1215 ORD ADOPTING NATIONAL BUILDING CODE 1949 EDITIONORDIiv"lvv^E NU:::BEP 1215.
.A.1\1 t7RllII3,~.1VCE ADOr'T'ING T'Z N~s.TIUN'AL BUILliING CODI;, 1949
EDITION, RECOIAME~,'DED BY T~ N.ZIOETAL B0ARD OF FI-RZ UNDF'R-
WRITEkS, r1S TFM' BIIILDIIdG CflD~.' 7F TAE CITY OF i'.ki=tIS, PRO-
VIDING SEGUI,ATIONS GOVERNING THEEf COYSTRUCTIOlit, ALTERATION,
EWIP1~iE1VT, OR REI,iOVAL OF BUILD INGS AIa'D STRUCTURES, PRO-
VIDING FOR AND DuSIGNATING FIIiE LIIvITTS, PROVIDING FOR
F1:E5 F'OI3 PERh:ITS, PRE5CRIB2TTG A PENrsLTI' FOR VIOL.i'1'IOIv OF
TI3IS 0-1:DINAYCE, PROVIDING A SAVING CI,ELUSE, ANL REPEAI.ING
.";I,Z OR-I)IA:ANCES 0 4?ARTS Or OT3uIN.0-ihCES 0F SAID CITY IN
CONF'LICT HEHE-NITH.
BL IT ORDAI]INEB FY THE CITY COUIvTCIZ OF THE CII'Y OF PARIS:
SECTIOr: OY.E. :-Ldopt ion of Build ing Code.
'i'hat, for the uurpose of establishing rules and
regulations for the conatruction, alteration, ranoval,
demolition, equipment, use and occupaney, location and
raaintenance of buildings and structures, includin, permits
and penalties, tnere is hereby adopted as the BUILUING COllE
of the "l'ity of r'a:ris, `I'exas, that certain buigding code
kr,o°svn as the National Buildirg Code, 1949 E:dition, recom-
mended by the Ivational Boarc3 oi 2ire Underwriters oY iiew
Yorb, sdve and except such portions as are herein deleted,
?nodiYied or arnended, and that the same be and it is hereby
adopted a::d incorporated as fully as if set out at length
uerain, a copy of zihich Yias been and is now on file in the
olfice of the City Clerk of the ~.;_ity oi :.aris, and from and
afi;er the efPective datG of tnis ordinance, the provisions
thereof shall be controlling in the construction ot sll
buildirlgs and other structures thzrein contained v;ithin
the corporate limits of the Gity of i5aris, lexas.
aECTION T-,°,`O. DePinitions.
(:a) '.~henever the word r'";.'viunicipalitytt is used
in stkid Code, it siiall be held to Laean the City oL z'aris.
(b) ~ihenevar the tern TMCorporation Counsel°" is
used in said code, it shall be held to medn the City z=ttorney
of the City of Paris.
SECTIQN TtaREE. Fire Limits estahlished and dasign:_ted.
1^he Pire limits of the ~;ity oP ?aris are hereby es-
tablished as anci shali hereaf ler be all that portion cf t'he
City of Paris wit:ain the followin;; limits :
BEGli-tilNG at a point on the a~est bour_dary line of
#th Street, 'Northwest, where the 13. B. line of -;:ouston Ntreet
intersects same; thence Last v:ith the i~. B. line of Houston
Street to the S. corner of T3ash Yroperty; thence Tvorth 65
t''eet, the X. E. corner oY -~'earon 2ot; tn.ence u:est 35 feet, a
fenee eorner; thence R~orth 160 Yeet with fence line, being
the E.B. line of 141ash property, John r'rancis ;;roperty and
:Lvance property, to t he . corner oY :lvance lot ; t nence
East 50 feet, the S. :a. corner of y7ages lot; thence I<orth 150
feet, the N. W. corner oP 5keen lot and t ne B. line of
Graham 6treet; thence i:ast 231.5 feet with the D. line of
Grahnia z"Itr•eet, crossing 3rd c::treot, "ortawest, to the 1.. B.
line of sane; tnence South vaith E. B. line of 3rd ~:treet,
Itiort'2vJest, to the i:. B. line of i'rice 5treet ; thence :]ast
with the N. B. line of rice Street to the Center of 2nd Street,
Northwest; thence North witn center I.ine of 2nd ::treet, 1'.orth-
y:rest, to a point due u;est and 100 feet 'North of the N. B. line
of Pine Bluff Street extended; thence East par311a1 to and
100 feet 1~orth of T'ine Bluff 6treet to the center line of 3rd
~treet, i~ortneast; thence 6outh with the center line of 3rd
6treet, 2,11ortheast, to the center line of 1Iouston -Street; Th°nce
~'ast with the center line of =:ous$on Street to the center line
of 6th atreet, 1bort:ieast; thence ~out=n with tiie center line
of 6th Street itiortheast to the center line of :;.sufman ~treet
extended ; thence We st wit:, center line of rtaufman Z~tre et t o
the center line of Chureh utreet; thence South witn the cen-
ter line of Churcn 1~`.tref;t to the center line of hustin Lstreet
extei7ded; thence Viest with the center line of Austin Street
to the center line of lst Street, Soutlieast; thence South
witlz the center lirie of lst 6treet, Soutiieast, to the center
line o1t' 6nerman L~treet ; thence ':.e st with center line of Sher-
man 5treet to the center iirLe of 3rd Street, Southwest ; tnence
North witn the center line oP 3rd Strelet, SouthtKest, to the
center line pi riustin Street, egtended; thence 'u'dest with rius-
tin :;treet exter_ded to the center 2ine of 4th Street, Scuth-
west; thence K-orth witn center line of 4th ::treet to the
place of beginning.
