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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 4399 OFFICIAL RECORD ORDINANCE NO. CITY SECRETARY ORDINANCE CLOSING HEARING AND LEVYING ASSESSMENTS FOR PART FT. WORTH, TEX, OF THE COSTS OF IMPROVING A PORTION OF EDGECLIFF ROAD AND PUBLIC PLACES, IN THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, FIXING CHARGES AND LIENS AGAINST PROPERTY ABUTTING THEREON, AND AGAINST THE OWNERS THEREOF, PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION OF SUCH ASSESSMENTS AND THE ISSUANCE OF ASSIGNABLE CERTIFI- CATES IN EVIDENCE THEREOF, AND RESERVING UNTO THE CITY COUNCIL THE RIGHT TO ISSUE CREDITS AGAINST THE AFOREMENTIONED ASSESSMENTS SHOULD IT DEEM IT APPROPRIATE TO DO SO, SAID CREDITS, IF ANY, THEREBY REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF THE RESPECTIVE ASSESSMENT TO THE EXTENT OF ANY CREDIT GRANTED AGAINST A RESPECTIVE ASSESSMENT FOR WHICH NET AMOUNT THE ASSIGNABLE CERTIFICATES IN EVIDENCE THEREOF SHALL BE ISSUED. WHEREAS, the City of Fort Worth, Texas, has heretofore ordered that each of the hereinafter described portions of streets, avenues and public places in the City of Fort Worth, Texas, be improved by raising, grading and filling same and by constructing thereon a six-inch hot-mix asphaltic concrete pavement, together with combined concrete curbs and gutters on proper grade and line where same are not already so constructed, together with storm sewers and drains and other necessary incidentals and appurtenances; all of said improvements are to be constructed as and where shown on the Plans and in strict accordance with the Plans and Specifications therefor; and contract has been made and entered into with General Construction Company for the making and construction of such improve- ments; said portions of streets, avenues and public places being as follows, to-wit: EDGECLIFF ROAD: From the west line of Westcreek Drive to the east line of Wellview Road and, WHEREAS, estimates of the cost of the improvements on each such por- tion of street, avenue and public place were prepared and filed and approved and adopted by the City Council of the City, and a time and place was fixed for a hearing to the owners of abutting property, and to all others in anywise interested, and due and proper notice of the time, place and purpose of said hearing was given and said he ng was had and held at the time and place fixed therefor., to-wit, on the If t day of /✓o ve n , 1960, at !? oo o'clock, __Az _M., in the Council Chamber in the City Hall in the City of Fort Worth, Texas, and at such hearing the following protests and objections were made, to-wit: _protested that zrotested that protested that -1- r s protested that Protested that protested that protested that protested that protested that �srotested that xtrateated that •2• and said hearing was continued to the present time in order to more fully accomplish the purposes thereof, and all desiring to be heard were given full and fair opportunity to be heard, and the City Council of the City having fully considered all proper matters, is of the opinion that the said hearing should be closed and assessments should be made and levied as herein ordered; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, THAT: I. Said hearing be, and the same is hereby, closed and the said protests and objections, and any and all other protests and objections, whether herein enumerated or not, be and the same are hereb-r, overruled. II. The City Council, from the evidence, finds that the assessments herein levied should be made and levied against the respective parcels of property abutt- ing upon the said portions of streets, avenues and public places and against the owners of such property, and that such assessments and charges are right and proper and are substantially in proportion to the benefits to the respective parcels of property by means of the improvements in the unit for which such assessments are levied, and establish substantial justice and equality and uniformity between the respective owners of the respective properties, and between all patties concerned, considering the benefits received and burdens imposed, and further finds further that in each case the abutting property assessed is specially benefited in enhanced value to the said property by means of the said improvements in the unit upon which the particular property abuts and for which assessment is levied and charge made, in a sum in excess of the said assessment and charge made against the same by this ordinance, and further finds that the apportionment of the cost of the improvements is in accordance with the law in force in this City, and the proceedings of the City heretofore had with reference to said improvements, and is in all respects valid and regular. III. There shall be, and is hereby, levied and assessed against the parcels of property hereinbelow mentioned, and against the real and true owners thereof (whether such owners be correctly named herein or not), the sums of money below mentioned and itemized shown opposite the description of the respective parcels of property and the several amounts assessed against the same, and the owners thereof, as far as such owners are known, being as follows: -3- Where more than one person, form or corporation ohms an interest in any property above described, each said person, firm or corporation shall be personally liable only for its, his or her pro rata of the total assessment against such property in proportion as its, his or her respective interest bears to the total ownership of such property, and its, his or her respective interest in such property may be released from the assessment lien upon payment of such proportionate sum. V. The several sums above mentioned and assessed against the said parcels of property, and the owners thereof, and interest thereon at the rate of six per cent (6%) Der annum, together with reasonable attorneys' fees and costs of collection, if incurred, are hereby declared