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ORDINANCE NO. <br />AN ORDINANCE DECLARING THE BUILDING(S) LOCATED AT BLK 80, LTS 7 & 8, LA <br />PORTE, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, TO BE IN FACT A NUISANCE; ORDERING SUCH <br />BUILDING(S) CONDEMNED; FINDING THAT PAULINE LEWIS & BETTY MOORE ARE <br />THE RECORD OWNER(S) OF SAID PROPERTY; ORDERING THE SAID OWNER(S) TO <br />ENTIRELY REMOVE OR TEAR DOWN SUCH BUILDING(S); ORDERING THE SAID <br />OWNER(S) TO COMMENCE SAID REMOVAL OR DEMOLITION WITHIN TEN (10) <br />DAYS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE; AND TO COMPLETE SAID <br />REMOVAL OR DEMOLITION WITHIN FORTY-FIVE (45) DAYS FROM THE EFFECTIVE <br />DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE; ORDERING THE DANGEROUS BUILDING INSPECTION <br />BOARD TO PLACE A NOTICE ON SAID BUILDING(S); ORDERING THE CITY <br />SECRETARY TO FORWARD A COPY OF THIS ORDINANCE TO SAID OWNER(S); <br />PROVIDING FOR THE REMOVAL OF SAID BUILDING(S) BY THE CITY OF LA PORTE <br />IF NOT REMOVED BY SAID OWNER(S) IN THE MANNER PROVIDED HEREIN; <br />PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF; AND FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE <br />OPEN MEETINGS LAW. <br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of LaPorte, passed and approved Section 82- <br />472 of the Code of Ordinances, creating a Dangerous Building Inspection Board (the Board to <br />be composed of the Building Official or his duly authorized representative, the Fire Chief or his <br />duly 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 <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 />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 />