ORD 1991-16 - Adopting The Updated Editions of Codes & Inc. Fines 08-06-1991ORDINANCE NO. 91- 16
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS, ADOPTING UPDATED EDITIONS OF THE
STANDARD FIRE PREVENTION CODE, NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE,
STANDARD BUILDING CODE, STANDARD MECHANICAL CODE,
STANDARD PLUMBING CODE, AND STANDARD GAS CODE;
INCREASING THE FINE FOR VIOLATION OF SUCH CODES FROM
$200 TO $500 PER DAY FOR EACH VIOLATION; PROVIDING FOR
THE PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
WHEREAS the City's Board of Adjustments and Appeals has reviewed the new
standard construction codes and recommends that the City Council of
the City of Huntsville adopt updated editions of codes currently in
use; and
WHEREAS after reviewing the changes in construction that will be permitted
by the adoption of the updated editions, Council finds that the new
codes will promote maximum flexibility in building design and
construction while assuring a high degree of life safety and
consumer protection;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE,
TEXAS, that:
SECTION 1: Section 6 -1, Codes adopted by reference, of Chapter 6, of the Code
of Ordinances of the City of Huntsville, Texas, is amended to read:
Section 6 -1. Codes adopted by reference.
(a) The book entitled "Standard Building Code, 1991 Edition" (a copy of
which, authenticated by the signatures of the Mayor and City
Secretary, and made a public record by this section, is on file in
the City Secretary's office) is hereby adopted as the building code
of the City as fully as if copied at length in this chapter, and the
provisions thereof shall be controlling in the construction of all
buildings and other structures within the corporate limits of the
City.
(b) The book entitled "Standard Housing Code, 1991 Edition" (a copy of
which, authenticated by the signatures of the Mayor and City
Secretary, and made a public record by this section, is on file in
the City Secretary's office) is hereby adopted as the housing code
of the City as fully as if copied at length in this chapter, and the
provisions thereof shall establish the minimum standards for
occupancy of buildings.
(c) The book entitled "Standard Swimming Pool Code, 1991 Edition" (a
copy of which, authenticated by the signatures of the Mayor and City
Secretary, and made a public record by this section, is on file in
the City Secretary's office) is hereby adopted as the swimming pool
code of the City as fully as if copied at length in this chapter,
and the provisions thereof shall establish the minimum standards for
the design, construction or installation, repair or alterations of
swimming pools.
(d) The book entitled "Standard Mechanical Code, 1991 Edition" (a copy
of which, authenticated by the signatures of the Mayor and City
Secretary, and made a public record by this section, is on file in
the City Secretary's office) is hereby adopted as the mechanical
code of the City as fully as copied at length in this chapter, and
the provisions thereof shall establish the minimum standards for the
design, construction or installation, repair or alterations of
mechanical systems.
(e) The book entitled "Standard Plumbing Code, 1991 Edition" (a copy of
which, authenticated by the signatures of the Mayor and City
Secretary, and made a public record by this section, is on file in
the City Secretary's office) is hereby adopted as the plumbing code
of the City as fully as if it was copied at length in this chapter,
and the provisions thereof shall establish the minimum standards for
plumbing work in the City.
(f) The book entitled "Standard Gas Code, 1991 Edition" (a copy of
which, authenticated by the signatures of the Mayor and City
Secretary, and made a public record by this section, is on file in
the City Secretary's office) is adopted as the gas code of the City
as fully as if it was copied at length in this chapter, and the
provisions thereof shall establish the minimum standards for the
design, construction, installation, repair or alteration of gas
piping systems and gas appliances.
SECTION 2: Section 6-2, Amendments to codes adopted by reference, is amended in
part, by changing paragraph (A) as follows:
Section 6-2. Amendments to codes adopted by reference.
(A) STANDARD BUILDING CODE
(1) Section 101.3.3.1 is hereby added as follows:
(2)
(3)
(4)
Section 101.3.3.1. The following appendices are intended for
enforcement and are made a part of this code and the City's adopting
ordinance for all intents and purposes:
Appendix A
Appendix C -
Appendix D -
Appendix E -
Appendix G -
Appendix J -
Appendix K -
- Weights of Building Materials
One and Two Family Dwellings
Standards for Demolition
Energy Conservation
Adobe Construction
Hurricane Construction
Recommended Guide for Sound Insulation in Multifamily
dwellings
Section 101.4. Delete Section 101.4 Building Department.
