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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09058 ORD - 10/02/1968AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE SOUTHERN STANDARD PLUMBING CODE, 1967 EDITION, FOR TIE REGULATION OF THE INSTALLATION, ALTER- ATIONS, REPAIRS, REPL•ACE7,2NT, EQUIPMENT ( INCLUDING AP- PUANCES ), FIXTURES, FITTINGS AND /OR APPUZHNI ANCES TIME- TO OF PLUMBEIG, BOTH EXISTING AND NEW, AND ALL PARTS TIEREOF, INCLUDING EVERY CONNECTION TO THE WATER OR SEW- F.RAGE SYSTEM OF THE CITY, WITH CERTAIN CHANCES TBITMIN AND ADDITIONS THERETO; PROVIDING FOR ADNiIIdISTRA ^ZION AND ENFORCEMENT; MAKING VIOIATIONS A MISDEMEANOR PUNISHABLE BY FINE NOT EXCEEDING $200; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION BY NOTICE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE: AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT. HEREWITH; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CERISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. The book entitled "SOUTHERN STANDARD PLUMBING CODE, 1967 EDITION" (a copy of which, authenticated by the signatures of the Mayor and the City Secretary, and made a public record of this Ordinance of the City Council, is on file in the City Secretary's Off9.ce) is hereby adopted as the Plumbing Code, of the City of Corpus Christi, as fully as if copied at length in this Ordinance, but with the following changes therein: 1. Amend Subsection 101.3 by adding at the end thereof, before the ":" the words "of the City." 2. Subsection 102.1 shall hereafter read as follows: "102.1 Plumbing Official: There is hereby established a section of the Building Division of the Department of Public Works to be called the Plumbing Inspection Section, which shall be in the charge of the official so legally designated by the local governing body. Until otherwise designated, the Building Official is hereby designated as the person who shall discharge the duties and have the authority hereinafter provided for the Plumbing Official." 3. Delete Subsections 105.1 and 105.2 and in lieu thereof there is hereby adopted the following Subsections 105.1, and 105.2 and 105.3 of R Section 105: "105.1 Permits Required: It shall be unla�rful for any person, firm or corporation to install or cause to be installed, or to permit any person to install, any plumbing, gas fitting appliance or sani- tary or storm sewer line equipment, or to make any alteration, additions, changes or repairs, within the scone of this Code, without first having procured a permit therefor issued by the Plumbing Official, except as pro- 9058 i vided herein. There shall be one permit for each building in which plumbing or gas fitting work for fixtures or gas appliances is installed. All water service, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, or gas connection to City owned, leased or operated lines within or without the City limits shall be made and instal- led by the City to the nearest property lines of the premises thus served. Charges for this service shall be in accordance with the established rates and fees of the Public Utilities Department. Extensions on the premises from the property line of any or all such utility lines shall be made by a licensed person as herein specified to do such work and such installation shall be covered by a standard city permit. Accessory buildings, tourist cottages or group houses shall be considered separate buildings, except when the work is to be installed as one complete project, and at one time, then the job shall be covered under one permit fee. . A reinspection fee shall be paid if more than one single inspection is required in each class- ification as herein set forth. "105.2 Permits Issued To: Permits shall be issued to licensed Master Plumbers or their duly authorized agent and to those persons speci- fically exempt from the requirement of a license by Section 3 of the "Plumbing License Law of 1947" Master Plumbers shall certify their duly authorized agent to the Plumbing Official in the form of an affidavit stating that the Master Plumber assumes all responsibility for any permit taken out or applied for by said agent. This certification shall be kept in the Plumbing Official's File, after it has been approved by the City Attorney and the Plumbing Official. "105.3 Application for Permit: Application for permits shall be made in writing upon forms provided by the Plumbing Inspection Section of the Building Division of the Department of Public Works for that purpose. Said application shall include the following information: Lot number , Block number, name of addition, street and house number of the premises where the work is to be done, name of the owner, kind of building, number of stories in the building; and a list of plumbing fixtures and gas appliances to be installed. The Plumbing Official may require plans and specifications or drawings and such other information as he may deem necessary and pertinent, prior