HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance No. 709-94 01-11-1994
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 13 "ABATEMENT OF
DANGEROUS BUILDINGS CODE" OF CHAPTER 3 "BUILDING
REGULATIONS" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE
CITY OF RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, AS AMENDED, TO
ADOPT THE 1991 EDITION OF THE UNIFORM CODE FOR
THE ABATEMENT OF DANGEROUS BUILDINGS; PROVIDING
A SEVERABILTTY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE;
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Richland Hills, Texas, currently has in force the 1988
Edition of the Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, which code
has been adopted for the protection of the health, safety and welfare of the citizens
of the City of Richland Hills, and for the safeguarding of their property; and
WHEREAS, a new, 1991 edition of said Uniform Code for the Abatement of
Dangerous Buildings has been promulgated by the International Conference of
Building Officials; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the citizens of the City of Richland
Hills, Texas, and necessary for the preservation of their lives and property that the
• said 1991 edition of said Code be adopted.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS:
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That Subsection A "Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings
Adopted" of Section 13 "Abatement of Dangerous Buildings 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:
A. UNIFORM CODE FOR THE ABATEMENT OF DANGEROUS BUILDINGS
ADOPTED
The Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, 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 Abatement of Dangerous
Buildings Code of the City of Richland Hills, Texas, together with the
amendments hereinafter set forth, the same as though such code were
copied at length herein.
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
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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.
IV.
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 1~h day of January, 1994, by a vote
of 5 ayes, 0 nays, and abstentions.
APPROVED:
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C. F. Kelley, Mayor
ATTEST:
Ter ' i ,City Secretary
rA-PP~VED AS TO FORM:
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Paul F. Wieneskie, City Attorney
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