Main Street shall constitute the base line for all numbering on the streets running north and south, and Park Street shall constitute the base line for all numbering on the streets running east and west.
(Ordinance adopted 4/2/56, sec. 2)
Buildings fronting streets from the east and from the south shall bear even numbers in their last figure. Buildings fronting streets from the west and from the north shall bear odd numbers in their last figure. Buildings fronting streets running north and south shall be numbered from the base line; such numbers shall be 100 at the base line and not to exceed the number 199 at the end of the first block either north or south of the base line, 201 at the beginning and not to exceed the number 299 at the end of the second block, either north or south of the base line. Such system shall be followed in numbering all of the streets running north and south in this city. Buildings fronting streets running east and west shall be numbered from the base line. Such numbers shall be 100 at the base line and not to exceed the number 199 at the end of the first block either east or west of the base line, 201 at the beginning and not to exceed the number 299 at the end of the second block, either east or west of the base line. Such system shall be followed in numbering all of the streets running east and west in this city. Where streets intersect but do not cross, the numbers shall run in each case to a street intersecting on both sides of the street being numbered. Any block located upon streets which do not intersect the base lines shall bear the hundred number of the corresponding block nearest the same location which does intersect the base line. In each block, each twenty-five (25) feet of frontage shall be deemed the unit for determining the last figure of the number to be used. From the corner of each block nearest its respective base line each twenty-five (25) feet of frontage shall be given a number; except where lots vary from twenty-five (25) feet in width, such lots shall be numbered to conform to the size of the lot. Fractions may be used if necessary to designate a building located on a fractional part of a twenty-five (25) foot frontage.
(Ordinance adopted 4/2/56, sec. 3)
All lots or parts of lots, houses and buildings located on those portions of any street extending north and south and being north of the Main Street base line shall be known and designated as “North” and all south of the Main Street base line shall be known and designated as “South,” and all located on all those portions of any street extending east and west and being east of the Park Street base line, shall be known and designated as “East” and all west of the Park Street base line shall be known and designated as “West.” The prefixes shall be placed before the proper name of the street as “West Main Street” or “North Park Street.”
(Ordinance adopted 4/2/56, sec. 4)
In case of doubt or where a question arises as to the proper number to be assigned to any lot or building, the city secretary shall decide the question and fix the number of such lot or building.
(Ordinance adopted 4/2/56, sec. 5)
The number plate, placed upon any building shall be metal or wood, or the number may be painted on the front of the building, door, post, transom, or other place. The number shall be at least three (3) inches in height and so as to be easily seen from the street.
(Ordinance adopted 4/2/56, sec. 6)
It shall be unlawful for any person to obstruct any street or sidewalk by placing any merchandise or thing in front of his store on the sidewalk or street next to the building; provided, however, that merchants having stores within the Historical Central Business District may place benches and planters on the sidewalk in front of their stores. Benches, planters and the plants contained therein shall not extend further onto the sidewalk than two (2) feet from the face of a building. No written material such as advertising or slogans can be applied or affixed to the benches or planters. It shall be the responsibility of the merchant to keep his bench in good repair and to keep the plants within his planters watered. A merchant may not place a bench or planter on a sidewalk without first having obtained a permit from the building inspector.
(1894 Code, Ordinance 321; Rev. Ordinances 1899, Ordinance 291; Ordinance adopted 10/5/02; Ordinance adopted 4/15/12; Ordinance adopted 4/11/96, sec. 1)
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep or operate any stand, stall or booth, for the sale of articles, on any street or pavement.
(1894 Code, Ordinance 180)
Any encroachment upon a street, or obstruction thereof, shall be deemed a nuisance, and any person making or causing the same shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(1894 Code, Ordinance 181)
It shall be unlawful for any person to obstruct or stop the running off of water in any of the ditches, culverts or sewers.
(1894 Code, Ordinance 131)
The falling of water from the roofs, galleries and awnings of houses, into the streets, alleys or sidewalks is declared a nuisance. All owners of such houses are required to provide proper gutters to the same to convey the water to the earth.
(1894 Code, Ordinance 179; Rev. Ordinances 1899, Ordinance 202; Ordinance adopted 9/18/03)
If any person in this city shall cause or permit the water, or any liquid matter, from his premises to run and be discharged in and upon any street, alley, sidewalk or gutter of this city, by any pipe or conduit or by any other means, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
(1894 Code, Ordinance 185)
Whenever the governing body, by resolution, shall require of any railroad company the construction of any ditch, drain, approaches or culvert along its roadbed, or of any street crossing or bridge, it shall be the duty of the city secretary to notify the local agent thereof; and if such ditch, drain, culvert, street crossing or bridge is not constructed within thirty (30) days, the officer or employee of such company, charged with the construction thereof, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
(1894 Code, Ordinance 273)
Should any railroad company fail to construct, or keep in repair, any ditch, drain, culvert, street crossing or bridge, as required in section 22-15, the city shall construct or repair the same at the expense of such company, and collect the same as taxes are collected from such company.
(1894 Code, Ordinances 274, 275)
It shall be the duty of every owner, occupant or agent of any house, store, shop or vacant lot within the city to keep the sidewalks in front of and around such house, store, shop, or vacant lot clear and in good condition.
