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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 02.11.1974 - Code Ordinance345 -77-_2 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FIRE LIMITS, REGULATIONS ON CONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION, REMOVAL, DEMOLITION, EQUIPMENT, USE, OCCUPANCY, LOCATION, MAINTENANCE AND STRUCTURES, AND DECLARING EMERGENCY. Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Georgetown, Williamson County, Texas: 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 occupancy, location, and maintenance of buildings and structures, including permits and penalties, that certain building code known as the South- ern Standard Building Code, published and recommended by the Southern Building Code Congress, being particularly the 1973 Edition 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 at length herein, and from the date on which this ordinance shall take effect, the provisions thereof shall be controll- ing in the construction of all buildings and structure therein contained within the corporate 9 9 p limits of the City of Georgetown. Section 2. 'ESJABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF' BUILDING OFFICIAL. (a) The office of building official its hereby created and the executive 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. His appointment shall continue during good behavior and, satisfactory service. He shall not be removed from office' except for cause (after fGII• opportunity has been given him to be heard on specific charges. (c) During temporary absence or disability of the,buildi,ng official the Mayor shall designate an acting building official. Section 3. QUALIFICATIONS OF BUILDING OFFICIAL. (a) He shall be in good health, physically capable of making the necessary examin- ations and inspections. He will 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 construction, alterations, removal, and demolition. Section 4. DUTIES OF BUILDING OFFICIAL: (a) He shall receive applications required by this code, issue permits and furnish the prescribed certificates. He shall examine the premises for which permits have been issued and shall make necessary inspections to see that the provisions of law are complied with and that construction is prosecuted safely. He shall enforce -all provisions of the building code. He shall, when requested by proper authority or when the public interest so requires, 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 adequate exit facilities in buildings and structures, he shall issue such notices or orders as may be necessary. (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 inspection 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 responsible officer of such service. (c) The building official shall keep comprehensive records of applications of permits issued, of certificates issued, of inspections made, of reports rendered, and of notices or orders issued. 346 (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 building official without his written consent. (e) The building official shall make written reports to his immediate superior once each month, or more often if requested, including 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 personally, and he.is hereby relieved from all personal liability for any damage that may accure 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 b. RIGHT OF ENTRY. The building official, in: the discharge of his official, duties, ,and upon, proper identification, shall have authority to enter any bui,l,ding, structure 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 ESTABLISHED. 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 causes of action accrued or existing, under any act or ordinance repealed hereby. Nor, shall any right or r_ewedy 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. AM;ENDMENTS MADE IN SAID CODE. (a) By deleting the following: Section 107-FEES. 347 Section 13. DATE OF EFFECT. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage. DATE PASSED: February 11, 1974 ATTEST: M