Section 101.4.6 and 101.4.7. Delete Sections 101.4.6 and 101.4.7.
Section 101.6 is hereby amended to read:
101.6 - Special Historic Buildings.
The provisions of the Standard Building Code (other than Chapter 1)
relating to the alteration, repair, enlargement, restoration,
relocation or moving of buildings or structures shall not be
mandatory for existing buildings or structures identified and
classified as Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks, National Historic
Landmarks, or buildings entered into the National Register of
Historic Places, or qualified as such by the building official. It
is further provided, however, that:
(1) Such buildings or structures are judged by the City building
official to be safe;
(2) The owner submits complete architectural and engineering plans
and specifications bearing the seal of a registered
professional engineer or architect; and
(3) The owner complies with the requirements of Article II of
Chapter 6 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Huntsville,
Texas.
(5) Section 102.5 is amended to read:
102.5 - Unsafe Buildings.
All buildings or structures which are unsafe, insanitary, or not
provided with adequate egress, or which constitute a fire hazard, or
are otherwise dangerous to human life, or which in relation to
existing use constitute a hazard to safety or health by reason of
inadequate maintenance, dilapidation, obsolescence, or abandonment,
are severally in contemplation of this section, unsafe buildings.
All such unsafe buildings are hereby declared illegal and shall be
abated by repair and rehabilitation or by demolition, in accordance
with the provisions of Chapter 6, Article III, of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Huntsville, Texas.
(6) Section 103.1 is hereby amended to read:
103.1 - Application for Permit.
103.1.1. Any owner, authorized agent, or contractor who desires to
construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, demolish, or change the
occupancy of a building or structure, or to erect or construct a
sign of any description, or to install or alter fire extinguishing
apparatus, elevators, engines, or to install a steam boiler,
furnace, heater, incinerator, or other heat producing apparatus, or
other appurtenances, or to alter, move or change the access to or
from any public street from a driveway, including repair, removal or
installation of curbs or culverts, the installation of which is
regulated by this code, or to cause any such work to be done, shall
first make application to the building official and obtain the
required permit therefor.
103.1.2. A general permit shall carry with it the right to install
in any building or structure, or part thereof, elevators, sidewalk
elevators, vaults, chutes, coal holes, lifts ,cranes, derricks,
steam power boilers, steam, oil, gas or vapor engines, provided the
same are shown on the drawings and set forth in the specifications
filed with the application for the permit; but where these are not
shown on the drawings and covered by the specifications submitted
with said application, special permits shall be required.
103.1.3. Ordinary minor repairs may be made with the approval of
the building official without a permit; provided, that such repairs
shall not violate any of the provisions of this code.
103.1.4. Each application for a permit, with the required fee,
shall be filed with the building official on a form furnished for
that purpose, and shall contain a general description of the
proposed work and its location. The application shall be signed by
the owner, or his authorized agent. The application shall indicate
the proposed occupancy of all parts of the building and of that
portion of the site or lot, if any, not covered by the building or
structure, and shall contain such other information as may be
required by the building official.
103.1.5. An application for a permit for any proposed work shall be
deemed to have been abandoned six (6) months after the date of
filing for the permit, unless before then a permit has been issued.
One or more extensions of time for periods of not more than ninety
(90) days each may be allowed by the building official for the
application, provided the extension is requested in writing and
justifiable cause is demonstrated.
103.1.6. Permits shall be issued only to the following:
(1) Any architect or engineer licensed by the State of Texas or a
contractor registered by the City;
(2) Any property owner, for work to be done by him on a building
occupied by him as his home.
(7) Section 1.03.2 is hereby amended in part to read:
103.2.5. The building official shall require drawings showing the
location of the proposed building or structure and of every existing
building or structure on the site or lot to be approved by the City
Engineer prior to the filing with the building official. Said
drawings shall show the location of all existing easements, storm
sewers, natural drains, water lines, sewer lines, location of water
and sewer connections. The building official may also require a
boundary line survey, prepared by a qualified surveyor.
103.2.7. No building permits shall be issued unless adequate water
and sewer service is available to the property or suitable
arrangements have been made for obtaining water and sewer service to
the building site. The City Engineer shall certify on said drawing
when same is submitted to the building official that the
requirements of this paragraph have been made; otherwise, said
permit shall not be issued by the building official.
