HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance No. 660-92 03-24-1992 • ORDINANCE 550
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 12 "HOUSING CODE"
OF CHAPTER 3 "BUILDING REGULATIONS" OF THE CODE
OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, AS
AMENDED; ADOPTING THE 1991 EDITION OF THE UNIFORM
HOUSING CODE AS THE HOUSING CODE FOR THE CITY OF
RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS; MAKING CERTAIN
AMENDMENTS TO SAID UNIFORM HOUSING CODE TO BE
EFFECTIVE WITHIN THE CITY OF RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS;
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 12 "HOUSING 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 12: HOUSING CODE
A. UNIFORM HOUSING CODE ADOPTED
The Uniform Housing Code, 1991 Edition, as adopted by the International
Conference of Building Officials, a copy of which is on file in the office
of the City Secretary, is hereby adopted by reference and designated as
the Housing Code of the City of Richland Hills, Texas, together with the
amendments thereto hereinafter set forth, the same as though such Code
were copied at length herein.
B. AMENDMENTS
The Uniform Housing Code, 1991 Edition, is hereby amended and changed
in the following respects:
(1) The phrase "City of P.ichlard Hilly as used throughout such
publication shall be deemed to read "City of Richland Hills, Texas."
(2) Section 203 is hereby amended to read as follows:
The City Council shall conduct all public hearings required under
this Code and shall hear all appeals provided for hereunder.
Appeals shall be processed in accordance with the provisions
contained in Section 1201 of this Code. The City Council shall be
deemed to be the housing advisory and appeals board as same is
referred to throughout this Code.
(3) Section 1605 is hereby amended by the addition of a new Subsection
• (d) thereto, which subsection shall hereafter be and read as follows:
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• (d) Notice of Lien.
If the legislative body of this jurisdiction orders that the
charge shall be assessed against the property, then, in addition
to the requirements set forth above, the City Secretary shall
prepare and file in the Real Property Records of Tarrant
County, Texas, a "Notice of Lien" which shall be in
substantially the following form:
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• (4) Chapter 16 is hereby amended by the addition of a new Section 1613
thereto, which new section shall hereafter be and read as follows:
NO UTILITY SERVICE, ETC.
Sec. 1613.
No utility service, building permit or certificate of occupancy shall be allowed
or issued upon any property until all liens assessed against the property under
the provisions of this Code shall have been released by the City after payment
of all sums and assessments secured thereby.
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.
III.
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 2 4 day of March 1992, by a vote
of ~ _ ayes, Q_ nays, and 0 abstentions.
APPRO
James R. ruitt, Mayor
ATTEST:
• Pauline Kempe, City Secretary
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• APPROVED AS TO FORM:
aul F. Wieneskie, ity Attorney
67MLIB/bh/031992
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