CC Resolution No. 62 RESOLUTION NO. `=
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF BAYTO'e'JN DETEMP1INING THAT PROPERTY OI]NERS
i.,AY PETITION THE COUNCIL FOR INIAJOR IMPROVEi.;ENTS
TO STREETS ON A PARTICIPATION BASIS; PROVIDING
THAT SUCH PETITIONS ':]ILL BE ADVISORY ONLY AND
THE COUNCIL i.�AY ACT AT ITS DISCRETION; DEFINING
L;NJOR II.iPROVL;.ILNTS ,+ND DETEPS.IINING THE PARTICI-
PATION BASIS BET'JEEN THE CITY AND THE ABUTTING
PROPERTY OIJNERS.
IJHEREAS, property owners may petition the City Council for major
improvements to streets, on a participation basis ; provided that such
petitions will be advisory only and the Council may ignore same or act
in the absence of petitions ; and
IJHEREAS, major improvements are defined as projects wherein the
cost of the job exceeds 50;0' of the cost of the original street construc-
tion, based on the City Engineer' s estimate, using current cost prices ;
and
UHLREAS, the City Council may determine where major improvements
are needed and may require property owners to participate in such im-
provements; NO':J, THEREFORE.,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOJN:
That the City Council of the City of Baytown is cognizant of the
fact that many streets are in need of permanent improvement and it shall
improve same, at its discretion.
That such improvements shall be constructed on a participation
basis between the City and the abutting property owners. The -City' s and
the property owners ' share of the project shall be arrived at by the
following method:
A. Curb and Gutter: The abutting property owners shall
pay all of the costs of constructing the curb and gutter
except the curb and gutter turn-arounds at street inter-
sections , which shall be considered as and added to the
costs of improving the adjacent street. Each property
owner' s share of the curb and gutter shall be determined
by arriving at the total cost of such improvements then
dividing the number of linear feet of property he has
abutting same. The City Council will determine whether
or not curbs and gutters are to be required in major im-
provement street projects .
1. Storm Sewers: The City shall pay all of the costs
whatsoever of any storm sewers that may be needed as an
incident to improving a street.
C. Street Improvements: The City and the abutting pro-
perty owners shall participate in the improvements to a
street on the basis of one-third (1/3rd) of the total to
be allocated to each , that is , the property owners , col-
lectively, shall pay two-thirds (2/3rds) of the total
costs of improving such streets and the City shall pay the
remaining one-third (1/3rd) . In allocating such costs,
any street width in excess of thirty-one ( 311 ) feet shall
be borne solely by the City.
D. Credit for Existing Curb and Gutter: The abutting
property owners shall receive a credit which shall be de-
ducted from their cost for any curbs and gutters which were
previously constructed according to the City' s plans and
specifications and under the City' s supervision; provided
that such curbs and gutters are still usable, or are not
defective through any fault of the abutting property owner.
The consideration that such abutting property owner shall
receive as a credit shall be based on a replacement cost
estimate prepared by the City Engineer, using current cost
prices and approved by the City Council .
That the t:iayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized and directed
to execute this Resolution and the City Administration is directed to
properly publicize same.
INTRODUCED, RZ,Z and P„SSliD by the affirmative vote of a majority
of the City Council this 12 day of November 1964.
C. L. Liggett, I.I.D. , Liayor
..TTEST:
Edna Oliver, City Clerk
APPROVED:
George Chandler, City ;,ttorney