HomeMy WebLinkAbout031899 ORD - 10/15/2019 Ordinance amending Corpus Christi Code to adopt the 2018 International
Swimming Pool and Spa Code, to amend swimming pool standards, to amend the
definition of industrialized housing, and to modify affirmative defense for lemonade
stand permitting; and providing for penalty.
WHEREAS, the State of Texas approved, and Governor Abbott signed. House Bills 2858,
1385. and 234 which requires local jurisdictions to adopt the 2018 International Swimming Pool
and Spa Code, remove height limitations for a structure to be classified as industrial housing and
buildings, and prohibits rules that require permitting for the sale of lemonade or other non-
alcoholic beverages from a stand, on private property, or in a public park by an individual younger
than 18 years of age.
WHEREAS. the Building Code Board of Appeals and Mechanical Plumbing Advisory
Board recommend approval of the ordinance.
Now therefore, be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas:
SECTION 1. That Corpus Christi Code of Ordinances, Chapter 14 "Development Services,"
Article II "City of Corpus Christi Technical Construction," Section 14-291 `Residential construction
code" is amended by adding the following language that is underlined (added) and deleting the
language that is stricken (deleted) as delineated below:
Sec. 14-291. - Residential construction code.
With the following additions. deletions and revisions. the International Residential Code for One-
and Two-Family Dwellings, 2015 Edition (including Appendix E, Manufactured Housing Used as
Dwellings, Appendix H, Patio Covers, Appendix J Existing Building and Structures, (see
International Residential Code Section R102.5, 2015 Edition)), as published by the International
Code Council, a copy of which, authenticated by the signatures of the Mayor and City Secretary
of the City of Corpus Christi, made public record by this section, and on file in the city secretary's
office, is incorporated by reference and adopted as the Residential Construction Code for the City
of Corpus Christi:
(2,1) Chapter 30 of the International Residential Code is amended by adding a new section
P3009 to read as follows:
SECTION P3011
SECTION 2. That Corpus Christi Code of Ordinances. Chapter 14 "Development Services",
Article II "City of Corpus Christi Technical Construction," is amended by adding the following
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language that is underlined (added) and deleting the language that is stricken (deleted) as
delineated below:
Sec. 14-301. — Swimming Pool and Spa Code.
(a) The International Swimming Pool and Spa Code, 2018 Edition, as published by the
International Code Council, a copy of which, authenticated by the signatures of the Mayor and
City Secretary of the City of Corpus Christi, made public record by this section, and on file in
the city secretary's office, is incorporated by reference and adopted as the Swimming Pool and
Spa Code for the City of Corpus Christi.
SECTION 3. That Corpus Christi Code of Ordinances, Chapter 23 `Health and Sanitation," Article
Ill `Unhealthful or Dangerous Conditions." Section 23-57 is amended by adding the following
language that is underlined (added) and deleting the language that is stricken (deleted) as
delineated below:
Sec. 23-57. — Commercial swimming pool standards.
The following rules pertaining to commercial swimming pools shall be in full force and effect:
(1) Definitions. For the interpretation and enforcement of these regulations the following
definitions shall apply:
(a) "Property Commercial swimming pool": Any swimming pool. other than a private pool
appurtenant to a single-family, duplex, condominium. or townhouse residence used only by
the occupants of the residence and their guests.
(3) Inspections; fee.
(a) Inspections. Any authorized representative of the health department of the City of Corpus
Christi, Texas, may enter upon any and all parts of the premises of such swimming places, to
make examinations and investigations of the sanitary conditions of such places and of such
compliance with the provisions of these regulations. Property swimming pools that were in
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comply shall constitute grounds for the immediate closing of the
swimming pool until satisfactory compliance is achieved.
(5) Safety requirements: lifesaving equipment.
(b) One (1) unit of lifesaving equipment shall consist of a ring buoy not more than fifteen (15)
inches in diameter to which shall be attached a sixty foot length of three sixteenths inch-rem
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additional two thousand (2,000) square feet or major fraction thereof of water surface area
where there is no lifeguard on duty.
(f) There shall be a telephone readily accessible to every swimming pool. Telephone numbers
of the nearest ambulance station and physician's office shall be posted near the telephone.
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(g) In above ground pools. the stile ladder shall be removed when the pool is not in use.
(h) There shall be - - _ - - ••••- - - - - - - - - •- Cardiopulmonary
Resuscitation (CPR) procedures posted at every swimming pool in such a manner as to be
clearly visible from the pool deck and protected against the elements.
(7) Applicability of subsections (4) through (6) to certain bathhouses, piers or swimming pools.
Nothing in subsections (4) through (6) of this section shall be construed so as to apply to
bathhouses, piers or swimming pools used exclusively by the owner thereof or his family.
occupants of the residence and their guests.
(8) Pool enclosure required.
