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,'~ : j / '-~\ ..\ ) I " .. e--- ", ,_. " . ,I . ) , , ;,.Il ORDINANCE :NO. :J 2. ,L AN ORDIl'JANCE PROVIDING F'OR 'lIBE COMPELLING OF PHOPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF' LAPORTE, TEXAS, TO CONSTRUCT OR REPAIR SIDE WALKS, DRIVE WAYS, CURBS AND/OR GUr.Iul'ERS OR EITIiliR OFI. THEM, AND,~ PROVIDING FIOR PEHALTIES FIOR F'AILURE TO SO CONS'lIRUCT OR REPAIR WhE.N PROPERLY NOTIFIED TO SO DO, and CHEATING A LIEN ON ABUTTING PROPERTY WHERE CONSTRUC~~ION OR REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE. .1 BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of La Porte, Texas: I That every owner of real estate situated in the City of LaPorte, Texas, when such real estate abuts on .any public street within the city limits shall when ordered by the City Council to do so, construct, re-construct, repair or bring to grade side walks, drive ways, cur'bs or gutters or either 01' them, as the case may be, in accordance with the terms of said arder and the specifications hereinafter set out and adopted and on the line and grade as established by the engineer for the City of LaPorte. The said property owners shall construct said side walks, drive ways, cur'bs or gutters or either of them and/or repair the same when so ordered within sixty (60) days after notice has been given by the City Council to do such construc- tion or make such repairs. The mailing under the direction of the City Council of an order to the property owners to make such repairs shall constitute notice to such property owners. Said property owners shall construct said side walks, drive ways, curbs or' gutters or either of them or make such repairs to the SElme in a uniform manner j the cement, sand and gravel or other material to be of such quality as specified in said notice. Said property owners shall pay two-thirds (2/3) of the costs of construction or repair of sElid side walks, drive Ways, curbs or gutters or either of them and the City of LaPorte. shall pay one-third (1/3) of the cost of such constr'uction or repairs. Where said property owner shall fail or refuse to con- struct or repair said side walks,' drive ways, curbs or gutters or either of them within the time spec~fied in 'this ordimince, then the City of LaPorte through its City Counc i1 when the City Council shall deem such cODstruction or repairs necessary, shall construct the same in accordance wi tla the order' so'directed to the propertyawner. The City, Council may adver.tise fOI' bids for said construction or repairs or ruay itself construct or repa.ir said side walks, drive ways, curbs or gutters or' either of thelP, the expense of said construction or repairs to be pro-rated as above mentioned and in the event the property owner I.'!here such con- struction or repairs have been made by the City faiis or refuses to pay for the same, said amount shall bear interest at the rate of six (6%) percent per annum from the date such construction or repairs have 'been complet~d and ten (10%) percent shall be added to the principal and interest as attorney's fees, said amount owing by such property owner shall be d~e and payable to the City of LaPorte when such construction pr repairs have been com- pleted, the amount owing by the proper~yawner either principal, interest or attorney's fees to the City of LaPorte where the City has done such construction or made such repairs shall constitute a lien in' fav'or of the City of' LaPortel against the property along which such const.ruction,9r repairs have been made. I . i k . I j 'I '"