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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 54 ti ti ORT)T-A CF '10. S4#_. Aa ordinance re utring the' bracing or removal of buildings, shedt3, awni•j�:s,func :a, walla +;.nd ot'ier s .ructures .•Ithin the cor- ;:f r -tW 11-1ts of th,; City of Port 'wnrth,whose condition is dangerous to r o zs and property, anf: provi4ing for notice to the owners or o -;,,,. .,, of r us sea=ant of the cost thereof,fixing penalties f •r thr viol tion of this ordinance and repealing section:. 8rd',85 ,660,t��U am 862 of Chapter 2 of Title 8 of the R v .sed )r- dinanee.3 •,f th•� Cit; of Fort forth as compiled b?- `"^:. D. '111L.�Uns Land Thor- .s - all,and also repealing ordinance `Jo.33, pa sad bs f Vio A 1' Co o i.+rs July 15 h,1907,an ° all other ordinances in cons. L of herc-i-It` . IT O"' AI—ET) 17f :'''r TV AR 0 C It I TS 1,10 'L.R9 On ""sR CI rY 0'' FORT ,.f)Rt'��• - 3�:c tian 1. That Vh :n .vPr an3, building , house,f -nc:: , shed, nwni kg�:r la, or other structure; liike or unli .e, or any p:xrt thereof, , I ths : the corp•srat•l� lgmite of th City of Fort 'orth,from an77 cause hatev , is or bf�com-.s 1-. a condition where scone is Li e.L:, or li- able to full wid thereby endan: , .r persons or proparty,it shall be the dut..- ,,,: the owner or his or her agent o, the occupant of th, premises vht.r.on sam-i stands, upon Yrittan notice from the Ci'•,.- Engineor or the,- R -r-4rd. or' Commissi oners of th..; City of Fort 'orth, to brace =nd adefl .atoi. support, or to take down and remove,acco—'- ing as the Oise may re luire, such dangerous building, hot .- :, P :r)e.•, shed, ,av+'ni-i -, !ill or othf ^ s oructure, or part thereof,and pi t V1•. premises °ere standing II a ._•:f-�,..anitary and co,an(i condition. Section 2. Th.: no'.iec h .reinabove mentioned shall bri•=t;�, do- scrib t,11c p f emi a:i F-, .t�1fi th.: tri c Lure or wart theraoi -o eoudemaed. in sus 1 ,a rYI f .;.I i? ant+P'r sFi* e,and may be sE-rvs,d iapo•. the nor or hi3 agent nr unor-, th- r,ccurant ul' the premises by the Cit., Et •;i- ' :eLr, hls o- any police o1flc-.r orb 1 viog sucl-. notic, at the - sidenc ,r ?Lacp of h�.al ,Q .s oP Bitch o ner•, agent or .:•ccia- -� C; r �4 -2- pant;and such person shall begin to b race,.�support or take down and remove, according as conditions may require,within twenty-four hours from the time said notice is served. Section 3. If after the expiration of twenty-four hours from and after the service of notice asaforesaid,said owns r,agent or occupant should fail,ref'use or neglect to take down and remove, or trace and adequately support,said dangerous structure or part thereof, and place said premises in a safe sound and sanitary con- dition, then it shall be and is hereby made the duty of the Board of Commissioners to have said structure dismantled,taken down and removed, or braced and adequately supported, as conditions may re- quire, and said premises made safe and secure to persons and prop- erty, and the reasonable expense of such work shall be assessed against the owner of said property and be and become a personal liability against him, and, where not contaary to law, fixed as a lien against the land whereon said structure was standing, and such expense may be recovered and the lien foreclosed,either one or bmth in any oourt of competent jurisdiction. Section 4. In the event that any structure or part thereof mentioned and defined in Section 1 hereof is in such imminent and immediate peril of falling down, toppling over or collapsing,that to await a period of twenty-four hours from and after ser- vice of notice as provided for in Section 2 hereof would enadnger life or property, then said notice shall require immediate action the and ^prescribed twenty-four hours dispensed with, and on failure or refusal of such owner,agent or occupant immediately to begin compliance with said notioekand comply ti erewfth then said Board of Commissioners shall at once proceed in like manner and way as provided for in Section 3 herein. Section 5. The Commissioner of Streets and Public Grounds, the Commissioner of Fire and Police, the City Engineer or his as- sistant, the Chief of Police,the Chief of the Fire Department, or any police officer, of the City of Fort Worth under his or their -3- direction,shall have the right, authoritOand power to enter upon, inspect and examine any structure,and the premises whereon same is standing, within the corporate limits of the City of Fort Worth, which is a menace to life and limb or to property. Section 6. Any owner or agent of such condemned building,house, fence,shed, awning, wall or other structure,as defined in Section 1 hereof,who shall fail,refuse or neglect to comply with said no- tice so served on him, within the time specified in the notice as prescribed in this ordinance, and any person who shall prevent or seek to prevent or resist the inspection of dangerous premises by any duly authorized officer of the City of Fort Worth, as pre- scribed in this ordinance,shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than Ten Dol- lars and no more than Fifty Dollars,and every day during which this ordinance or any part thereof is violated shall be deemed a separ- ate and distinct offense and punishable as such. Section 7 . All ordinances and parts thersof,Ordinance No.33 passed by the Board of Commissioners on July 15,1907,and Sections 658,859,660,881 and 862 of Chapter 2 of Title 8 of Revised Civil Ordinances of the City of Fort Worth as compiled by Wm. D.Williams and T.J.Powell be and the same are hereby repealed. Section 8. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication as required b y law. I hereby certfy that the above and foregoing ordinance was pres- ented and unanimously passed bybthe Board of Commissicners of the City of Fort Worth, at a session held-, 'December 3rd, Ic)07. • @ITY SECRETARY.