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ORD CC 02/23/1971 - Amending Southern Std. Building Code AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 6 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS, BY REPEAL OF PRESENT CHAPTER 6 IN ITS ENTIRETY, EXCEPT FOR SECTION 6-4, AND BY SUBSTITUTION THEREFOR A NEW CHAPTER 6 BY ADOPTION, AS AMENDED THE SOUTHERN STANDARD BUILDING CODE, 1969 EDITION, AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF: SECTION I BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS, THAT CHAPTER 6 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS, IS HEREBY REPEALED EFFECTIVE UPON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE ADOPTION OF A NEW CHAPTER 6 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES EXCEPT FOR SECTION 6-4 THEREOF, AS HERE- INAFTER SPECIFIED. SECTION II A. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS, THAT THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS, BE AMENDED BY THE INCLUSION THEREIN OF A NEW CHAPTER 6 TO BE ENTITLED "BUILDINGS" , AND WHICH SAID CHAPTER 6 SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING: There is hereby adopted by the City Council, for the purpose of establishing rules and regulations for the construction, alteration, removal, demolition, equip- ment use and occupancy, location and maintenance of buildings and structures, including permits and pen- alties, that certain building code known as Southern Standard Building Code, 1969 Edition, together with the appendices thereof, of which not less than 3 copies have been and now are filed in the office of the City Secretary of the City, and the whole thereof, save and except such portions as are clearly deleted in the signed copies, or hereinafter changed or amended, and the same is hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein, and the provisions thereof shall be control- ling in the construction of all buildings and other structures therein contained within the corporate limits of the city, except as follows: 1. Section 114: After the word misdemeanor in the first sentence of said Section, a comma should be in- serted and the language added "and the punishment therefor shall be as provided in the Code of Ordinances of the City of Huntsville, Texas" . The remainder of said Section remains unchanged. 2. Section 1115.1 (b) should read: All interior stair- ways shall have solid risers, except as specifically approved by the building officials. Exterior stairs may have open risers. 3. Section 1115.2 (b) should read: In no case shall a stair from a lower story lead to an exit doorway serving an exit stair from an upper story, unless such stair from below is separated at its upper end from the stair above by partitions equal to the fire rating of the stair- enclosure, except as specifically approved by the building officials. 4. Section 1702.12 should read: Soil or compacted fill directly below concrete slab will be treated with chlordane solution in either a distillate or water base, applied at the rate of one gallon for every ten square feet. This includes beam bottoms as well as the area below the slab. 5. Section 1705 and 1707 should read: Where reference is made to "Simplified Span Tables for Joists and Rafters in Residential Construction" , October 1966 will be replaced by "current edition" as published by the National Forest Products Association. B. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS, THAT SECTION 6-4 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS, ENTITLED "FIRE LIMITS ESTABLISHED AND DESCRIBED" AND SAVED FROM REPEAL BY SECTION I OF THE WITHIN ORDINANCE MIALE BE INCLUDED IN THE ADOPTION OF THE SAID SOUTHERN STANDARD BUILDING CODE, 1969 EDITION, AS APPENDIX "G" THEREOF. APPROVED in Open Council on first reading on this the ± ? r,� day of February, 1971. W. BEN BLALOCK, JR. , Ma tor ATTEST: ^CITY SECRETARY APPROVED AS TO FORM: MARTIN D . COLLEY , CITY ATT NEY