1666 ORD ANNEXING, ADMITTING, AND INCORPORATINIG ADDITIONAL TERRITORY IN LAMAR COUNTYORDINANCE NO. 1662 0
AN ORDINANCE ORDINANC BUYOTHE G THE
NATIQNAL BUILDING CODE, 95
NATIClNAL BOARD OF FIRE UNDERWRITERS, AND ALL SUBSEQUENT
AMENDMENTS THERETO, AND SUCH OTHER A ASNTHE BUILDING CODE OF
AFTER BE MADE AND PUBLISHED THERETa,
THE CITY OF PARIS; PROVIDING REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE CON-
STRUCTION, ALTERATIONy EQUIPMENT OR REMC3VAL OF BUILDIPN~GS TIOD
STRUCTURE5; PROVIDING FQR AND DESIGNATING FIRE LIMITS;
ING FOR FEES FOR PERMITS; PRESCRIBING THE PENALTY FOR VIOLA-
OF SAIDUC T;Y REPEALING
TION OF THIS ORDINANCE C3F SAVINGS
N CQNFLICT
ALL ORDINANCE5 OR PARTS
THEREWITH; AND PROVIDING FC)R AN EFFECTIVE DATE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
TEXAS:
Section 1, Repealing Section 1 of Ordinance No. 1215.
That for the purpose of establishing rules and regulations for the con-
struction, alteration, removal, demolition, equipment, use and occupancy,
location and maintenance of buildings and structures, including permits and
penalties, there is hereby adopted as the Building Gode of the City of Par}s,
Texas, that certain Building Code, known as National Bwlding Code, 1955
Edition, recommended by the National Board of Fire Underwriters of New
York, save and except such portions as are herein deleted, rnodified, or
amended, and that the same be and it is hereby adopted and incorporated as
fully as if set out at length herein, a copy of which has been and is now on
file in the Office of the City Clerk of the City of Paris, Texas, and from and
after the effective date hereof, the provisions thereof shall be controlling in
the construction of all buildings and other structures therein contained within
the corporate limits of the City of Paris, Texas,
Section 2. That the Fire Limits as fixed in Ordinance No. 1215 are
amended by adding thereto any Fire Limits which have been added by amend-
ment to the zoning ordinance under Zoning ardinance No. 1409 of the City of
Paris.
5ection 3. That the repeal of Section 1 of Ordinance No. 1215 shall be
and become effective upon the effective date of this ordinance.
Section 4, That Section 7 of Ordinance No. 1215, 5ub-section l(a) shall
apply to each violation of any portion of the 1955 Building Code,
Section 5. There is excepted from the 1955 Building Code and from this
adoption, all of Section 107, "Board of Appeals", and all of the sub-sections
from 1 to 9 thereof are specifically excepted from this adoption, and in place
and in lieu thereof, it is ordained as follows:
(1) There is hereby established in the City of Paris a Board, to be
called a Board of t pP com, consisting
members ofethe C ty
a r e o r m a y h e r e a f Pose
Council of the Gity of Paris, or so many of sai d seven me m b e r s
of the City Council as m are mbers of whi h C ty Coun ci shall con-
Council meeting, four
stitut e a quorum.
_(2) The term of office pro ni ofdoff ce ofhthe Charter tofe thet C ty
Paris shall be the ter
Council.
(3) The minutes and records kept shall be the same minutes and
records provided for in the Charter for Council Meetings of
the City of Paris, and an appeal may be heard at any time at
a special or regular meeting of the City Council.
(4) APPEALS.
(a) Any person aggrieved or the head of any agency of the
City of Paris may fa ~he aBuPding Off ci aoor t he APPeals
from any decision o
Department of Public Works.
(b) An appeal may be taken within ten (10) days from the date
of the decision appealed, by filing with the Building
Official or the Department of Public Works and the Clerk
of the City of Paris, a notice of appeal, specifying the
grounds thereof, except that in the case of a building or
structure, which in the opinion of the Building inspector is
unsafe or dangerous, the Building Official may limit the
time for such appeal to a shorter period. The Building
Official or the Director of the Department of Public Works
shall forthwith tran hel action app aled fromPwas t ken. the
papers upon which t
/(5) (a) The CitY Council when so appealed to and after a public
hearing may vary the application of any provision ~he en
code to any particular case, when, in its opinion,
forcement thereof would do manifest injustice and would
be contrary to the spirit and purpose of this code or
public interest, or, when in its opinion, the interpretation
of the Building Official or Department of Public Works
should be modified or reversed.
(b) The decision of the City Council to vary the application of
any provision of this code or to modify an order of the
Building Official shall specify in what manner such variation
or modification is made, the conditions upon which it is
made, and the reasons therefor.
(6) (a) The City Council shall in every case reach a~eTy 1Ode-
without unreasonable or unnecessary delay.
C
cision of the City Council shall be in writing and shall
indicate the vote upon the decision.
the EC ty Clerk andsinll
be promptly filed in the Offce
the Office of the Building Official and shall be open to
public inspectiono Acertified copy shall be sent by mail
or otherwise to the appellant and a copy shall be kept
publicly posted in the Office of the Building Official for
two weeks after filing. modifi (b) If a decision of theCity allowancel f reversBues
g official
refusal, order, or ds
or Department of Public Works, or varies the application
of any provision of this code, the Building Official shall
take action immediately in accordance with such decision.
(7) Any person, including the Building Official and the DeP ievedt
of Public Works of the City of Paris, who may be aggr
by a decision of the City Council, whether previoualy a~~hi
to the proceeding, or not, or an officer or board, may,
fifteen (15) days after the filing of the decision of the City
Council in the Office of the City Clerk, apply to the District
f
Court of Lamar County, Tex.as, to correct errors of law in
such decision, and upon such appeal a trial shall be had under
the substantial evidence rule, as provided for under the laws
of Tex.as.
Section 6. Nothing in this ordinance or in the Building Code hereby
adopted shall be const hts aced or 1 abi ity incurred, nnorocausedof g
in any court or any rig quir
action accrued or existing under any act or ordinance repealed hereby.
Nor shall any right or remedy of any character be lost, impaired or
affected by this ordinance.
Section 7. If any section, sub-section, sentence, clause, or phrase of
this ordinance or of the Building Code hereafter adopted, shall for any
reason be held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such holding shall not in-
validate or affect the remaining portions of this ordinance or of the
Building Code hereby adopted.
Section 8, All ordinances or parts of ordinances in force at the time
of the passage of this ordinance in conflict herewith are hereby expressly
repealed.
Section 9. This ordinance shall be and take effect twenty (20) days
after its passage as required by law.
Passed md adopted by the City Council of the City of Paris, this the
20th day of January, A. D, , 1964.
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Mayo r
ATTEST,: )
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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