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AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR FIRE LIMITS, AND REGULATIONS
GOVIRNING THE CONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION, REMOVAL, DEMO
LITION, EQUIPMENT, USE AND OCCUPANCY, LOCATION AND
MAINTENANCE OF BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES.
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Georgetown,
Williamson County, Texas:
Section 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF BUILDING OFFICIAL
(a) The office of building official is hereby created and the ex-
ecutive official in charge shall be known as the building official.
(b) The building official shall be appointed by the Mayor of the
City of Georgetown, Texas. His appointment shall continue during good
behavior and satisfactory service. fie shall not be removed from office
except for cause after full opportunity has been given him to be heard
on specific charges.
(c) During temporary absence or disability of the building official
the appointing authority shall designate an acting building official.
Section 3. QUALIFICATIONS OF BUILDING OFFICIAL.
Ile shall be in good health, physically capable of,making the necessary
examinations and inspections. He shall not have any interest whatever,
directly or indirectly, in the sale or manufacture of any material, process
or device entering into or used in or in connection with building construc-
tion, alterations, removal, and demolition.
Section 4. DUTIES OF BUILDING OFFICIAL
(a) lie shall receive applications required by this code, issue
permits and furnish the prescribed certificates. He shall examine the
inspections to see that the provisions of law are complied with and that
construction is prosecuted safely. lie shall enforce all provisions of the
building code. fie shall, when requested by proper authority, or when the
public interest so requests, make investigations in connection with matters
referred to in the building code and render written reports on the same.
To enforce compliance with law, to remove illegal or unsafe conditions,
to secure the necessary safeguards during construction, or to require
Section 1. ADOPTION OF BUILDING CODE:
There is hereby adopted by the City Council of the City of Georgetown,
Texas, for the purpose of establishing rules and regulations for the
construction, alteration, removal, demolition, equipment, use and occu-
pancy, location and maintenance of buildings and structures, including
permits and penalties, that certain building code known as the National
Building Code, 1967 Abbreviated Edition recommended by the National Board
of Fire Underwriters, being particularly the 1967 edition thereof and the
whole thereof, save and except such portions as are hereinafter deleted,
modified, or amended, of which not less than three (3) copies have been
and now are filed in the office of the Clerk of the City of Georgetown
and the same are hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out
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length herein, and from the date on which this ordinance shall take effect,
the provisions thereof shall be controlling in the construction of all
buildings and structures therein contained within the corporate limits
of the City of Georgetown, Texas.
Section 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF BUILDING OFFICIAL
(a) The office of building official is hereby created and the ex-
ecutive official in charge shall be known as the building official.
(b) The building official shall be appointed by the Mayor of the
City of Georgetown, Texas. His appointment shall continue during good
behavior and satisfactory service. fie shall not be removed from office
except for cause after full opportunity has been given him to be heard
on specific charges.
(c) During temporary absence or disability of the building official
the appointing authority shall designate an acting building official.
Section 3. QUALIFICATIONS OF BUILDING OFFICIAL.
Ile shall be in good health, physically capable of,making the necessary
examinations and inspections. He shall not have any interest whatever,
directly or indirectly, in the sale or manufacture of any material, process
or device entering into or used in or in connection with building construc-
tion, alterations, removal, and demolition.
Section 4. DUTIES OF BUILDING OFFICIAL
(a) lie shall receive applications required by this code, issue
permits and furnish the prescribed certificates. He shall examine the
inspections to see that the provisions of law are complied with and that
construction is prosecuted safely. lie shall enforce all provisions of the
building code. fie shall, when requested by proper authority, or when the
public interest so requests, make investigations in connection with matters
referred to in the building code and render written reports on the same.
To enforce compliance with law, to remove illegal or unsafe conditions,
to secure the necessary safeguards during construction, or to require