From and after the passage and taking effect of this article no street and/or alley improvements shall be made within the city limits, unless and until prior approval thereof shall be first had and obtained of and from the city council.
(1965 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 17, Article II, Section 17-18)
From and after the passage and taking effect of this article all street and alley improvements within the city limits, shall be constructed only in accordance with plans and specifications as approved by the city council, or by the city engineer of said city at the direction of the city council.
(1965 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 17, Article II, Section 17-19)
Except where the city council of the City of Brownfield, Texas, shall by ordinance declare the necessity for and order the paving and improvements of any street or portion thereof in the City of Brownfield, Texas, and direct the preparation of estimates, and invoke the procedure provided by the charter of the City of Brownfield, Terry County, Texas, and invoke the procedure provided by Chapter 106 of the acts of the first called session of the 40th Legislature of the State of Texas (Article 1105b, RCS) and determine that a part of the cost shall be borne by the city, and that a part thereof shall be borne by the abutting property and the owners thereof, and shall provide for the assessment of the portion of the cost to be borne by property owners, and for the fixing of a lien to secure payment of such indebtedness all pursuant to the city charter of the City of Brownfield, Terry County, Texas, and Article 1105b of the Revised Civil Statutes of the State of Texas, or the city council of the City of Brownfield, by resolution shall declare that it is in the best interest of the City of Brownfield to pave and improve or construct a street, the cost to be borne by the City of Brownfield and the abutting property owners in such proportion as determined by the city council, that the total cost of the improvements to any street or alley, or portion thereof within the city limits of the City of Brownfield, Terry County, Texas, shall be borne by the owner or owners, and/or developers of such area and/or street and/or alley to be improved, excluding the engineering cost which will be paid for by the City of Brownfield, Texas.
(1965 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 17, Article II, Section 17-20)
Prior to the preparation of plans and specifications by the city engineer, estimates of cost shall be prepared by the city engineer and the developer shall deposit with the City of Brownfield funds equal to the estimated cost of said improvements. Prior to the beginning of construction of any street or alley improvements within the city limits of the City of Brownfield, Terry County, Texas, plans and specifications shall be prepared by the city or by the city engineer at the city's direction, and after the preparation of the plans and specifications by the City of Brownfield, Texas, as aforesaid, if the expenditure on the part of the city shall exceed that amount as required by the charter of the City of Brownfield, Terry County, Texas, to be advertised for bids, then the city will advertise for bids and proceed with construction of paving improvements as soon as possible. In event the expenditure called for by the City of Brownfield, Terry County, Texas, shall not be required to exceed that amount required by the charter of the City of Brownfield, Terry County, Texas, to be advertised for bids, then the city council may if it so desires approve the city's participation and/or ordinance of the city council of the City of Brownfield, Texas, or it may advertise for bids as it shall desire. If upon the award of contracts of said improvements the funds deposited by the developer are less than the contract price, then the developer will be required to deposit such additional funds as required to equal the contract price.
(1965 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 17, Article II, Section 17-21)
Upon the determination of the total costs of the improvements in the event it shall occur that the total cost of improvements shall run less than the fund deposited by the developer then the excess shall be refunded to the owner and owners and/or developers, and/or the person, firm or corporation who shall have made said deposit; and in case the funds deposited are insufficient to pay the total cost of work the owner, owners, and/or developers shall deposit additional funds as required to equal the total cost to the City of Brownfield, Terry County, Texas. No money shall be paid by the said city to the contractor prior to completion and acceptance by the city council of the paving improvements unless the specifications and contract documents provide for partial payments as the work progresses; in which case the partial estimates or payments as prepared by the engineer and approved by the City of Brownfield, Texas shall be paid to the contractor as the work progresses.
(1965 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 17, Article II, Section 17-22)
The city's total participation in the cost of any street or alley improvements constructed under this article shall be the engineering cost; except as provided herein; and the City of Brownfield will not participate to any extent in the construction cost of the improvements and no refunds will be made to the owners or developers of the streets or alleys constructed under this article for any portion of the cost of said improvements.
(1965 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 17, Article II, Section 17-23)