HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 91-52 ORDINANCE NO. 91-5"�
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 14
OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
BEAUMONT TO REPEAL THE MINIMUM HOUSING
CODE AND ENACT THE 1991 EDITION OF THE
STANDARD HOUSING CODE; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND
PROVIDING A PENALTY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
Section 1.
That Chapter 14 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Beaumont be, and the same
is hereby amended by repealing Article 1 and the same being Code Sections 14-1 through 14-
18 inclusive.
Section 2.
That Chapter 14 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Beaumont be amended to add
Section 14-1 to read as follows:
There is hereby adopted by the City for the purpose of establishing rules and
regulations attendant to the use and occupancy of residential buildings and assessory structures
that certain code known as the 1991 Edition of the Standard Housing Code. One copy of such
Standard Housing Code has been and now is filed in the office of the City Clerk of the City and .
the same is hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein, and from the
date on which this section shall take affect, the provisions thereof shall be controlling
concerning the matters set out in said Code.
Section 3.
That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance, or the
application of same to a particular set of persons or circumstances should for any reason be held
to be invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions of this ordinance, and to
such end the various portions and provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable.
Section 4.
That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed to the extent
of the conflict only.
Section 5.
That any person who violated any provision of this ordinance shall, upon conviction, be
punished as provided in Section 1-8 of the Code of Ordinances of Beaumont, Texas.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the //;t/Lday
of � 1991.
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