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Ordinance No. 3,835C ORDINANCE N0. 3835 40426_ -1 AN ORDINANCE LEVYING ASSESSMENTS A3AVW 7W PROPERTY ABUTTING lROLLINGBROOK DRIVE (SOUTH LANES FROM GARTH ROAD TO 880 FEET EAST) AND THE, OWNERS OF SAID PROPERTY FOR THE PAYMENT OF A PART OF TFE COST OF DApROVM AND PAVING PORTIONS OF THAT STREET; PRnVIDM FOR THE TD& WHEN SUCH ASSESSMENTS BECOME 0M AND PAYAB E, THE RATE .- OF INTEREST, AND FIXING A CHARGE AND LIEN AGAINST SAKE PROPERTY AND MAKING SAID CHARGE A PERSONAL LL48R ITY OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS 09IfNW PROPERTY ABUTTING ROLLING13ROCK DRIVE; AND PROVIDHG FOR THE COLLECT1i0N OF THE ASSESSMENTS. ':, . •#### tsttttrstatsstst# t# t# tt# s# srs### tss### t# s# s # # # #t ##t # # # #t # # # #t # # # # # * # # # # ## BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXASt Section 1: The City Council of the City of Baytown hereby finds and determines: (a) That by Ordinance No. 3773 duly adopted and approved on the 9th of February, 1984, said City Council did determine the necessity for and ordered the permanent improvement of the following named street in the City of Baytown within the following limits, to -wit: The Southernmost two lanes of Rollingbrook Drive from the East right-of-way line of Garth Road to a point located a distance of 880 feet measured along the centerline of the existing improved portion of Rollingbrook Drive. (b) That said City Council, after having duly advertised for bids in the manner and for the time as required by law and the Charter of said City did award to, and execute a contract with Hubco, Inc., for the construction of said improvements as authorized by Ordinance No. 3803 duly enacted on the 22nd day of March, 1984. (c) That the City's Engineers, thereafter, as instructed by the City Council, Prepared a proper statement of the estimates of the amounts per front foot proposed to be assessed against the property abutting thereupon and the owners thereof and of other cost and matters relating thereto, which estimates were approved by City Council, and further said City Council did order and set a hearing to be held at 7:00 p.m. on 26th of April, 1984, in its Council Chambers at the City Hall of and in the City of Baytown, Texas. (d) That said City Council did further order and direct the City Clerk of said City to give notice of said hearing in the manner and for the times required by the law and the Charter of said City; and said notice, as so ordered and directed and as required by law governing these proceedings has been properly and duly given, in the form and for the time as required by said law. ® (e) That all interested persons were given an opportunity to appear and be heard, and to present testimony concerning the proposed assessment. Section 2: That there being no further protests or testimony for or against or in reference to said improvements, benefits or proceedings, said hearing granted to the real and true owners of properties abutting upon said street within the limits herein defined, and to all persons, firms, corporations and estates, owning or claiming same or any interest therein be, and the same is hereby closed and all v • 40426 -1a protests and objections, whether specifically mentioned or not, shall be, and the same is hereby overruled and denied, except such thereof as relate to, and to the extent of, the adjustments hereinafter made in Section 4 hereof. Section 3: The City Council hereby finds and determines upon the evidence heard in reference to each and every parcel of property abutting upon said street, within the limits herein defined, that the special benefits in the enhancement in value to accrue to said property, and the real and true owners thereof, by virtue of the construction of said improvements in said portions of said street, will be equal to or in excess of the amount of the costs of said improvements, as herein adjusted, are proposed to be, and as are herein assessed said abutting properties and the real and true owners thereof, and finds that the apportionment of the costs of said improvements, and that the assessments herein below made, are just and equitable and produce substantial equity, considering the benefits received and the burdens imposed thereby, and are in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas and the Charter of said City, and that all proceedings and contracts heretofore had with reference to said improvements are in all respects regular, proper, and valid, and that all prerequisites to the fixing of the assessment liens against said abutting properties, and the personal liability of the real and true owners thereof, whether named or correctly named herein or not, have been in all things regularly had and performed in compliance with the law and the proceedings of said City Council. Section 4: That in pursuance of said ordinance, duly enacted by said City Council authorizing and ordering the improvements of said above described street, within the limits hereinabove defined, and by virtue of the powers vested in said city with respect to said street improvements by the laws of the State of Texas, with particular reference to Chapter 106 of the Acts of the First Called