HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance No. 541-85 08-12-1985 ORDINANCE NO. 541
• AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, AMENDING THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, REPEALING
PRESENT CHAPTER 5, FIRE PROTECTION, AND ADOPTING A NEW CHAPTER
5, FIRE PRO'~ECTION, PRESCRIBING A PENALTY, PROVIDING FOR PUBLI-
CATION, CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE AND ORDAINING OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RICHLAND HILLS, ~
TEXAS:
SECTION I.
That the present Chapter 5, Fire Protection, of the Code of Ordi-
nances, City of Richland Hills, Texas, is hereby repealed and the
following Chapter 5, Fire Protection, is hereby adopted:
CHAPTER 5
FIRE PROTECTION
SECTION l: FIRE DEPARTMENT
A. FIRE DEPARTMENT CREATED
A Fire Department is hereby created for the City of Richland
• Hills, Texas, to be known as the "Richland Hills Fire Depart-
ment."
B. FIRE CHIEF
A Fire Chief shall be in charge of the department, subject to
the rules and regulations of the State of Texas, County of ~
Tarrant, and the City of Richland Hills. The Fire Chief shall ,
be appointed by the City Administrator, subject to approval of
the City Council.
C. COMPOSITION OF FIRE DEPARTMENT; COMPENSATION
The members of the Fire Department shall consist of any full
or part time employee that may from time to time be employed
as firemen at salaries to be approved by the City Council.
D. DUTY OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
The Fire Department shall cooperate with and work with the
Tarrant County Volunteer Fire Fighters Association and the
Tarrant County Fire Marshal and the Fire Marshal for the City
of Richland Hills, Texas, and any other fire fighting group
or association sponsored by or under the direction and control
of the Tarrant County Commissioners Court.
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SECTION 2: FIRE MARSHAL
A. OFFICE OF FIRE MARSHAL CREATED
The office of Fire Marshal is hereby created. Such office
shall be filled by appointment by the Fire Chief. Said
Fire Marshal shall be appointed based upon being qualified
for the duties of his office. He shall receive a salary
as may from time to time be set by the City Council.
B. FIRE MARSHAL SHALL INVESTIGATE FIRES
(1) The Fire Marshal shall investigate the cause, origin
and circumstances of every fire occurring within the
City by which property has been destroyed or damaged,
and shall especially make investigation as to whether
such fire was the result of carelessness or design.
Such investigation shall begin within twenty-four (24)
hours, not including Sunday, of the occurrence of such
fire. The Fire Marshal shall keep in his office a re-
cord of all fires, together with all facts, statistics
and circumstances, including the origin of the fires
and the amount of the loss, which may be determined by ~
the investigation required by this section. ~
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(2) The Fire Marshal, when in his opinion further investi-
gation is necessary, shall take or cause to be taken
the testimony, on oath, of all persons supposed to be
• cognizant of any facts or to have means of knowledge in
relation to the matter under investigation, and shall
cause the same to be reduced to writing; and if he shall
be of the opinion that there is evidence sufficient to
charge any person with the crime of arson, or with the
attempt to commit the crime of arson, or of conspiracy,
or to defraud, or criminal conduct in connection with
such fire, he shall cause such person to be lawfully
arrested and charged with such offense or either of them,
and shall furnish to the proper prosecuting attorney all
such evidence, together with the names of witnesses and
all of the information obtained by him, including a copy
of all pertinent and material testimony taken in the case.l.
C. POWER TO SUMMON WITNESSES AND REQUIRE PRODUCTION OF EVIDENCE
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(1) The Fire Marshal shall have the power to summon witnesses
before him to testify in relation to any matter which is
by the provisions of this section a subject of inquiry and;
investigation, and may require the production of any book,'
paper or document deemed pertinent thereto. The said Fire"
Marshal is hereby authorized and empowered to administer
oaths and affirmations to any persons appearing as witnesses
before him.
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(2) Any witness who refuses to be sworn, or who refuses to
appear or testify, or who disobeys any lawful order of
said Fire Marshal, or who fails or refuses to produce
• any book, paper or document touching any matter under
examination, or who is guilty of any contemptuous con-
duct during any of the proceedings of the Fire Marshal
in the matter of said investigation or inquiry, after
being summoned to give testimony in relation to any
matter under investigation as aforesaid, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor; and it shall be the duty of the
Fire Marshal to cause all such offenders to be prosecuted.
