HomeMy WebLinkAbout02467 ORD - 02/08/1949AN ORDINANCE
AMMING SECTION 1602, PARAGRAPH (b) OF CHAPTER %VI
OF AN ORDINANCE PASSED AND APPROVED ON AUGUST 30,
1929, COMUCHLY ENO= AS THE BUILDING CODE AND CAP-
TIONED AS FOLLOOM. TO -WiTt "AN ORDINANCE REGULATING
THE ERECTION, CONSTRUCTION, EHI iRGEMENT, ALTERATIONS,
REPAIR, MOVING, REMOVAL, DEMOLITION, CONVERSION, OCCU-
PANCY, EQNIPMT, USE HEIGHT ABU, AND VAINTE11ANCE OF
BUILDING AND/OR SMOTURES IN TOE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTIS PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS AND
COLLECTIONS OF FEES THEREFOR, DECLARING AND WTAB-
LISIIING FIRE DISTRICTS, PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE
VIOLATION THEREOF, AND Rrarar ING ALL ORDINANCES AND/CR
PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THERSBPITH"t AIM DE-
CLARIAIG Ali EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TESASt
SECTION 1. That Sec. 1602, paragraph (b) of CHAPTER. ZVI of an
ordinance passed and approved on August 30, 1929, oommonly known as the
building code and captioned and entitled es follows, to -wit, "An Ordi-
nance regulating the erection, construction, enlargement, alterations,
repair, moving, removal, demolition, conversion, occupancy, equipment,
use height area, and maintenance of building and/or structures in the City
of Corpse Christi, providing for the issuance of permits and collections
of fees therefor, declaring and establishing Fire Districts; providing
penalties for the violation thereof, and repealing all ordinances and/or
parts of ordinances in conflict therewith ", is hereby amended and as amended
shall hereafter be as follows, to -wit.
"No building or struature of Type IV Construction
having an area greater than four hundred (100) square
feet shall be ereoted or constructed in or moved into
Fire Zone No. 1.
Exceptions Building of Type IV Ccnstruotion not
having as area greater than two thousand (2,000) square
feet and having exterior well panels of not leas than
20 gauge steel which is covered with acid resisting
porcelain enamel may be erected in Fire Zone No. 1.,
provided the exterior walls of the building are not
less than ten (10) feet from a=j adjoining property
line. This provision shall apply to all types of
ocoupansies.-
.SECTION 2. That any and all parts of ordinance No. 222 In conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. The fact that Corpus Christi has rapidly increased in
size and new type of construction is now being used which is adequate and
proper for buildings, and the fact that to deprive the use of such oonstruc-
tion would work an undue hardship upon the citizens of the City creates a
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public emergency and public imperative necessity requiring the suspension
of the Charter rule that no ordinance or resolution shall be passed finally
on the date it is introduced and that such ordinance or resolution shell be
read at three several meetings of the City Council, and the Mayor having
declared that such public emergency and imperative necessity exist, and
having requested that suoh Charter rule be suspended, cad that tbie ordi-
nenoe 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 ACCORD-
INGLY SO (MAP-M.
PASaW AND APPROVED this_da &y or February, A. D. 1919•
ATTEST, City of Corpus Christi, Texas
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:'y A• ,o ey
Corpus Chri , Texas
February, 1949
TO THE MEk M OF TIM CITY GORWIL
Corpus Christi, Texge
Gentleman.
For the reasons Bet forth in the emergency clause of the fore-
going ordinance, a public emergency and imperative necessity exist for
the suspension of the Charter rule or requirement that no ordinance or
resolution shell be passed finally on the date it is introduced, and
that such ordinance or resolution shall be read at three meetings of
the City CoUUoilj I, therefore, hereby request that you suspend said
Charter rule or requirement Bud pass this ordinance finally on the date
it is introduced, or at the present meeting of the City Council.
Respeotfully,
C
City of Corpus Christi, Texas
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote:
:7esley F. Seale
George R. Clark, Jr.
John A. Ferris
R. R. Henry
Joe T. Damson
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Jealey E. Seale
George R Clark, Jr.
John A. Farris
R. R. Benry
Joe T. Dawson !/
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