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:
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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-day of 1977.
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