96-010 ORD PROVIDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BE AMENDED BY REVISING CHAPTER 25 ARTICLE II SECTIONS 25-16 AND 25-17 OF SAID CODE
ORDINANCE NO. 96-010
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, PROVIDING THAT THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF PARIS, BE AMENDED BY REVI5ING CHAPTER
25, ARTICLE II, SECTIONS 25-16 AND 25-17 OF SAID CODE; PROVIDING FOR
ADOPTION OF THE STANDARD PLUMBING CODE, 1994 EDITION; PROVIDING
FOR DELETIONS, MODIFICATIONS AND AMENDMENTS TO SAID CODE;
PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED $2,000.00; REPEALING ALL
ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF MARCH 1, 1996.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS:
Section 1. That Chapter 25, Article II, Sections 25-16 and 25-17 of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, be, and the same are hereby, amended so that
such shall read as follows:
"5ection 25-16. Standard Plumbing Code - Adoption.
"For the purpose of establishing rules and regulations for the installation,
alteration or repair of pipes, fittings and fixtures for water and sewers in all
buildings and structures and on all property now erected or to be erected,
changed, constructed, reconstructed, repaired or altered in the City and outside
the City, if the same are connected to either the City water or sewage systems,
and further regulating the construction, erection, enlargement, alteration or repair
of all piping, fittings, fixtures, etc., used for the conduction of water or sewage,
and in, on or about any and all premises in the City and outside the boundaries
of the City, if the same are connected to either the City water or sewage systems,
that certain plumbing code known as the Standard Plumbing Code, 1994 Edition,
save and except such portions as are deleted, modified or amended by this article,
is hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein. A copy
of such Code has been and is now on file in the office of the City Clerk and the
provisions thereof shall be controlling as above stated.
"Section 25-17. Standard Plumbing Code - Amendments.
"The Code adopted by Section 25-16 is hereby amended as set out in this
section:
"Section 104, Permits, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraphs thereto:
"`Section 104.1.1.1, Persons Who May Obtain a Permit
"`Plumbing permits may be obtained by the following:
"`(a) Any person having a current master plumber license issued
by the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners;
"`(b) Any person who is doing plumbing work in a building
owned and occupied by that person as a homestead; or
"`(c) Any appliance dealer or employee of an appliance dealer
who is acting as an appliance installation or service man in
connecting appliances to existing piping installations.'
"`Section 104.1.6, False Statement or Bad Faith
"`Any person who shall willfully make any false statement in
order to obtain a permit shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and
subject to the penalty provided herein. Bad faith or unreasonable
delay in performance of plumbing work shall be deemed a
sufficient reason for subjecting the plumber so offending to a
suspension of the permit, and no further permit shall be issued
until such act of bad faith or unreasonable delay has been
corrected.'
"`Section 104.6.4, Permits Not Transferable
"`Each permit issued under this Code shall be personal to the
permittee. No such permit shall be assigned or transferred to
another person, and no person shall allow another person to obtain
a permit in his name or allow any plumbing or gas fitting work to
be performed under his permit by any person other than one
authorized to do the same.'
"Section 110, Violations and Penalties, is amended to read as follows:
°`Any person, firm or corporation, or agent who shall violate a
provision of this Code, or who fails to comply herewith or with
any of the provisions hereof, or who violates a detailed statement
or plan submitted and approved hereunder, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined in any sum not
to exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000.00), and each and every
day's continuance of any violation of the provisions hereof shall
constitute and be deemed a separate offense.'
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Section 2. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined in any sum not to exceed $2,000.00, and
each and every day's continuance of any violation of the above enumerated section shall
constitute and be deemed a separate offense.
Section 3. All ordinances or parts of ardinances in conflict herewith are hereby
expressly repealed.
Section 4. This ordinance shall become effective on March 1, 1996.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 12th day of February, 19 6.
Eric S. Clifford, Mayor -
ATTEST:
Mattie Ciinningham, CCler
AYPROVED S TO FORM:
. K. Haynes, City Attorney