HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 60ORDINANCE NO. �J
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS, ADOPTING
THE UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE, 1976 EDITION, OF THE INTERNATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF PLUMBING AND MECHANICAL OFFICIALS; ADOPTING
THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE, 1978 EDITION, OF THE NATIONAL
FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION; ADOPTING THE UNIFORM MECHANICAL
CODE, 1976 EDITION, OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
PLUMBING AND MECHANICAL OFFICIALS; PROVIDING FOR PERMIT FEES;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES
IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED
THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE;
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF THE
COLONY, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the Uniform Plumbing Code, 1976 Edition,
of the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical
Officials, is hereby adopted as the Plumbing Code of the City
of the Colony. A true copy of the Code is attached hereto as
Exhibit "A" and made a part hereof for all purposes. Additional
copies shall be available in the office of the City Secretary
for inspection by any person at any time during regular business
hours.
SECTION 2. That the National Electrical Code, 1978 Edition,
of the National Fire Protection Association, is hereby adopted
as the Electrical Code of the City of the Colony. A true copy
of the Code is attached hereto as Exhibit "B" and made a part
hereof for all purposes. Additional copies shall be available
in the office of the City Secretary for inspection by any person
at any time during regular business hours.
SECTION 3. That the Uniform Mechanical Code, 1976 Edition,
of the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical
Officials, is hereby adopted as the Mechanical Code of the City
of the Colony. A true copy of the Code is attached hereto as
Exhibit "C" and made a part hereof for all purposes. Additional
copies shall be available in the office of the City Secretary
for inspection by any person at any time during regular business
hours.
SECTION 4. That the fee schedule set out in Table 3-A,
Section 303, of the Uniform Building Code, as adopted in Ordinance
21 of the City of the Colony,is hereby amended to provide that
each application for a building permit for construction of a
single family residence shall be accompanied by a permit fee
of one hundred and sixty dollars ($160.00). Such permit fee
shall cover all fee requirements for such single family residence
for the permits required in the Uniform Building Code, the Uni-
form Mechanical Code, the Uniform Plumbing Code and the National
Electrical Code. That the other fees provided in the Uniform
Building Code, the Uniform Mechanical Code and the Uniform
Plumbing Code shall be as set out therein. Fees for electrical
permits for construction other than new single family residences
shall be at the rate of $.009 per square foot of construction.
SECTION 5. Should any Section, Subsection, sentence, clause,
or phrase of the Codes adopted by this Ordinance be declared to
be invalid for any reason, such declaration shall not effect the
validity of the remaining portions of such Codes as adopted,
which portions shall remain severable.
SECTION 6. Any Ordinance or any portion of any Ordinance
of the City of the Colony in conflict with any portion of this
Ordinance or the Codes adopted hereby is hereby repealed.
SECTION 7. Any person, firm or corporation violating any
of the provisions of the Uniform Plumbing Code, the National
Electrical Code, or the Uniform Mechanical Code as adopted herein
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction
in the Municipal Court of the City of the Colony, Texas, shall
be subject to a fine not to exceed the sum of Two Hundred Dollars
($200.00) for each offense, and each and every day any such offense
shall continue shall be deemed to constitute a separate offense.
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SECTIO14 8. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately
from and after its passage on second and final reading, and
the publication of the caption as the law and Charter in such
cases provide.
THIS ORDINANCE WAS READ IN AN OPEN? MEETING OF THE CITY
COUNCIL ON THE DAY OF"x f 1979.
THIS ORDINANCE WAS DULY PASSED ON SECOND READING ON
THE DAY OF� 1979.
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CITY ATTORNEY
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