to the granting of a permit. Where a water supply connection for the -2- purpose of using water for such uses as construction work, stock water through, well drilling, circuses, carnivals and park and garden watering; and where there will be no building occupancy or residential use of the property, the applicant shall state in his application a description of the nature of the installations which will be made, together with a statement of the purpose for which water service will be used. Any variance in installation or use from the statements in the application shall be cause for immediate disconnec- tion and discontinuance of water service. In the event the applicant desires to make any change in installations or use, he shall do so only by making a new application and securing a new permit, and by compliance with all City Ordinances as if such new application were a first application. Except where the tap involved is necessary for the convenience of the City, as for example where property owners are requested to secure taps for water service prior to installing paving improvements in the abutting street, all instal- lations shall be completed in accordance with the application prior to the actual making of the tap by the City." 4. Delete Subsection 106.3 and in lieu thereof, there is hereby adopted the following Subsections of Section 106: 11106.3 Permit Fees: Before a permit shall be issued for installation of plumbing or gas fitting, fees in accordance with the following schedule shall be paid by the applicant to the Plumbing Inspection Section: (a) WATER Water Service $1.00 Each Water Fed Ice - Making Machines 1.00 Each Fixtures - lst Fixtures 1.00 Fixtures - Additional .75 Each Air Conditioning Units if connected to Prater system 2.00 Lawn Sprinkler and Irrigation Systems (Per 1,000 sq. ft. of lot area serviced with water system) 1.00 Each Swimming Pool 10.00 Each Cooling Towers: Residential 1.00 Each Commercial 3.00 Each Pumps 1.00 Each Reinspection, each separately designated unit under above classification 5.00 (b) GAS Gas Service, plus 1st meter loop 1.00 Gas Loops Additional 1.00 Gas Openings .25 Reinspection, each separately designated unit under above classification of gas Openings 5.00 Furnaces 2.00 Wall Heaters 1.00 Hot Water Heaters 1.00 -3- Others (including gas air conditioning units $2.00 Each Boilers (Central Plant) 5.00 Each Boilers (Residential) 2.00 Each (c) SANITARY SEWER Service Line (Houseline) 2.50 Each Extensions to other buildings 2.00 Each Private Disposal Systems: Residential 3.50 Each Commercial 5.00 Each Reinspection for Sewer Extension on Premises 5.00 (d) STORM SEWER Per Connection to Storm Sewer: Residential 3.50 Each Commercial 5.00 Each Roof Drains 1.00 Each (e) Investigation Fee (if work started before permit issued) $10.00 (f) Reinspection fee 5,00 (g) Outside City Limits Inspection to Regular Fees 5.00 (h) Minimum Fee 2.00 (i) All Churches, Public Schools and Public Governmental Entities are Responsible Permit fee shall be doubled if work started before permit is issued. "106.4 Permits for Repairs: A permit will not be required for the making of minor repairs to existing plumbing or gas fitting within any building. The making of minor repairs shall consist of the repairing or replacing of parts of water, sewage, or gas fixtures, and the replacing or repairing of all trimings or parts of water fixtures. The making of repairs other than minor shall require a permit. The replacement of water heater will be considered a major repair. "106.5 Extensions and Changes in Roughing -in: All extensions and changes in roughing -in, in new or old buildings shall be performed, tested and inspected as required for new work by the terms of this Ordinance and inspection fees paid accordingly. ` "106.6 Permits for Part Jobs: When one Master Plumber completes the rough work, in whole or in part, on any plumbing or gas fitting job, and a second Master Plumber is called upon to co;:_,ilate the wor7k, in whole or in part; then, in that event, a separate permit is required, for which regular fees shall be paid for the work to be done. Each Master Plumber shall be held responsible only for the work which he installed. Before the second plumber is issued a permit for the completion of a plumbing or gas fitting job, the Plumbing Official or his Assistants shall first notify by certified mail the Easter Plumber holding the original. or first permit, if he can be found, that the second permit is to be issued. The issuance of the second permit shall cancel the first permit and no refund of fees shall be made. "106.7 Inspector Shall Issue Permit: If the Plumbing Official finds-the application to be correct and all fees have been paid, he shall cause the permit to be issued. Upon receipt of such permit the Master Plumber or person to whom the permit was issued may commence the proposed work and make the installation described in his application. "106.8 Special Permits: Where