HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 69-57ORDINANCE NO. 9
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS, BY REPEALING
CHAPTER 28, ARTICLE II, AND ENACTING IN LIEU
THEREOF A NEW CHAPTER 28A, BY ADOPTING A GAS
CODE FOR THE CITY OF BEAUMONT; REGULATING
THE INSTALLATION, ALTERATION, AND MAINTENANCE
OF ALL PIPING EXTENDING FROM THE POINT OF
DELIVERY OF GAS FOR USE AS A FUEL AND DESIGNED
TO CONVEY OR CARRY THE SAME TO GAS APPLIANCES;
AND REGULATING THE INSTALLATION AND MAINTE-
NANCE OF APPLIANCES DESIGNED TO UTILIZE SUCH
GAS OR A FUEL, WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF
THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS; PROVIDING FOR
THE INSPECTION OF SAID PIPING AND CERTAIN
APPLIANCES; PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF PER-
MITS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF SAID PIPING AND
CERTAIN APPLIANCES AND THE COLLECTION OF
INSPECTION FEES THEREFOR; PROVIDING FOR THE
LICENSING OF PERSONS ENGAGING IN THE BUSINESS
OF INSTALLING, REPAIRING OR MAINTAINING SAID
PIPING OR CERTAIN APPLIANCES; PROVIDING
PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE,
AND REPEALING ALL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS:
Section 1
That the 1965 Edition of the Southern Standard Gas Code and all
amendments thereto, a copy of which has this day been exhibited to and
approved by the City Council of the City of Beaumont, be and the same
is hereby, adopted and declared. operative as the Gas Code of The City
of Beaumont, save and except such portions as are herein deleted,
modified and amended by this Code of Ordinances.
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Any person desiring a gas permit shall at the time of filing an
application therefor' pay the Plumbing Inspector as requested in this
Section. The fees to be paid for permits shall be as follows:-. .
(a) The minimum fee for any gas piping or appliance
installation shall be three ($3. 00) dollars.
(b) There shall be an additional fee of $. 25 per outlet
for each outlet over ten (10).
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Any person who fails to comply,with or violates any provision of
this ordinance or fails to comply with or violates a detailed statement
or plans submitted and approved thereunder, shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided in section
1-8 of the Code of Ordinances of Beaumont, Texas. Each such person
shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each day during which
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any violation of this ordinance continues.
Section 4.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with said Gas
Code are hereby repealed and Chapter 28, Article II, known as the
Beaumont Gas Code passed by the City Council on November 21, 1961,
is hereby expressly repealed.
The City Clerk of The City'of Beaumont is hereby authorized,
directed and empowered to insert at the appropriate place therein a
certificate to the effect that said Gas Code is an official publication of
building laws,' ordinances and resolutions passed and adopted by the City
Council of The City of Beaumont, and that said publication in book form
of said building ordinance, laws and resolutions affecting The City of
Beaumont, by authority and under direction of the City Council. of The City
of Beaumont, is to be and become effective as the building laws and
ordinances of said City. 1
PASSED by the City Council this day o 1969.
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