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. .e ORDINANCE NO. 98-2221 OR~GJNAL AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND ENACTING THE STANDARD FIRE PREVENTION CODE-1994 EDITION, TOGETHER WITH SUCH RECOGNIZED STANDARDS AND PUBLICATIONS AS ARE INCORPORATED THEREIN, AND FURTHER ADOPTING SUCH AMENDMENTS AS ARE HEREINAFTER INCLUDED, AS THE OFFICIAL FIRE CODE OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE; BY PROVIDING FOR THE AMENDMENT OF SECTION 38-101 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: Section 1. Section 38-101 of the Code of Ordinances, City of La Porte, Texas is hereby amended to read as follows: "Section 38-101. Fire Code Adopted. The Standard Fire Prevention Code- 1994 Edition, together with all amendments thereto, which are all on file in the office of the city secretary, is hereby adopted as the fire code of the city, incorporated by reference in this article, and made a part hereof, as fully as if copied at length herein verbatim." Section 2. The amendments to said Standard Fire Prevention Code-1994 Edition attached to this Ordinance as Exhibit A, are hereby adopted by the City Council of the City of La Porte, Texas as amendments to the said Standard Code. In the case of a conflict between a provision in said Standard Code and a provision in the amendments attached to this Ordinance, the provision in the amendments attached to this Ordinance shall prevail. Section 3. The 1983 edition of the Fire Code of the City of La Porte, together with all amendments thereto, up to and including any amendments to said 1983 Fire Code prior to November 1, 1997, is (and are) hereby expressly repealed.