(a)
Adopted.
That certain documents, three (3) copies of which are on file in the office of the building official of the city, being marked and designated as the International Building Code, 2015 edition, including appendix chapters, 2015 International Building Code section 101.2.1, 2012 [sic] as published by the International Code Council, Inc., be and is hereby adopted as the building code of the city, for the control of building and structures as herein provided; and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions, and terms of said building code are hereby referred to, adopted, and made a part hereof, as if fully set out in this article, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in subsection (b) of this section.
(b)
Amendments.
The following sections are hereby revised:
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Section 101.1. Insert: City of Slaton.
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Section 1612.3. Insert: City of Slaton.
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Section 1612.3. Insert: Date of ordinance
9/12/2022.
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Section 3412.2. Insert: Effect date shall
be 30 days after passage of this ordinance.
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(Ordinance 741 adopted 6/11/12; Ordinance
821 adopted 9/12/2022)
(a)
Wherever
the word “municipality” is used in the building code,
it shall be held to mean this city.
(b)
Wherever
the term “corporation counsel” is used in the building
code, it shall be held to mean the attorney for the city.
(1978 Code, sec. 7-21)
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of the building code or fail to comply therewith, who shall violate or fail to comply with any order made thereunder, who shall build in violation of any detailed statement of specifications or plans submitted and approved thereunder, or any certificate or permit issued thereunder, and from which no appeal has been taken, or who shall fail to comply with such an order as affirmed or modified by the city or by a court of competent jurisdiction, within the time fixed herein, shall severally for each violation and noncompliance, respectively, be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable as provided in section 1.01.009 of this Code of Ordinances. The imposition of one penalty for any violation shall not excuse the violation or permit it to continue, and all such persons shall be required to correct or remedy such violations or defects within a reasonable time, and when not otherwise specified, each ten (10) days that prohibited conditions are maintained shall constitute a separate offense.
(1978 Code, sec. 7-22)
All applicable provisions of state law pertaining to trench
safety in the city as contained in V.T.C.A., Health and Safety Code,
section 756.021 et seq., are hereby incorporated by reference as fully
as if printed herein.
(Ordinance adopting Code)
