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ORDINANCE NO. 2020-3804
<br /> AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 38 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
<br /> LA PORTE BY AMENDING CHAPTER 38"FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION,"ARTICLE III
<br /> "STANDARDS", DIVISION 1 "GENERALLY", SECTION 38-101 "FIRE CODE ADOPTED" BY
<br /> ADOPTING THE 2018 EDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE,TOGETHER WITH ALL
<br /> LOCAL AMENDMENTS THERETO; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; CONTAINING A
<br /> SAVINGS CLAUSE; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; PROVIDING A
<br /> SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING THAT ANY PERSON VIOLATING THE TERMS OF THIS
<br /> ORDINANCE SHALL BE DEEMED GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND UPON CONVICTION
<br /> SHALL BE FINED IN A SUM NOT TO EXCEED TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS; PROVIDING FOR
<br /> THE PUBLICATION OF THE CAPTION HEREOF; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
<br /> HEREOF.
<br /> BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE,TEXAS:
<br /> Section 1. Chapter 38, "Fire Prevention and Protection", Article III "Standards", Division 1 "Generally",
<br /> Section 38-101 "Fire Code Adopted", of the Code of Ordinances of the City of La Porte, is hereby
<br /> amended and shall hereafter read as follows,to-wit:
<br /> Section 38-101.Fire code adopted.
<br /> The International Fire Code, 2018 Edition,together with all local amendments thereto, which are all on
<br /> file in the office of the city secretary, is hereby adopted as the fire code of the city, incorporated by
<br /> reference in this article, and made a part hereof,as fully as if copied at length herein verbatim."
<br /> Section 2. The City Council of the City of La Porte herby adopts local amendments to the International Fire
<br /> Code, 2018 Edition, which are on file in the office of the city secretary, and, are attached hereto as
<br /> Exhibit A and incorporated by reference for all purposes.
<br /> Section 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the terms of this ordinance are hereby repealed;
<br /> provided,however,that such repeal shall be only to the extent of such inconsistency and in all other
<br /> respects this ordinance shall be cumulative of other ordinances regulating and governing the subject
<br /> matter covered by this ordinance.
<br /> Section 4. If any section, sentence, phrase, clause, or any part of any section, sentence, phrase, or clause, of
<br /> this Ordinance shall, for any reason, be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining
<br /> portions of this Ordinance, and it is hereby declared to the intention of this City Council to have
<br /> passed each section,sentence,phrase,or clause,or part thereof,irrespective of the fact that any other
<br /> section, sentence,phrase, or clause, or part thereof, may be declared invalid.
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