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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12392 ORD - 12/11/1974HDeP:e:12 /11/74:1st • AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 6614, AMENDING THE CORPUS CHRISTI CITY CODE, 1958, AS AMENDED, BY AMENDING CHAPTER 11, RELATING TO CITY BUILDING CODE; CHAPTER 13 -B, RELATING TO ELECTRICAL ORDINANCE; ELECTRICAL LICENSING ORDINANCE #9499; AND CHAPTER 27 -A, RELATING TO CITY PLUMBING CODE, SO AS TO PERMIT CERTAIN CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATIONS FOR INDUSTRIAL USE WITHOUT THE NECESSITY OF PERMIT OR INSPECTION BY THE CITY; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, certain industrial uses of land located within the City and on lands which may be annexed to the City involve the installation of certain equipment for manufacturing processes, laboratory testing of chemicals, labora- tory testing of chemical manufacturing equipment, and processing equipment which is assembled and disassembled at intervals as part of the testing, experimental or manufacturing process and which is on premises from which the general public is excluded and which assembly, disassembly or reassembly is conducted under the supervision of a person who is a Registered Professional Engineer or a Registered Professional Architect; and WHEREAS, the City Building Code, City Plumbing Code, and City Electri- cal Code and Electrical Licensing Ordinance do not contain provisions specifically applicable to such construction or installations and such construction and oper- ations are of a highly technical nature; and WHEREAS, it is deemed by the City Council that inspection by the Building Division of the Department of Inspections and Operations of the City of Corpus Christi would be impractical and would not be of general public benefit: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That the Corpus Christi City Code, 1958, as amended, be amended by adding the following section to each of the said chapters pertaining to the respective Codes: "Where any industry occupies a site of twenty (20) or more acres in the use of said plant site and the conduct of general operations is such that the plant site is inaccessible to the general public and the operations on the plant site involve the assembly, disassembly, reassembly „alterations or improve- ments under the supervision of a Registered Professional Architect or a Registered Professional Engineer, no permit or electrical license shall be necessary and no inspection shall be performed by the City for the erection of 12392 • a the plant or the assembly, disassembly, reassembly, remodeling, alterations or improvements of the plant or any portions thereof used in any manufacturing process, pilot plant use, laboratory testing or use of any mechanical process equipment or laboratory testing of chemical or chemical manufacturing equipment. "Any building used principally as office building, shipping docks, assembly room, restrooms, warehousing, and not for any purpose related to the manufacturing or testing of equipment or operations, shall not be exempt under this section from the necessity of obtaining a permit or electrical license and any construction or repair of any such building or structure shall be required to have a permit or electrical license and shall be permitted only under a permit as for the same type of building elsewhere within the City limits. "In order to qualify for an exemption of the provisions hereof, an affidavit shall first be filed in the office of the Building Division of the Department of Inspections and Operations of the City of Corpus Chriti, setting forth sufficient facts to show that the affiant is entitled to the exemption requested, on the form provided by the Department of Inspections and Operations. "All connections to the City Water System shall be equipped with check valves and /or other safety devices which will prevent cross - connections, backflow and /or health hazards or damage to the City Water System. To assure such connec- tion, the City shall have the right to inspect any installations connected to the City Water System to the point of such valve or safety device and failure to install and keep installed in operating condition such safety device shall authorize the City to refuse to connect or to disconnect such.installation from the City Water Supply System. SECTION 2. The necessity for providing exemption from regulation in certain instances and under certain conditions 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 requested the suspension of the said Charter rule and that this Ordinance be passed finally on the date of its intro- duction and take effect from and after its passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, -2- this the _ /I day of December, 1974. ATTEST: C ecretary MAYOR THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS A MDA 1 DAY OF DECEMBER, 1974: ��4Z E%EC City Attorne C. ASST, Corpus Christi, Texas day of RX -C.C_ , , 19 7el 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 ordi- nance finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of the City Council. Respectfully, MAYOR THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote: Jason Luby James T. Acuff Rev. Harold T. Branch Thomas V. Gonzales Ricardo Gonzalez Gabe Lozano, Sr. J. Howard Stark The above ordinance was passed by the following vote: Jason Luhv .i mes T. Acuff Rev. Harold T. Branch Thomas V. Gonzales Ricardo Gonzalez Gabe Lozano, Sr. J. Howard Stark