce-ure with reference thereto, and providing for the assessor nt
of the expense of such suchl‘!misomme against abutting property owners
and against the owners of street car lines and declaring such
expense to be a lien on abutting property and on such car lines" ,
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so as to reduce the time from ninety days to thirty days within
which property owners in the City of Fort WOrth shall comply with
the order of the Board of Commissioners requiring pavement to
be made in front of abutting property and reducing the time from
ninety days to thirty days aLt er the date of said final order
of the Board of Commissioners requiring such pavement to be
made ,within which,upon disobedience to said order by such abut-
-- ting property .owner, the Heard of Commiesi a*i s- may °i rec t such
improvements to be made and taxi-4s the cost of such improvement
against the property and person of such owner. ,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THF; BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE 'CITY OF
FORT WORTH: -
Section 1 , That Section 2 of Ordinance No.28,pa.ssed by the
Board of Commissioners of t)ie City of Fort Worth on July 9,1207,
entitled"An ordinance providing for the paving of streets and
thoroughfares in the City of Fort Worth, and prescribing how
same :shall be done and the manner of procedure with reference
thereto, and providing for the assessment of the expense of
such work against abutting propeety owners and. against the owners
of street car lines acid declaring such expense . to be a lien On
abutting property and on such car lines, " be and the same is
hereby amended so as to read as follows: "Sec . 2. Then the _
Board of Commissioners shall nave considered the matter as afore-
said and shall have heard and ae 'aermined all the p rotests,i f any,
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and shall have fully determined as aforesaid the necessity for
said _improvement and whether the property will be enhanced in
value and whether in a sum equal to the costs and if not the
extent to which same will be enhanced in value, if at all, then
the said Board�Qshall have power and be authorized if it sees
fit SA 3t� to pass an order directing said property owners
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respectively to construct said improvement in front of their
respective properties within thirty days from said date,specify-
ins the kind of pavement required to be made,and shall give no-
tice to the owner or .his agent either by serving him or his
agent with written notice or by making publication of the order
in the official newspaper of the city once a week for four con-
secutive weeks."
Section 2. Be it further ordained by the Board of Commis-
sioners of the City of Fort Worth that Section 3 of the afore-
said ordinance No.28 be and the same is hereby amended so as
to read as follows: "Sec.3. In the event any property owner at
the expiration of said thirty days from the date of said order
mentioned in Sec .2,shall not have constructed said improvement
in accordance with said order then it shall be in the power of
and shall be the duty of the Board of Commissioners to direct
the City Engineer to construct said improvements or engage some
private contractor to construct the same under the supervision
of the City Engineer and shall have the same constructed in man-
ner and form required by the order and upon so giving said di-
rections shall levj ,asSeSS and tax the cost of constructing said
improvement in front of such property against the said property
and shall declare the sane to be e. lien,Qrd the same shall be
and become a lien upon the said property until such time as the
said owner may pay or cause to be paid the said costs together
with interest thereon, at 10 par cent per annum,payable annually
from date thereof, until payments shall have been made and nast
due interest shall bear interest at 10 per cent per annum and
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the said indebtedness shall then and thereafter be and consti-
tute a valid indebtedness against the owner of said property
and shall be subject to suit in any court having jurisdiction
thereof,and said lien shall be and remain in force and be sub-
ject to Foreclosure in any court having jurisdiction thereof."
section 3. That this rrdinance take effect and be in force
from and after its passage and publication as required by law.
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hereby certify that the above and foregoing ordinanee was pres-
ented and unanimdusly passed by the Roard of Commissioners of the city
of Fort Worth, at a session held,February 18th, 1908.
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