2001-076-ORD AMENDING SECTION 7-16 OF CODE OF ORDINANCES TO ADOPT INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE

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ORDINANCE NO. 2001-076 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, AMENDING SECTION 7-16 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PARIS TO ADOPT THE INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE AND THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE AS THE APPLICABLE BUILDING AND ELECTRICAL CODES FOR RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION WITIDN THE CITY OF PARIS AS REQUIRED BY ST ATE LAW; PROVIDING FOR DEFINITIONS; PROVIDING FOR IMPLEMENTATION; PROVIDING A REPEALER; PRESERVING PENALTIES; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of Texas at its year 2001 session adopted Senate Bill 365, which mandated that municipalities within the State of Texas utilize the International Residential Code for One- and Two-Family Dwellings, as promulgated by the International Code Council, to be the exclusive code for municipal residential construction in the State of Texas, and the Legislature likewise mandated that municipalities utilize the National Electrical Code, as published by the National Fire Protection Association, to be the exclusive electrical code for residential construction within the State of Texas; and, WHEREAS, as a result of said Legislative enactments, the City of Paris, as a Home Rule municipality within the State of Texas, shall be required to apply said codes beginning January 1, 2002; and, WHEREAS, in order to clarify contradictory language in the City's Code of Ordinances, the City Council desires to adopt an amendment to said Code of Ordinances referencing the Codes adopted by the Texas Legislature as the Codes applicable to residential construction within the city of Paris; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS: Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all things approved. Section 2. That Article II, Section 7-16 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris shall be and is hereby amended to read as follows: "Sec. 7-16. Building Codes - Adoption n(a) For purposes of this Section, the following definitions shall apply: