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
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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-
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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.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
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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
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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."
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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."
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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
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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."
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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.
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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)
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PUBLISHER'6 AFFIDAVIT
STATE OF TEXAS, lss:
County of Nueces. 1
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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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G]� �slfi.fld..AdVt7c! eisitlg..M9nager........... 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
LEGAL-- Notioe..of .pagn. age ... of 9rdiname - -.No c)Q -58- -a doting.. t}ae..Saathern-- Btti......__
Pl'aiu�i -i:rig Code- 167 - - --
of which the annexed is a true copy, was published in The Times„ ......................... .. ...... ... ..... ....... .._ -_ -_
on the ..5 .... day of..._ OgtobeX ' ..........:.......19..... Wznm ............................. titl0r'jL t=j[? x..........................
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Clas ified Adver�Manager
Subscribed and sworn to before me this .......23. ......... day of........ aotcaber........................... 19....28 -. -.
Louise Vick _ ..�--Oi*aZry-Public, G��... ......... ._...
Nueces County, Texas