Any person being convicted of any such misdemeanor shall
be fined, provided, however, that any person so convicted
shall have the right of appeal.
D. INVESTIGATIONS MAY BE PRIVATE
All investigations held by or under the direction of the Fire
Marshal may, in his discretion, be private, and persons other
than those required to be present may be excluded from the
place where such investigation is held, and witnesses may be
kept separate and apart from each other and not allowed to
communicate with each other until they have been examined.
E. AUTHORITY OF RIGHT OF ENTRY
The Fire Marshal shall have the authority at all times of day
or night, when necessary, in the performance of the duties im-
• posed upon him by the provisions of this section, to enter upon
said premises and/or buildings and examine any building or prem
ises where any fire has occurred, and other buildings and prem-
ises adjoining or near the same, which authority shall be exec-I
cised only with reason and good discretion.
F. PREVENTIVE INSPECTIONS; APPEALS OF GRIEVANCES
The Fire Marshal, upon complaint of any person having an intere t
in any building or property adjacent and without any complaint,
shall have a right at all reasonable hours, for the purpose of
examination, to enter into and upon all buildings and premises
within the City, and it shall be his duty, monthly or more ofte ,
to enter upon and make or cause to be entered and made, a thor-!.
ough examination of all mercantile, manufacturing and public
buildings, together with the premises belonging thereto. When-
ever he shall find any building or other structure which, for
want of repair, or by reason of age or dilapidated condition,
or for any cause, is especially liable to fire, and which is so
situated as to endanger other buildings or property, or so occut
pied that fire would endanger persons or property therein, and
whenever he shall find an improper or dangerous arrangement of
stoves, ranges, furnaces or other heating appliances of any kind
whatsoever, including chimneys, flues, and pipes with which the
same may be connected, or a dangerous arrangement of lighting
devices or systems, or a dangerous or unlawful storage of explo*
• sives, compounds, petroleum, gasoline, kerosene, dangerous chemi-
cals, vegetable products, ashes, combustible, inflammable and r~-
fuse materials, or other conditions which may be dangerous in
character of liable to cuase or promote fire or create condi-
tions dangerous to the firemen or occupants, he shall order
• the same to be removed or remedied, and such order shall be
forthwith complied with by the owner or occupant of said build-
ing or premises. Provided, however, that if said owner or
occupant deems himself aggrieved by such order, he may, within
five (5) days, appeal to the City Administrator, who shall in-
vestigate the cause of the complaint and unless by his author-
ity the order is revoked, such order shall remain in force and
be forthwith complied with by said owner or occupant. At the
end of each month the Fire Marshal shall report to the State
Fire Marshal all existing hazardous conditions, together with
separate reports on each fire in the City during the month.
G. PENALTIES FOR HAZARDS
(1) Any owner or occupant of the building or other structure
or premises, who shall keep or maintain the same when,
for want of repair, or by reason of age or dilapidated
condition, or for any cause, it is especially liable to
fire, and which is so situated as to endanger buildings
or property of others, or is especially liable to fire
and which is so occupied that fire would endanger other
persons or their property therein, shall be punished by
a fine.
(2) Any owner or occupant of any building or other structure,
or premises, who shall keep or maintain the same with an
• improper arrangement of a stove, range, furnace, or other
heating appliance of any kind whatever, including chimneys
flues and pipes with which the same may be connected, so
as to be dangerous in the matter of fire, or health, or
safety or persons or property of others; or who shall keep'
or maintain any building, other structure or premises with
an improper arrangement of a lighting device or system, or
with a storage of explosives, petroleum, gasoline, kerosen ,
chemicals, vegetable products, ashes, combustibles, inflam
mable materials, refuse, or with any other condition which
shall be dangerous in character to the persons, health or
property of others; or which shall be dangerous in the mat er
of promoting, augmenting or causing fires, or which shall
create conditions dangerous to firemen, or occupants of such
building, structure or premises other than the maintenance,:
thereof, shall be punished by a fine.