103.2.8. Plat diagram. No building permit shall be issued unless
adequate information is furnished showing the proposed vertical
elevation of the finished floor of the structure in respect to the
street and lot corners and proof that the building is not subject to
flooding by storm water. The City Engineer may require additional
engineering data, prepared by a registered professional engineer,
indicating the calculated twenty-five year high water elevation of
creeks or drainage channels when the building is proposed to be
placed near the floodplain of the channel. Finished floor
elevations of proposed buildings near the floodplain of a creek or
drainage channel shall be a minimum of two (2) feet vertically above
the calculated twenty-five year high water elevation.
No permit shall be issued for buildings or improvements that propose
to block the flow of water in creeks or drainage channels or may
cause flooding of adjacent property.
(8) Section 103.4 is amended by adding sentences that shall read:
103.4.5. No person, firm or corporation shall commence work on any
project for which a building permit is required under the provisions
of Section 103.1 of this code until such time as a building permit
has been issued by the building official. The City of Huntsville
may enjoin or restrain in a court of competent jurisdiction any
construction or work, or continuing construction or work, on any
project commenced prior to the issuance of such building permit.
(9)
Section 103.5 is amended to read:
103.5 - Contractor's Registration Required.
(a) It shall be the duty of every contractor or builder who shall
make contracts for the erection or construction or repair of
buildings for which a permit is required, and every contractor
or builder making such contracts and subletting the same, or
any part thereof, to register with the City.
(b) No fee is required for registration under this section.
(c) No contractor's bond shall be required under the provisions of
this section.
(10) Section 103.7.4 is amended to read:
103.7.4 - Schedule of Permit Fees.
(a) Permit fees.
1. Where the valuation does not exceed $100.00, no fee
shall be required, unless an inspection is necessary, in
which case there shall be a $10.00 fee for each
inspection.
2. For a valuation over $101.00 up to and including
$2,000.00, the fee shall be $10.00.
3. For a valuation over $2,000.00 up to and including
$15,000.00, the fee shall be $10.00 for the first
$2,000.00 plus $3.00 for each additional thousand or
fraction thereof, to and including $15,000.00.
4. For a valuation over $15,001.00 up to and including
$50,000.00, the fee shall be $49.00 for the first
$15,000.00 plus $2.50 for each additional thousand or
fraction thereof, to and including $50,000.00.
5. For a valuation over $50,001.00 up to and including
$100,000.00, the fee shall be $136.50 for the first
$50,000.00 plus $2.00 for each additional thousand or
fraction thereof, to and including $100,000.00.
6. For a valuation over $100,001.00 up to and including
$500,000.00, the fee shall be $236.50 for the first
$100,000.00, plus $1.25 for each additional thousand or
fraction thereof, to and including $500,000.00.
7. For a valuation over $501,000.00, the fee shall be
$736.50 for the first $500,000.00, plus $0.75 for each
additional thousand or fraction thereof, to and
including $500,000.00.
(b) Moving of building or structures. For the moving of any
building or structure, the fee shall be one hundred dollars
($100.00).
(c) Demolition of building or structures. For the demolition of
any building or structure, the fee shall be ten dollars
($10.00).
(d) For each inspection requested and made which requires a
reinspection, a fee of thirty dollars ($30.00) shall be
charged for each reinspection made.
(11) Section 105.2.3 is amended by the addition of a new paragraph that
shall read:
105.2.3 - Notice to Affected Property Owners
The building official shall notify all affected property owners who
own property within one hundred (100) feet of the site of a proposed
variance, of the meeting on the variance, by sending postage prepaid
a copy of the agenda and variance request. The building official
shall determine the name and address of such affected persons by
reference to the City tax records.
(12) Section 105.4 Board Members and Procedures is amended to read:
105.4.1 - Makeup of the Board.
There is hereby established a board to be called the board of
appeals, which shall consist of five (5) members. Such board shall
be composed of three (3) persons with technical background in
building design or construction or experience in the building trades
industry, and two (2) other citizens. The Mayor (chief appointing
authority) shall appoint board members with the approval of the City
Council.
105.4.2 - Term of Office.
