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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0018_1717 persons or property as a result of any act required or permitted in the dis- charge of his duties. Any suit brought against officer or employee because of such act performed by him in the enforcement of any provision of this code shall be defended by the Department of Law'until the final termination of the proceedings. Section 6. RIGHT OF ENTRY. The building official, in the discharge of his official duties, and upon proper identification, shall have authority to enter any building, structure or premises at any reasonable hour. Section 7. DEFINITIONS. (a) Whereever the word "Municipality" is used in the building code, it shall be held to mean the City of Georgetown, Tzas/ (b) Whereever the term "Corporation Counsel" is used in the building code, it shall be held to mean the Attorney for the City of Georgegown, Texas. Section S. FIRS; LIMITS ESTABLISHED. The fire limits of the City of Georgetown, Texas, are hereby established d� by an Ordinance duly enacted by the City Council of Georgetown, Texas dated June 29, 1949 and reference to same is hereby made for all purposes. Section 9. Saving Clause. Nothing in this ordinance or in the building code hereby adopted shall be construed'to affect any suit or proceeding now pending in any court, or any rights acquired, or liability incurred, nor any cause or causes of action accrued or existing, under any act or ordinance repealed hereby. Nor shall any right or remedy of any character be lost, impaired or affected by this ordinance. Section 10. VALIDITY. The invalidity of any section or provision of this ordinance or of the building code hereby adopted shall not invalidate other sections or provisions thereof. Section 11. INCONSISTENT ORDINANCES REPEALED. Ordinances or parts thereof in force at the time that this ordinance shall take effect and inconsistent herewith, are hereby repealed. Section 12. AMENDMENTS. The Code adopted hereby is amended as follows: (a) By deleting the follow- ing: pg. (a) (d) (e) (g) (i) of section 11.5; pg. (b) section 33.3 of said code. (b) By adding the following amendment to section 23 of said Building Code and immediately following sub -section (3) to be numbered sub -section (4) as follows: (4) Outside the firelimits, dwelling, private garages and barns, separated by at least twelve feet from other buildings may be roofed with approved vertical grain or edgegrain wooden shingles. The combined thickness of each five shingles measured at the butts shall not be less than two inches. The exposure of such wooden shingles to be the weather shall not exceed, on roofs greater than five-24ths pitch, five inches for 16 -inch shingles, five and one- half inches for 18 -inch shingles, and,.seven and one-half inches for 24 -inch shingles, noron roofs with less than five-24ths pitch, but not less than one-eighth pitch, three and three-quarters inches for 16 -inch shingles, four and one-quarter inches for 18 -inch shingles. Such shingles shall be firmly nailed to the roof deck *ith corrosion resistant nails according to accepted good practice.