(3) No prosecution shall be brought under this subsection unti~
the order provided for in subsection F be given, and the
party notified shall fail or refuse to comply with the same.
(4) All misdemeanors herein provided for shall be prosecuted,
and all fines and forfeitures herein provided for shall be
recovered and enforced, in the same manner as provided by
law for the enforcement of fines, forfeitures, penalties j
• and punishments for offenses generally against the City.
SECTION 3: FIRE PREVENTION CODE
• A. DEFINITIONS
(1) Jurisdiction: Wherever the word "jurisdiction"is used in -the
Uniform Fire Code, it shall be held to mean the munici-
pality. '
(2) Cor oration Counsel: Wherever the term: Corporation
Counsel" is used in the Uniform Fire Code, it shall be
held to mean the Attorney for the City of Richland Hills,
Texas.
(3) Chief Of The Bureau Of Fire Prevention: Wherever the
term "Chief Of The Bureau Of Fire Prevention" appears it
shall mean the Fire Marshal.
B. ADOPTION OF UNIFORM FIRE CODE
There is hereby adopted by the City of Richland Hills for the p r-
pose of prescribing regulations governing conditions hazardous
to life and property from fire or explosion, that certain Code
known as the Uniform Fire Code recommended by the Western Fire
Chiefs Association and the International Conference of Building
Officials being particularly the 1985 edition thereof and the
whole thereof, save and except such portions as are hereinafter{
deleted, modified or amended of which Code not less than three
(3) copies have been and are filed in the office of the Clerk
• of the City of Richland Hills and the same are hereby adopted
and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein, and 4
from the date on which this section shall take effect the pro-
vision thereof shall be controlling within the limits of the
City of Richland Hills.
C. ESTABLISHMENT OF LIMITS OF DISTRICTS IN WHICH STORAGE OF FLAMMA LE
OR COMBUSTIBLE LIQUIDS IN OUTSIDE ABOVEGROUD TANK5 IS TO BE PRO
HIBITED
(1) The limits referred to in Section 79.501 of the Uniform
Fire Code in which the storage of flammable or combusti-
ble liquids is restricted are hereby established as follow:
No storage of class I and class II liquids in aboveground
tanks outside of building is allowed in the City of Richla~d
Hills.
D. ESTABLISHMENT OF LIMITS IN WHICH BULK STORAGE OF LIQUIFIED
PETROLEUM GASES IS TO BE RESTRICTED
The limits referred to in Section 82.105a of the Uniform Fire
Code, in which storage of liquified petroleum gas is restricted'.
are hereby established as follows:
No storage of liquified petroleum gas is allowed in the
• City of Richland Hills.
E. ESTABLISHMENT OF LIMITS OF DISTRICTS IN WHICH STORAGE OF
EXPLOSIVES AND BLASTING AGENTS IS TO BE PROHIBITED
• The limits referred to in Section 77.106b of the Uniform Fire
Code in which storage of explosives and blasting agents are
prohibited, are hereby established as follows:
No storage of explosives and blasting agents are allowed
in the City of Richland Hills.
F. AMENDMENTS TO UNIFORM FIRE CODE
(1) The Fire Marshal shall have power to modify any of the
provisions of the Fire Prevention Code upon application
in writing by the owner or lessee, or his duly authorized
agent, when there are practical difficulties in the way
of carrying out the strict letter of the code, provided
that the spirit of the code shall be observed, public
safety secured, and substantial justice done. The par-
ticulars of such modifications when granted or allowed
and the decision of the Fire Marshal thereon shall be
entered upon the records of the Department and a signed
copy shall be furnished the applicant.
(2) Section 10.207, sub-paragraph (h) is amended to read as
follows:
(h) Any such fire lane or access roadway more than
• fifty feet (50') in length shall either connect
at both ends to a dedicated street or be pro-
vided with a roadway turning radius of not less ~
than fifty feet (50').
G. VENTILATION OF APPLIANCES
(1) All barbeque pits, broilers, grills, commercial or res-
taurant type ranges, candy kettles, ovens and appliances
used to deep fry foods or baking confectionary shall be
equipped with non-combustible removable filters and shall
be provided with an approved automatic fire extinguishing
system of the following types:
(a) Approved automatic dry chemical type. i
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(b) Approved automatic carbon dioxide system.