(a) All swimming pools and wading pools shall be completely enclosed by a fence. wall. or
screen enclosure not less than four (4) feet in height. A building may be used as a part of such
enclosure. All doors or gates in such enclosure which are accessible to the general public shall
be equipped with self-closing and self-latching devices which operate to keep the gate or door
securely closed at all times when not in actual use. Fences and walls of such enclosure shall
be so designed as to eliminate any openings, holes. or gaps in such enclosure which would
permit the passage of a sphere six (6) inches in diameter. Pools completely enclosed within
buildings to which access by the general public is controlled. pools constructed above the
ground floor of buildings to which access by the general public is controlled, or pools
maintained within completely fenced or enclosed apartment complexes equipped with self-
closing and self-latching devices on all gates or doors leading directly to the pool area
accessible to the general public. shall be considered to be in compliance with the requirements
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natural barriers or obstructions such as bays, rivers, cliffs, seawalls or bulkheads are sufficient
after the effective date of this section unless, upon final inspection by the building division, the
inspector is satisfied that the enclosure requirements of this section have been met.
(c) No swimming pool or wading pool in existence prior to the effective date of this section
this section after six (6) months from the effective date of this section.
SECTION 4. That Corpus Christi Code of Ordinances, Chapter 14 "Development Services",
Article XII `Industrialized Housing," Section 14-1201 "Definition" is amended by adding the
following language that is underlined (added) and deleting the language that is stricken (deleted)
as delineated below:
Sec. 14-1201. - Definition.
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(c) Industrialized housing does not include:
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{1) A residential structure that exceeds three (3) stories or forty nine (49) feet in height a.,
(21) Housing constructed of a sectional or panelized system that does not use a modular
component; or
(32) A ready-built home constructed in a manner in which the entire living area is contained in
a single unit or section at a temporary location for the purpose of selling and moving the home to
another location.
SECTION 5. That Corpus Christi Code of Ordinances. Chapter 38 '`Peddlers. Vendors, Mobile
Food Vendors, Itinerant Merchants and Solicitors," Article I "In General," Section 38-3
"Applicability; Affirmative Defenses" is amended by adding the following language that is
underlined (added) and deleting the language that is stricken (deleted) as delineated below:
Sec. 38-3. - Applicability; affirmative defenses.
This article shall not apply to the following persons, businesses or conduct or under the following
conditions; provided, however, that it shall not be necessary in the prosecution of any violation of
this article to negative any of such exceptions or exemptions herein expressed; but the pleading
and proof of the same shall be an affirmative defense in any such prosecution:
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(15) Lemonade and the like and other non-alcoholic beverage stands conducted and operated
entirely by children under the age of sixteen (16) 18 and upon the private residential premises of
such children or a public park.
Section 6. Publication shall be made in the official publication of the City of Corpus Christi as
required by City Charter of the City of Corpus Christi.
Section 7. A violation of this ordinance. or requirements implemented under this ordinance,
constitutes an offense punishable as provided in Section 14-207, Section 38-25 or Section 1-6 of
the Corpus Christi Code of Ordinances.
Section 8. Severability. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City that the sections,
paragraphs, sentences, clauses. and phrases of this Ordinance are severable and, if any phrase,
clause, sentence, paragraph, or section of this Ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional by
the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such declaration shall not
affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs, and sections of this
Ordinance, since the same would not have been acted by the City without the incorporation into
this Ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence. paragraph, or section.
Section 9. Effective date. This ordinance takes effect on upon publication.
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That th foregoing ordinance was read for the first time and passed to its second reading on this
the day of O C+6 be✓', 2019, by the following vote:
Joe McComb Ay< Michael Hunter ,ij�?
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Rudy Garza 1 Everett Roy 1`7 AI evri-
Paulette M. Guajardo /7 Greg Smith .Q
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Y -day of nci-c•ber 2019, by the following vote:
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PASSED AND APPROVED on this the j j±1-day of 0(-_- ;ber- , 2019.
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NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF
ORDINANCE(S) ORDINANCE(S)
NO.031898, Ordinance NO.031898, Ordinance
amending the Unified De- amending the Unified De-
velopment Code pursuant velopment Code pursuant
to the annual review proc- to the annual review proc-
CITY OF CORPUS CHRIS TI ess to only require a Certif- ess to only require a Certif-
PO BOX 9277 icate of Appropriateness if icate of Appropriateness if
modifications are occurring modifications are occurring
to the exterior of a building to the exterior of a building
that is designated a historic that is designated a historic
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78469-9277 landmark; and providing landmark; and providing
for penalty. for penalty.
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amending Corpus Christi amending Corpus Christi
STATE OF WISCONSIN) Code to adopt the 201i Code to adopt the 2018
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standards, to amend the amend swimming pool
definition of industrialized standards, to amend the
I, being first duly sworn, upon oath depose and say that I housing, and to modify af- definition of industrialized
firmative defense for lem- housing, and to modify af-
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Corpus Christi Caller-Times, a daily newspaper published and providing for penalty. onade stand permitting;
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on the following dates: These ordinances were fees for moving structures.
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October 21,2019 on October 15,2019 Corpus Christi City Council
is/Rebecca Huerta on October 15, 2019
City Secretary /s/Rebecca Huerta
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