additional fixtures are re- quired or alterations are to be made which cannot practically be constructed in accordance with all the provisions of these regulations a special permit in writing may be issued by the Plumbing Official for such work, but such additions or alterations shall be of a character that will make the plumbing system in the building as a whole conform to the spirit of the sanitary and safety requirements of this Code. Such permission shall in all cases be obtained from the Plumbing Official in writing prior to starting the work to be' covered thereby and a copy of such permit with any supporting diagrams, prints and data shall be filed in the office of the Plumbing Inspection Section. "106.9 Special Ruling: In the event of a special ruling by the Plumbing Official for some unusual type of construction or occupancy not outlined herein whereby all similar construction in the future will be affected, the Plumbing Official shall make a written ruling and after review and approval by the Board shall place the same on file in the Plumbing Inspection Section for public information. "106.10 Time Limitation of Permits: If plumbing or gas fitting work authorized under a permit.is not commenced within sixty (60) days after issuance of such permit, or if the work is commenced and not com- pleted within a period of six (6) months from the date of the issuance of the permit, the permit shall become void unless the applicant shall have shown to the Plumbing Inspection Section of the Building Division of the Department of Public Works of the City that more than six (6) months from the date of the application will be required to complete the plumbing work covered by the application, and the officer receiving such application shall have approved a longer period of time for completion of the work. Upon -5- expiration of the permit, no work shall be done on the premises until a new permit is issued, and all permit fees are paid for the work covered by the new permit. No refunds shall be made for permits that have become void. Where circumstances beyond the control of the applicant requires an extension of time be granted to complete the work, then such permit may be extended at the discretion of the Board for a period of not more than six (6) months." 5. Delete Subsection 107.2 (c). 6. Delete Subsection 107.6 7. Delete Subsection 107.7 8. Delete Section 111. 9. Delete Section 112. 10. "Create a New Section 113 - Plumbing Advisory Board as follows: Subsection 113.1 Plumbing Advisory Board. There is hereby created the "Plumbing Advisory Board" consisting of seven persons who shall be appointed by the City Council. The persons appointed shall be qualified as follows: (a) Plumbers: Three persons who —shall 'have`had ` at least five'" (5) years of motive experience as _a plumber licensed in the State of Texas, at least three (3) years of which shall have been in Corpus Christi, Texas and currently active in the plumbing trade, at least two of whom shall hold Master Plumbers Licenses. (b) One person who shall have_hpd at least five'(5)-years -of ­�, active_ experience as a Pro e ssional7Mechanica `Enginser licensed in the State of Texas and knowledgable in the plumbing trade. (c) One person who shall have had at-least-five--(-5)—year s experience in the Home Building Industs�y and one person who`sYa11'have"*� -ad at least -five (5) years-experience in the Commercial-Buil-airg Industry. (d) Air Conditioning Industry. One person_V;ho s1ball_ have- had -_J fat least -five (5) years experience in air conditioning maintenance and instal- lation. 5.1 Subsection 113.2 Tenure of Office. Four members shall be 1. appointed for the balance of the calendar year following the date of adoption of this Ordinance plus one full year. Three members shall be ap- pointed for the balance of this calendar year following the date of adopt- ion of this Ordinance plus two full years. After the expiration of the terms of the first appointees, all terms shall be for a term of two years. The terms of all members shall continue until their successor is appointed. Any member of the Board may be removed by the City Council for cause. Vacancies within the Board shall be filled by appointment for the unex- pired term. Subsection 113.3 Organization of the Plumbing Advisory Board. After the appointment of said Board, they shall meet as soon as practicable and from their membership select a Chairman and prescribe a procedure and order of business. Subsection 113.4 Pwers and Duties: It shall be the duty of the said Board to fix, at reasonable intervals of time, the date of meetings to be held at least once every thirty days. The Board shall prescribe a pro- cedure and order of business for hearing appeals from the decisions of the Plumbing Official in regard to interpretation of this Plumbing Code and the Gas Code. The Board shall act as an agent in administering the provisions of Senate Bill No. 188, "The Plumbing License Law