HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 274-1924 - Repealing ETC. Improvement Of Broadway Street. - 12/11/1924ORDINANCE Jl~.. . -'•
ORD.lNAlreE REPEALING• 'cANCELLING AliiD ADVLLDG ALL PROCEEDINGS ImRETO.
FORE TAKEB AliD RA.!) '~I'l'H BE!I:EREB'CIC TO THE IMPROVEME NT OF THE HEtmlllBELOW
DN'l'IOlmD PORTIONS Olt' BROADWAY STlU~ET .Ulf) J' :ri!OLARING A.N ~GERCT. , '
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WR.fl.'REAS• the ei ty of' Lubbock baa her.etof'ore order e d th'l t. the hereinbelow
mentJ.,om 4 portiona of' Broadway Stree-t.. among other streeta ancl places
1n the said city, be improved by raising~ ~ding, nnd f'illins'ame.
and by paving. a nd b-y installing curlls and gutt-ers* and eontract for
the making and co nstnct-ion-of' su.ch improvements was made and enteret
into wi tll· P a nhandle Construction CmnpaJ27~ and after due notice asseBB•
ments were l evied• such portions of Broadway Strent b d .ng a s follows&
to-witt
Broadway Stre~t~ ~ ita interaeetion with the Ea st prop erty
line of Avenue P to its intersection with the Eest pron erty line o£
Avenue U, kno'F'n a nd de s i gna ted as District· or Unit No. 2A ..
Broadway Stre P.t, from its intersection with the Eas t propert7 line of
Avenue U to its intersection with the East property 11ne of Avenue
Y, known and d es i &~~ted as District or Unit No. 3. a nd,
WHEREAS, it is i mp ractica ble at this time to preceed with the
improvement of the hereinabove specifically mentioned portions o£
~roadw~· Street upon the plan heretofore ~rovided; and,
WHEREAS, before insti t.uting a.nother plaj of' improvement it is necesaa.17
that proceedings heretofore ~ken and bad be cancelled and annulled,
and the present condition of such streets endangers health and safety.
and such facta constitut0 a nd create an emergency and an urgent public
necessit-y requ5.ring th3.t the rules and charter provisions providing
fo~ erdina nces to be read more than onoe 6r at more than one meeting
be suspended, and r cquting tha t t h is ordi~ae be p a ssed as an4 t a ke
effect as an emerge ncy mea sure; and•
WJmREAS,. the said Panhandle Constructip.)l Company has consented to
the cancell~tion of the said contf!ac\ in so tar., but only in so tar, aJ
same embraces and affects the said spedlfically me nticred portions ot
Broadway Street;
TKEBEFORE BE IT OHDAilmD BY THE CITY CCIIJ!ISSION OF THE C Ifi OF
WBBOCX, it.EXAS: THAT,
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~l ordinances, resolution$, and any and all other pr~eedin~ hereto~
fore p a ssed, ado p t e d, o r t uken. b the City of Lubboc~. or its govern•
1ng body, with reference to the improvement of the said portions ot
Broadway Stree t, exc ept i n ao tar as s~e may relat e to the construe•
t~on of' storm. s ewe r s , b e and the same are hereby. in so f"o:tr, 'but only
in so f a r, a s t he:r relate t-o the improvement of th<~ aa.id specifically
mentioned p~rti o ns of B ro ~dway Stre et otherwise than by the construction or storm sewe rs, uh c l l b e a nd the same are hereby e~ncelled, repealed
and annulled. and particula rly all assessments levied ag{,linst any
property abutting t.p on such portions ot said s-tre t:t for the im-
provement of such portions. and against the owners of such property~
shall 'be and the s ame ar~ hereby cancelled• and annulled.
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That the contra ct of Pant.ae.ndle Construetion Company for the making
and construction of' improvements on s~id portions of st:reeto is hereby
cancelled insofar,. but rJ nly in so ~ar, as same relates to the making
and construction of improvements other tha n ntor.m se~ere on said speci•
fically mentioned portions of Broadway Street.
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the facts a bove recited constitute and ere ~te au emergency a nd an
imperative p ul>l1c necessity requiring that the rules end charter provi•
siona providing for ordinance ~-o be read more than cne time or at more
than one m e e tin g ~ suspended. and that this ordinance be Pl&Sed as ad
emergency me a sure . and such rules and provisior1a tt :.-e accordingly suspend•
e d and this ordina nce iB passed as and shall take effect as _ e.n emergency
measure , a n d. shall be in :fUll force and ef'fect itr..rr4ediately f:rom and
afte r ita p ~s aage .
Passed and approved this 11th day of December, A.D. 1924.
Attest& ;r •. R.Germa.ny, City Secreta l"f:R.?riEIIl' Jla yor, City cf Lubbock,Texaa.
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