That certain documents, two (2) copies of which are on file in the office of the building official, and the city being marked and designated as the International Fuel Gas Code, 2015 edition, including appendix chapters, as published by the International Code Council, be and is hereby adopted as the fuel gas 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 fuel gas 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 section 3.09.002 of this article.
(Ordinance 747 adopted 6/11/12; Ordinance 821 adopted 9/12/2022)
That the following sections are hereby revised:
Section 101.1 Insert: City of Slaton, Texas.
Section 103.3 Delete title and amend title and subsection to read as follows:
Administrative authority, the administrative authority duly appointed to enforce this code shall be the building official of the City of Slaton, however, said building official is hereby authorized to designate qualified employees serving under his discretion and control to assist in the discharge of such duty. These employees shall also be referred to as code officials.
Section 106.6.2 Fee schedule. Amend to read:
The fees for permits shall be referenced from the plumbing and mechanical fee schedules.
Section 106.6.3, sec.2, sec. 3 Fee refund. Amend to read:
The code official shall authorize the refunding of fees as indicated in the plumbing and mechanical ordinances.
Section 108.4 Violations and penalties. Shall be amended to read:
Persons who shall violate a provision of the code or shall fail to comply with any of the requirements thereof or who shall erect, install, alter or repair work in violation of the approved construction documents or directive of the code official, or of a permit or certificate issued under the provisions of this code, shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00). Each day that a violation continues after due notice has been served shall be deemed a separate offense.
Section 108.5 Stop-work orders. This section is amended to read:
Upon notice from the code official that work is being done contrary to the provisions of this code or in a dangerous or unsafe manner, such work shall immediately cease. Such notice shall be in writing and shall be given to the owner of the property, or to the owner’s agent, or to the person doing the work. The notice shall state the conditions under which work is authorized to resume. Where an emergency exists, the code official shall not be required to give a written notice prior to stopping the work. Any person who shall continue to work on the system after having been served a stop-work word [order], except such work as the person is directed to perform to remove a violation or unsafe condition, shall be liable to a fine of not less than $200.00 or more than $500.00.
(Ordinance 747 adopted 6/11/12; Ordinance 821 adopted 9/12/2022)