That certain documents, three (3) copies of which are on file in the office of the building inspector and the city, being marked and designed ad [designated as the] International Residential Code, 2015 edition, as published by the International Code Council and is hereby adopted as the code of the city for regulating the design, construction, quality of materials, erection, installation, alteration, repair, location, relocation, replacement, addition to, use or maintenance of one- and two-family dwellings and townhouses not more than three stories in height in the city, and providing for the issuance of permits and collection of fees therefor; and each and all of the regulations, provisions, conditions and terms of such International Residential Code, 2015 edition, published by the International Code Council on file in the office of the building inspector are hereby referred to, adopted and made part hereof as if fully set out in this division.
(Ordinance 742 adopted 6/11/12; Ordinance 821 adopted 9/12/2022)
The following sections are hereby revised:
Section R101.1 City of Slaton, Texas.
Section R301.2(1) Shall read as follows:
Roof Snow Load
Wind Speed mph
Seismic Design Category
Subject to damage from
Winter Design Temp.
Flood Hazard
 
 
 
Weathering
Frost Line Depth
Termite
Decay
 
 
20
90
A
Moderate
12"
Slight/ Moderate
None/ slight
15
9/18/02
(Ordinance 742 adopted 6/11/12)
The city secretary shall establish and maintain a registry of homeowners’ associations within the city. The registry shall provide for each such association to register, during January of each year, the following:
(1) 
Name, address and telephone number of its principal contact person;
(2) 
A description by streets of the boundaries of the respective association;
(3) 
A current copy of the recorded restrictions or covenants affecting that property. The “contact person” shall certify the copy to be the current restrictions.
(Ordinance 628, sec. 7-112, adopted 12/10/02)
The building inspector shall, within 5 calendar days of the receipt of an application for a building permit, notify the “contact person” for the homeowners’ association for the geographical area of the address of the property for which a permit is sought. Such notice shall be by posting a copy of the application by certified U.S. mail, return receipt requested, to the registered address of the “contact person.”
(Ordinance 628, sec. 7-113, adopted 12/10/02)
Upon any application for permit, the building inspector shall advise the applicant of the existence of any registered homeowners’ association and shall, upon request, provide a copy of restrictions or covenants submitted by the association.
(Ordinance 628, sec. 7-114, adopted 12/10/02)
(a) 
The city shall accept no responsibility for the enforcement of registered restrictions or covenants. The association shall be responsible for reviewing the application and determining whether or not such will be violative of the terms. Any enforcement shall be the responsibility of the association, its members, or the general public.
(b) 
The question of compliance shall not be cause for the delay or denial of a permit, nor will such create grounds for the revocation of a permit.
(Ordinance 628, sec. 7-115, adopted 12/10/02)