Session of the 40th Legislature of the State of Texas, known and shown as Article 1105b of Texas Revised Civil Statutes, as amended, such as adopted by Section 7, Article 1 of the Charter of the City of Baytown, Texas, there shall bc- and is hereby levied, assessed, and taxed against the respective parcels of property abutting upon said street, as herein below described, and against the real and true owners thereof, whether such real and true owners be named or correctly named, or whether said properties be correctly described herein or not, the several sums of money herein below mentioned and itemized opposite the description of such property, the number n C of front feet of each, and the several amounts assessed against same rand the real and true owners thereof, all as corrected and adjusted by said City Council, being as follows: (SEE ATTACHED ASSESSNENT ROLLS) Section 5: That the several sums mentioned above in Section 4 hereof, assessed against said parcels of abutting property and the real and true owner or owners thereof, whether said owners be named or correctly named, herein or not, together with interest thereon at rate of eight per cent (8%) per annum and with reasonable attorneys' fees and all costs and expenses of collection, if incurred, are hereby declared to be and made a first and prior lien upon the respective parcels of property against which same are assessed from and after the date said improve- ments were ordered by said City Council, and a personal liability and charge against the real and true owner or owners thereof, whether or not such owner, or owners, be named or correctly named herein, such lien being paramount and superior to all other liens, claims or titles except for lawful ad valorem taxes; and should more than one person, firm or corporation own an interest in any of said parcels of abutting property, each such person, firm or corporation shall be personally liable for his, her, or its pro rata part of the total assessment levied against said property in proportion as his, her or its interest in said property bears to the total ownership of such property, whether or not such interest, or the amount, or name of the owner thereof, be set out herein, or in the certificate issued in evidence of such assessment, and such interest of any person, firm or corporation in such property may be discharged and released from said assessment and lien upon the payment of such proportionate part of said total asst . anent, together with interest at the above stated rate to date of payment, to the legal holder of such assessment; and that the sums so assessed shall be payable as follows, to -wit: in six (6) annual installments, the first of which will be payable thirty (30) days after the completion and acceptance of RRid improvements by said City Council, and the five (5) remaining installments to be due and payable, respectively, one (1), two (2), three (3), four (4), and five (5) years from and after said date or acceptance of said improvements by said City Council, deferred payments to bear interest from such date of acceptance at the rate of eight per cent (8%) per annum, payable annually, past due instal- lments of principal and interest to bear interest at the same rate per annum until paid; however, any owner of such property shall have the right to pay off the entire amount of any such assessment, or any installment thereof, before maturity by 404 =6 —Ic paying principal and accrued interest to date of said payment; and provided further, that if default shall be made in the payment of any installment of principal or interest when due, the the entire amount of said assessment upon which s-sh r? default is made shall, at the option of said City, or its assigns, be and become immediately due and payable and shall be collectible, together with reasonable attorneys! fees and all cost and expenses of collection, if incurred. ® Section 6: That the City of Baytown shall not be liable in any manner for the payment of any sums hereby assessed against said abutting property and the owners thereof, but said City shall, when requested so to do, exercise all of its lawful powers to aid in the enforcement and collection thereof; and if default shall be made in the payment of any of said sums herein assessed against the said parcels or abutting property and the real and true owners thereof, collection thereof shall be enforced (at the option of the City of Baytown, or its assigns) either by suit in any court having jurisdiction, or by sale of the property assessed as nearly as possible in the manner as may be provided by law in force in said City of the sale of property for the collection of ad valorem taxes. ® Section 7: That for the purpose of evidencing said assessment, the liens securing same and the several suns assessed against the said parcels of abutting property, and the real and true owner or owners thereof, and the time and terms of payments, and to aid in the enforcement thereof, assignable certificates shall be issued by the City of Baytown, Texas, which certificates shall be executed by the Mayor in the name of the City and attested by the City Clerk with the Corporate Seal. 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