Each member shall be appointed to a two -year term of office; with
three (3) members appointed effective January 1, odd - numbered years,
and two (2) members appointed effective January 1, even - numbered
years.
105.4.3 - Quorum.
Three (3) members of the board shall constitute a quorum. In
varying the application of any provision of this code or in
modifying an order of the building official, affirmative votes of
the majority present, but not less than three (3) affirmative votes,
shall be required. A board member shall not act in a case in which
he has a personal interest.
(13) Section 106. Delete Section 106.
(14) Section 107 is amended as follows:
After the word misdemeanor in the first sentence of said section, a
comma should be inserted 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.
(15) Section 202 Definitions is amended to read:
Applicable governing body: The City of Huntsville.
(16) Section 3001.2.1 is amended to read:
Section 3001.2.1. For the purpose of this code, the fire district
is established as follows:
Beginning at the intersection of the east line of Avenue N and the
south line of 10th Street;
Thence easterly along said south line of 10th Street to the west
line of Avenue J;
Thence southerly along said west line of Avenue J to the north line
of 13th Street;
Thence westerly along said north line of 13th Street to the east
line of Avenue M;
Thence northerly along east line of Avenue M to the point of
beginning.
(17) Figure 1203.6 is amended by adding:
City of Huntsville 5 lbs /sq. ft.
(18) Figure 1205 is amended by adding:
City of Huntsville 75 m.p.h.
(19) Figure 1207 is amended by adding:
City of Huntsville is in Zone 1.
(20) Section 1703.1.5 is amended to 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 (10 ) square feet.
This includes beam bottoms as well as the area below the slab. No
compliance with this section is required if the building to be
constructed is not frame construction.
(21) Section 2002.1 is amended to read:
2002.1 - Toilet Facilities.
Every building and each subdivision thereof where both sexes are
employed shall be provided with access to at least two (2) toilets
located either in such building or conveniently in a building
adjacent thereto on the same property; provided, however, that only
one toilet is required if there are no more than five (5) employees
on any shift.
(22) Chapter 23. Delete Chapter XXIII, Signs and Outdoor Displays.
SECTION 3: Section 6 -2, Amendments to Codes adopted by reference, is amended in
part by changing sub paragraph (E)(1) as follows:
(E) MECHANICAL CODE.
(1) Section 101.3.3.1. Add Section 101.3.3.1 which shall read:
The following appendices are intended for enforcement and are made a part
of this code and the City's adopting ordinance for all intents and
purposes:
Appendix A - Guidelines for Estimating Heat Loss and Gain; and
Appendix B - Schedule of Permit Fees.
SECTION 4: Section 6 -2, Amendments to Codes adopted by reference, is amended in
part by changing subparagraph (F)(1), (4), (11), (12), and (13) as
follows:
(F) STANDARD PLUMBING CODE.
(1) Section 101.3.3 is amended to read:
The appendices included in the Code are intended for enforcement and are
made a part of this code and the City's adopting ordinance for all intents
and purposes:
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendix D -
Appendix F -
Appendix G -
Appendix J -
Appendix K -
- Roof Drain Sizing Method
- Travel Trailer and Travel Trailer Parks
- Manufactured Homes and Manufactured Home Parks
Cross Connection, Backflow and Backsiphonage
Sizing of Water Piping System
Hospital Plumbing System
Water Conservation
Illustrations
(4) Section 102.5 is amended to read:
102.5 - Unsafe Installations.
All plumbing installation regardless of type, which ar unsafe or which
constitute a hazard to human life, health or welfare are hereby declared
illegal and shall be abated by repair and rehabilitation or by demolition
in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 6, Article III, of the Code
of Ordinances of the City of Huntsville.
(11) Section 101.4 is deleted.
(12) Section 103.5 is amended to read:
103.5 - Contractor License.
All persons who engage in or work at the actual installation, alteration,
repair and renovating of plumbing shall possess either a master or
journeyman plumber's license in accordance with the provisions of the
state plumbing license law.