of 1947" and the directives of the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners. The Chief Plumbing Inspector shall act as Secretary to said Board but without a vote. The Board shall advise the City Council and City Manager regarding any matter in the plumbing field which it feels should be brought to the attention of the City Council. Both i the Plumbing Official and the individual filing an appeal shall have the right to appeal the decision of the Board to the City Council. Subsection 113.5 Quorum: Four (4) members of the Board present at any meeting shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of Business and the concurring vote of not less than four (4) members of the Board shall be necessary to constitute an official action of the Board. Subsection 113.6 Records: The Board shall keep a minute book in which shall be recorded all transactions and business of the Board. 11. In Principle No. 2, under Section 201, Delete the word -7- .separate" in the last line. 12. Amend Section 302 by amending the definition of "Air y Gap` to hereafter read as follows: "Air Gap. An Air Gap is a water - supply system is the unobstructed vertical distance through the free atmosphere between the lowest opening from any pipe or faucet supplying water to a tank, plumbing fixture, or other devide and the flood -level rim of the receptacle and in no case shall such distance be less than 3/4 inch." Further amending Section 302 by amending the definition of "Building Drain" to hereafter read as follows: "Building Drain. The Building (house) drain is that part of the lowest piping of a drainage system which receives the discharge from soil., waste and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building (house) sewer beginning three feet outside the building wall. A two -way cleanout shall be installed at that point and extended to finish grade." 13. Delete Subsection 403.2 14. Amend Subsection 407.1 to hereafter read as follows: "407.1 Support of Piping: Buried piping shall be supported throughout its entire length on compacted fill of the original density or selected sand fill, except where 50% of the bottom pipe service is within 1/4 inch of virgin soil and no span of more than two feet (2') in length is supported on virgin soil." - 15. Delete Subsection 410.4. 36: Amend Subsection 427.3 by charging the word "shall" to "may" in the second sentence. 37. Delete the words "except by written approval of the Plumbing Official" in Subsection 427.4 18. Amend Subsection 502.1 by changing "3 psf" to "2 1/2 psf" in the third line, and amend the fourth line of said Subsection 502.1 to hereafter read as follows: "Water closet lead bends and lead stubs shall not be less than 8 psf." 19• Amend Table 505 by deleting the following: Asbestos Cement Sewer Pipe Bituminized Sever Pipe and Fittings -8- Bitixninized Perforated Pipe and Fittings Bituminized Laminated Fiber Pipe and Fittings Clay Pipe Fiot Pour Joints Concrete Reinforced Sewer Pipe Concrete Sewer Pipe Concrete (Steel Cylinder Type) Concrete Perforated Concrete Drain tile 20. Amend Table 505 by deleting Note 1 at the end thereof. 21. Delete Subsection 506.3 22. Delete Subsection 602.6 8. Delete Subsection 602.9 24. Delete Subsection 602.11 25. Delete Subsection 602.12 26. Amend-Subsection 602.13 (b) by adding to the end thereof the following sentence: "Joints underground shall be protected as re- commended by the City Gas Division for underground gas joints." 27. Amend Subsection 603.1 to hereafter read as follows: "603.1 Clay Sewer Pipe. Clay Joints shall be made of approved compression type gasket material." 23. Delete Subsection 603.2 29. Amend Subsection 604.1 to read as follows: "Joints from copper tubing to threaded pipe shall be made by the use of brass converter fittings. The joint between the copper pipe and the fittings shall be properly sweated, soldered'or compression or flare fittings may be used, and the connection between the threaded pipe and the fitting shall be made with a standard size screw joint. All joints between steel and copper pipe shall have insulating couplings." 30. Delete Subsection 605.1 31. Amend Subsection 605.2 by adding at the end thereof, before the "." the words "with the exceptJon of insulating unions." 32. Amend Subsection 607.1 by aiding at the end thereof, before -9- the "." the words "with the exception of a three -inch (3 ") service sink trap with a tyro -inch (2 ") outlet." 33• Amend Subsection 701.1 by adding a new sentence at the end of paragraph (a) to read as follows: "Residential dishwasher waste may be discharged into disposer sink outlet or the house side of the trap." 34. Delete Subsection 702.3 (b) 35. Amend Subsection 703.3 by placing a period after the word "seals" and delete the balance of the sentence. 36. Amend Subsection 703.5 (f) by adding the following sentence: "Tubular traps shall have the gauge stamped on by the manufacturer." 