Ord. 1047 12-10-01ORDINANCE NO. 1047
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 7, BUILDING, 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 CHAPTER; 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 International Residential Code for one and two family
dwellings, 2000 Edition, and the International Energy Code, 2000 Edition.
Section 2. 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.
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Section 3. 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 4. 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 5. 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.
Section 6. Repealer. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed, but only to the extent of such conflict.
Section 7. 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 8. 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
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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 10' day of
December, A.D., 2001. J 1
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
DARRIN M. COKER
CITY ATTORNEY
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TOM REID
MAYOR
VOTING RECORD (FIRST AND ONLY READING
DECEMBER 10, 2001)
Voting "Aye" - Councilmembers Tetens, Owens,
Marcott, Wilkins, and Seeger.
Voting "No" - None.
Motion passes 5 to 0.
PUBLICATION DATE: DECEMBER 12, 2001
EFFECTIVE DATE: DECEMBER 22, 2001
PUBLISHED AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 3.10 OF
THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS
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AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
The Pearland Reporter News
2404 South Park
Pearland, Texas 77581
State of Texas
Brazoria and .Harris Counties
I, Randy Emmons, 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, Harris & Galveston Counties, for /- issues, as follows:
Date
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ORDINANCE N0,1047`..
AN ORDINANCE OF THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS, AMENDING CHAP-
TER 7, BUILDING, OF THE
CITY OF PEARLAND CODE
OF ORDINANCES, AS THEY
MAY HAVE BEEN, FROM
TIME TO TIME, AMENDED,
TO ADOPT AND INCORPO-
RATE BY ' REFERENCE
VARIOUS REGULATORY
CODES GOVERNING THE
AFOREMENTIONED CHAP- B
TER; PROVIDING A PENAL- l
TY FOR VIOLATION; CON- ;
TAINING A 'SAVINGS 1
it
CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY „
CLAUSE AND A REPEALER
CLAUSE; -PROVIDING FOR
PUBLICATION, CODIFICA-
TION, AND AN EFFECTIVE
DATE;'AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY BECAUSE I
-THE NEED TO REGULATE
PROPER, CONSTRUCTION
OF BUILDINGS INURES TO
THE BENEFIT.OF THE PUB-
LIC AND, THEREFORE,
BEARS DIRECTLY UPON
THE HEALTH;. SAFETY AND'
WELFARE OF THE CITIZEN-
RY. I
ISection 3. Penalty. Any
person who shall violate the
provisions of this section shall
be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor
and shall be pun-
ished as provided by Section ,
1-11 of the Pearland Code of ,
Ordinances. acl day-sach-- -
violation continues shall be
deemed a separate offense.
PASSED and APPROVEDon
First and Only Readmgps
rher_10th_dp0L emb D., 2001., ,
Isl Tom Reid
Mayor
ATTEST:
/s/ Young Lorfing
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
/s/ Darrin Coker
City Attorney
VOTING RECORD (First and
Only Reading Dec. 10, 2001)
-Voting "Aye" -
Councilmembers Beckman,
Owens, Seeger, and Marcott.
Voting "No" - None.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Motion passes 4 to 0, with
Councilmember Wilkins
absent.
PUBLICATION DATE
December 12, 2001
EFFECTIVE DATE:
December 22, 2001.
Published--as-required by
Section 3.10 of the Charter -Of ---
the City of Pearland, Texas.