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ORDINANCE NO.
l560
AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING BID DOCUMENTS AND CONTRACTS FOR CONSTRUCTION
PROJECTS IN THE CITY OF LA PORTE OR IN ITS EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION
INCLUDE DETAILED TRENCH CONSTRUCTION PLANS1 PROVIDING EXCEPTIONS 1
FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW 1 AND PROVIDING FOR THE
EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE:
Section 1. Within the corporate limits of the City of La Porte,
or in its extraterritorial jurisdiction, on construction projects in
which trench excavation will exceed a depth of five feet, the bid
documents and the contract must include detailed plans and specifica-
tions for trench safety systems that meet Occupational Safety and
Health Administration standards and that these plans and specificat-
ions include a pay item for these same safety systems.
Section 2. This Ordinance does not apply to a contract entered
into by a person subject to the safety standards adopted under Article
6053-1, Revised Statutes, and the administrative penalty provisions of
Articles 6053-2, Revised Statutes.
Section 3. The Southern Standard Building Code, heretofore
adopted by the City Council of the City of La Porte, is hereby amend-
ed to embrace the provisions of this Ordinance.
Except as hereby
amended, the Southern Standard Building Code, as heretofore adopted
shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 4. This Ordinance shall be in effect from and after
September 1, 1987.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 28th day of September, 1987.
CITY OF LA PORTE
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ATTEST:
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Cherie Black, City Secretary
APPROVED:
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Knox W. Askins, City Attorney