HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance No. 645-91 11-26-1991 ORDINANCE NO. 6 4 5
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1, "BUILDING
CODE", OF CHAPTER 3, "BUILDING REGULATIONS" OF
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF RICHLAND
HILLS, TEXAS; ADOPTING UPDATED BUILDING CODES
AND STANDARDS; ILiA1CIlVG CERTAIN AMENDMENTS TO
SAID UPDATED BUILDING CODES; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE;
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Richland Hills, Texas:
I.
That Section 1, "Building Code" of Chapter 3, "Building Regulations" of the
Code of Ordinances, City of Richland Hills, Texas, as amended, be hereby amended
to hereafter be and read as follows:
SECTION 1: BUILDING CODE
A. UNIFORM BUILDING CODE ADOPTED
The following documents, copies of which are on file in the
office of the Building Official of the City of Richland Hills,
• Texas, being marked and designated as:
Uniform Building Code, 1991 edition, published by the
International Conference of Building Officials, including the
generic fire-resistive assemblies listed in the Fire Resistance
Design Manual, published by the Gypsum Association as
referenced in Tables No. 43-A, 43-B and 43-C of the specified
Uniform Building Code, including Appendix Chapters 1, 10, 12,
31, 32, 35, 38, 55, 57 and 70: AND
Uniform Building Code Standards, 1991 Edition, published by
the International Conference of Building Officials;
Are hereby adopted as the building code of the City of
Richland Hills, Texas, regulating the erection, construction,
enlargement, alteration, repair, moving, removal, demolition,
conversion, occupancy, equipment, use, height, area and
maintenance of all buildings or structures in the City of
Richland Hills, providing for issuance of permits and collection
of fees therefor; and each and all of the regulations, provisions,
conditions and terms of such Uniform Building Code, 1991
Edition, and Uniform Building Code Standards, 1991 Edition,
and the secondary publications referenced above, are hereby
referred to, adopted and made a part hereof as if fully set out
in this ordinance.
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B. AMENDMENTS
• CHAPTER 3, SECTION 301.(b): WORK EXEMPT FROM
PERMIT; of the UNIFORM BUILDING CODE, 1991 EDITION, is
amended by the deletion of items one (1), two (2), and seven (7)
from the list contained therein of exempted work.
C. CONFLICTS WITH OTHER ORDINANCES
All other ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith
are hereby repealed except zoning ordinances and amendments
thereto. In the event of conflict, the terms of the zoning
ordinance or amendments shall govern.
II.
Severability Clause. That 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, sentence, paragraph or section of
this ordinance shall be declared invalid or unconstitutional by the valid judgment or
decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or 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 invalid or
unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
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Saving Clause. That Chapter 3 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Richland
Hills, Texas, as amended, shall remain in full force and effect, save and except as
amended by this ordinance.
Effective Date. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
its passage and publication as provided by the Richland Hills City Charter and the
laws of the State of Texas.
PRESENTED, GIVEN FIRST READING AND APPROVED at a regular meeting
of the Richland Hills City Council on the day of NOV 1991, by a vote
of _,5_ ayes, ~ nays, and abstentions.
APPR VE
James R. Truitt, ayor
ATTEST:
• Pauline Kempe, City Secretary
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Paul . Wienes ie, ity Attorney
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