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Home My WebLink About08867 ORD - 05/15/1968• IMS:JKH:5-11 -68 AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 8830, WHICH AMENDED SUBSECTION 301.2 OF THE SOUTHERN STANDARD HOUSING CODE, 1965 EDITION, ADOPTED IN ORDINANCE NO. 8463, AND READOPTING SECTION 301.2 AS IT READ PRIOR TO THE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 8830; READOPTING SUBSECTION3306.1, 306.2, 306.3, 306.4 AND 306.5 TO THE SAME EFFECT AS IF ORDINANCE NO. 8830 HAD NOT BEEN PASSED; READOPTING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION 401.4 AS THE SAME EXISTED PRIOR TO THE ADOP- TION OF ORDINANCE NO. 8830; PROVIDING FOR SEVERANCE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. THAT ORDINANCE No. 8830, WHICH AMENDED SECTION 301.2 OF THE SOUTHERN STANDARD HOUSING CODE, 1965 EDITION, ADOPTED IN ORDINANCE No. 8463 BE, A w THE SAME IS HEREBY, REPEALED AND THERE IS HEREBY READOPTED SUBSECTION 301.2 AS IT READ PRIOR TO THE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 8830, SAID SUBSECTION 301.2 TO HEREAFTER READ AS FOLLOWS: '301.2 - CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. NO PERSON SHALL OCCUPY AS OWNER - OCCUPANT OR LET TO ANOTHER FOR OCCUPANCY, ANY VACANT DWELLING, DWELLING UNIT, APARTMENT OR ANY SPACE DESIGNED OR INTENDED TO BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF LIVING, SLEEPING, COOKING, OR EATING THEREIN WHICH DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS CODE AND FOR WHICH A VALID CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED." SECTION 2. THERE IS HEREBY READOPTED SUBSECTIONS 306.1, 306.2, 306.3, 306.4 AND 306.5 AS ADOPTED IN ORDINANCE No. 8463, AS THEY READ PRIOR TO THE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE N0. 8830, SAID SUBSECTIONS TO HEREAFTER READ AS FOLLOWS: "306.1 - GENERAL. No PERSON SHALL OCCUPY OR SHALL LET TO ANOTHER FOR OCCUPANCY ANY DWELLING, ROOMING HOUSE, DWELLING UNIT, OR ROOMING UNIT WHICH DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR SPACE, USE AND LOCATION: "306.2 - DWELLING UNIT. EVERY DWELLING UNIT SHALL CONTAIN AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY SQUARE FEET OF HABITABLE FLOOR AREA FOR THE FIRST OCCUPANT, AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED SQUARE FEET OF ADDITIONAL HABITABLE FLOOR AREA FOR EACH OF THE NEXT THREE OCCUPANTS, AND AT LEAST SEVENTY -FIVE SQUARE FEET OF ADDITIONAL HABITABLE FLOOR AREA OF EACH ADDITIONAL OCCUPANT. • "306.3 - Rooms OCCUPIED FOR SLEEPING PURPOSES. IN EVERY DWELLING UNIT AND IN EVERY ROOMING UNIT, EVERY ROOM OCCUPIED FOR SLEEPING PURPOSES BY ONE OCCUPANT SHALL CONTAIN AT LEAST SEVENTY SQUARE FEET OF FLOOR AREA, AND EVERY ROOM OCCUPIED FOR SLEEPING PURPOSES BY MORE THAN ONE OCCUPANT SHALL CONTAIN AT LEAST FIFTY SQUARE FEET OF FLOOR AREA FOR EACH OCCUPANT TWELVE YEARS OF AGE AND OVER AND AT LEAST THIRTY -FIVE SQUARE FEET OF FLOOR AREA FOR EACH OCCUPANT UNDER TWELVE YEARS OF AGE. "306.4 - FLOOR AREA CALCULATION. FLOOR AREA SHALL BE CALCULATED ON THE BASIS OF HABITABLE ROOM AREA. HOWEVER, CLOSET AREA AND HALL AREA WITHIN THE DWELLING UNIT, WHERE PROVIDED, MAY COUNT FOR NOT MORE THAN TEN PERCENT OF THE REQUIRED HABITABLE FLOOR AREA. AT LEAST ONE -HALF OF THE FLOOR AREA OF EVERY HABITABLE ROOM SHALL HAVE A CEILING HEIGHT OF AT LEAST SEVEN FEET; AND THE FLOOR AREA OF ANY PART OF ANY ROOM WHERE THE CEILING HEIGHT IS LESS THAN FOUR AND ONE -HALF FEET SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE FLOOR AREA IN COM- PUTING THE TOTAL FLOOR AREA OF THE ROOM TO DETERMINE MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE OCCUPANCY. "306.5 - OCCUPANT. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION A PERSON UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE SHALL NOT BE COUNTED AS AN OCCUPANT." SECTION 3. THERE IS HEREBY READOPTED THE PROVISIONS OF SUB- SECTION 401.4 AS ADOPTED IN ORDINANCE No. 8463, AS IT READ PRIOR TO THE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE No. 8830, SAID SUBSECTION TO HEREAFTER READ AS FOLLOWS: "401.4 - Room OCCUPANCY REQUIREMENTS. THE MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR SPACE, USE AND OCCUPANCY AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 306.3 SHALL APPLY TO ANY RESIDENTIAL OCCUPANCY USED OR INTENDED TO BE USED AS A ROOMING HOUSE." SECTION 4. IF FOR ANY REASON ANY SECTION, PARAGRAPH, SUBDIVISION, CLAUSE, 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. -2- • SECTION 5. 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 6. THE NECESSITY TO MAKE THE HEREINABOVE AMENDMENTS IN ORDER TO INSURE ADEQUATE REGULATIONS CONCERNING HABITABLE DWELLINGS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI IN ORDER TO SAFEGUARD THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE CITIZENS 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 COUNCIL, AND THE MAYOR HAVING DECLARED SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY TO EXIST, AND HAVING REQUESTED THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTE J3 PASSAGE AND PUBLICATION, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, THIS THE DAY /OF MAY, 1968. 4 ATTEST: APPROVED: J5 DAY OF MAY, 1968: CITY ATT RN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI, T. AS for—DAY OF TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY 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 DRDI- NANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL. RESPECTFULLY, z- ACw YOR 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. GABE LOZANO, SR. KEN MCDANIEL W. J. "WRANGLER" ROBERTS THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLO ING VOTE: JACK R. BLACKMON RONNIE SIZEMORE V. A. "DICK" BRADLEY, JR., P. JIMENEZ, JR., M.D. GABE LOZANO, SR. KEN MCDANIEL W. J. "WRANGLER" ROBERTS PUBLISHER AFFIDAVIT • STATE OF TEXAS, ti3s, epunty of Nueces. Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came Lel? Gr Banle0 who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that he is the Cia.S.sifie.cl_Advemt.ising_iia.na.g.er...._ of the Corpus Christi Caller and The Corpus Christi Times, Daily Newspapers published at Corpus Christi, Texas, in said County and State, and that the publication of _,T.Earr.-.:7.N.Qt.19.SIL.te.._113.a.q.aS.0._9_r__,DArloo 886.7:-7.r 8830- - --- Southern. Standard :dousing Code--- of which the annexed is a true copy, was published in The Times on the___P_ day of May 68 IBIPTARrevira'ellx 4Xas6ueses11. Subscribed and sworn to before me this__ Lou1se Vick `71 NOTICE-Of PASSAGE 'REPEALING OR�D NO. 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