HomeMy WebLinkAbout06137 RES - 05/17/1961RESOLUTION NO.
CREATING A TASK FORCE COMMISSION FOR REVISION OF
CITY BUILDING CODES; SETTING FORTH THE PURPOSES
OF SUCH TASK FORCE; AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE
CITY MANAGER TO COOPERATE WITH SAID TASK FORCE
COMMISSION AND TO ASSIGN SUITABLE PERSONNEL FROM
CITY STAFF TO WORK WITH SAID COMMISSION AND
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI IS
OF THE OPINION THAT THE GENERAL CITY BUILDING CODE, FIRE CODE, PLUMBING
CODE, ELECTRICAL CODE AND PLATTING ORDINANCE, HEREINAFTER CALLED „BUILDING
CODES" OR p1CODE" MAY BE OUTDATED, OUTMODED, UNWIELDY OR UNDULY RESTRICTIVEs
AND IS FURTHER OF THE OPINION THAT THIS CONDITION MAY UNNECESSARILY PREVENT
CONSTRUCTION, DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS, PARTICULARLY IN THE COMMERCIAL AND
INDUSTRIAL FIELDS; AND
WHEREAS, THE CITY COUNCIL DESIRES THAT THE SAID BUILDING CODES
BE STUDIED, REVIEWED AND ANALYZED, AND THAT RECOMMENDATIONS BE MADE FOR
REVISIONS, ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO SAID CODE, OR FOR A COMPLETE REWRITING
OF'THE BUILDING CODES, HAVING DUE REGARD FOR ALL FACTORS OF SAFETYS- PUBLIC
NECESSITY AND PUBLIC CONVENIENCE, BUT NOT UNNECESSARILY PROHIBITI -VE IN ITS
TERMS OR TERMINOLOGY; AND
WHEREAS, IT HAS BEEN A VERY LONG TIME SINCE SUCH A STUDY HAS
BEEN UNDERTAKEN; AND -
WHEREAS, IT IS DEEMED BY THE COUNCIL ADVISABLE AND IN THE PUBLIC
INTEREST TO ESTABLISH AND DESIGNATE A COMMISSION FOR SUCH PURPOSES TO BE
KNOWN AS THE "TASK FORCE COMMISSION FOR REVISING THE BUILDING CODES":
NOd, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS.
SECTION 1. THAT THE TASK FORCE COMMISSION FOR REVISING THE
BUILDING CODES BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY CREATED TO CONSIST OF ELEVEN TO
F,IFTEEN'� MEMBERS NOMINATED BY THE MAYOR AND ELECTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
THE MAYOR SHALL NOMINATE AND THE COUNCIL ELECT THE CHAIRMAN AND VICE-CHAIRMAN
OF TKE°COMMISSION ITSELF, PROVIDING THAT SHOULD THERE BE A VACANCY OR
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RESIGNATION BY THE CHAIRMAN OR VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMISSION, THEN THE
MAYOR SHALL APPOINT AND THE COUNCIL ELECT, ANOTHER PERSON TO FILL THE
RESPECTIVE OFFICE, SUCH PERSON TO BE TAKEN EITHER FROM THE REMAINING
MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMISSION OR FROM ELIGIBLE CITIZENS AT LARGE. ALL-
VACANCIES IN THE - COMMISSION SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR AND ELECTED
BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
SECTION 2. THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE SAID TASK FORCE COMMISSION
SHALL BE TO REVIEW AND ANALYZE THE EXISTING SAID BUILDING CODES, COMPARE
SAME WITH OTHER MODERN BUILDING CODESa AND THE SAID COMMISSION IS HEREBY
AUTHORIZED AND EMPOWERED TO MAKE SUCH ANALYSIS AND REVIEW AND FROM TIME
TO TIME PURINQ SUCH STUDY, ANALYSIS AND REVIEW, TO MAKE RECOMMENDATION TO
THE,CITY COUNCIL FOR SUCH REVISIONS, ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO THE EXISTING
i CODES AS MAY BE FAVORED BY SUCH TASK FORCE COMMISSION, OR TO REWRITE IN
THEIR ENTIRETY THE PRESENT BUILDING CODES. SAID TASK FORCE COMMISSION IS
FURTHER AUTHORIZED TO PREPARE AND PRESENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL, IF I.T DEEMS
NECESSARY AND ADVISABLE, SUCH A NEW CITY BUILDING CODES, TOGETHER WITH
RECOMMENDATIONS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH AS SUCH COMMISSION MAY DETERMINE.
SECTION 3. THE CITY MANAGER IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED
TO COOPERATE WITH THE TASK FORCE AND TO ASSIGN SUCH PERSONNEL OF THE CITY.
STAFF AS IN HIS OPINION WILL BE OF ASSISTANCE TO THE TASK FORCE COMMISSION
IN ITS WORK.
SECTION 4. SAID TASK FORCE COMMISSION SHALL MEET AT THE TIME
AND PLACE AS DIRECTED BY ITS CHAIRMAN. THE MAJORITY OF -ITS MEMBERSHIP SHALL
CONSTITUTE A QUORUM AND'ALL RECOMMENDATIONS SHALL BE ADOPTED BY AT LEAST A
MAJORITY OF THE ENTIRE MEMBERSHIP OF THE ENTIRE COMMISSION.
SECTION 5. THE SAID TASK FORCE COMMISSION FOR REVISING THE
BUILDING CODES, AS HEREBY CREATED, SHALL COMPLETE ITS WORK AND MAKE ITS
FINAL RECOMMENDATION WITHIN ONE YEAR FROM THE DATE HEREOF, UNLESS SUCH TERM
BE EXTENDED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
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SECTION 6, THE NECESSITY FOR IMMEDIATE COMMENCEMENT OF THE
WORK FOR WHICH THE TASK FORCE COMMISSION IS.ESTABLISHED, CREATES A PUBLIC
EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY REQUIRING THE SUSPENSION OF
THE CHARTER RULE THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY
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ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND THATSSUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL
BE READ AT THREE SEVERAL MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE MAYOR, HAVING
DECLARED SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY TO EXIST, HAVING REQUESTED THE SUS-
PENSION OF SAID CHARTER RULE AND THAT THIS RESOLUTION BE PASSED FINALLY, ON
THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND THAT THIS RESOLUTION TAKE EFFECT AND 13E IN
FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER IT PASSAGE, IT IS ACCORDINGLY PASSED
AND APPROVED, THIS DAY OF 1961.
ATTEST: / THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, El(AS
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APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
THIS THE -L,7_DAY OF
1961:
ITY ATTORNEY
CORPUS CHRIST TEXAS
_aDAY OF 119` f
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF THE FORE-
GOING ORDINANCE, A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE NECESSITY EXIST FOR
THE SUSPENSION -OF THE CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT THAT NO ORDINANCE OR
RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, AND THAT
SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE MEETINGS OF THE CITY
COUNCIL; I-, THEREFORE, HEREBY REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE
OR REQUIREMENT AND PASS THIS ORDINANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT 19 INTRODUCED,
OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
RESPECTFULLY,
/f MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS RISTI,TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTES
BEN F. MCDONALD �' (.
Tom R. SWAN TNER
DR. JAMES L. BARNARD I it
JOSE R. DELEON
M. P. MALDONADO i� c
W. J. ROBERTS
JAMES H. YOUNG z'
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FILL. VOTES
BEN F. MCDONALD
Tom R. SWANTNER
DR. JAMES L. BARN,
Jose R. DELEON
M. P. MALDONADO
W. J. ROBERTS
JAMES H. YOUNG