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. . Ordinance No. 15"3;2. , Page 3 Section 7. Section 8-67 of the Code of Ordinance of the City of La Porte is hereby amended, to hereafter read as follows, to-wit: "Section 8-67. Mechanical Work Bond. The Building Inspector is instructed to prescribe the amount of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) as the requirement for bonds executed in accordance with the Southern Standard Mechanical Code, Section A103.5 provisions concerning Contractor license. Section 8. Section 8-16 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of La Porte is hereby amended, to hereafter read as follows, to-wit: "Section 8-16. Standard Building Code Amended. The Standard Building Code, heretofore adopted by the City Council of the City of La Porte, be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows, to-wit: Section 903.2.2. Fire Detection Svstems. Every newly constructed dwelling, and every newly constructed dwelling unit within an apartment house, condominium, townhouse, and every guest room in a hotel or motel, and every basement or cellar within such dwellings, shall be provided with an Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., approved smoke detector, which may be ei ther 120-vol t A.C., or battery operated. Detector shall be mounted on the ceiling or wall at a point centerlly located in the corridor or area giving access to rooms used for sleeping purposes. In an efficiency dwelling unit, the detector shall be centrally located on the ceiling of the main room. Where sleeping rooms are of an upper level, the detector shall be placed in the center of the ceiling directly above the s ta i rway. All detec tors shall be located wi thin twelve ( 12) inches of the ceil ing . Care shall be ex ere ised to insure that the installation will not interfere with the operating characteristics of the detector. When activated, the detector shall provide an audible alarm." Section g. A new section is hereby added to Chapter 8, Article 2, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of La Porte, said section being numbered 8-17, which is to hereafter read as follows, to-wit: "Section 706.6.1 Outside the Fire District, buildings three stories or less in height or 9000 sq. feet (for allowable area increases, see 402.3, for horizontal separation modifications) in area located not less than 6 feet from the property line may be roofed with U.L. Listed Fire Retardant Treated wood shingles or shakes or No. 1 and No. 2 U.L. Listed Fire Retardant Treated Southern Yellow Pine taper saw or shakes.