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~ ~ ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE DEFINING PORTABLE BUILDINGS, EXEMPTING CURRENT STRUCTURES THEREFROM; REQUIRING PERMITS FOR THE PLACEMENT OF LARGE PORTABLE BUILDINGS WITHIN THE CITY, GIVING REQUIRE- MENTS THEREFOR, AND PROVIDING FOR APPEAL FROM REFUSAL: PRO- VIDING RESTRICTIONS ON THE PLACEMENT AND USE OF PORTABLE BUILDINGS; ESTABLISHING A FEE FOR THE MOVING OF PORTABLE BUILDINGS IN THE CITY; PROVIDING THAT ANY PERSON VIOLATING THE TERMS OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE DEEMED GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND UPON CONVICTION SHALL BE FINED IN ANY SUM NOT MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00); AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: Section 1. Section 8-60 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of La Porte is hereby amended, to-wit: ARTICLE VI Housing Code DIVISION A Generally Section 8-60. Adopted. The Southern Standard Housing Code, 1969 Edition, as adopted by the Southern Building Code Congress, a copy of which is on file in the office of the city clerk of the City of La Porte, Texas, is hereby adopted and designated as the Housing Code of the City of La Porte, incorporated b y reference in this article, and made a part hereof, as f ally as if copied at length herein. Section 2. The Code of Ordinances of the City of La Porte is hereby amended to adopt Chapter 8, Article VI, Division B, to-wit: DIVISION B Portable Buildings Section 8-61 Definitions. Portable building. A prefabricated enclosed structure which may be moved as a~unit or units, and the area of the floor of which structure is greater than twelve (12) square feet. Provided, however, that the follow- ing are specifically excluded: (a) Mobile homes, which for the purposes of this • Division means any vehicle designed and constructed to travel on the public thoroughfares and to provide dwelling or sleeping places for one or.more persons. (b) Campers, which for the purposes of this Division means any enclosed structure, intended for human habitation, mounted on any manufactured pickup truck or flat bed vehicle. (c) Recreational vehicles, which for the purposes of this Division means any vehicle designed and constructed to travel the public thoroughfares and to provide dwelling or sleeping places for one or more persons but the use of which is not as a permanent residence. • (d) All stru~:tures in existence at the time of the passage of this Division are exempted from the provisions hereof.