(Ordinance adopted 7/3/05)
It shall be the duty of every owner, occupant or agent of any lot or parcel of ground within the city to fill up, grade, and curb the sidewalks in front of and around the same in a manner to be approved by the city.
(Ordinance adopted 7/3/05)
In all cases where sidewalks anywhere within the city are found to be so low or defective that water will accumulate thereon in wet weather, the owner, occupant or agent of the property fronting on the same shall be required to fill, raise, or repair the same forthwith in such a manner as to prevent water from remaining thereon, and making the sidewalks passable in wet weather.
(Ordinance adopted 7/3/05)
Soil which washes from the abutting real estate and is deposited into and upon a paved street in the city from the result of rain or other means is detrimental to the safety and welfare of the general public, is a traffic hazard, impairs the operation of and damages the storm sewers of the city creating a health hazard, and such soil is therefore declared to be a public nuisance.
Editor’s note(s)–An ordinance enacted July 20, 1982, amended the Code by adding eight sections to Art. I of this chapter, designated by the city as secs. 22.21–22.25, 22.25A, 22.25B and 22.25C. The editor, at his discretion, has included the provisions of secs. 22.21–22.25 as Code secs. 22-21–22-25, has renumbered the provisions of secs. 22.25A and 22.25B of said ordinance as Code secs. 22-26 and 22-27, and has omitted the provisions of sec. 22.25C, which contained the savings clause of this ordinance.
(Ordinance adopted 7/20/82, sec. 22.21)
Every person, firm or corporation owning real estate fronting on a paved street in the city, or the agent or agents of such owner, shall within forty-eight (48) hours after the fall of any rain or any occurrence which causes the soil from the abutting real estate to be washed into and deposited upon such paved street, remove and clear, or cause to be removed and cleared, said soil from such paved street so as to leave it free and clear of those deposits.
Note(s)–See the editor’s note to sec. 22-21.
(Ordinance adopted 7/20/82, sec. 22.22)
Should any person, firm or corporation fail to comply with section 22-22 herein, then the city may order said soil to be removed and abated under the following conditions, regulations, and procedure:
(a) 
When it shall come to the notice of the chief of police that there is soil which has washed into and been deposited upon a paved street in the city as the result of rain or other means which has not been removed as provided in section 22-22 herein, the chief of police shall give notice to the owner of the premises from whose premises the soil has washed to appear before the municipal court with the City of Brenham, Texas, and show cause why such soil should not be declared a public nuisance and why he should not be ordered to remove same from the paved street. The date of such hearing shall not be less than three (3) days after such notice has been made.
(b) 
Such notice shall be sent by certified or registered mail, with a three-day return requested, to the owner or occupant of the premises from which the soil washed. If the notice is returned undelivered by the United States Post Office, the hearing shall be continued to a date not less than seven (7) days from the date of such return.
(c) 
On the day set in such notice of hearing, hearing shall be had and on the basis of such hearing the court shall determine whether or not such soil is a nuisance, and if so found to be a nuisance, the judge of the municipal court in the city shall issue such orders as shall appear reasonably necessary for the removal and abatement of such soil.
Note(s)–See the editor’s note to sec. 22-21.
(Ordinance adopted 7/20/82, sec. 22.23)
If upon the hearing provided herein, there is an order to remove such soil, the removal shall be accomplished by the owner of said premises.
Note(s)–See the editor’s note to sec. 22-21.
(Ordinance adopted 7/20/82, sec. 22.24)
If any owner of real property from whose premises the said soil washed into and deposited upon the paved street in the city fails to remove said soil within twenty-four (24) hours after being ordered to do so, the city shall remove said soil, and the costs of removing same shall be assessed on said real estate, or lots from which such soil was washed.
Note(s)–See the editor’s note to sec. 22-21.
(Ordinance adopted 7/20/82, sec. 22.25)
The mayor, city manager or superintendent of street maintenance shall file a statement of such expenses incurred under section 22-25 of this article giving the amount of such expenses, the nature of the work done, and the date on which said work was done, with the county clerk of Washington County, Texas, and the City of Brenham shall have a privileged lien on such lot or lots or real estate from which the soil was washed into and deposited upon the public street, which said lien shall be second only to tax liens and liens for street improvements; and said amount shall have ten (10) per cent interest from the date said statement was filed. It is further provided that for any such expenditures and interest, as aforesaid, suit may be instituted and recovery and foreclosure of said lien may be had in the name of the City of Brenham, Texas; and the statement of expenses so made, as aforesaid, or a certified copy thereof, shall be prima facie proof of the amount expended for such work or improvements.
Note(s)–See the editor’s note to sec. 22-21.
(Ordinance adopted 7/20/82, sec. 22.25A)
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of sections 22-21 through 22-26, or who shall fail to comply with same shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction(s) thereof shall be punished by fine not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200.00). Each and every day or fraction thereof which these sections or any part thereof shall be violated, shall be deemed a separate offense.
Note(s)–See the editor’s note to sec. 22-21.
(Ordinance adopted 7/20/82, sec. 22.25B)