HomeMy WebLinkAbout1971-031AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF THE CITY OF DENTON BY ADOPTING
THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE, 1970 EDITION, VOLUME I AND VOLUME VI,
WITH CERTAIN DELETIONS AND AMENDMENTS, REPEALING THE SOUTHERN
STANDARD BUILDING CODE, PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE
NEW CODE, AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
THE COUN]CIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, HEREBY ORDAINS
PART ONE
That Article II of Chapter F~ve of the Code of Ordinances,
consisting of Sections 5-13 through 5-24, is hereby repealed and
supplanted, and shall hereafter read as follows
ARTICLE II Bulld3ng Code
Sec 5-13 Adopted
The Uniform Building Code, 1970 Ed~t3on, Volume I and Vol-
ume VI, as adopted by the International Conference of Bu31dinq
Offlc3a)s, copies of which are on f31e ~n the off~ce of the City
Secretary, are hereby adopted and designated as the bu31d~ng code
of the C~ty the same as though both volumes of such code were
copied at length here~n
Sec 5-14 Deletions and amendments
The building code adopted by Section 5-13 is hereby amended
and changed in the following respects
(a) Section 205 VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES, is deleted and
amended to read as follows
Noncompliance
(1) A person who shall violate a prows~on of this code, or
fa~ls to comply therewith or with any of the requirements thereof,
or who shall erect, construct, alter or repair, or has erected, con-
structed, altered or repaired a building or structure or portion
thereof in violation of a detailed statement or plan submitted and
approved thereunder, or of a permit or cert3flcate ~ssued thereunder,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor pun3shable by a fine of not less
than ten dollars ($10 00) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200 00)
The owner of a building or structure or port,on thereof, or
· ,(2) ..... ~-~- in wolatlon of this code shall b?
1ses wnere ~uy~u,n~
O~ th~ prem ....... · =~a ~ architect, engineer, build?, con~?c-
p/aceo or snail ex,~, .... he connection [nerewl[n
son or corporation employed ~n
tot, agent, per .... ~- -nmml~lO of such v~olatlon shall
and who may have assls%eQ in ~nu ~ ........ n
be guilty of a separate offense and upon conv~ction thereof shall be
punishable by a f~ne of not less than ten dollars ($10 00) nor more
than qwo hundred dollars ($200 00)
Abatement
The imposition of the penalties herein prescribed shall not pre-
clude the City Attorney f~om ~nst~tut3ng an appropriate action or
proceeding to prevent an unlawful erection, construction, reconstruc-
t3on,lalteratton, repair, conversion, ma3ntenance or use, or to res-
train, correct or abate a wolat~on, or to prevent the occupancy of
a building or structure or portion thereof, or of the premises, or
to prevent an ~llegal act, conduct, bus,ness or use in or about
any premises
(b) Volume I, Section 301 (c),PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS,
deleted and amended to read as follows
Plans and Specifications
With each application for a building permit, not less than two
sets of plans and specifications shall be submitted and all drawings,
specifications, and accompanying data shall bear the name and add-
ress of the designer
All drawings and specifications, with the exception of the fol-
low~ng, shall bear the official seal of an Architect or Engineer duly
qualified and registered under the laws of the State of Texas
Exceptions Drawings and specifications for
(1) Any private dwelling or garage, or other structure perti-
nent to such building,
(2} Group J, Division l, Occupancies of Type V Conventional
wood stud construction,
(3) Other buildings (except public buildings ~nvolvlng public
works) having no more than one story and containing no clear struc-
tural span greater than 24 feet and havlnq a total floor area not
excess of five thousand (5000) square feet, provided that one area
in such building shall contain not less than three thousand (3000)
square feet without partitions
PART TWO
That if any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause,
phrase or word ~n this ordinance, or application thereof to any per-
son or circumstances ~s held lnvalld by any court of competent jur-
isdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remain-
lng portions of this ordinance, and the C~ty Council of the City of
Denton, Texas, hereby declares it would have enacted such remaining
portions despite any such invalidity
PART THREE
That. thls Qrdlnance shall be effective on and after the
day of /V'~b~ , 1971, and the City Secretary is hereby ~-
rected to publish the' ca~tion of this ordinance twice in the Denton
Record-Chronicle wlthln fourteen (14) days of the date of ~ts passage
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 27th day of July, A D 1971
ALEXANDER M FI ,
ATTE,~~ITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
BRO6KS HOLT, CITY SECRETARY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
ApppjBrIED AS~TO LEGAL FORM
JA~'Q BARTON; CITT ATTORN
C~I~Y OF DENTON, TEXAS