HomeMy WebLinkAbout09838 ORD - 07/08/1970AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE, 1968 EDITION,
AS ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL BY ORDINANCE NO. 9519,
DATED OCTOBER 15, 1969, BY AMENDING ARTICLE 100 - "DEFINITIONS"
BY ADDING THERETO DEFINITION OF USABLE WALL SPACE; AMENDING
ARTICLE 210, SECTION 210 -22(B) BY PROVIDING THAT RECEPTACLE
OUTLETS SHALL BE INSTALLED SO THAT NO POINT ALONG THE FLOOR
LINE IN ANY USABLE WALL SPACE IS MORE THAN SIX FEET,
MEASURED HORIZONTALLY, FROM AN OUTLET IN THAT SPACE
INCLUDING ANY USABLE WALL SPACE THREE FEET WIDE OR GREATER
AND THE WALL SPACE OCCUPIED BY SLIDING PANELS IN EXTERIOR
WALLS; ADDING TO SECTION 210.22(8) A PARAGRAPH PROVIDING
FOR FURTHER DEFINITION OF USABLE WALL SPACE AND PLACE-
MENT OF DUPLEX RECEPTACLES; REPEALING ORDINANCES IN
CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; AND
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THAT THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE, 1965 EDITION,
AS ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL BY ORDINANCE NO. 9519, DATED OCTOBER 15,
1969, BE AMENDED BY AMENDING ARTICLE 100 - DEFINITIONS, BY ADDING
THERETO A NEW DEFINITION AS FOLLOWS:
"WALL SPACE, USABLE: USABLE WALL SPACE IS WALL SPACE MEASURED
ALONG THE FLOOR LINE OF A ROOM AND THIS WALL SPACE IS NOT IN A HALLWAY
OR TRAFFIC AREA AND DOES NOT HAVE A DOOR OPENING AGAINST IT. (THE WALL
SPACE COVERED BY A DOOR OPENING AGAINST A WALL SHALL NOT BE INCLUDED IN
THE WALL SPACE MEASUREMENT.)"
SECTION 2. ARTICLE 210, SECTION 210 -22(B) OF THE NATIONAL
ELECTRICAL CODE, 1968 EDITION, BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY AMENDED BY
AMENDING THE FIRST PARAGRAPH TO HEREAFTER READ AS FOLLOWS:
"(B) DWELLING TYPE OCCUPANCIES. IN EVERY KITCHEN, FAMILY ROOM,
DINING ROOM, BREAKFAST ROOM, LIVING ROOM, PARLOR, LIBRARY, DEN, SUN ROOM,
RECREATION ROOM AND BEDROOM, RECEPTACLE OUTLETS SHALL BE INSTALLED SO THAT
NO POINT ALONG THE FLOOR LINE IN ANY USABLE WALL SPACE IS MORE THAN SIX
(6) FEET, MEASURED HORIZONTALLY, FROM AN OUTLET IN THAT SPACE INCLUDING
ANY USABLE WALL SPACE THREE (3) FEET WIDE OR GREATER AND THE WALL SPACE
OCCUPIED BY SLIDING PANELS IN EXTERIOR WALLS. THE RECEPTACLE OUTLETS
SHALL, INSOFAR AS PRACTICABLE, BE SPACED EQUAL DISTANCES APART. RECEPTACLE
OUTLETS IN -FLOOR SHALL NOT BE COUNTED AS PART OF THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF
RECEPTACLES OUTLETS UNLESS LOCATED WITHIN -51 - '-'INCHES OF THE WALL.
AT LEAST ONE OUTLET SHALL BE INSTALLED FOR THE LAUNDRY."
SECTION 3. THAT ARTICLE 210, SECTION 270 -22(8) OF THE
NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE, 1968 EDITION, BE AMENDED BY ADDING A NEW
PARAGRAPH FOLLOWING THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF SAID SECTION 210- 22(B), SAID
PARAGRAPH TO READ AS FOLLOWS:
"A WALL SHALL BE CONSIDERED TO BE IN A TRAFFIC AREA IF THE NORMAL
FOOT TRAFFIC INTO, OUT OF, OR THROUGH A ROOM IS LESS THAN TWENTY -FOUR (24)
INCHES IN FRONT OF THE WALL. A TRAFFIC AREA SHALL CONSIST OF THAT FLOOR
SPACE WITHIN EIGHTEEN (18) INCHES OF EITHER SIDE OF A STRAIGHT LINE EXTENDED
BETWEEN THE CENTERS OF TWO (2) DOOR OR ROOM ENTRY OPENINGS. ENTRY
OPENINGS ARE THOSE USABLE FOR ENTRY OR EXIT IN A ROOM BY UPRIGHT WALKING.
IF THE STRIKE PLATE OR KEEPER OF A DOOR IS EIGHTEEN (18) INCHES OR LESS
FROM A RIGHT ANGLE WALL, THE FIRST FOUR (4) FEET OF THE WALL SHALL NOT
BE CONSIDERED USABLE WALL SPACE. FOR ANY GIVEN ROOM, THERE SHALL NOT BE
LESS THAN ONE DUPLEX RECEPTACLE FOR EACH TWENTY (20) FEET OF TOTAL ROOM
PERIMETER."
SECTION 4. THAT ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN
CONFLICT HEREWITH ARE HEREBY EXPRESSLY REPEALED.
SECTION 5. PUBLICATION SHALL BE MADE ONE TIME IN THE OFFICIAL
PUBLICATION OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, WHICH PUBLICATION SHALL STATE
IN SUBSTANCE THE PURPOSE OF THE ORDINANCE.
SECTION 6. THE NECESSITY TO MAKE THE HEREINABOVE DESCRIBED
AMENDMENTS IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN A COMPREHENSIVE ELECTRICAL CODE FOR THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI 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 CITYCOUNCIL, AND THE MAYOR HAVING DECLARED SUCH EMERGENCY AND
NECESSITY TO EXISTS AND HAVING REQUESTED THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER
RULE AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRO-
DUCTION AND TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER
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AFTER ITS PASSAGE AND PUBLICATION, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, THIS
THE DA OF JULY, 1970.
ATTEST:
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APPROVED: I K-_j THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
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TO THE NEMBERS 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 ordi-
nance finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of the
City Council.
Respectfully,
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�l THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote:
Jack R. Blackmon
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
V. A. "Dick"Bradley, Jr.
Eduardo E. de Ases
Ken McDaniel
W. J. "Wrangler" Roberts
Ronnie Sizemore
The above ordinance was passed by the followi g vote:
Jack R. Blackmon
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
V. A. "Dick" Bradley, Jr.
Eduardo E. de Ases
Ken McDaniel
W. J. °Wrangler" Roberts
Ronnie Sizemore
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PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT
STATE OF TEXAS,
County of Nueces. Jf
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Of the Corpus Christi Caller and The Corpus Christi Times,
Daily Newspapers Published at Corpus Christ" Texas, in said County and State, and that the publication Of
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