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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 1290 A '7 �3 or-�INArTcE No. / ` o AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO LEVY AN AS9ESST3TT UPON LOTS AND PIECES OF PROPERTY A- BUTTING 15`rH STREET FROM HE INTERSECTION OF THE WB T LIN� OF JONES STRLET TO ITS-i TM, _ Y 0 OSE OFSPAYIF OP WWWOW,THE 00 c ROVj v0T�\0-- THE # ' THEREOF AND FIXING A LIEN ON EACH PARCEL OF SAID PROPERTY TO SECURE THE PANT OF THE P ITT5 A PERSO OLtAAILITY LAND ICLASRTAGAINSTs THE SEVERAL 07MERS OF THE SAID PROPERTY AND PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION AND ENFO-T- tIENT THEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY Thy CITY COUNCIL OF 'A"HE :;IRY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: - UECTICN 1. THAT WHEREAS, the UZY Gour_cil of said City has by resolution ordered the improvement of lath Street from the intersection of the west line of Jones Street to its inter- section of its east line of Commerce Street. f iV in said City by lighting same with electkic lights on ornery rtal standards; and WHEREAS, an estimate of said work and specifications therefore have been filed with the City Council by the City En- gineer and approved by the Council; and WHEREAS, after notice as required by the general laws of the State of Texas, passed by the 36th Legislature, Chapter IX and Ordinances of the said City, full and fair hearing has been granted to the owners of property abutting upon said pro— posed improvement at which hearing all contests to said assess- ments and objections thereto, and the evidence with reference thereto has been fully heard and considered by the Council% and the said Council has determined and adjudged the several amounts which should be assessed against each owner of property and his or her property and has determined and adjudged the equities and rights of the several owners of the property interested; and WHEREAS, the said Council has fully and fairly considered and adjudged the respective benefits accruing to said several owners and their property, by means of said improvements, and has adjudged that in each assessment hereinafter made against the several owners of property herein named and their property, the benefits received by said respective pieces of lots of pro- perty and their owners will exceed the respective amounts as- sessed against the same in each ca3o . NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS; SECTION II. That there shall be and is hereby expressly -assessed against each of the several owners hereinafter named, and. "L. several lots or pieces of property owned by them respectively hereinafter described, abutting on said proposed improvement, the several sums hereinafter mentioned, and said several sums so assessed are hereby declared to be a personal liability which shall be discharged and paid, with interest and penalties, as herein provided, by said several owners, and a lien is hereby declared and fixed upon each of several lots or pieces of ground to secure the payment of the sum assessed against the same, with interest and penalties which may be enforced against said premises and the owners thereof as hereinafter provided; the said owners and the lots or pieces of ground owned by them re- spectively and the amounts of the respective assessments hereby made, against each owner and his property are named, described and fixed as set forth in the attached table. SECTION III. That as said improvement is completed and in opera- tion in front of each piece or parcel of ground, the City gineer shall inspect the sane, and if he shall approve same, he shall certify his said approval to the City Council, which may accept or reject the same. Upon the acceptance of such work in front of any piece or &rctl of gmund by the City Council the amount assessed against the same and the owner thereof as herein provided shall at once become payable by said owner. Said owner may, however, at his option, pay one-fifth of said assess- ment when due in cash, one-fifth on or before one year from the date when the first installment becomes due, one-fifth on or be- fore two years from said date, one-fifth on or before three years from said date and one-fifth on or before four years from said date, with interest on deferred payments from said date until paid at the rate of 7% per annum, with the usual provision for attor- neyfs fees in the event of default, and provision that if default shall be made in the paymentli-f any installment when due, then the whole of said installments shall at once become due and col- lectable* SEC TI OPT IV. That if the amount assessed against any particular piece of land herein described and its owner, shell not be paid within 30 days after becoming due, as specified in the preced- ing section, there shall be added to said sum a penalty of ten per cent (10%) of the amour_t thereof, which shall be secured and collected in the s,3m�. maaincr as ca.il a.ssessmeny�. 5�2'ICR7! t > That Then said improvureir-, :Tali be completed and in operation in front of any parcel cf lard herein mentioned, and shall be approved by the City Enginaer and said Council .as herein provided, if the amount assessed against said parcel_ and the owner thereof shall not be paid 'inme& a*ely. tha City aY- gineer shall at once make out rnd fi.1c •wi_-4h th. (jity Cler'_: '0 the use of the mayor a s'iatement of the expense of the work charged to such owne,-, anu his property, the amount assesoeE against said owner and a fair description of: his property, titi� 'ch description may be by lot, block or plat number, or by refurEnce to the records, or in othar manner which wail sufficiently identi- fy the sane. The said sta.temeiat shall also state the date when the said amount assessed became due, and the amount of penalties thereon, and date when said penalties will accrue, and shall state that intarest is payable upon the a-noumt assessed ac the rate of 7% per atini= from -she date of said statement, znd that the amounts evidenced by said statement arc; payable and saeured by lien on said premises duly fixed by the Ciiy. Said statement or certificate shell also vecite that all legal prerequisites and all things necessary c the validity and enfcrcirility of said assessment and lien upon the said parcel of land, and of the personal liability declared against -she ovmer ihereog, have beeii done end performed in a,ccordmiz e with the general laws of the Staid of Texas as passed by the 38th Legislature, Chapter IY and the Ordinances of the City, which recital shall be prima facie evidence of the truth of the facts so recited, and shall without further evidance be in ^-I1 courts taken and accepted as true. The said statement so prepared by the City Engineer - shall be signed by him and filad with the City Clerk fur the use of the Mayor. Passes znd wpprove6 A— D. 1927. ATTEST: i ,y ecre ar-y- reasra er ORDINANCE No Z - • �� T,tl Filed day of 19 { City Secr