37. Amend Subsection 704.7 to hereafter read as follows: "704.7 There shall be a double clean -out five (5) feet from the building at the junction of the building drain and the building sewer. Also a 'Dallas Y' type clean -out shall be installed and brought to finished grade at the junction of the building sewer and the city main." 38. Amend Subsection 906.1 by adding at the end thereof, before the "." the words "unless protected by an approved siphon breaker." -39. Delete Subsection 906.2 49. Amend Subsection 911.1 by adding thereto the following sentence: "Precast concrete shower bases shall not require shower pans.' 41. Amend Subsection 911.2 by deleting the last sentence thereof. 42. Amend Subsection 915.2 to read as follows: "Floor drains shall have metal traps and shall be provided with removable strainers. When the floor area is 100 sq. ft. or less, the riser above the trap may be reduced to 2" with a 2" strainer. The open area of the strainer shall be at least two- thirds of the cross - sectional area of the drain line to which it connects. 43. Delete the word "possible" in Subsection 922.2(a) and sub- stitute the word "practicable." 44. Amend Subsection 1003.6 to hereafter read as follows :. "1003.6 Support of Piping. Buried piping shall be supported throughout its entire length on cor.macted fill of the original density or selected sand fill, except where 500 of the bottom pipe service is within 1/4 inch of virgin soil and no span of more than two feet (2') in length is supported on virgin soil." -10- 45• Delete Subsection 1101.2. 4,6. Amend Subsection 1101.7 by adding the following sentence: - "Air conditioning drains may be connected directly into house side of traps." 4.7. Delete Subsection 1205.2. '48. Amend Subsection 1206.2 by adding the following sentence at the end of the paragraph: "200 p.s.i. PVC plastic pipe may be used for cold water service line outside the building only." .4�. Amend Subsection 1211.1 to read as follows: "An accessible shut -off valve with drip on the water service pipe shall be provided near the house entrance." 50. Amend Subsection 1213.1 to read as follows: The sizing of the water - distribution system shall conform to good engineering practice. Methods used to determine pipe sizes shall be as follows: All water - supply lines to fixtures must be adequate in size, and the cross sectional area of any lateral, branch, service, or main must be at least twenty (20/) per cent of the combined cross sectional areas of the ogtlets served. Cross Section areas of Standard Size Screw Pipe Diameter Area 1/8 0.0123 1/4 0.0491 3/8 o.11o4 1/2 0.1963 3/4 0.4417 1 0.7854 lY 1.227 12 1.767 2 3.141 22 4.908 3 7.068 32 9.621 4 12.566 5 1.9.635 51 23.758 6 28.274 62 33.3.83 38.484 72 44.178 8 50.265 82 56.745 9 63.617 5L. Amend the title Subsection 1213.3 to read "Inside diameter size of fixture- supply." Also amend the size of hose bibs and wall, hydrant to read "1/2" instead of "3/4." -11- 52. . Amend Subsection 1215.6, by adding the following words in the first sentence, between the words "tank" and "hereafter ": "having a capacity" of fifty (50) gallons or more ", said first sentence to hereafter read as follows: "Any storage tank having a capacity of fifty (50) gallons or more hereafter installed for domestic hot water shall have clearly and indelibly stamped in the metal, or so marked upon a plate welded thereto,.or otherwise permnanently attached, the maximum allowable working pressure." 55• Amend Subsection 1301.3 by deleting from the first sentence the following words: "Galvanized steel, galvanized wrought iron." 54. Amend Subsection 1301.4 by adding a new paragraph, reading as follows: "All drains under commercial buildings constructed with first floor slab on fill or grade shall be of extra heavy cast iron pipe." 5 -5. Amend Subsection 1302.1 by amending the first sentence to hereafter read as follows: "The building sewer, when installed in separate trench from the water service pipe, shall be cast iron sewer pipe or vitrified -clay sewer pipe." 56. Amend Subsection 1401.3 by deleting the following words: "Galvanized steel, galvanized wrought iron, ". - 57. Amend Subsection 1403.3 by adding thereto the following sentence: "Where a washer or sink connection is installed, if permitted by the Zoning Ordinance, in a detached garage or other accessory building, a one and one -half inch (1 -1/2 ") diameter vent stack will be permitted." 58. Delete Section 1405 and Subsections 1405.1 and 1405.2. 59. Amend Subsection 1408.1 by adding the following at the end of the paragraph: "One arm may be used without revent for two (2) or three (3) fixture traps if each fixture enters the arm with a 45 degree fitting and the total fixture units and distance is within limits given in Tables 1305.3 and 1409.3. No such combination shall carry more than three (3) fixture units." 60. Amend Subsection 1409.1 by adding thereto the following sentence: "A distance of six inches (6 ") shall be allowed from the weir of the trap to the fixture outlet." 