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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Code prior to November 1, 1997, is (and are) hereby expressly repealed.
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Section 4. Unless another penalty is expressly provided, every person
convicted of a violation of any provision of the Code or any ordinance, rule or regulation
adopted or issued in pursuance thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding
$2,000.00. Each act of violation and each day upon which any such violation shall
occur shall constitute a separate offense. The penalty provided by this section, unless
another penalty is expressly provided, shall apply to the amendment of any fire code
section, whether or not such penalty is reenacted in the amendatory ordinance. In
addition to the penalty prescribed above, the city may pursue other remedies such as
abatement of nuisances, injunctive relief and revocation of licenses or permits.
Section 5. The City Council officially finds, determines, recites and declares
that a sufficient written notice of the date, hour, place and subject of this meeting of the
City Council is posted at a place convenient to the public at the City Hall of the city for
the time required by law preceding this meeting, as required by the Chapter 551, Tx.
Gov't Code; and that this meeting has been open to the public as required by law at all
times during which this ordinance and the subject matter thereof has been discussed,
considered and formally acted upon. The City Council further ratifies, approves and
confirms such written notice and the contents and posting thereof.
Section 6. If any section, sentence, phrase, clause, or any part of any section,
sentence, phrase, or clause, of this ordinance shall, for any reason, be held invalid,
such invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions of this ordinance, and it is hereby
declared to be the intention of this City Council to have passed each section, sentence,
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phrase or clause, or part thereof, irrespective of the fact that any other section,
sentence, phrase or clause, or part thereof, may be declared invalid.
Section 7. This Ordinance shall be effective fourteen (14) days after its
passage and approval. The City Secretary shall give notice of the passage of this
ordinance by causing the caption hereof to be published in the official newspaper of the
City of La Porte at least twice within ten (10) days after the passage of this ordinance.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the CJII- day of '::1v/;,A7 ,1998.
CITY OF LA PORTE
BY'~~~
' NORMAN L. MAL NE, MA R
ATTEST:
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lV1a a Gillette, City Secretary