HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD.2568.08-02-1999BILL NO. 99-165 ORDINANCE NO. 12 j &
AN ORDINANCE DECLARING IT NECESSARY TO IMPROVE
THAT PART OF WALNUT STREET FROM KINGSHIGHWAY
TO COMMERCIAL STREET, IN THE CITY OF CAPE
GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAPE GIRARDEAU,
MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS:
ARTICLE 1. That the Council of the City of Cape Girardeau,
Missouri, hereby declares it necessary to improve Walnut Street from
Kingshighway to Commercial Street, in the City of Cape Girardeau,
Missouri, by grading to the established grade and constructing thereon
a Portland Cement Concrete Pavement, six (6) inches thick and twenty-
four (24) feet in width, and other necessary appurtenances, which shall
be constructed as shown on the plans and specifications for said
improvement which have been filed with the City Clerk. It is the
intention of the City Council to have this project done by contract and
to tax bill the costs against the abutting properties.
ARTICLE 2. That this ordinance be published for seven consecutive
insertions in the Southeast Missourian, a daily newspaper, printed and
published in the City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and if a majority of
the resident owners of the lands that would be liable for the costs of
the improvements, at the date of the passage of this ordinance, who
shall own a majority of the front feet owned by the residents of the
City, abutting on the part of said Walnut Street proposed to be
improved, shall not within ten days after the last publication of the
ordinance, file with the City Clerk their protest against such
improvements, then the City Council shall have the power to cause the
improvements to be made and assess the costs against the property
abutting on the improvements as provided by law.
ARTICLE 3. A public hearing will be held before the City Council
at 7:30 P.M. on Monday, August 16, 1999, at City Hall, 401
Independence, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at which citizens and all
interested parties may be heard on the question of the necessity of the
work sought to be done.
ARTICLE 4. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect ten
days after its passage and approval.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS �A DAY OF 19.
A. 14. Spradling, III, &vor
ATTEST:
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Gayle . Conrad
City Clerk
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