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<br />e <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />/(, ~ b <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. 1686 <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE DECLARING THE BUILDING LOCATED ON LOT 9-12 <br />, BLOCK 79 . <br />TOWN OF LA PORTE, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, TO BE IN FACT A <br />NUISANCE; ORDERING SUCH BUILDING CONDEMNED; FINDING THAT <br />Elizabeth V. Weems IS THE RECORD <br />OWNER OF~ SAID PROPERTY; ORDERING THE SAID OWNER TO <br />ENTIRELY REMOVE OR TEAR DOWN SUCH BUILDING; ORDERING THE <br />SAID OWNER TO COMMENCE SAID REMOVAL OR DEMOLITION WITHIN <br />TEN (lO) DAYS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE; <br />ORDERING THE BOARD OF INSPECTION TO PLACE A NOTICE ON <br />SAID BUILDING; ORDERING THE CITY SECRETARY TO FORWARD A <br />COPY OF THIS ORDINANCE TO SAID OWNER; PROVIDING FOR THE <br />REMOVAL BY SAID OWNER IN THE MANNER PROVIDED HEREIN; <br />PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF; AND FINDING <br />COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of La Porte, <br /> <br />passed and approved Sections 8-l1S through 8-126 of the <br /> <br />Code of Ordinances of the City of La Porte, creating a <br /> <br />Board of Inspection to be composed of the Building <br /> <br />Inspector or his duly authorized representative, and the <br /> <br />Fire Marshal or his duly authorized representative; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Section 8-1I8(a) of said Sections provide <br />, <br /> <br />that: <br /> <br />Whenever it shall corne to the attention of <br />the Board of Inspection or any member thereof, by <br />reason of the carrying out of the necessary duties <br />of such member, or by reason of a complaint of any <br />citizen of the City or of the City Council, that a <br />dangerous building exists, the Board shall, within <br />twenty-four (24) hours of the receipt of said <br />complaint, make a thorough inspection of said <br />alleged dangerous building;"and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Sectiorr 8-1I8(c) provides that: <br /> <br />After the inspection provided for in this <br />Section has been made, with or without the aid of <br />experts, the Board shall immediately report its <br />"" conclusion" in writing to each of the members of <br />the City Council and to the City Attorney. Such <br />report shall state the circumstances and the <br />"condition o~ the buil~ing upon which such <br />conclusion was bas~d. The report shal~ be filed <br />in all cases no matter what conclusion is stated <br />by the Board; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, it has heretofore corne to th~ attention of <br /> <br />the Board of Inspection that the <br /> <br />building located <br /> <br />on <br /> <br />Lot 9-l2: Block 79:" Town of La Porte <br />