to be and are made a lien upon the respective parcels of property against which the same are assessed, and a personal liability and charge against the real and true owners of such property, whether such owners be correctly named herein or not, and the said liens shall be and constitute the first enforceable lien and claim against the property on which such assessments are levied, and shall be a first and paramount lien thereon, superior to all other liens and claims, except State, County, School District and City ad valorem taxes. The sums so assessed against the abutting property and the owners thereof shall be and become due and payable as follows, to-wit: in five (5) equal installments, due respectively on or before twenty (20) days, one (1), two (2), three (3) and four (4) years from the date of completion and acceptance of the improvements in the respective unit, and the assessments against the property abutting upon the remaining units shall be and become due and payable in such installments after the date of the completion and aceentance of such respective units, and shall bear interest from said date at the rate of six per cent (6%) per annum, payable annually with each installment, except as to the first installment, which shall be due and payable at the maturity thereof, so that upon the completion and acceptance of the improvements in a particular unit, assessments against the nronerty abutting upon such completed and accepted unit shall be and become due and payable in such installments, and with interest from the date of such completion and acceptance. Provided, however, that any owner shall have the right to pay the entire assessment, or any installment thereof, before maturity by payment of principal and accrued interest, and provided further that if default shall be made in the payment of any installment of principal or interest promptly as the same matures, then the entire amount of the assessment upon which such default is made, shall, at the option of said General Construction Company, or its assigns, be and become immediately due and payable, and shall be collectible, together with reasonable attorneys' fees and costs of collection, if incurred. VI. If default shall be made in the payment of any assessment, collection thereof shall be enforced either by the sale of the property by the Assessor and Collector of Taxes of said City as near as possible in the manner provided for the sale of pronerty for the nonpayment of ad valorem taxes, or, at the option of the Contractor, or its assigns, payment of said sums shall be enforced by suit in any court or competent jurisdiction, and said City shall exercise all of its lawful po;,ers to aid in the enforcement and collection of said assessments. -4- VII. The City of Fort Worth, Texas, shall not in any manner be liable for payment of the sums hereby assessed against any property or the owners thereof, but the said General Construction Company, or its assigns, shall look solely to such property and the owners thereof for the payment of such assess- ments, but the City of Fort Worth, Texas, shall exercise all. of its lawful powers to aid in the enforcement and collection of said liens and sans and personal obligations. VIII. The total amount assessed against the respective parcels of abutting property, and the owners thereof, is in accordance with the proceed- ings of the City relating to said improvements and assessments therefor, and is less than the proportion of the cost allowed and permitted by the law in force in the City. IX. Although the aforementioned charges have been fixed, levied and assessed in the respective amounts hereinabove stated, the City Council does hereby reserve unto itself the right to reduce the aforementioned assessments by allowing credits to certain property owners where: (1) curb and/or gutter or paving presently exists, (2) property in commercially zoned areas is occupied by owner as his residence (this credit to be such that the maximum cost to the property owner per front foot, after allowing such credit, shall not exceed $ (o. 75 per front foot for curb, gutter and paving, (3) property abuts on the street to be improved, but actually fronts on another street (this credit to be such that the cost of the property owner, after allowing such credit, shall not exceed the amount of the assessment against a residential lot which fronts 100 feet on the street to be improved), Notwithstanding the City Council has herein reserved the right to issue credits as hereinabove provided, it shall not be required to issue such credits, and will not do so, if same would result in any inequity and/or unjust discrimination. The principal amount of each of the several assessment certificates to be issued the Contractor by the City of Fort Worth, Texas, as hereinafter provided, shall be fixed and determined by deducting from the amount of any assessment hereinabove levied such amount or amounts, if any, as may hereinafter be allowed by the City Council as a credit against the respective assessment; and when the improvements have been completed by the Contractor, the City Council shall pass the necessary ordinance accepting the improvements. This ordinance will also set out the amount of the respective assessments, the credits, if any, and the principal amount for which the respective certificates of special assessment shall be issued. X. For the purpose of evidencing the several sums assessed against the respective parcels of abutting property and the owners thereof, and the time and terms of payment, and to aid in the enforcement and collection thereof, assigna- ble certificates in the principal amount of the respective assessments less the amount of any respective credit allowed thereon, shall be issued by the City of Fort Worth, Texas, upon completion and acceptance by the City of the improvements in each unit of improvement as the work in such unit is completed and accepted, which certificates shall be executed by the Mayor in the name of the City and attested