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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 77-104ORDINANCE No.7 2-- / o cl ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 28 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE PLUMBING BOARD OF REVIEW TO THE PLUMBING AND MECHANICAL BOARD OF REVIEW; ADDING TWO (2) MEMBERS TO SAID BOARD; PROVIDING CRITERIA FOR SAID NEW MEMBERS; CHANGING THE QUORUM REQUIREMENT FOR SAID BOARD; ADDING ADDITION POWERS AND DUTIES OF SAID BOARD; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR REPEAL. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT: Pani -i nn l _ That Chapter 28, Section 28-4 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Beaumont, Texas, be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows: Section 28-4 - There is hereby created the Plumbing and Mechanical Board of Review, consisting of seven (7) appointed n m- bers and a plumbing inspector, who shall be an ex officio member. Members of the Board shall be appointed by the City Council and shall serve without compensation. The plumbing inspector shall act in an advisory capacity only and shall not have the right to vote. -qrar•i-i nn i That Chapter 28, Section 28-5 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Beaumont is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 28-5 - The appointive members of the plumbing board of review shall be qualified as follows: one (1) shall be a master plumber licensed by the State of Texas who has been a master plumber for at least five (5) years; one (1) shall be a journeyman plumber licensed by the State of Texas who has been a journeyman plumber for at least five (5) years; one (1) shall be a registered engineer licensed by the State of Texas; one (1) shall be a general contractor specializing in home construction; one (1) shall be a registered 0-7 7- 104 oz-/- 7 7 architect licensed by the State of Texas; one (1) shall be an air conditioning contractor and one (1) shall be a sheet metal contractor. All appointed members of- the Board shall be appointed for a term of two (2) years. Any appointed member may.be re- moved by the City Council for good cause, and vacancies of appointive members shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired term of the ap- pointed member replaced. Section 3. That Chapter 28, Section 28-6 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Beaumont is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 28-6 (a). The Plumbing and Mechanical Board of Review shall select a chairman and shall prescribe a procedure and order of business, consistent with the provisions of this section and Section 28-7 of this Code for the performance of its duties. The plumbing inspector shall act as secretary to the Board. (b). Four (4) appointive members of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. (c). The Board shall keep a minute book in which shall be recorded all transactions and business of the Board. (d). -The Plumbing and Mechanical Board of Review shall have the following powers: 1. To recommend a mechanical code and amendments thereto -to the City Council of the City of Beaumont; 2. To hear and decide appeals as pro- vided in Section 28-7 of this Code and as provided in the mechanical code and the Southern Standard Gas Code; 3. To recommend to the City Council in writing amendments and changes to this code, the mechanical code and the Southern Standard Gas Code, and to recommend new -2- methods and materials to be recog- nized and approved by such codes. Section 4. That Chapter 28, Section 28-7 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Beaumont is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 28-7 (a).• Any person, firm or corporation aggrieved by any interpretation of this code, the mechanical code or the Southern Standard Gas Code, or by any decision or ruling of the plumbing inspector under said codes, or desiring to recommend an amendment to said codes, shall have the right to make an appeal to the Plumbing and Mechanical Board of Review. Said appeal shall be made in writing and shall be duly verified by the person or persons familiar with the facts therein charged, and three (3) written copies of the same shall be filed with the City Clerk within thirty (30) -days of the date of the decision appealed from. A certified check for the amount of $10.00 payable to the City of Beaumont, shall accompany such appeal,to cover the cost of processing the appeal. The City Clerk shall retain one (1) copy of such appeal for the official records of the City and shall refer two (2) copies of the appeal to the plumbing inspector who shall investigate the facts and report':the appeal and the facts to the Plumbing and Mechanical Board of Review. The person, firm or corporation aggrieved as provided in this paragraph or reconmending the amendment to this code, the mechanical code or the Southern Standard Gas Code as provided in this paragraph shall have the right to appear -3- at .the time the plumbing inspector makes his report to the Plumbing and,Mechanical Board of Review and make any statements or representations desired to the Plumbing and Mechanical Board of Review. (b). The Board shall hear the appeal and shall within thirty (30) days from such appeal render a decision in writing, which shall be final with respect to the matter presented in the appeal. Such decision shall be filed with the City Clerk. (c).. In hearing such an appeal, the Plumbing and Mechanical Board of Review shall not have the power to waive or set aside the requirements -of this code, the mechanical code or the Southern Standard Gas Code, but shall the power to inter- pret the provisions of said codes and make recan- mendations to the City Council for changes in said codes. 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 in no wise 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 6. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the Zig / -day of 1977. 001 c >4rx'7"�_ - Mayor - -4-