(c) Approved automatic foam extinguishing system.
(2) All existing occupancies employing commercial cooking equip-
ment as listed in subsection J(1) shall comply with this
section within one (1) year from the date of the adoption pf
this section with the same regulations as set forth in subt
section J(1) as for new installations.
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(3) Installer shall provide the Fire Marshal of the City of
Richland Hills or his representative with a copy of the
• form or design of automatic fire extinguishing system
before installation for his approval.
(4) The installation of such fire extinguishing or fire pro-
tection system shall be inspected annually by the manu-
facturer or his authorized representative and safisfactory'
evidence of such inspection shall be furnished to the Fire
Marshal of the City of Richland Hills, Texas.
Cross Reference--See Chapter 4, Section 5: Selling or A4aintaing
Fire Extinguishers
(5) A supplementary portable extinguisher shall be required
for each separate hood and vent (duct) system installed
and shall have a rating of 12B or greater.
(6) Where gas is the source of fuel, the gas supply must be
shut off automatically as an integral part. of the Auto-
matic Fire Protection System.
H. FIRE LANES
(1) Fire Lane Parking: Fire lane marking within the City of
Richland Hills, Texas shall be as follows:
• (a) The owner, occupant and/or person in charge of any
premises where a fire lane is required pursuant to
any ordinance, ordinances, rules, and regulations
of the City of Richland Hills, Texas, shall be res-
ponsible for fire lane marking and the maintenance
thereof.
(b) The marking of fire lanes on private property devoted
to public use, shall be approved by the Chief of the
Department or Chief of the Bureau of Fire Prevention.
(c) Fire lanes on large parking areas shall be designated
by continuous lines at least four inches (4") in widt
on each side of the fire lane starting at the entranc~
from the street and to be continued to the exit. Suc~
lines shall be bright red in color. The words "No
Parking" and "Fire Lane" shall be painted at the
entrance to fire lanes with lettering to be in white
and at least eighteen inches (18") in height.
(d) Fire lanes adjacent to curbs, buildings and fences
shall have the entire curb painted bright red or a
minumum of five inches (5") width adjacent to curb
painted bright red with lettering as in (c) above.
• (e) Where required by the Fire Prevention Bureau, "Fire
Lane" and "No Parking" signs shall be erected on
buildings, posts or fences.
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(2) Obstructing Fire Lanes: No person shall place or allow
to remain in any marked fire lane any trash, vehicles,
• merchandise or other obstruction. The owner, occupant
and/or the person in charge of any premises shall be
responsible for any fire lane that is blocked on such
premises by any means other than motor vehicles. The
owner or operator of a motor vehicle blocking any fire
lane shall be gulity of a traffic violation and the ve-
hicle shall be subject to removal or impoundment at the
violator's expense.
I. PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS
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(1) Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of the
code hereby adopted of fail to comply therewith, or who
shall violate or fail to comply with any order made there-
under, or any certificate or permit issued thereunder, and
from which no appeal has been taken, or who shall fail to
comply with such an order as affirmed or modified by the
City of Richland Hills or by a court of competent jurisdic
tion, within the time fixed herein, shall severally for
each and every such violation and noncompliance, respec-
tively, be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of
not less than $50.00 nor more than $1,000.00. The imposi-
tion of one penalty for any violation shall not excuse the
violation or permit it to continue; and all such persons
shall be required to correct or remedy such violations or
defects within a reasonable time; and when not otherwise
• specified, each day that any prohibited conditions are
maintained shall constitute a separate offense.
(2) The application of the above penalty shall not be held to
prevent the enforced removal of prohibited conditions.
SECTION 4: ARSON REWARD
A. ARSON REWARD OFFERED
The City of Richland Hills, Texas, hereby offers a reward of
one hundred dollars ($100.00) for the arrest and conviction
of any person or persons found guilty of committing the crime
of arson within the corporate limits of said City of Richland
Hills, Texas. This reward is a standing offer, and shall be
paid out of the general fund of the City of Richland Hills,
Texas.
