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ORDINANCE NO. 2427 - 1969
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE No. 1700-1958, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE BUILDING CODE OF
THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA APPROVED DECEMBER 2, 1958.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana as follows:
SECTION 1. WHEREAS, Paragraph 405, Exceptions, of Ordinance 1700-1958 commonly known
as the Building Code of the City of Richmond, Indiana reads as follows:
EXCEPTIONS
(a) Any cases or types of construction not fully covered in this
code may be ruled on by the Commissioner of Buildings with
reference to the F.H.A. rules and regulations, if applicable.
(b) In no case shall grade beam foundation be accepted for dwellings.
WHEREAS, it is the intent and purpose hereof to amend said Paragraph 405, Exceptions,
to allow for the adoption of construction standards which will assure well planned,
safe and soundly constructed one and two family living units within the City of Rich-
mond, Indiana.
NOW THEREFORE:
SECTION 2. It is hereby ordained that Paragraph 405, Exceptions, of the Richmond
Building Code be and the same is hereby changed to read as follows:
405. ADOPTION OF FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION MINIMUM PROPERTY
STANDARD FOR ONE AND TWO LIVING UNITS.
Except where the Federal Housing Administration Minimum Property
Standards for one and two living units No. 300, dated November
1966,.including all General and Interim Revisions as of the ef-
fective date of this ordinance is in conflict with this Chapter,
such regulations are hereby adopted and approved for the construc-
tion, alteration and repair of all one and two family living units
in the City of Richmond, Indiana and are made a part of this chap-
ter as fully as though every word, clause, phrase, sentence, ill-
ustration, sections and parts thereof were setout herein.
I't copies of the Federal Housing Administration Minimum Property Standards for
-Two Living Units No. 300, dated November 1966, including all General and In-
te+��9t:Revisionas of the effective date of this ordinance have been filed in the
t off ds e of th*:Gity Clerk for public inspection.
r,provisions C,f:state law relative to the incorporation within a municipal code of
'tter byr re£eOince and requiring two (2) copies thereof to be on file in the office
oU the C1t* Clerk for public inspection, see Burn's Indiana Statute 48--1417.
SECTION 3. `This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its pas-
sagey,approval by the Mayor and publication as by law required.
PASSED �b.Y the Common Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana, this LAIday of
i),Lbk'ita , 1969.
esiden of Common Council
Attest: a X,L �
City Clerk
PRESENTED by me, Lotte Ho City City Clerk, to the Honorable Mayor, Byron E. Klute,
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this day of i-A 1969. p—
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City Clerk.
APPROVED by Ong. Byron E. Klute, Mayor of the City of Richmond, Indiana, this day
of 19 r, j' ]P A_A 1969.
Attest: 44,6�
City Clerk
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