(a) Definitions: The word or term "plumbing" as used in "the plumbing
license law" means and shall include:
(1) All piping, fixtures, appurtenances and appliances for supply
or recirculation of water, gas, liquids, and drainage or
elimination of sewage, including disposal systems or any
combination thereof, for all personal or domestic purposes in
and about buildings where a person or persons live, work or
assemble; all piping, fixtures, appurtenances and appliances
outside a building connecting the building with the source of
water, gas, or other liquid supply, or combinations thereof,
on the premises, or the main in the street, alley or at the
curb: all piping, fixtures, appurtenances, appliances, drain
or waste pipes carrying waste water or sewage from or within
a building to the sewer service lateral at the curb or in the
street or alley or other disposal or septic terminal holding
private or domestic sewage;
(2) The installation, repair, service, and maintenance of all
piping, fixtures, appurtenances and appliances in and about
buildings where a person or persons live, work or assemble,
for a supply of gas, water, liquids, or any combination
thereof, or disposal of waste water or sewage.
(b) Exemptions: The following acts, work and conduct shall be expressly
permitted without license:
(1) Home owner: Plumbing work done by a property owner in a
building owned and occupied by him as his homestead.
(2) Plumbing work done by anyone who is regularly employed as or
acting as a maintenance man or maintenance engineer,
incidental to and in connection with the business in which he
is employed or engaged, and who does not engage in the
occupation of a plumber for the general public; construction,
installation and maintenance work done upon the premises or
equipment of a railroad by an employee thereof who does not
engage in the occupation of a plumber for the general public;
and plumbing work done by persons engaged by any public
service company in the laying, maintenance and operation if
its service mains or lines to the point of measurement and the
installation, alteration, adjustment, repair, removal, and
renovation of all types of appurtenances, equipment and
appliances, including doing all that is necessary to render
the appliances usable or serviceable; appliance installation
and service work done by anyone who is an appliance dealer or
is employed by an appliance dealer, and acting as an appliance
installation man or appliance service man in connecting
appliances to existing piping installations; water treatment
installations, exchanges, services, or repairs. Provided,
however, that all work and service herein named or referred to
shall be subject to inspection and approval in accordance with
the terms of all local valid city or municipal ordinances.
(3) Plumbing work done by a licensed irrigator or licensed
irrigator or licensed installer when working and licensed
under the Licensed Irrigators Act, Article 8751, V.T.C.S., as
amended.
(4) Plumbing work done by an LP gas installer when working and
licensed under Chapter 113, Natural Resources Code, as
amended.
(5) Any water treatment dealer or his employee when certified in
accordance with section 3A of the "plumbing license law".
(13) Section 103.7.4 is deleted.
SECTION 5: Section 6-2, Amendments to Codes adopted by reference, is amended in
part by changing subparagraphs (G)(1), (4), (9), (10), and (11) as
follows:
(G) GAS CODE.
(1) Section 101.3.3 is amended to read:
The appendices included in this code are intended for enforcement and are
made a part of this code and the City's adopting ordinance for all intents
and purposes:
Appendix A - Flow of Gas through Fixed Orifices
Appendix D - Example Problems
(4) Section 102.5 is amended to read:
102.5 - Unsafe Gas System
All gas systems, regardless of type, which are unsafe or which constitute
a hazard to human life, health or welfare are hereby declared illegal and
shall be abated by repair and rehabilitation or by demolition in
accordance with the provisions of Chapter 6, Article III of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Huntsville.
(9) Section 101.4 is deleted.
(10) Section 103.5 is amended to read:
103.5 - Contractor License.
All persons who engage in or work at the actual installation, alteration,
repair and renovating of plumbing shall possess either a master or
journeyman plumber's license in accordance with the provisions of the
state plumbing license law.
(a) Definitions. The word or term "plumbing" as used in the plumbing
license law means and shall include:
(1) All piping, fixtures, appurtenances and appliances for supply
or recirculation of water, gas, liquids and drainage or
elimination of sewage, including disposal systems or any
combination thereof, for all personal or domestic purposes in
and about buildings where a person or persons live, work or
assemble; all piping, fixtures, appurtenances and appliances
outside a building connecting the building with the source of
water, gas, or other liquid supply, or combinations thereof,
on the premises, or the main in the street, alley or at the
curb; all piping, fixtures, appurtenances, appliances, drain
or waste pipes carrying waste water or sewage from or within
a building to the sewer service lateral at the curb or in the
street or alley or other disposal or septic terminal holding
private or domestic sewage;
(2) The installation, repair, service, and maintenance of all
piping, fixtures, appurtenances and appliances in and about
buildings where a person or persons live, work or assemble,
for a supply of gas, water, liquids, or any combination
thereof, or disposal of waste water or sewage.