by the City Secretary, with the corporate seal of the City impressed i -5- or thereon, and shall be payable to the said General Construction Company, e€ its assigns, and shall declare the said amounts, time and terms of payment, rate of interest, and the date of completion and acceptance of the improvements abutting upon such oroDerty for which the certificate is issued, and shall contain the name of the owner or owners, if known, description of the property by lot and block number, or front feet thereof, or such other description as may otherwise identify the same; and if the said property shall be owned by an estate, then the description of same as so owned shall be sufficient, or if the name of the owner be unknown, then to so state will be sufficient, and no error or mistake in describing any property, or in giving the name of the owner, shall invalidate or in anywise impair such certificate, or the assessments levied. The certificates shall provide substantially that if same shall not be paid promptly upon maturity, then they shall be collectible, with reasonable attorneys' fees and costs of collection, if incurred, and shall provide sub- stantially that the amounts evidenced thereby may be paid to the Assessor and Collector of Taxes of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, who shall issue his receipt therefor, which shall be evidence of such payment on any demand for the same, and the Assessor and Collector of taxes shall deposit the sums so received by him forthwith with the City Treasurer to be kept and held by him in a separate fund, hereby designated as GE14ERAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY STREET IMPROVEMENT FUND, and when any payment shall be made to the Assessor and Collector of Taxes upon such certificate he shall, upon presentation to him of the certificate by the Contractor, or other holder thereof, endorse said payment thereon, and the Contractor, or other holder of such certificate shall be entitled to receive from the City Treasurer the amount paid upon presentation to him of such certificate so endorsed and credited; and such endorsement and credit shall be the Treasurer's Warrant for making such payment, Such payments by the Treasurer shall be receipted for by the holder of such certificate in writing and b�, surrender thereof when the princi- pal, together with accrued interest and all costs of collection and reasonable attorneys' fees, if incurred, have been paid in full. Said certificates shall further recite substantially that the proceed- ings with reference to making the improvements have been regularly had in compliance with the law, and that all prerequisites to the fixing of the assessment lien against the property described in such certificate and the personal liability of the owners thereof have been performed, and such recitals shall be prima facie evidence of all the matters recited in such certificates, and no further proof thereof shall be required in any court. Said certificates may have coupons attached thereto in evidence of each or any of the several installments thereof, or may have coupons for each of the first four installments, leaving the main certificate to serve for the fifth in- stallment, which coupons may be payable either to General Construction Company, or its assigns, or to the bearer, and may be signed with the facsimile signatures of the Mayor and City Secretary. Said certificates shall further recite that the City of Fort Worth, Texas, shall exercise all of its lawful powers, when requested so to do, to aid in the enforcement and collection thereof, and may contain recitals substantially in accordance with the above and other additional recitals pertinent or appropriate thereto; and it shall not be necessary that the recitals be in the exact form above set forth, but the substance thereof shall be sufficient. The fact that such im- provements may be omitted on any portion of any of said units adjacent to any premises exempt from the lien of such assessments shall not in anywise invalidate, affect or impair the lien of such assessments upon other premises. XI. Full power to make and levy reassessments and to correct mistakes, errors, invalidities or irregularities, either in the assessments or in the certificates issued in evidence thereof, is, in accordance with the law in force in this City, vested in the City. XII. All assessments levied are a personal liability and charge against the real and true owners of the premises described, notwithstanding such owners may not be named, or may be incorrectly named. -6- XIII. The assessments so levied are for the improvements in the particular unit upon which the property described abuts, and the assessments for the improve- ments in any unit are in nowise affected by the improvements or assessments in any other unit, and in making assessments and in holding; said hearing, the amounts assessed for improvements in any one unit have been in nowise connected with the improvements or the assessments therefor in any other unit. XIV. The assessments levied are made and levied under and by virtue of the terms, powers and provisions of an Act passed at the First Called Session of the Fortieth Legislature of the State of Texas, known as Chapter 106 of the Acts of said Session and now shown as Article 1105b of Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, which Act has been adopted as an amendment to and made part of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth, Texas. IV. This ordinance shall take effect from and after the date of its passage. PASSED ATID APPROVED this�day of &o v' in e r ,1960. APPROVED AS TO FORT' AND LEGALITY: r City At orney -7- x E, w O 'n N p O Z � O ti pNO+ 0�p F E-; 19 P. .7 � N x n o a- s o o v. w w � r9 Wo w H 2 E p p W ~ 9 O aD W M 0 MCA -p* f� N ri I MHO El ro� �raEw '��'� w cq a `^ 10 N ch ri U w6c� 0.1 W IJ U g a � U Q W� m rl p U O H W C EW R, ¢ • W q UN 0 cZc4,� rpCp� r01 �. • M +� a: c c cv ua x m U E �+ m w +� a x is a G _ H V m ho K y E w S C] U