Ord. 0224-06 09-26-83ORDINANCE NO. 224-6
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 7, SECTION 7-13 AND
SECTION 7-13.1, ARTICLE II, BUILDING CODE OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS, BY
ADDING AND DELETING SPECIFIC PROVISIONS CONTAINED
THEREIN, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS:
SECTION I.
Article II,
That Section 7-13, Chapter 7 of the Code of Ordi-
nances, City of Pearland, Texas, be and the same is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Section 7-13. Adopted
For the purpose of establishing rules and regulations for the
construction, alteration, removal, demolition, equipment, use and
.occupancy, location and maintenance of buildings and structures, in-
cluding penalties, there is hereby adopted and incorporated by ref-
erence as the building code of the City that certain building code
known as Standard Building Code, 1982 Edition with Revisions, recom-
mended and published by the Southern Standard Building Code Congress
International, Inc., which code is published in book form and which
is referred to, incorporated herein and made a part hereof for all
purposes, a copy of which
the City Secretary.
code is filed on record in the office of
SECTION II.
That Section 7-13.1, Article II,
Chapter 7, entitled "Amend-
ments, modifications, additions, deletions", of the Code of Ordi-
nances of the City of Pearland, Texas, be and the same is hereby
amended to hereafter read as follows:
403.2. Chapter IV, Section 403, Subsection 403.2, entitled
"Tenant Separation", of the Standard Building Code, 1982 Edition
with Revisions, be and the same is hereby expressly amended to
read as follows:
403.2 - Tenant Separation.
In a building, or portion of a building of a single occupancy
classification, when enclosed spaces are provided for separate tenants,
such spaces shall be separated by not less 'than two-hour fire resis-
tant walls which shall meet the special requirements for two-hour
fire walls on file in the office of the Building Inspector.
411.3 Chapter IV, Section 411, Subsection 411.3, Item 3,
entitled "Special Protective References", of the Standard Building.
Code, 1982 Edition with Revisions, be and the same is hereby expressly
amended to read as follows:
3. Ail dwelling units or apartments within multiple dwell-
ings shall be separated with two-hour fire-resistive construction.
(See Section 403.2).
702.3 Chapter XII, Section 702, Subsection 702.3, entitled
"Partition Requirements by Occupancy Group R Residential," of the
Standard Building Code, 1982 Edition with Revisions, be and the same
is hereby expressly amended to read as follows:
Group R - Residential - Except in one and two family dwell-
ings,all partitions
apartments, or that
be of not less than
rated partitions
along public hallways or partitions that separate
separate apartments from other occupancies, shall
two-hour fire-resistant construction. Non-fire-
may be permitted within individual dwelling units.
SECTION Ill.
It is the intention of the City Council, and it is hereby
Ordained, that the provisions of this Ordinance shall be made part
of the Code of Ordinances, CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS, and the sections
of this Ordinance may be renumbered to accomplish such intention.
SECTION IV.
This Ordinance shall take effect and be
effect from and after its adoption on second and
in full force
final reading.
and
PASSED AND APPROVED ON FIRST READING this
, A. D., 1983.
day of
ATTEST':
PASSED AND APPROVED ON
day of ~~z~ , A. P.,
SECOND AND
1983.
FINAL
READING this
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Mayor, City of PeArland, Texas
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