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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 99-087 ORDINANCE NO. ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 6, SECTION 6-20 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT TO AMEND BUILDING PERMIT FEES BY ADOPTING APPENDIX "B" OF THE 1997 STANDARD BUILDING CODE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND PROVIDING A PENALTY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT: Section 1. THAT Chapter 6, Section 6-20 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Beaumont be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 6-20. Adoption of building code; provisions excepted. There is hereby adopted by the city for the purpose of establishing rules and regulations for the construction, alteration, removal, demolition, equipment, use and occupancy, location and maintenance of buildings and structures, that certain building code known as the Standard Building Code being particularly the 1997 edition thereof, including Appendices A, B, C, E, F, and H. One copy of such Standard Building 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 effect, the provisions thereof shall be controlling in the construction, alteration, repair, removal, demolition, equipment and maintenance of all buildings and other structures within the corporate limits of the city, save and except the portion to the Standard Building Code which are hereby deleted, substituted, modified or amended, as set forth in this article. Section 2. 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 3. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed to the extent of the conflict only. Section 4. This ordinance shall be and become effective December 1, 1999. Section 5. That any person who violates any provision of this ordinance shall, upon conviction, be punished as provided in Section 1-8 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Beaumont, Texas. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this the day of e , 1999. - Mayor - Pro Tem