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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0189_182182 (b) Inspections required under the provisions of the building code shall be made by the building official or his duly appointed assistant. The building official may accept reports of inspectors of recognized inspect- ion services, after investigation of their qualifications and reliability. No certificate called for by any provision of the building code shall be issued on such reports unless the same are in writing and certified to by a re- sponsible officer of such service. (c) The building official shall keep comprehensive records of appli- cations of permits issued, of certificates issued, of inspections made, of reports rendered, and of notices or orders issued. ('d) All such records shall be open to public inspection for good and sufficient reasons at the stated office hours, but shall not be removed from the office of the building official without his written consent. (e) The building official shall make written reports to his immediate superior once each month, or oftener if requested, in cluding statements of permits and certificates issued, and orders promulgated. Section 5. LIABILITY. Any officer or employee, or member of the Board of Adjustments and Appeals, charged with the enforcement of this code, acting for the City in the discharge of his duties, shall not thereby render himself liable person- ally, and he is hereby relieved from all personal liability for any damage that may accrue to persons or property as a result of any act required or permitted in the discharge of his duties. Any suit brought against any officer or employee because of such act performed by him in 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, struct- ure or premises at any reasonable hour. Section 7. DEFINITIONS. (a) Wherever the word "Municipality" is used in the building code, it shall be held to mean the City of Georgetown, Texas. (b) Wherever the term "Corporation Counsel" is used in the building code, it shall be held to mean the Attorney for the City of Georgetown, Texas. Section 8. FIRE LIMITS ESTABLISHHD. The fire limits of the City of Georgetown, Texas are hereby established as follows: The fire limits of the City of Georgetown, Texas, are hereby established as being the areas now zoned as commercial and as may hereafter be zoned commercial. 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 aauses 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. INCONSISTENiT 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 MADE IN SAID CODE. The Code adopted hereby is amended as follows: (a) By deleting the following: Para. (a) (d) (e) (g) and (m) of section 36.6 of said code. (b) By adopting Appendix A,B, and C of the National Building Code 1969 Edition Abbreviated pertaining to the fire prevention code and publications listed thereafter shall be used as a guide for standards, so far as same are not in conflict with the requirements e# the Fire Marshall of the State of Texas.