(b) Exemptions: The following acts, work and conduct shall be expressly
permitted without license:
(1) Plumbing work done by a property owner in a building owned and
occupied by him as his homestead.
(2) Plumbing work done by anyone who is regularly employed as or
acting as a maintenance man or maintenance engineer,
incidental to and in connection with the business in which he
is employed or engaged, and who does not engage in the
occupation of a plumber for the general public; construction,
installation and maintenance work done upon the premises or
equipment of a railroad by an employee thereof who does not
engage in the occupation of a plumber for the general public;
and plumbing work done by persons engaged by any public
service company in the laying, maintenance and operation of
its service mains or lines to the point of measurement and the
installation, alteration, adjustment, repair, removal and
renovation of all types of appurtenances, equipment and
appliances, including doing all that is necessary to render
the appliances usable or serviceable; appliance installation
and service work done by anyone who is an appliance dealer or
is employed by an appliance dealer, and acting as an appliance
installation man or appliance service man in connection with
appliances to existing piping installations; water treatment
installation, exchanges, services, or repairs. Provided,
however, that all work and service herein named or referred to
shall be subject to inspection and approval in accordance with
the terms of all local valid city or municipal ordinances.
(3) Plumbing work done by a licensed irrigator or licensed
installer when working and licensed under the Licensed
Irrigators Act, Article 8751, V.T.C.S., as amended.
(4) Plumbing work done by an LP Gas installer when working and
licensed under Chapter 113, Natural Resources Code, as
amended.
(5) Any water treatment dealer or his employee when certified in
accordance with Section 3A of the "Plumbing License Law ".
(11) Section 103.7.4 is deleted.
SECTION 6: Sub - section 7 -6(a) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Huntsville, Texas, is amended to read:
Section 7 -6. Installation standards.
(a) In every case where no specific type or class of material, or no
specific standard of construction is prescribed by the statutes of
the State of Texas, installation shall be made in conformity to the
standards provided by the National Electrical Code, 1990 Edition (a
copy of which is authenticated by the signatures of the Mayor and
the City Secretary, and made a public record by this section, is on
file in the City Secretary's office).
SECTION 7: Section 8 -1, Fire Prevention Code - Adopted, of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Huntsville, Texas, is amended as follows:
The book entitled, "Standard Fire Prevention Code, 1991 Edition" (a copy
of which, authenticated by the signatures of the Mayor and the City
Secretary, and made a public record by this section, is on file in the
City Secretary's office) is hereby adopted as the fire prevention code of
the City as fully as if copied at length in this chapter, and the
provisions thereof shall be controlling in the storage, use or handling of
hazardous materials, substances or devices, and in the repair, equipment,
use, occupancy, and maintenance of every existing building or structure
within the City. (Ord. of 10 -3 -61, § 1; Ord. No. 76 -2, § 1, 1- 13 -76; Ord.
No. 86 -21, § 1, 7- 15 -86)
SECTION 8: Any person, firm, or corporation violating any provisions of this
Ordinance or failing to comply with any requirement of this
Ordinance will be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine of
up to One thousand dollars ($1,000.00) upon conviction. Each day
during or upon which said person shall violate or continue violation
of any provision of this Ordinance or non - compliance with any
requirement of this Ordinance shall constitute a distinct and
separate offense. The violation of any provision of this Ordinance
or the failure to comply with any requirement of this Ordinance
shall each constitute a distinct and separate offense.
SECTION 9: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of
this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional,
such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent
provision and such holding shall not affect any of the remaining
provisions of this Ordinance.
SECTION 10: All Ordinances and parts of Ordinances in conflict with the
provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed; provided, however,
that such repeal shall be only to the extent of such inconsistency
and in all other respects this Ordinance shall be cumulative of
other Ordinances regulating and governing the subject matter covered
by this Ordinance.
SECTION 11: The City Secretary is hereby directed to cause the caption of this
Ordinance to be published at least twice within ten days of final
passage. This Ordinance shall take effect ten days after the date
of final passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this Cl 1 day of August, 1991.
THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE
W. H. Hodges, ayor
APPROV 1 AS TO FORM:
Scott ds, City Attorney