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ORDllfANCE j\JUjiJ3E 1. 93 .
AN ORDINAEC:r: Av1EKDIHG TI:IE COD'!' OF ORDINANC~S OF TliE CITY
OF '\\"EST UNIVEiSITY PLACE; TEXAS BY AMENDING SECTION 6-19
AND S:r;:CTION 6-20 BY ADOPT:!:NG TIJ:E 1967 EJJITIOR OJi' 'IliE
NATIONAL BUILDING CODE; PROVIDING FO::\ CERTA IT AJ\IENDME::'if'IS
TO SAID N).TIOXAL :SUIL::::m;G com:; P::\OVIDHG 10, T1:.E i'IL=:i\iG
O~ THREE (3) CERTIFIED COPIES OF SUCH NATIONAL BUILDING
CODE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY A~D ?ROVIDING
AN EF:5'3CTIVE DATE.
BE IT OPillAIN5JJ 3Y IlL CITY CO~~SSION OF Ttin CITY OF wEsrr UNIVERSITY
PLACE; TFXAS:
Section 1. That Section 6-19 of the Code of Ordinances is
amended so that hereafter said Section srall read as follows:
"Section 6-19.
ion of
code.
~here is hereby adopted by tne city for the purpose of e
rules and regulations for the construct~on; altera~ioL, removal;
demolition; equipment; use and occupancy; location and maintenance
of builcings and structures; including permits and penalties; that
certain building code known as the National building Code recowaended
the American Insurance L3sociation; beLlg particularly the
edition thereof and the whole thereof; save and except such portions
as are hereinafter deleted; ~odified or aBended, 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 a~d
incorporated as fully as if set out at len6tt nerein, and from
the date on which this article shall take effect; the provisions
thereof shall be controlling in the construction of all buildings
and structures tnerein contained within the corporate limits of
the ci "
SectiOD 2. That Section 6-20 of the Code of Ordinances is hereby
amended so that hereafter said Section 6-20 shall read as follows:
"Section 6-20. AEJ.endf11.enJ.s "GO building code.
The National Building Code is
following respects:
amended and changed in the
Section 103 ~s hereby amended by adding suosection 103.8 reading
as follows:
103.8. Clean-up of debris required.
A certificate of occupancy shall not be issued tre building
official unless and until all debris; garbage; trash and rubbisD
Das been cleared from ~he construction site and the premises are
in a clean and sanitary condition.
Section 400.4 is hereby amended to read as follows:
400.4 Mov~ng buildings.
No person shall move to Ol' place upon allY lot or lots 10cateJ.
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in the city any building or structure previously located on other
property. In the event of the violation of this provision) the
owner or owners of such building or structure as well as any
agent) person or corporation employed in connection therewith
and who may have assisted in the cormnission of any such violation
shall be guilty of a separate offense.
Section 913.1 is hereby amended to read as follows:
Reinforced concrete construction shall conform with nationally
recognized good practice on matters not covered in this Code,
except that the design of all reinforced concrete structures,
including all of their component parts, shall be in accordance
with the s as set forth in Building Code require-
ments for reinforced concrete, serial designation ACI-218-
amended 1963, or any amendments thereafter, as published
the American Concrete Institute.
Section 3. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from
and after its passage and approval.
PASSED AND A2PROVED this 13th day of April, 1970.
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