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HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-1960-622 e . ORDINANCE NO. t, Z2I \ \ \ . AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE LIMITS OF A FIRE ZONE TO BE KNOWN AS THE CLASS I FIRE ZONE OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE; PROVIDING FOR PERMITS AND INSPECTION; SETTING FORTH THE TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION TO BE PERl\'IITTED; DEFINING REPAIRS AND ADDITIONS; PROVIDING FOR ARBITRATION OF DISPUTED MATTERS; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; REPEALING ANY PORTION OF ANY ORDINANCE IN DIRECT CONFLICT HERE- WITH; PROVIDING FOR FEES AND ESTABLISHING A PENALTY OF NOT LESS THAN $100.00 NOR MORE THAN $200.00 FOR EACH VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE AND PROVIDING THAT EACH DAY THAT A VIOLATION IS PER- MITTED TO EXIST SHALL BE A SEPARATE OFFENSE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS, THA T : . SECTION 1. FIRE LIMITS: A Class I Fire Zone is hereby establisheo in ana for the City of La Porte. The outer limits of saio Class I Fire Zone shall be as follows, to-wit: Beginning at the intersection of the alley that runs East and West in Block Fifty-Seven (57) in the City of La Porte with the East boundary line of North Fourth (4th) Street; Thence in an Easterly direction along the South side of said alley through Blocks Fifty-Seven (57), Fifty-Eight (58), Fift~-Nine (59), and Sixty (60) crossing North Third (3rd), North Second (2nd), and North First (1st) and continuing to the point where the South line of the alley in Block Sixty (60) intersects with the West right- of-way line of North Broadway to that point for corner; . Thence following the West right-of-way line of North Broadway to the Northwest (NW) corner of Broadway and Main Street; Thence crossing Main Street to the Southwest (SW) corner of Broadway and Main Street; Thence continuing South along the West right-of-way line of South Broadway a distance of One Hundred Twenty-Five feet (125'); Thence West along the North line of the alleys that run East and West in Blocks Thirty-Seven (37), Thirty-Eight (38), Thirty-Nine (39), and Forty (40) to the intersection of the North alley line in Block Forty (40) with the West right-of-way line 6t Fourth (4th) Street; Thence North along the East right-of-way line of Fourth (4th) Street (crossing Main Street) to the intersection of the alley in Block Fifty-Seven (57) and the Place of Beginning. SECTION 2. PERMITS AND INSPECTIONS: No wall, structure, building or part thereof, shall hereafter be built, enlarged, or altered, until a plan of the proposed work, together with a statement of materials to be used, shall have been submitted to the City Secretary, who 4It 3hall, if in accordance with the provisions herein contained, issue , . . . . . e . a written permit in triplicate for the proposed work. Permits to be kept on file with the City Secretary. Structures hereafter erected without a permit, or not in conformity with this ordinance, shall be removed. No building shall be moved from without to within the fire limits, nor from one location to another within the fire limits until a permit shall have been issued therefor. No permit ahall be issued unless such construction is in accordance with this ordinance. The designated Building Inspector shall inspect, as often as practical, construction in progress to see that all provisions of this ordinance are being complied with. SECTION 3. CONSTRUCTION REQUIRED "JITHIN THE FIRE LUHTS: No building or structure of wooden, ironclad (whether on wood or metal supports), stucco, or veneer type construction, or any building whose walls contain wood supports, shall be permitted except as indicated in Section 4. No building shall hereafter be built, enlarged, or altered, except in accordance with this ordinance. The tbickneEs of wallB shall be not le8s than as given below: Brick walls shall be not less than 12 inches thick, except that small one-story buildings with floor areas of 750 square feet or less may have walls 8 inches thick. Reinforced concrete walls may be three-fourths of the thick- ness of brick walls, but in no case less than 8 inches. Hollow building tile may be used as filler walls provided such walls be supported on reinforced concrete beams and footings, and by adequate reinforced concrete or brick pillars or columns spaced not more than 16 feet apart; walls to be not less than 12 inches thick. Small one-story buildings of less than 500 square feet floor area may have walls of 8-inch hollow building tile. Solid stone walls shall be 4 inches thicker than brick walls for like construction. All exterior walls, party walls, and division fire walls shall have parapets extending at least eighteen inches above the roof, and said parapets shall be at least twelve inches thiCk, except '- . . e e where eight-inch walls are pe~~itted as above, in which case . parapets may be eight inches thick. SECTION 4. FRAME BUILDING IN FIRE LIMITS: The following frame structures are permissible in the fire limits: a. Temporary one-story frame buildings for the use of builders. b. Wooden fences not over 8 feet hi~h without roof or cover. ~ SECTION 5. ROOFS: All buildings or structures hereafter con- structed in the fire limits shall have incombustible roof coverings. No roofing on an existing roof shall be renewed or repaired to a greater extent than 10% of the roof surface, except in conformity with this ordinance, and in no instance shall more than one permit be issued each existing building in anyone year. . SECTION 6. REPAIRS AND ADDITIONS: Any existing building within the fire limits which may hereafter be damaged by fire, decay, or otherwise, to an amount greater than 50~ of its present value, exclusive of the foundation, shall not be repaired or rebuilt, but shall be removed. Extensions, remodeling, or additions to existing buildings shall not be considered as repairs, and shall not be permitted except when conforming with Section 3 of this ordinance. . SECTION 7. ARBITRATION: Whenever an application for permit to repair any existing building already located within the fire limits is made by any person or firm, and the City Council and the appli- cant disagree on the extent of repairs to be made, and a permit is denied by the designated Building Inspector, then the City Councilor Commission shall appoint 2 c~mpetent and disinterested - - person~,which said two persons so appointed shall select a third member, and these said three persons shall appraise the building, examine the plan of the proposed work, and the statement of mater- ials and labor to be used in the repairing or rebuilding of said building, and make a signed written report of their findings to the City Councilor Commission. If such report reflects clearly that sald rebuilding or repairing would be a violation of this ordinance, then such application for permit shall be denied by . .. . . , . . . the City Counoil or Commission, and if suoh report reflects that the . person seeking said permit has oomplied with said ordinanoe, and the requested rebuilding or repairing is not in violation of said ordi- nance, then aaid City Councilor Commission shall issue a permit for the proposed rebuilding or repairing. SECTION 8. VALIDITY OF ORDINANCE: If any seotion, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase or provision of this ordinanoe shall be adjudged invalid or held unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of this ordinance as a whole, or any part or provision thereof, other than the part so decided to be invalid or unconsti- tutional. SECTION 9. Any portion of any ordinanoe heretofore adopted . by the City Commission of the City of La Porte whioh is in confliot with the provisions contained in this ordinance is hereby repealed and shall have no further foroe and effect. SECTION 10: FEES: The fees for inspeotion and permits shall be the same as those heretofore established within the fire zone as provided by the various ordinances of the City of La Porte. SECTION 11. PENALTIES: Any owner who violates any require- ments as set forth in this ordinanoe, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviotion, shall be fined not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Two Hundred Dollars (1200.00). Eaoh day that the owner fails to oorreot said violation . shall be a separate offense. SECTION 12. This ordinance shall take effeot and be in foroe from and after its passage, approval and publication as required by law. PASSED .AND APPROVED this the /b-tJI day of ~, 1960. exas - exas .