B. NOTICE OF REWARD OFFER
The City Secretary shall purchase or cause to be purchased
sufficient placards eight inches (8") by twelve inches (12")
in size showing the reward is offered and at least six (6) of
them will be placed in wooden frames under glass and publicly
displayed in a least six (6) different public buildings within
• the City Limits and he/she shall also furnish the Texas Fire
Insurance Department at Austin, Texas, a certified copy of this
section, copy of one of the placards, and a list of the public
buildings where the placards have been placed.
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SECTION 5: FIREWORKS ~
A. POSSESSION OR DISCHARGE OF FIREWORKS PROHIBITED
From and after the effective date of this section it shall be
unlawful for any person, persons, firms, companies, corpora-
tions, or associations to possess, cast, throw, or fire any
squib, rocket, cracker, torpedo, grenade, or other combustible
fireworks of any kind in the City Limits of Richland Hills,
Texas.
B. SALE OF FIREWORKS PROHIBITED
From and after the effective date of this section it shall be
unlawful for any person, persons, firms, companies, corpora-
tions, or associations to exhibit or have in his possession,
with intent to give away, sell, offer for sale within the City
of Richland Hills, Texas, any squib, rocket, cracker, torpedo,
grenade, cap, or other combustible fireworks of any kind.
C. EXCEPTIONS TO PROVISIONS; DISPLAY OF FIREWORKS f
Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to the
sale, storage, or use of railroad track torpedoes or other
signaling devices used by railroads or to the sale, storage
or use of flashlight composition by photographers or dealers
• in photographic supplies or to prevent any public or private
demonstration or display of fireworks of any kind if conducted
under proper police supervision after application made and per-
mit issued by the City Administrator of the City of Richland
Hills for such demonstration. Said permit shall not be granted
unless such demonstration or display shall be of such character
and so located, discharged or fired as in the opinion of the
Fire Marshal after proper inspection, shall not be hazardous to
the property or endanger any person or persons.
SECTION 6: OPEN BURNING
A. OUTDOOR BURNING PROHIBITED WITHOUT PERMIT
No person or persons shall burn or authorize the burning in the;
City of Richland Hills, on any street, alley, lot or open area
whatever, of any rubbish, trash, waste, objects of natural
growth, or any combustible material of any description except
in accordance with a permit issued by the Fire Marshal of the
City of Richland Hills or his designee, after investigation;
provided that nothing herein shall be construed as requiring
the Fire Marshal to issue such permit if he is of the opinion
that the proposed burning would be unsafe; and provided further
that this section shall not apply to the burning of materials
in containers designed and constructed for such purpose and in
• good operating condition.
B. LIABILITY OF FIRE MARSHAL
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The Fire Marshal, in performing his functions under subsection
• above, is hereby declared to be performing a governmental funct~.on
and not personally liable for any damage that may accrue to per±
sons or property as a result of any act required or permitted im
the discharge of such functions.
EDITOR'S NOTE: The granting of a permit to burn outdoors by the
Fire Marshal is subject to the compliance with sub-
chapter 131.03..01--Outdoor Burning of the Texas Air
Control Board of Regulations, June 2, 1978.
SECTION 7: STORAGE OF FLAMMABLE AND COMBUSTIBLE LIQUIDS
A. STORAGE OF GASOLINE OR KEROSENE IN GLASS CONTAINERS
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person, persons, firms, or
corporations to store, keep or transport either gasoline
or kerosene in glass containers in the City Limits of
Richland Hills, Texas.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any person, persons, firms or cor'
porations selling or dispensing gasoline or kerosene withi
the City Limits of Richland Hills, Texas, to dispense any
gasoline or kerosene into glass containers.
SECTION 8: TRANSPORTATION OF FLAMMABLE AND COMBUSTIBLE LIQUIDS
• AND EXPLOSIVES
It shall be unlawful for any person to park or operate any trucl~
or other vehicle that is designed and used for transporting
gasoline, flammable substance, explosives, or other items or pr -
ducts that are highly flammable or explosive on the streets in he
residential areas of the City of Richland Hills, Texas, except
when making actual deliveries of such products to permanent sto -
age containers.
