Ord. 0867 08-24-98ORDINANCE NO. 867
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 7, BUILDING, CHAPTER 9, ELECTRICITY,
AND CHAPTER 23, PLUMBING AND GAS, OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND
CODE OF ORDINANCES, AS THEY MAY HAVE BEEN, FROM TIME TO
TIME, AMENDED, TO ADOPT AND INCORPORATE BY REFERENCE
VARIOUS REGULATORY CODES GOVERNING THE AFOREMENTIONED
CHAPTERS; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION; CONTAINING A
SAVINGS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND A REPEALER
CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION, CODIFICATION, AND AN
EFFECTIVE DATE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY BECAUSE THE
NEED TO REGULATE PROPER CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS INURES
TO THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND, THEREFORE, BEARS DIRECTLY
UPON THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE CITIZENRY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS:
Section 1. That Chapter 7, Building, is hereby amended to adopt and
incorporate by reference the Standard Building Code, 1997 Edition, with the exception
that Chapter 15, Section 1505, Wood Shingles and Shakes, is entirely deleted, and
creating a Section 1505.1 to read as follows:
"Section 1505.1 - Wood shingles and shakes shall not be permitted as
roof coverings on any building(s) within the city limits."
Section 2. That Chapter 7, Building, is further amended to adopt and
incorporate by reference the Standard Mechanical Code, 1997 Edition, Standard
Housing Code, 1997 Edition, Standard Swimming Pool Code, 1994 Edition, and
Standard Unsafe Building Abatement Code, 1985 Edition.
Section 3. That Chapter 9, Electricity, is hereby amended to adopt and
incorporate by reference the National Electrical Code, 1996 Edition.
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Section 4. That Chapter 23, Plumbing and Gas, is hereby amended to adopt
and incorporate by reference the Standard Plumbing Code, 1997 Edition and the •
Standard Gas Code, 1997 Edition.
Section 5. Declaration of Emergency. The Council finds and determines that
the need to regulate proper construction of buildings inures to the benefit of the public
and, therefore, bears directly upon the health, safety and welfare of the citizenry; and
that this Ordinance shall be adopted as an emergency measure, and that the rule
requiring this Ordinance to be read on two (2) separate occasions be, and the same is
hereby waived.
Section 6. Penalty. Any person who shall violate the provisions of this section
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided by Section
1-11 of the Pearland Code of Ordinances. Each day such violation continues shall be
deemed a separate offense.
Section 7. Savings. All rights and remedies which have accrued in favor of
the City under this Chapter and amendments thereto shall be and are preserved for the
benefit of the City.
Section 8. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase
or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid, unconstitutional or otherwise
unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a
separate, distinct, and independent provision and such holding shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions thereof.
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Section 9. Repealer. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed, but only to the extent of such conflict.
Section 10. Codification. It is the intent of the City Council of the City of
Pearland, Texas, that the provisions of this Ordinance shall be codified in the City's
official Code of Ordinances as provided hereinabove.
Section 11. Publication/Effective Date. The City Secretary shall cause this
Ordinance, or its caption and penalty, to be published in the official newspaper of the
City of Pearland, upon passage of such Ordinance. The Ordinance shall then become
effective ten (10) days from and after its publication, or the publication of its caption
and penalty, in the official City newspaper.
PASSED and APPROVED on First and Only Reading this the 24th day of
August , A.D., 1998.
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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DARRIN M. COKER
CITY ATTORNEY
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TOM REID
MAYOR
VOTING RECORD (FIRST AND ONLY READING
AUGUST 24, 19981
Voting "Aye" -
Councilmembers Berger, Beckman,
Seeger, Tetens, and Wilkins.
Voting "No" - None.
Motion passes 5 to 0.
PUBLICATION DATE: AUGUST 26, 1998
EFFECTIVE DATE: SEPTEMBER 6, 1998
PUBLISHED AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 3.10 OF
THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
The Pcarland Reporter News
2404 South Park
Pcarland, Texas 775II1
State of Texas
Brazoria and Harris Counties
I, Joan Cummings, hereby certify that the notice hereby appended was published
in Brazoria and Harris Counties in the REPORTER NEWS, a newspaper of general
circulation in Brazoria and Harris Counties, for / issues, as follows:
No. / Date Yj �L1 1912
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