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ORDINANCE NO. 2016-3642 <br />AN ORDINANCE DECLARING THE COMMERICAL BUILDING LOCATED AT LOTS <br />FIVE (5) AND SIX (6), BLOCK 1373, TOWN OF LA PORTE, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS <br />MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS 2511 S. BROADWAY ST. TO BE IN FACT A NUISANCE; <br />ORDERING SUCH BUILDING CONDEMNED; FINDING THAT J.M. WELCH, MIKE <br />AARSCOTT, AND JOANN WELCH ARE THE RECORD OWNERS OF SAID PROPERTY; <br />ORDERING THE SAID OWNERS TO ENTIRELY REMOVE OR TEAR DOWN SUCH <br />BUILDING; ORDERING THE SAID OWNERS TO COMMENCE SAID REMOVAL OR <br />DEMOLITION WITHIN TEN (10) DAYS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS <br />ORDINANCE; AND TO COMPLETE SAID REMOVAL OR DEMOLITION WITHIN FORTY- <br />FIVE (45) DAYS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE; ORDERING THE <br />DANGEROUS BUILDING INSPECTION BOARD TO PLACE A NOTICE ON SAID <br />BUILDING; ORDERING THE CITY SECRETARY TO FORWARD A COPY OF THIS <br />ORDINANCE TO SAID OWNER; PROVIDING FOR THE REMOVAL OF SAID BUILDING) <br />BY THE CITY OF LA PORTE IF NOT REMOVED BY SAID OWNERS IN THE MANNER <br />PROVIDED HEREIN; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF; AND FINDING <br />COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW. <br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of La Porte, passed and approved Section 82-472 <br />of the Code of Ordinances, creating a Dangerous Building Inspection Board (the Board to be <br />composed of the Building Official or his duly authorized representative, the Fire Chief or his duly <br />authorized representative, the Fire Marshal or his duly authorized representative; and <br />WHEREAS, Section 82-474 (a) provides that: <br />Whenever it shall come to the attention of the Board or any member thereof, by reason of <br />the carrying out of the necessary duties of such member, or by reason of a complaint of any citizen <br />of the City or of the City Council, that a dangerous building exists, the Board shall make a thorough <br />inspection of such building(s); and <br />WHEREAS, Section 82-474 (e) provides that: <br />After the inspection provided for in this Section has been made, with or without the aid of <br />experts, the Board shall report its conclusion in writing to each of the members of the City Council <br />and to the City Attorney. Such report shall state the circumstances and the condition of the <br />building(s) upon which such conclusion was based. The report shall be filed in all cases no matter <br />what conclusion is stated by the Board; and <br />