This section is not intended to prohibit the use of automobiles
and pick-up trucks while making actual deliveries of gasoline
to automobiles, lawn mowers and other machinery in the City,
provided that such delivery shall be in containers of metal or
unbreakable plastic or in the vehicles that are not designed
to hold more than twenty (20) gallons of gasoline.
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SECTION 9: MOBILE FUEL DISPENSING UNITS
A. MOBILE SERVICE UNIT DEFINED
Mobile Service Unit as used in this section shall mean and in-
clude any vehicle, tank, tank truck, or other movable device
from which flammable liquids used as fuel may as an act of re-
tail sale be dispensed into the fuel tank of a motor vehicle.
It is the intent of this section to prohibit mobile gasoline
• filling stations which either park or roam around on off street
parking lots and from which the driver or attendant makes sales:
of gasoline to persons whose vehicles are parked on such lots. ;
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This section shall not apply to the delivery of liquified
petroleum gas to lawful recipients having proper containers
• other than motor vehicles, or to the emergency delivery of
motor fuel to a stalled vehicle.
B. MOBILE SERVICE UNITS PROHIBITED
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
sell or dispense fuel from a mobile service unit in the City
of Richland Hills, Texas, or to operate the same as a service
station, including self-service.
SECTION 10: SPRINKLER SYSTEMS REQUIRED '
A. Any apartment, condominium, hotel, motel, or town house, over
two stories in height or more than thirty-five feet elevation
from finished floor level, shall be equipped with a fire pro-
tection sprinkler system that meets N.F.P.A. Standard 13.
(1) The system shall be installed on all floors of the build-
ing.
(2) The sprinkler heads installed in occupied areas of the
structure shall be fused at 165 degrees fahrenheit unless
otherwise approved by the Bureau of Fire Prevention.
(3) Any multi-family structure over thirty-five feet in height;
shall be equipped with a sprinkler system that meets the
• requirements of N.F.P.A. Standard 13.
(4) Upon installation completion, the installer of the sprinkl r
system shall furnish the Bureau. of Fire Prevention with a
copy of the "as built" plans for the system and a letter
stating the name of the company installing the system, date
of completion, a statement that the system has been instal ed
to meet the requirements of the ordinance and the notarize
signature of the installer.
SECTION 11: FIRE WALL REQUIRED
Any occupancy used for business, mercantile, residential, health,
penal, educational, industrial and storage shall be separated from
the other occupancies by construction having a fire resistive rat-
ing of not less than one hour.
1. Fire resistive construction shall extend from the floor toy
the bottom of the roof deck or the sub-floor of the next
floor level.
2. Occupancies which require fire resistive separation greater
than one hour shall be indicated by the appropriate N.F.P..
Standards.
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• 3. Those occupancies which are required to have automatic
sprinkler systems in accordance with N.F.P.A. Standard 13
shall be exempt from fire separation requirements.
SECTION 12: WOOD ROOF SHINGLES RESTRICTED
1. It shall be a violation of this ordinance to use any
wood shingles as part of the construction material
on structures classified as multifamily (inc];uding
duplexes) or commercial building.
2. All single family dwellings using wood shingles or
shakes shall be factory pressure treated with a fire
retardant chemical to meet class C fire resistant
requirements of the National Fire Protection Associa-
tion No. 256.
3. Existing wood shingles or shake roofs may be repaired
with wood shingles or shakes providing the area re-
placed does not exceed twer;ty-five percent (250) of
the entire area of the roof, otherwise the entire roof
shall be replaced with material specified in the code.
SECTION II
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council ~
that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, and phrases
of this Ordinance are severable and, if any phrase, clause, sen-
tence, paragraph, or section of this Ordinance shall be declared
unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of
competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect
• any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs, and
sections of this Ordinance, since the same would have been enacted
by the City Council without the incorporation in this Ordinance of
any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or
section.
SECTION III ~
This Ordinance will take effect immediately from and after its
passage and the publication of the caption as the law in such
cases provides.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 12th DAY OF ,~}ugust , 1985,
BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS.
AP OV D:
MAYOR
AT~'EST
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CITY SECRETARY