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Home My WebLink About08653 ORD - 11/01/1967IM5;JKH.VMP.11 /1/67 r . r MICROFILMED FEB 41969 AN ORDINANCE - ESTABLISHING BUILDING CODE REGULATIONS FOR PIERS ON AND AT THE SHORELINE AND ,SHORE WATERS „OF THE BAY AREAS OF THE CITY BY AbOPTING`A NEW SECTION TO-THE SOUTHERN STANDARD BUILDING CODE, 1965 EDITION, AND NUMBERED 1305, AND ENTITLED "BOAT AND FISHING PIERS "; REPEALING ALL ORDI- NANCES IN;CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; "s• - PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. s, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: �' ` ` *,. _ .. Y• . •SECTION 1. THERE IS HEREBY ADOPTED AN AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER XIII STANDARD r • OF THE SOUTHERN/BUILDING CODE, 1965 EDITION, HERETOFORE ADOPTED BY THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, WHICH HEREINAFTER ADOPTED PROVISION SHALL BE PAR T -OFD }•. THE BUILDING CODE OF,THE CITY -OF CORPUS CHRISTI, SAID NEW SECTIONS OF SAID t _ F••- CHAPTER XI I I, HEREBY ADOPTED READ AS � FOLLOWS: ,r '- 4 "SECTION 1305,-,BOAT AND - FISHING - PIERS. (1) ALL BOAT PIERS AND FISHING PIERS•ARE TO BE REINFORCED CONCRETE {+ AND/OR HEAVY TIMBER CONSTRUCTION. , (2) ^ WOODYPILES USED TO SUPPORT BOAT AND FISHING PIERS SHALL BE PRESSURE IMPREGNATED WITH COAL TAR CREOSOTE TO A MINIMUM FINAL RETENTION OF 20 POUNDS PER CUBIC FOOT IN ACCORDANCE'WITH APPENDIX "C ".' _(3) SECTION 1303.4 (B')2j SHALL NOT APPLY,TO BOAT OR FISHING PIERS. (4) THE PILES SHALL BE DRIVEN•TO A-MINI.MUM PENETRATION BELOW THE MUD LINE EQUIVALENT TO 1/2 THE LENGTH OF THE CUT -OFF PILE. (5) ALL PIERS SHALL BE DESIGNED,TO WITHSTAND A TOTAL LIVE LOAD 1 OF 100 POUNDS PER SQUARE FOOT. (6) ALL WOODEN STRUCTURAL MEMBERS BELOW THE WALKWAY LEVEL (CAPS, STRINGERS, BRACES, ETC.) SHALL BE PRESSURE IMPREGNATED WITH-COAL TAR CREOSOTE TO A•MINIMUM FINAL RETENTION OF 12 POUNDS PER CUBIC FOOT. (7) THE PRIMARY PIER WALKWAY OR PLATFORM, SHALL' BE OF A MINIMUM ELEVATION OF 6 FEET ABOVE MEAN TIDE LEVEL AS ESTABLISHED IN THE U. S. COAST & GEODETIC SURVEY BENCH MARK DATUM. (S) PIERS CONSTRUCTED INSIDE THE BREAKWATER OR WITHIN PROTECTED WATERS MAY BE BUILT AT AN ELEVATION LOWER THAN 6 FEET. (9) ALL WOODEN CAPS, STRINGERS, BEAMS,I &C., SHALL BE POSITIVELY CONNECTED TO ITS SUPPORTING MEMBER IN SUCH A MANNER SO AS TO COMPLETELY RESIST THEIR DISPLACEMENT BY WAVE ACTION. 11" 8653 (10) WOODEN DECKING SHALL BE ONE INCH (1n) ROUGH SAWN UNTREATED LUMBER NAILED TO ITS SUPPORTING MEMBER IN SUCH A MANNER TO ALLOW THE DECKING TO BE DISPLACED BY WAVE ACTION. (11) ALL HARDWARE IS TO BE HOT —DIP GALVANIZED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM DESIGNATION A153 -61. (12) ALL PIERS ARE TO BE DESIGNED BY AN ENGINEER OR ARCHITECT LICENSED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS. (13) DAMAGED PIERS MAY BE REBUILT AT THEIR ORIGINAL ELEVATION PROVIDING THAT AT LEAST 75% OF THE EXISTING PILING ARE SOUND. THE BUILDING OFFICIAL SHALL MAKE THIS DETERMINATION. ALL PIERS NOT MEETING THIS REQUIRE- MENT SHALL BE REMOVED WITHIN ONE MONTH OF THE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE. (14) DAMAGED PIERS NOT COMPLETELY REBUILT WITHIN THREE MONTHS OF THE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE COMPLETELY REMOVED WITHIN FOUR MONTHS OF THE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE. THE PRECEDING SUBPARAGRAPHS NUMBERED (1) THROUGH. (14) SHALL APPLY TO ALL BOAT AND FISHING PIERS EXTENDING INTO NUECES BAY AND CORPUS CHRISTI BAY FROM LAND LYING WITHIN NUECES COUNTY." SECTION 2. THAT ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS THEREOF IN CONFLICT WITH THIS ORDINANCE ARE HEREBY EXPRESSLY REPEALED. SECTION 3. IF FOR ANY REASON ANY SECTIONS PARAGRAPHS SUBDIVISION CLAUSES PHRASE OR PROVISION OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE HELD INVALIDS IT SHALL NOT AFFECT ANY VALID PROVISIONS OF THIS OR ANY OTHER ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO WHICH THESE