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OR 88-422 Adopts the uniform building code AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS ORDINANcE NO. 88422 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, ADOPTING THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE, 1988 EDITION, REGULATING THE ERECTION, CONSTRUCTION, ENLARGEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, MOVING, REMOVAL, DEMOLITION, CONVERSION, OCCUPANCY, EQUIPMENT, USE, HEIGHT, AREA AND MAINTENANCE OF BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES IN THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS; PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS AND COLLECTION OF FEES THEREFOR; PROVIDING CERTAIN AMENDMENTS TO SAID UNIFORM BUILDING CODE; REPEALING ALL PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT WITH THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING THAT SECTION 15-1-1 AND SECTION 15-1-2 OF ARTICLE 15-1 OF CHAPTER 15, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF COPPELL BE AMENDED TO REFLECT THE ADOPTION OF THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE; EXCEPT WHERE A DIFFERENT PENALTY HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED BY STATE LAW FOR SUCH OFFENSE, THE PENALTY SHALL BE THAT FIXED BY STATE LAW, AND FOR ANY OFFENSE WHICH IS A VIOLATION OF ANY PROVISION THAT GOVERNS FIRE SAFETY, ZONING, PUBLIC HEALTH AND SANITATION OR DUMPING OF REFUSE AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED BY SECTION 2.09 OF THE TEXAS LITTER ABATEMENT ACT, ARTICLE 4477- 9a, VERNON'S ANNOTATED CIVIL STATUTES, AS AMENDED, THE PENALTY SHALL BE A FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS ($2,000.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, it is deemed necessary to provide minimum standards to regulate the design, construction, materials, use and occupancy, location and maintenance of buildings and structures and certain equipment thereof, within the City to protect public safety, health and welfare; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS: SECTION 1. TITLE This ordinance shall be known as "THE CITY OF COPPELLBUILDING CODE." SECTION 2. ADOPTION OF UNIFORM BUILDING CODE That certain code volume and volume of code standards, copies of which are on file in the office of the City Secretary, being marked and designated as "Uniform Building Code," including Appendix Chapter 70, 1988 Edition, and the "Uniform Building Code Standards," 1988 Edition, published by the International Conference of Building Officials, be and the same is hereby adopted as the Building Code of the City of Coppell, Texas, for regulating the erection, construction, enlargement, alteration, repair, moving, removal, demolition, conversion, occupancy, equipment, use, height, area and maintenance of all buildings or structures in the City, providing for the issuance of permits and collection of fees therefor; except as portions are hereinafter deleted, modified or amended, a copy of said volumes being attached hereto as Exhibit "B" and "C" and made a part hereof the same as if fully set out at length herein. SECTION 3. SPECIFIC AMENDMENTS TO UNIFORM BUILDING CODE The Uniform Building Code adopted by this ordinance and attached hereto as Exhibit "B" is amended as follows: (a) Section 301 (a) Permit Required. No building or structure regulated by this code shall be erected, constructed, enlarged, altered, repaired, moved, improved, removed, converted or demolished unless a separate permit for each building or structure has first been obtained from the Building Official. All materials governed by this code shall be installed according to manufacturers recommendations and specifications and installed in a neat and workman like manner. (b) Delete Section 301 (b) (c) Section 305 (d) Approval Required. Work shall not be done beyond the point indicated in each successive inspection without first obtaining the approval of the Building Official. The building official, upon notification, shall make the requested inspections and shall either indicate that portion of the construction is satisfactory as completed or shall notify the permit holder or his agent wherein the same fails to comply with this code. Any portions which do not comply shall be corrected and such portion shall not be covered or concealed until authorized by the building official. There shall be a final inspection and approval on all buildings and structures when completed and ready for occupancy or use. No structure may be occupied by persons or possessions before a final acceptance has been given on the occupancy. (d) Section 305 (e) 5. Final Inspection: To be made after finish grading and the building is completed and ready for occupancy. No structure may be occupied by any person or possession before a final acceptance has been given on the occupancy. (e) Section 305 (f) Reinspections. A reinspection fee may be assessed for each inspection or reinspection when such portion of work for which inspection is called is not complete or when corrections called for are not made. This subsection is not to be interpreted as requiring reinspection fees the first time a job is rejected for failure to comply with the requirements of this code, but as controlling the practice of calling for inspections before the job is ready for such inspection or reinspection. Reinspection fees may be assessed when the permit card is not properly posted on the work site, the approved plans are not readily available to the inspector, for failure to post an address on the job site, for failure to have the required trash receptacle on the job site or failure to maintain trash that can be scattered or blown by the wind within that receptacle, or for deviating from the plans requiring the approval of the building official. To obtain a reinspection, the applicant shall file an application therefor in writing upon a form furnished for that purpose and pay the reinspection fee in accordance with Table No. 3-A. In instances where reinspection fees have been assessed, no additional inspection of the work will be performed until the required fees have been paid. (f) TABLE 3-A AMENDED Table No. 3-A "Building Permit Fees" is hereby amended and the table of fees attached hereto as Exhibit "A" shall be substituted therefor. (g) Section 2517 (g) 5. Headers. Headers and lintels shall conform to the requirements set forth in table 25-W, attached hereto as EXHIBIT "A", and together with their supporting systems shall be designed to support the loads specified by this code. All openings 4 feet wide or less in bearing walls shall be provided with headers consisting of either two pieces of 2-inch framing lumber placed on edge and securely fastened together or 4-inch lumber of equivilant cross section. All openings more than 4 feet wide shall be provided with headers or lintels. Each end of a lintel or header shall have a length of bearing not less than 11/2 inches for the full length of the lintel. SECTION 4. REPEALING CLAUSE All parts of ordinances inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed. However, the repeal of existing ordinances by this ordinance shall not affect or prevent the prosecution or the punishment of any person for any act done or committed prior to the effective date of this ordinance in violation of any ordinance hereby repealed; and the prosecution for such offenses may be instituted and causes presently pending proceeded with in all respects as if such prior ordinance or ordinances had not been repealed. SECTION 5. SEVERABILITY CLAUSE If any article, paragraph or subdivision, clause or provision of this ordinance shall be adjudged invalid or held unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of this ordinance as a whole or any part or provision thereof, other than the part so decided to be invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 6. PENALTY CLAUSE Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a penalty of fine not to exceed the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each offense; except where a different penalty has been established by state law for such offense, the penalty shall be that fixed by state law, and for any offense which is a violation of any provision that governs fire safety, zoning, public health and sanitation or dumping of refuse as that term is defined by section 2.09 of the Texas Litter Abatement Act, Article 4477-9a, Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes, as amended, the penalty shall be a fine not to exceed the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2000.00) for each offense, and each and every day such offense is continued shall constitute a new and separate offense. SECTION 7. EFFECTIVE DATE This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after the publication of its caption, as the law in such cases provides. DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this the 22nd day of November, 1988 APPROVED: Lou Duggan, Mayor ATTEST: Dorothy Timmons, City Secretary APPROVED AS TO FORM: CITY ATTORNEY TABLE 25-W MINIMUM HEADER SIZES (No Story Above) Opening Size Header Required 6 feet or less 2 X 6 6 feet to 8 feet 2 X 8 8 feet to 10 feet 2 X 10 10 feet to 16 feet 2 X 12 Openings over 16 feet Engineered beam. MINIMUM HEADER SIZES (One Story Above) 1 foot or less 2 X 6 1 foot to 6 feet 2 X 8 6 feet to 8 feet 2 X 10 8 feet to 10 feet 2 X 12 Opening over 10 feet Engineered beam. NOTE: The above header spans are based on number 3 grade lumber or better. EXHIBIT "A"