61. Amend Table 1409.3 by changing the limit of the three (3 ") inch from six (6' ) feet to ten (10' ) feet. 62. Amend Subsection 1501.1 by adding the following words at the beginning of the sentence: "On nonresidential uses," and by deleting the -12- words "or a combined sewer system ", said sentence to hereafter read as follows: "1501.1 Drainage Required. On nonresidential uses, roofs, paved areas, yards, courts and courtyards shall be drained into a storm sewer system where such systems are available." 63. Amend'Subsection 1502.5 to hereafter delete "bituminized - fiber pipe ". 64. Amend Appendix A by deleting all reference to fibre pipe. 65. Amend Appendix a, under heading "Clay Pipe ", pa'ragraph'B, by adding a new subparagraph (e) reading: "All joints shall be of the approved compression type gasket material." 66• Amend Appendix B, paragraph B -8, by amending paragraph (G) to hereafter read as follows: "(G) No more than ten (10) mobile homes or travel trailers may connect to a four-inch (4 ") sewer drain line. The drain line shall be vented at its highest point with a four -inch (4 ") diameter cast iron soil pipe vent stack extending ten feet (101) above the ground. Sewer drain lines serving more than ten (10) and less than fifty (50) mobile homes or travel trailers shall be at least six inches (6 ") in diameter, said drain lines being vented with at least one (l) four-inch (4 ") diameter cast iron soil pipe vent stack extending ten feet (10') above the fround for every ten (10) mobile home or travel trailer spaces." '67. Amend Appc -ncix B, paragraph B -8, by adding thereto a new paragraph, numbered (H -8), reading as follows: "(H -8) Sewer drain lines installed under a mobile hor.:e, travel trailer or concrete slab shall. be cast iron soil pipe and shall extend at least three feet W) beyond the edges of said mobile home, tra�rel trailer or concrete slab." 6& Amend Appendix B -11 by omitting the "." at the end and adding 1965 Edition." -13- SECTION 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby expressly repealed by the adoption of this Ordinance and Code in lien thereof; but no violation existing prior to the adoption of this Ordinance shall cease to be considered a violation. Provided, nothing in this Ordinance or in the Code hereby adopted shall be construed to affect any suit or proceeding now pending in any Court, or any rights acquired, or liability incurred, or any causes of action accrued or existing under any act or ordinances repealed hereby. Provided, further, if the a doption of the Southern Standard Plumbing Code by this Ordinance be ineffective to enact said Code as Law, then this entire Ordinance shall be void for all purposes and all now exist- ing ordinances shall remain in effect. SECTION 3. Any person who shall violate any provision of this Ordinance shall be'deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by a fine not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars ($200). If the violation be continuing, each day's violation shall constitute a separate offense. SECTION 4. This Ordinance shall take effect from and after its publication one time in the official publication of the City of Corpus Christi, which publication shall contain the caption stating in summary the purpose of the Ordinance and the penalty for violation thereof. SECTION 5. If for any reason any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase or provision of this Ordinance shall be held invalid, 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. -14- SECTION 6. THE NECESSITY FOR UPDATING THE PRESENT PLUMBING AND GAS ORDINANCE BY ADOPTION OF SEPARATE ORDINANCES CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND 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 AFTER ITS PASSAGE, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, THIS THE 2ND DAY OF OCTOBER, 1968. ATTEST: CI fY ECR ETA Y / �'1 YOR / THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS APPROVED: 2ND DAY OF OCTOBER, 1968: CITY A7`TORN '9Y uCQORPUS CHRISTI, TE.,XAyS oC7l -Ili DAY OF �e �Cj &4' TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF THE FOREGOING ORDINANCES 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 14EETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL; 11 THEREFORE, REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT A14D PASS THIS ORDI- NANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL. RESPECTFULLY, Y R THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: JACK R. BLACKMON RONNIE SIZEMORE�C/ 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 FOLLOWING VOTE: JACK R. BLACKMON ^0"4� RONNIE SIZEMORE V. A. "DICK" BRADLEY, JR. P. JIMENEZI JR., M.D.P"3� GABE LOZANO, SR. KEN MCDANIEL W. J. "WRANGLER" ROBERTS (SEAL) f PUBLISHER'6 AFFIDAVIT STATE OF TEXAS, lss: County of Nueces. 1 s 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 .......... .... ............... 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