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<br />ORDINANCE NO. 2007- .3 0 / ~ <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE DECLARING THE BUILDING(S) LOCATED ON Blk 7. Lot 8. Pine Bluff, <br />HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, TO BE IN FACT A NUISANCE; ORDERING SUCH <br />BUILDING(S) CONDEMNED; FINDING THAT F. G. Withrow. and Patricia Ann Withrow <br />Martin. ARE THE RECORD OWNER(S) OF SAID PROPERTY; ORDERING THE SAID <br />OWNER(S) TO ENTIRELY REMOVE OR TEAR DOWN SUCH BUILDING(S); ORDERING <br />THE SAID OWNER(S) TO COMMENCE SAID REMOVAL OR DEMOLITION WITHIN <br />TEN (10) DAYS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE; AND TO <br />COMPLETE SAID REMOVAL OR DEMOLITION WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS FROM <br />THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE; ORDERING THE DANGEROUS <br />BUILDING INSPECTION BOARD TO PLACE A NOTICE ON SAID BUILDING(S); <br />ORDERING THE CITY SECRETARY TO FORWARD A COpy OF THIS ORDINANCE TO <br />SAID OWNER(S); PROVIDING FOR THE REMOVAL OF SAID BUILDING(S) BY THE <br />CITY OF LA PORTE IF NOT REMOVED BY SAID OWNER(S) IN THE MANNER <br />PROVIDED HEREIN; 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, passed and approved Section 82- <br /> <br />472 of the Code of Ordinances, creating a Dangerous Building Inspection Board (the Board) to <br /> <br />be composed of the Building Official or his duly authorized representative, the Fire Chief or his <br /> <br />duly authorized representative, the Fire Marshal or his duly authorized representative; and <br /> <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 <br />citizen of the City or of the City Council, that a dangerous building exists, the Board shall make <br />a thorough inspection of such building(s); and <br /> <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 <br />Council and to the City Attorney. Such report shall state the circumstances and the condition of <br />the building(s) upon which such conclusion was based. The report shall be filed in all cases no <br />matter what conclusion is stated by the Board; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, it has heretofore come to the attention of the Board that the building(s) <br />located on Blk. 7. Lot 8. Pine Bluff. which is further described as 203 Bavshore Dr., <br />