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ORDINANCE NO. 9769
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 24 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES
OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS, WITH REGARD TO ASSIGNMENT OF
STREET ADDRESSES WITHIN THE CITY OF LUBBOCK; PROVIDING FOR APPEAL
OF STREET ADDRESS DECISIONS TO THE BUILDING BOARD OF APPEALS;
PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.
WHEREAS, the U.S. Post Office has requested that the City of Lubbock alter its
current method of assigning street addresses to conform to new computer programming in
use by the U.S. Post Office; and
WHEREAS, the appeal of street address decisions should be consistent with other
similar appeals from decisions of the City Building Official to the Building Board of
Appeals; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lubbock deems it to be in the best
interests of the citizens of the City of Lubbock to make such change in the method of
assigning street addresses as has been requested and to provide for appeals on street address
decisions to the Building Board of Appeals; NOW THEREFORE:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION 1. THAT Section 24-4 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Lubbock, Texas,
is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 24-4. Same --Determined by Building Official; method used.
The building officials shall determine the official street numbers by
designating numerical numbers for each platted lot along any street, avenue or
boulevard except where the property is platted into lots or tracts with a frontage
abutting said street, avenue or boulevard in excess of seventy-five (75) feet, then in
such event the building official shall allocate one numerical address for each twenty-
five (25) feet of frontage or major portion thereof. Where duplex houses, apartments
or multiple business fronts and/or buildings are erected on any one lot, each
individual unit, business front or building shall be designated with a unique number
or street address. Also, each apartment building within a complex (multiple
buildings) may be designated with a separate number.
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SECTION 2. THAT Section 2/-5 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Lubbock,
Texas, shall be repealed and deleted from the Code of Ordinances of the City of Lubbock.
SECTION 3. THAT Section 24-6 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Lubbock, Texas,
is hereby amended to read as follows:
See. 24-6. Same --Appeal from decision of Building Official.
Should the owner of any building which has been assigned a street address
number by the building official object to such number and the decision of the building
official, such owner may, at any time within thirty (30) days from and after the date
when such number was designated, have the right to appeal to the City of Lubbock
Building Board of Appeals by giving written notice to the Board within such time
period. Such written notice shall clearly and fully set forth the number designated,
together with the objections of the party appealing from the decision of the building
official. The Board shall hear and determine whether such address number was
correctly issued by the building official, according to this Code. Such decision of the
Board shall be final and binding.
SECTION 4. THAT should any paragraph, section, sentence, phrase, clause or word
of this Ordinance be declared unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, the remainder of this
Ordinance shall not be affected thereby.
SECTION 5. THAT the City Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to cause
publication of the descriptive caption of this Ordinance as an alternative method of
publication provided by law.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
Passed by the City Council on first r ing this th day of�Dece er 1994.
Passed by the City Council on seco reading this 12th d ar ,
VID R. LANGS fON, MAYI�R
ATTEST:
nson, ity Secretary Betty M. �Toh
APPROVED A/S' TO CONTENT:
Maxarza, Building Official
VED AS TO FORM:
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G. Vandiver, First Assistant City Attorney
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November 28, 1994
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THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY PF-4,UIJBOCK
Before me aINTot y Public in and for Lubbock County, Texas on this day
personally appearedr of the Southwestern Newspa-
pers Corporation, publishers of the Lubbock Avalanche -Journal — Morning, and Sunday, who being by me duly
sworn did depose and say that laid newspapeos been published continuously for more than fifty-two weeks pri-
or to the first insertion of this �! r� 'C G
o. d at Lubbock County, Texas and the attached print-
ed copy of the 'r ) � � is a true copy of the ori ipl and was printed in the Lubbock
Avalanche-Jou n the following date yl L—
1 NOTARY PUBLIC in and for the State of Texas
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My Commission Expires ..................
LUBBOCK AVALANCHE -JOURNAL
Southwestern Newspaper Corporation
Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of �-=� "1 +�� ►' —19
SECOND READING
ORDINANCES PATTI TfA�-,rE
ORDINANCE NO.9767 �+.' _ � 11 Notary PUbIIC. St :° of IeXaS
FORM 58.10 '+
AN ORDINANCE ABANDON- �'w�i' My commas -on Expires 6.30.96 l�
ING AND CLOSING PORTIONS
FOR GROVER AVENUE LOCAT-
ED IN THE SPUR 327 BUSINESS
PARK ADDITION TO THE CITY
OF LUBBOCK, LUBBOCK COUN-
TY, TEXAS, AND MORE PARTIC-
ULARLY DESCRIBED IN THE
BODY OF THIS ORDINANCE; DI-
RECTING THE CITY ENGINEER
TO MARK THE OFFICIAL MAPS
OF THE CITY TO REFLECT
SAID ABANDONMENT AND
CLOSING; PROVIDING A SAV-
INGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING
FOR PUBLICATION.
ORDINANCE NO. 9768
AN ORDINANCE ABANDOW
ING AND CLOSING PORTIONS
OF 66TH STREET LOCATED IN
THE SPUR 327 BUSINESS PARK
ADDITION TO THE CITY OF
LUBBOCK' LUBBOCK COUNTY,
TEXAS, AND MORE PARTICU-
LARLY DESCRIBED IN THE
BODYOFTHI SORDINANCE; DI-
RECTINGTHE CITY ENGINEER
TO MARK THE OFFICIAL MAPS
OF THE CITY TO REFLECT
SAID ABANDONMENT AND
CLOSING; PROVIDING A SAV-
INGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING
FOR PUBLICATION.
ORDINANCE NO. 9769
AN ORDINANCE AMEND-
ING CHAPTER 24 OF THE CODE
OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY
OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS, WITH RE-
GARD TO ASSIGNMENT OF
STREET ADDRESSES WITHIN
THE CITY OF LUBBOCK; PRO-
V I DI NG FOR APPEAL OF
STREET ADDRESS DECISIONS
TO THE BUILDING BOARD OF
APPEALS; PROVIDING A SAV-
INGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING
FOR PUBLICATION.
ORDINANCE NO.9770
AN ORDINANCE AMEND-
ING CHAPTER 2 OF THE CODE
OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY
OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS, WITH RE-
GARD TO APPOINTMENT OF
MEMBERS OF THE FIREMEN'S
AND POLICEMEN'S CIVIL SER-
VICECOMMISSION; PROVIDING
A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PRO-
VIDING FOR PUBLICATION.
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