Ord. 0046 1960-01-04ORDINANCE NUMBER y4
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AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE BUSINESS OF HOUSE OR
BUILDING MOVING: REGULATING THE WRECKING OR RE-
MOVAL OF HOUSES OR BUILDINGS: REQUIRING A PERMIT
THEREFOR: REQUIRING A BOND UNDER CERTAIN CONDI -
TIONS AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF
THIS ORDINANCE:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS,
SECTION 1:
(a) It shall hereafter be unLawfuL for any person, firm, or corporation
to move or cause to be moved a house or building from one Location to an-
other within the City of PearLand or to move a house or buiLding from without
the City to a location within the City or to move a house or building within
the City to a point outside the city without first securing a permit therefor
as hereafter provided,
(b) It shall hereafter be unLawfuL for any person, firm or corporation
to wreck or dismantle any house or building, the vaLue of which exceeds
Two Hundred ($200,00) Dollars, within the City of PearLand without securing
a permit therefor as hereafter provided,
SECTION 2:
Any person, firm or corporation desiring to move a house or building
as provided in Sectionl (a) of this Ordinance shall deposit with the City
Secretary of the City of Pearland the sum of $500,00 DoLLars upon condition
and with the express agreement that the City is to retain said money for
a period of thirty days after the house or building reaches its new Location,
If within said time it shall appear to the governing body of the City of
Pearland that any damage has been done to the streets or any wires, or any
trees, or any other private or public property, in the opinion of said govern-
ing body, then the governing body shall, by resoLution, assess the amount
of such damage, after viewing the alleged property injured, either in
favor of the City of PearLand or the owner of the property in front of which
the trees or other injured property may be situated or the owner of any
private property aLLeged to have been injured; and the finding of said
governing body shaLL be final, The deposit of the money above referred to
with the City Secretary shaLL be heLd to be an express agreement to the
terms and provisions of this Ordinance, Should the City Secretary upon
compliance with this Ordinance by any person, firm or corporation decline
to issue such permit, an appeaL may be had to the governing body of the
City of PearLand which may, if it deems proper, by resoLution, authorize
such use of the street, avenue or aLLey,
In Lieu of the deposit herein required those regularly engaged in
house moving may file a surety bond or other bond as may be approved
by the governing body of the City of PearLand in the amount of One Thousand
($1,000,00) Dollars and such bond shaLL inure to the benefit of any person
or persons damaged, as weLL as to the City of PearLand, It shaLL be con-
ditioned that the principaL wiLL pay to the City of PearLand or any other
person or persons damaged thereby, aLt such damages as may accrue to
it or them by reason of moving such house or houses or building aLong the
streets permitted,
SECTION 3:
(a) The City Secretary of the City of PearLand wiLL issue the permit
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required in Section 1 (a) upon the payment of a fee of $ /D
Dollars for a permit to move a house of more than two (2) rooms and a
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fee of $ Dollars for the moving of a house of two room s or
Less,
(b) The permit required in Section 1 (b) wiLL be issued by the City
Secretary of the City of Pearland, without charge,
SECTION 4:
Any person vioLating any of the provisions of this Ordinance shalt be
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deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined
in any sum not to exceed $100.00 DoLLars.
SECTION 5:
The fact that there does not now exist an Ordinance regulating any
such procedure creates an emergency and an imperative public necessity
for the immediate preservation of the pubLic welfare and safety which re-
quires the suspension of the ruling requiring ordinances to be read on three
separate days before the final passage thereof, where, such rules are
hereby suspended and this Ordinance shaft be effective from and after its
finaL passage, and it is so ordained.
Nothing herein shalt be cons trued to extinguish, alter, repeaL or
abrogate any clause or portion fo the Fire Zone Ordinance No. 44 now in
effect in the City of PearLand and any confLict existing between the two
ordinances shall be construed in favor of the fire zone Ordinance No. 44
in Lieu of this Ordinance.
PASSED and APPROVED this the --day of jAntjuktftili
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CITY OF�PEAR ND, TEXAS
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Gibbons, Mayor
By:
(CORP. SEAL)
ictor A. NoLen,' Sbcretary