;ECTION FOUR. ?erriit fees.
(a) P:o permit as required by said code shall be issued
until the fee prescribed ir t?iis oxdinance shall haQe been
-oaid. Nor shall an amendrient to a permit be approved until
the additional fee, if any, due to an increase in the esti-
mated cost of the building or structurs, aiiall huve been paia.
(b) For a permit L'or the constructior_ or alteration of
a building or structure, the fee shall be at the ra.te of Two
iiollars (4)2.00) per thousand do11F{rs of the estimated cost up
to and includinu• twen-ty thousand dollars; pluss one dollar
per thoussnd dollars of the estiffiated cost ir.L exeesg of tvrenty
tnousand dollars up to and including one hundred thousand
dollars; plus$ fifty cents aer t:nousand dollars of the esti-
raated cost in exeess of one hundrea tlaousand dollars; but not
less than t-wo dollars in any case; provided hoyyerer, tn4t no
fee snall be recwuired yJnen the estin~ated cost does not ex-
ceed tvro hunared dollars.
(c) For aperrriit for the reLn-oval of u building or struc-
ture from one lot or place to another, the fee shall be at
the rate of two dollars per thousand dollars of the estimated
value of the building or structure in its completed condition
after removal.
(d) For a permit Por the removai of a buil.dinz, or struc-
ture to a new locatiun vaiti;in the same lot, the fea~shall be
at the rate of two dollars per tnousand doll,:rs of t he esti-
nated cost of moving, of neiv Youndations and oY work necessary
to put the building or strueture in usable cor.dition in its
neiu location.
(e) ror a perniit for the demoiition af a building or
structare the Pee s~-1all be at the rate of one dollar for eAch
teri feet in the height of suc."l buildir,g or structure plus
one per cent additioxial for eaeri foot of street Yroritage of
the building or structure in excess of fifty feet.
(f) In case of aUandor.ment or discontinuance, the cost
oi vrork perferried under a permit :say be estirnated, an adjust-
ment of the fee made and the portion of the fee for incom-
plPted work returned to the _oernit holder, provided tnat no
refund of a, prescribed minimum fee snall be made. if sueh
discontinuance is due to revocation of permit, a similar
adjustment and return uay be made; provided tnat no refund
shall be :aade~"till all oenalties incurred or iiT!posed by due
authority have beer, collected. :if-ter such a refund h-ts been
made no work shall be resuried until a new applicc:tion has
been Loade and a neiv .3ermit has been issued.
(g) The teriLi "estimated cost" as ased irl tizis section,
a:eans the reasonaole v-:,lue of all services, labor, naterials,
end use oi scaff'oldine ana other uppli8nces or devices enter-
ing into and necessary to the prosecution and corzpleticn oY
the work ready for occul ancy; provided t:Lat tiie cost of exca-
vation or gradirfg, and oi painting, decorating or ot?:.er work
that is ~aerely for embellishrnent or not necessary for the sai'e
and lawf ul use of tiie building or structure, is not deeL:ea a
part of such e sti?dat ed cost.
aECTION FIVI;. aaving Clause.
1,14othing ir t hig orctinance or ir the Building Code
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hereby adopted saall be corlstrued to af'fect any suit or
proceeding notia pending in any court, or any rights ac-
cuired, or liability ir..curred, nor any cause or causes
of action accrued or existing, under any act or ordinance
reFealed h:;reby. Yor sha11 any right or remedy of any
cn~.racter be lost, impaired or af-'eeted by this ordinance.
SECTIOY SIX. Validity.
If any Section, Sub-secti0n, sentence, clause,
or phrase of this ordinance or of the Euilding vode hereby
a.dopted shall for any reasoA be held to be unconstitutional
or invalid, such holding shall not invalidate or azfect
tn.e remairiing portions oP this ordinance op of the Build-
ing Code :nereby adopted.
SECTTGE SEVrT. -mendments made in said Katicnal
Building Code.
ihe said Ivational Building Code, 1949, ydition,
heraby aaopted,is affiended and changed ir_ the following
re spe c't s :
(1) That Section 107 ezltitled 7Fiolfitions, 1'aragraph
3, entftled Penalties, subsection (s), be and the same is
hereby amended so that it shall hereaYter r ead:
n(a) A person vrho shail violate a provision of this
code or fails to eomply theretiaith or with any of ttie re-
quirements tiiereof, or who shall erect, construct, alter,
or repair, or iias erected, constructed, altered, or re-
pairea a building or structure,in violation of a detailed
statement or plan submitted and approved th:;reunder, or
of a. -oermit or certificate issued thereunder, shail be
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction tiierefor shall
be fined in. any sum not exceeding T,%O HUii;)RED -dlu 110/100
DOLL.~Ra ($200.00), and e ach and every day's continuance
of any violation of the p=ovisions of this code shall con-
stitute and be deemed a separ=:te offense."
SEC^IOT? EIGHT. Conflicting ordin.ances repealed.
:;11 ordinances or parts of ordinances in force
at the effective time of this ordinance in conflict Yierevsiith
are eapressly repealed.
:,E GTIO'~ NII~E . Lffective date.
fi his ordinance shall take effect ten days aiter
its passage as required by law.
Passed by the City Council oP the City of Paris
in regular meeting this the 24th duy of zpril, 1950.
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CitST Clerk