Ordinance No. 2,748® 911- 3
® ORDINANCE NO. 2748
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 33, "URBAN REHABILITATION
STANDARDS ", OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN TO ALTER NOTICE PROCEDURE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN:
Section 1: That Chapter 33, "Urban Rehabilitation
Standards ", of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Baytown
is hereby amended by the repeal of Section 33 -22, Notice of
Intent to Demolish, as presently constituted and by the
® adoption of a new Section 33 -22 that shall read as follows:
Sec. 33 -22. Notice of 'intent to demolish.
Whenever the chief building inspector has taken all necessary
steps prescribed under this chapter and has not been successful
in requiring compliance on structures that are unfit for
human use or habitation or that are obsolete, dilapidated,
or substandard, he shall issue a notice of intent to demolish
to the board together with the owner of.such structure as
reflected by the city's current tax roll and any agent,
lessee or other occupant of the structure. The notice of
intent to demolish shall be sent by mail to the owner at the
owner's last known address. If such notice is returned
unclaimed, a copy of the notice shall be published in a
newspaper of general circulation in the City of Baytown, and
the notice shall also be posted on the front door of the
building to be demolished. The notice of intent to demolish
shall cause the board to make an examination of the case and
render a decision. If the board upholds the intent to
demolish by the chief building inspector, the board shall
issue an order to demolish, instructing the chief building
inspector to advertise for bids for demolition of the sub-
standard structure or structures.
Section 2: All ordinances or parts of ordinances
inconsistent with the terms of this ordinance are hereby
repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall be only
to the extent of such inconsistency and in all other respects
this ordinance shall be cumulative of other ordinances
regulating and governing the subject matter covered by this
ordinance.
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® Section 3: If any provision, section, exception, sub-
section, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this
ordinance or the application of same to any person or set of
circumstances, shall for any reason be held unconstitutional,
void or invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the valid-
ity of the remaining provisions of this ordinance or their
application to other persons or sets of circumstances and to
this end all provisions of this ordinance are declared to be
severable.
Section 4: This ordinance shall take effect from and
after its passage.
® INTRODUCED, READ, and PASSED by the affirmative vote of
the City Council of the City of Baytown, this the 11th
day of October , 1979.
ATTEST:
;..-E.ILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED:
SCOTT BOUNDS, City Attorney
EM ETT O. HUT Mayor
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