RULES AND REGULATIONS RELATE. SECTION 4. PUBLICATION SHALL BE MADE ONE TIME IN THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, WHICH PUBLICATION SHALL CONTAIN THE CAPTION STATING IN SUBSTANCE THE PURPOSE OF THE ORDINANCE. SECTION 5. THE NECESSITY TO IMMEDIATELY AMEND THE BUILDING CODE AS HEREINABOVE SET FORTH 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 ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE SEVERAL MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCILS AND THE MAYOR HAVING DECLARED THAT SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY EXIST, HAVING REQUESTED THAT SUCH CHARTER RULE BE SUSPENDED AND -2- THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE AND PUBLICATION, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, THIS THE _DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1967. Am ATTEST: 0 THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS CITY $ECR TA APPROVED AS LEGAL FORM THI ___L _DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1967: ('N \ d CITY ATTORNEY ti CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS .11a DAY OF {ZL221 �, 19/ 2 TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGCNCY CLAUSE OF THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE, A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE NECESSITY EXIST FOR THE SUSPEN- SION 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, REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT AND PASS THIS ORDI- NANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL. RESPECTFULLY, J,A} �Y R THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: JACK R. BLACKMON RONNIE SIZEMORE V. A. "DICK" BRADLEY, JR. P. JIMENEZ, JR., M.D. 4L GABE LOZANO, SR. KEN MCDANIEL W. J. "WRANGLER" ROBERTS THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: JACK R. BLACKMON add RONNIE SIZEMORE V. A. "DICK" BRADLEY, JR. 6 P. JIMENEZ, JR., M.D. GABE LOZANO, SR. KEN MCDANIEL W. J. "WRANGLER" ROBERTS �L((/ } CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS .11a DAY OF {ZL221 �, 19/ 2 TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGCNCY CLAUSE OF THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE, A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE NECESSITY EXIST FOR THE SUSPEN- SION 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, REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT AND PASS THIS ORDI- NANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL. RESPECTFULLY, J,A} �Y R THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: JACK R. BLACKMON RONNIE SIZEMORE V. A. "DICK" BRADLEY, JR. P. JIMENEZ, JR., M.D. 4L GABE LOZANO, SR. KEN MCDANIEL W. J. "WRANGLER" ROBERTS THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: JACK R. BLACKMON add RONNIE SIZEMORE V. A. "DICK" BRADLEY, JR. 6 P. JIMENEZ, JR., M.D. GABE LOZANO, SR. KEN MCDANIEL W. J. "WRANGLER" ROBERTS �L((/ xt I l.., vb b a 's a j AY,. ",oi! PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT I STATE OF TEXAS, Iss: County of Nueces. A Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came .... .... ............:......... , Leland -- G, Barnes ..._..... - . who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that he is the _.dUasified..Ad9&Z'ti . sJXg...MSn&&Qr..._ of the Corpus Christi Caller and The Corpus Christi Times, . r Daily Newspapers published at Corpus Christi, Texas, in said County and State, and that the publication of ge- :,Q#._Passage..of- _Ordinance -_No- _8653. -- entitled boat nd -_ _ _ fishing piers - - -- T of which the annexed is a true copy, was published in ............ The imes on the .. -..6- day of .......... Ha enter.........19...6 M WQS; 5 ....................... . xm�*Mwgicx........................ WXsW7c------------------------ -------------------- _- - - - - -- ....... . .... .....Times. $If- ! ....... .... .. t n Subscribed and sworn to before me this.- - - - - -- 8.-- - - - - -- a November 1967 , Louise Viok tart' Public, Nueces County, Texas