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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - City Council - Regular - 3/22/1921I P,'f h 22nd , 1921. 0 The City Cdrunission met at a regial:ar session witrl the following present: C.E. l-a.rks, Mayor, Commissionera, L.H. Simpson, Geo. C. Wolfiarth, J.O. Jones and W.S. Posey, R.A. Sowder, City .attorney and i,i.S. Ruby, C�ty Manager. Upon a motion made by Mr. Simpson, seconded by 111r. 'Wolffarth, vote being un- animous, the following minutes were reed anc approved. January Sth, 1921, February �4th and T:iarch 15th. Upon a motion mode by Tier. Simpson, seconded by Mt. Fosey, Mayor Parks action of buying another 200 H.F. Motor for the Light Plant was approved by a unanimous vote. B*TT a motion made by Mr. Poser, seconded by Mr. Jones, Mr. Parks was given the authority to hi- N eed flop when ever he thought it necessary, said motion was passed bT a unanimous vote. By :a motion made by Mr. Posey, seconded b.-7 Mr. Jones the aprlic:�tion for a '.Va.ter Line, t . Southeast part of town, Known is the Rewton eater Line, was ordered pi.t in ---------- by a unanimo,-ts vote By a motion rnacie by isir. Simpson, seconded bT,T :::r. Jones, vote unanimous the followin Ordinance was read an(-' ordered passed. Ordinance T 198. An Ordinance to recuire the destruction ofl,vieeds and other noxious ,rowth on, and the removal of brush, wire, cans -and oth r debris from. all property within the limits of this city; providing for notice to the owner or person in charge of premises with ouch accumulations thereon to destroy or remove the same: fixing a punishment for failure to so destroy or remove; father providing, if='not so re- moved or destroyed within a certain time that a hearing be had by the City Commission to determine if the said rroperty, by the destruction or -removal of such growth, brush, wire, cans or other debris, would be benefitted or increased in value thereby :and, if it is found to be so, that the City Commission ordered such premises to .e cleaned, and if not cleaned within five days from such order that the City cause same to be complied wiht and the costs of such comic liindve be assessed against the said property, and collected as other taxes for the current year, that the expenditure so incurred by tiie City bear interest abd be a lien thereon: and declaring an emergency: BE IT ORI- �.IVED BY TH''. CI'PY COUi:CTL OF THE CT :Y OF LU�POCK, TEXAS. Section 1• No Owner of, or person in charge of, any property within this City shall permit weeds or other noxious growth thereon, nor allow the accumulation of brush wire, cans or other debris on such premises, not permit any of the same to remain thereon. Section 2. That it shall be the duty of the fCit�7 Health Officer of this City, when it shall appear to him, or he shall be advised on credible authority, to file with the City Secretary, in writing, a statement showing the location of such property, the character of acuumul ation mentioned in Section 1 hereof, and the apparent owner or person in char:�e; and immediately the City Secretary shall, in writing, notify such owner, or the owner, or person in charge of such property of the d3ct 6f such complaint being filed in his Office, fixing a day not less than Ten (10) nor more than `Twenty (20) days from such date at which time the City Commission will he-ir the evidence as to whether or not such accumulation on such premises are included in Section 1 of this Ordinance, and Afthe destruction or removal of such will be of pecuniary benifit to such property, and if so, to assess the cost of such destruction or removal as a tax against the said property to be paid as other taxes. Section 3. Upon the day appointed for a hearing in $action 2, the City Shall be re- presented by its City Attorhey, and the owner or rerson in charge may be represented by counsel, whereupon the City Commission shall determine if the accumulations come within the purview of Section 1 hereof, if the removal or destruction would be of financial benifit to such property, and the extent of such benifit, if any, and if so found, then - to pass an order or ,iudgment that the same be cleaned within five days from t~.,.e date of said order, that same not be complied with at the expiration of such time, that the City cause same to be cleaned and that the costs of such cleaning be assessed, as other taxes against the property and be entered on the tax rolls of the current year and be a lien theron, that such costs bear ten per centum interest from the date of such entry on the rolls. Section 4. Any pwner:.or person in charge of any such property, upon prosecution, found to be guilty of violating Section 1 of this Ordinance shall be punished by a fine of not less than hive ($5.00) dollars nor more than One Hundred ($100.00) dollars. Section 5. The fact that the accumulations mentioned in Section 1 of this Ordinance are a.menaceto h-alth and likely to cause or•spread fires, creates an emergency and public necessity that the provision ,f the Charter requiring Ordinances to be read at two several meetings before passage be suspended, and this Ordinance is passed by a unanimous vote on the meeting of its introduction. Duly approved this the 22nd day of March 1921. Attest: J. R. Germany, City Secretary, Lubbock, Texas. City of C.E. Pkrks, Mayor, City of Lubbock, Texas . Approved as to form, R. A. Sowder, City Attorney.