HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance No. 1256-13 10-01-2013ORDINANCE NO. 1256-13
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RICHLAND HILLS AMENDING
CHAPTER14 "BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATION" OF THE
RICHLAND HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE ("CITY CODE") BY AMENDING
ARTICLE VIII "UNSAFE, SUBSTANDARD DANGEROUS BUILDINGS"
TO REPEAL THE ADOPTION OF THE UNIFORM CODE FOR THE
ABATEMENT OF DANGEROUS BUILDINGS AND TO PROVIDE FOR
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLE VIII THROUGH THE BUILDING
BOARD OF APPEALS; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL
BE CUMULATIVE OF ALL ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Richland Hills is a home rule city acting under its charter
adopted by the electorate pursuant to Article XI, Section 5 of the Texas Constitution and
Chapter 9 of the Local Government Code; and
WHEREAS, the Richland Hills City Council has determined that the Uniform
Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings is no longer applicable in the State of
Texas; and
WHEREAS, the Richland Hills City Council has further determined that the
implementation of Article VIII of Chapter 14 of the Code should be done through the
City's building board of appeals as established in Chapter 10 of the City Code; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that this ordinance is in the best interests of
the citizens of the City of Richland Hills.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
Section 14-321 of the Richland Hills City Code is hereby repealed in its entirety.
SECTION 2.
Section 14-323 of the City Code is hereby amended by deleting the term
"Council" and its corresponding definition and by adding the following term and
definition at the beginning of the list of terms:
Board means the building board of appeals.
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SECTION 3.
Article VIII of Chapter 14 of the City Code shall be modified as follows:
Every reference to the term "council" in Sections 14-327 through 14-334 and in
Section 14-336 shall be deleted and substituted with the term "building board of
appeals."
SECTION 4.
PROVISIONS CUMULATIVE
This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances and of the
Code of Ordinances of the City of Richland Hills, Texas, as amended, except where the
provisions of this ordinance are in direct conflict with the provisions of such ordinances
and such Code, in which event the conflicting provisions of such ordinances and such
Code are hereby repealed.
SECTION 5.
PROVISIONS SEVERABLE
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the phrases,
clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this ordinance are severable, and if any
phrase, clause sentence, 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 6.
EFFECTIVE DATE
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and
publication as required by law and it is so ordained.
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