1949 12 22 CC Minutes, SpecialPTV
MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS
December 22, 1949
The City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas, met in a special meeting on
Thursday, December 22, 1949, at 6:00 p.m. in the office of the City Manager at the
City Hall with the following members in attendance:
J. A. Ward
Mayor
Rufus B. Bergeron
Councilman
H. I.Davis
Councilman
Fahy Godfrey
Councilman
R. H. Pruett
Councilman
C. Darwin Middleton
City Manager
David Donoghue
City Attorney
Edna Oliver
City Clerk
Absents W. C. Williams
Councilman
J. A. Stroud
Councilman
Mayor Ward opened the meeting stating that it had been called by the City
Clerk upon his request. Mayor Ward then requested the City Clerk to incorporate
in the Minutes the following instrument which had been signed by the members of the
Council and City Officials pertaining to this meeting:
CONSENT TO MEETING
We, the undersigned members of the City Council of the City of Baytown,
Texas, do hereby waive Notice of Special Meeting and consent and agree that a
Special Meeting of said City Council shall be held on Thursday, December 22,
1949, at 6700 p.m. at the regular meeting place of said City Council in the
City Hall in said City, for the purpose of adopting an amendment to the Build -
ing Ordinance of the City of Baytown setting up requirements for No. 2 Fire
Limit..Area and for any other business that may come before the meeting.
/s/ J. A. Ward
mayor
/s/ Hamlet I. Davis
Councilman
/s/ H. B. Bergeron
Councilman
/s/ R. H. Pruett
Counci an
/a/ Fah, Godfrey
Councilman
/a/ Edha Oliver
City Clerk
/s/ C. Darwin Middleton
City Manager
/s/ David Donoghue
City Attorney
Mayor Ward added that on August 4, 1949, the City Council had passed Ordinance
No. 53 creating a No. 2 Fire Zone along East Texas Avenue, Decker Drive, and Market
Street area between old Baytown and Goode Creek. He stated that such ordinance
was considered at the same meeting as the Annexation Ordinance and due to the great
volume of business handled that night a complimentary amending the building dode to
set up requirements for a No. 2 Fire Zone inadvertently had been overlooked. This
oversight was not discovered until sometime in November and at the November 15th meet-
ing the City Attorney called the Council's attention to the situation. Councilman
Stroud had not been present at the August 4th, 1949 meeting at which time the No. 2
Fire Zone was presented and he requested an opportunity to study the matter further.
Due to pressure of other business the Council had failed to take the matter up and
it was deemed advisable that the ordinance be passed as soon as possible.
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Mayor Ward instructed the City Attorney to read Ordinance No. 7Q after which
Councilman Davis made the :ration that the ordinance be adopted as read. Councilman
Pruett seconded the motion. The Roll call vote was as followst
Roll Call: Ages: Mayor Ward Nays: None
Councilman Davis
" Bergeron
" Godfrey -
Pruett
The caption of the ordinance was as follows:
ORDINANCE NO. 70
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 6 OF AN ORDINANCE KNOWN
AS THE "BUILDING ORDINANCE ", BEING "AN ORDINANCE REGU-
LATING THE CONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION. MAINTENANCE, - REPAIR
AND REMOVAL OF BUILDINGS, PROVIDING FOR FIRE LIMITS WITH
THE CITY OF PELLY (NOW BAYTOWN), TEXAS, PRESCRIBING
PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. ",
AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NO. 37 DATED JANUARY 20, 1949,
AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
Tax Exemption of M.B.A.
City Manager Middleton called attention to the fact that the M.B.A. had re-
quested a tax exemption for its property in old Baytown. The matter had been re-
ferred to the City Attorney and that Mr. Donoghue had submitted an opinion to him
holding that the property was exempt. Councilman nergeron made the motion that the
opinion of Mr. Donoghue be approved. Councilman Pruett seconded the motion.
The roll call vote was as follows:
Roll Call: Ayes:•Mayor Ward Nays: None
Councilman Davie
" Bergeron
" Gddfrey
Councilman Davis made the motion to adjourn. Councilman Bergeron seconded the
motion. The ayes were unanimous and the Mayor declared the meeting adjourned.
ATTEST: Q
Oity Clerk
. A. Ward, mayor
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