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ORDINANCE NUMBER 1111
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE 'OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY
OF WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE", TEXAS' BY AMENDING SECTION 6,-19
AND SECTION 6~20 BY ADOPTING THE 1976 EDITION OF THE STANDARD
BUILDING CODE OF THE SOUTHERN BUILDING CODE CONGRESS INTER-
NATIONAL, IN'e;, WITH ,1977 AND 1978 AMENDMENTS THERETO; PRO-
VIDING FOR CERTAIN AMENDMENTS TO 'SArD STANDARD BUILDING CODE;
PROVID~NG FOR THE FILING OF 'THREE (3) CERTIFIED COPIES OF
SUCH STANDARD BUILDING CODE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY
SECRETARY; AND PROVIDING AN ,EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF WEST UNIVERSITY
PLACE, TEXAS:
Section 1. That Section 6-19 of the Code of Ordinances is hereby
amended so that hereaft~r.said Section 6-19 shall read as follows:
"Section 6-19.' Adoption of Buiiding Code.
There is hereby adopted. by the City Commission for the purpose of
,establishing rules and regulations for the construction, alteration,
removal, demolition, equipment, use and occupancy, location and main-
tenance of buildings and strUctures, i~cludingpermits and penalties,
that.certa~nbuilding code known as the Standard Building Code of
the Southern Buiiding Code Congress International, Inc. (hereinafter
referred to as the Standard Building Code) with 1977 and 1978 amend-
ments thereto', and the whole thereof, save and except such portions
as are hereinafter delet~d, modified or amended, of which not less
than three (3) 'certified copies have been and now are filed in the
office of the city secretary and the same' are hereby adopted and in-
corporated as fully as. if set out at length herein', and from the date
on which this article s!1al~ take effect, the provisions thereof shall
be controlling in construction of all buildings' and structures
therein contained within t!1e ~orporate limits'of the city."
Section 2. That Section 6-20 oj the Code of Ordinances is hereby
amended so that hereafter said Section 6-20 shall read as follows:
"Section. 6-20. , Amendmen.ts ,to Bu.ilding Code.
The Standard Building Code is hereby amended and changed in the fol-
lowing respects:
Section 106.2 is hereby deleted in its entirety;
Section 106.3 is hereby amended to read as follows:
The Building Official shail act upon an application for a permit
with plans a~filed, o~ a~ amended, without unreasonable or un-
necessary delay. A permit issued shall be construed to be a license
to proceed with the work and shall not be construed as authority to
violate, cancel, alter, or set aside any of the provisions of this
code, nor shall such issuance of a permit prevent the Building Official
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, , from thereafter requlrlng a correction of errors in plans or in
construction, or of violations of this code. Every permit issued
shall become invali-d unless the work authorized by'such permit is U
substantiallycommenced'within sixty (60) days' after it issuance II,',
or if the work' authorized by such permit is suspended or abandoned
for' a period of six (6)'months after the time the work is Commenced,
or the work authorized is not completedCwi~hin one (1) year from
the'date the permit is issued, provided, that, for good cause one
and nor more than two 'extensions of time, for period not exceeding ,
ninety days each, may be allowed, and such extensions shall be in writ-
ing by the Building Official.
Section 107.4 is hereby amended to read as follows:
Fees in existence at the time of the adoption of the Standard Build-
ing Code shall apply.
Section 109 is hereby amended by the addition thereto of a Section
to be numbered, 109.5, which said Section shall read as follows:
A certificate of occupancy sha,n not be issued by-the Building Of-
ficial unless and until all debris, garbage, trash and rubbish
has been cleared from the construction site and the, premises are in
a clean and san;i tarycondi tion-.
Sections 111, .112 and 113 are hereby deleted in their entirety.
Section' 2204 .1 is' hereby amended to read, as follows:
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:No previously constructed~building', or part of any previously con-
structed building, shall be moved to or placed upon any lot, lots
or building site located in the city. "
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No building or part of any building currently located inside the
city limits shall be moved from, through or across, any sidewalk,
street, alley or highway within the governmental limits without
'first obtaining a permit from, the Building OfficiaL
Section 2501 is hereby amended to read as follows:
Mobile homes are prohibited inside the city limits and, therefore,
all references to mobile homes are hereby deleted."
Section 3. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from
and after its passage and approval.
PASSED AND APPROVED. this '10th day of April, 1978.
,Commi:ssioners Voting Aye: All
Commissioners '(oting No: None
ATTEST:
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Assistant City Secretary
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