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ORDINANCE NUMBER 1363
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO BUILDING FOOTINGS AND FOUNDATIONS;
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF WEST UNIVERSITY
PLACE, TEXAS; CONTAINING FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE
SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the City Council has heretofore adopted Ordinance No.
1356 relating to building footings and foundations, and the City
Council desires to amend further the Code of Ordianance provisions
relating to building footings and foundations, in response to comments
received from an industry'representive;
NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST UNIVERSITY
PLACE, TEXAS:
Section 1. Subparagraph (ii) (relating to footings and
foundations) of Section 6-52 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
West University Place is hereby amended to read in its entirety as
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(ii) All footings and foundations must meet all of the
requirements of the Building Code. In addition, all footings
and foundations of buildings must be adequately designed for
the soil conditions'and must cbntain adequate steel
reinforcement (with a minimum reinforcement of 6x6x6 wire
mesh).' Inaddi ti'on, a 11 footings and foundations of
buildings~ 'except for projects involving only one story with
no more than 300 square feet of gross floor area, must also
meet the following requirements: (A) the foundation must
include piers sunk into the earth to a depth sufficient to
avoid damage or uneven settling caused by expansive or
contractive soils or non-load-bearing. soils (the pier depth
being determined by a soils IISRII report prepared by a
recognized and reputable soils investigation agency or firm),-
(B) there must be pi ers of suffi ci ent number and desj gn to
support the' building in: Question, (C) the foundation \must be
illustrated in complete plans and specifications prepared,
signed'and sealed by a registered professional engineer, and
(D) if the foundation inCludes any slab using IIpost
tensionedll or IIcable tensionedll concrete, a registered
professional engineer must certify to the Building Official,
under the engineer1s seal, that the slab was carefully and
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correctly tensioned in the presence of, and under the
direction and control -of, a registered professional engineer
and that the slab'is properly constructed and completed. The
Building Official may require that such certificte be made
and delivered to the Building Official at any time after the
tensioning work is done, but it shall be delivered, in any
event, as a condition of receiving a certificate of
occupancy.
Section 2. This ordinance applies to all building
foundations constructed after the date this ordinance becomes
effective, except that the special transitional rule stated in Section
2 of Ordinance No. 1356 shall continue to apply to any foundations
originally falling within the scope of such transitional rule.
Section 3. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of the conflict only.
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Section 4. If any word, phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph,
section or other part of this ordinance or the application thereof to
any person or circumstance, shall ever be held to be invalid or
unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder ell
of this ordinance and the application of such word, phrase, clause,
sentence, paragraph, section or other part of this ordinance to any
other persons or circumstances shall not be affected'thereby.
Section 5. The City Council officially finds, determines and
declares that a sufficient written notice of the date, hour, place and
subject of each meeting at which this ordinance was discussed,
considered or acted upon Was given in the manner required by the Open
Meetings Law, TEX. REV. CIV. STAT. ANN. art~ 6252-17, as amended,
and that each such meeting has been open to the public as required by
law at all times during such discussion, consideration and action. The
City Council ratifies, approves and confirms such notices and the
contents and posting thereof.
Section 6. The public importance of this measure and the
requirements of the law create an emergency and an urgent public
necessity requiring that this Ordinance be passed and take effect as an
emergency measure, and a state of emergency is hereby declared, and
this Ordinance is accordingly passed as an emergency measure and shall
take effect on the tenth day following its publication as prescribed by
the City Charter.
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PASSED AND APPROVED this
day of
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Voting Aye:
Voting No:
Absent:
Signed:
Laura C. Higley, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Audrey Nichols
City Secretary
Approved as to Form:
( SEAL)
James L. Dougherty, Jr.
City Attorney
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