1958-5-Ordinance-Prescribing the Fire Limits and Rules and Specifications for Construction within the Limits-01/15/1959ORDINANCE NO.1958-5
AN ORDINANCE PRESCRIBING THE FIRE LTMITS OF THE CITY OF
SANGER, TEXAS, PRESCRIBING RULES AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR
CONSTRUCTION WITHIN SAID FIRE LIMITS, REQUIRING PERMITS
.AND INSPECTIONS, PROVIDING FOR ARBITRATION PROCEDURE
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CI SECRETARY PRESCRIBING BUILDING PERMIT FFIRS, AND PENALT Y CLAUSE
I 6NACY MAKING VIOLATION OF, THIS ORDINANCE A MISDEMEANOR AND
AUTHORIZING FI)\TES UP TO tlOOa00 FOR VIOLATION OF ORDINANCES
OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THERE14=q AND SEVER -
ABILITY CLAUSE®
BE IT ORDAI'TED BY 'PHE CITY COUNCIL QF THE CITY OF BANGER, TEXAS;
SECTION 1. FIRE LTMITS: The following shall be and are hereby declared
to be the fire limits BEGINNING at the point of intersection of the
West boundary line of First Street with the North boundary line of
Cherry Street.
THENCE North with the %Test boundary line o.f First Street to the point
of intersection of the West boundary line of First Street with the
South boundary line of Elm Street;
TI-.T.IJ TCE West with the South boundary line of Elm Street to the point
of intersection of the South boundary line of Elm Street with the East
boundary line of Sixth Street;
THENCE South. with the East boundary line oi" Sixth Street to the point of
intersection of said East boundary line of Sixth Street with the North
boundary line of Cherry Street.
TTimm NCE East with the North boundary line of_ Cherry Street to the POINT
OF BEGINNING.
SECTION 2. PERMITS AJ 1P INS 'ECTIONS; No wall, structure, building, or part
thereof, shall_ hereafter be built, enlarged, or altered, until a plan of
the proposed work, together with a statement of materials to be used,
shall have been submitted to the fj.ty Secretary, who shall, if in ac
cordance with the provisions herein contained, issue a written permit
in triplicate for the proposed work. Permits to be kept on file with
the City Secretary.
Structures hereafter erected without a permit, or not in conformity
with this ordinance, shall be removed®
No building shall be moved from without to within the fire limits, nor
from one location to another within the fire limits until'a permit shall
have been issued therefor. No permit shall be issued unless such con"
struction is in accordance with this ordinance.
The designated Building Inspector shall inspect, as often as practical,,
construction in progress to see that all provisions of this ordinance
are being complied with..
NOTEd All plans and specificatibns
submitted to City _Secretary
State of Texas.
0'nuT10N ,5. CONSTRUCTIOI\T RE ,TJi�E0.) ITTTI-ITN THE FIRE LIMITS; No build
ing or structure of wooden, ironclad (whether on wood or metal,sup�
parts), stucco, or veneer type construction, or any building whose
walls contain wood supports, shall be -permitted except as indicated
in Section 4. No building shall hereafter be built, enlarged, or alW
tered, except in accordance with this ordinance.
The thickness of walls shall be not less than as given be7_owa
Brick walls shall be not less than 12 inches thick, except that small
oneastorty buildings with floor areas of 750 square feet or less may
have walls 8 inches thick.
Reinforced concrete �ra1]_s may be three fourths of the thicl�ness of
brick walls, but in no case less than 8 inches.
Hollow building ti
be supported on re
quate reinforced c
than 16 feet apart
one story building
walls of 8�inch ho
s
le may be used as filler walls � ovided such walls
inforced .concrete beams and footings, and by ade-
oncrete or brick pillars or columns spaced not more
walls to be not less than 12 inches thick. Small
of less than 500 square .feet floor area. may have
flow building tile.
Solid stone walls shall be �} inches thicker than brick walls for like
construction,
ill exterior walls, party walls, and division.fire walls shall have
parapets extending at least eighteen inches above the roof, and said
parapets shall be at least twelve inches thick, except where eight inch
walls are permitted as above, in which case parapets may be. eight
inches thick.
SECTION 4. FR,AME BTTILDING TN FIRE LTNIITS; The following frame struct�
lures are permissible in the fire limits:
a. Temporary one« story frame buildings for the use of builders.
b. Wooden fences not over 8 feet high without roof or cover.
SECTION 5. ROOFS: 11 buildings or structures hereafter constructed
in the fire limits shall have incombustible roof coverings.
No roofing on an existing roof shall be renewed or repaired to a great
er extent than 10% of the roof surface, except in conformity with this
ordinance, and in no instance shall more than one permit be issued each
existing building in any one year.
SECTION 6. REPAIRS AND ADDTTIONS: Any existing building within the
fire limits which may hereafter be damaged. by fire, decay, or otherwise,
to an amount greater than 50o of its present value, exclusive of the
foundation, shall not be repaired or rebuilt, but shall be removed.
Extensions, remodeling, or additions to existing buildings shall not
be considered as rem. irs, and' shall not be permitted except when con
forming with Section .3 of this ordinance.
SECTION Y. ARBITRATION; Whenever an application for permit to repair
any existing building already located within the fire limits is made
by any person or firm, and the City Council and the applicant disagree
on the extent of repairs to be made, and a permit is denied by the.c
designated Building Inspector, then the City Council or Commission
shall appoint a competent and disinterested person, which said two
persons so appoint6d shall select a third member, and these said three
persons shall appraise the building, examine the plan of the proposed
work, and the statement of materials and labor to be used in the re®
pairing or rebuilding of said building, and make a signed written re®
port of their findings to the City Council or Commission. If such
report reflects clearly that siad rebuilding or repairing would be a
violation of this ordinance, then such application for permit shall be
denied by the City Council or Commission, and if such report reflects
that the person seeking said permit has complied with said ordinm ce,
and the .requested rebuilding or repairing is not in violation of said
ordinance, then said City Council or Commission. shall issue a permit
for the proposed rebuilding or repairing.
SFCTTOn1 8. VALIDITY OF ORDINANCE;
sion, clause, phrase or provision
invalid or hold unconstitutional,
ity of this ordinance as a whole,
other than the part so decided to
If any section, papagraph, subdivi®
o.f this ordinance shall be adjudged
the same shall not affect tthe valif."
or any part or provision thereof,
be invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 9. FEES; The permit fee for the issuance of the building per-
mit shall be 1®00 PIO,O0
SECTION 10. PENALTIES: .any person violating any of the provisions of
this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con"
viction shall be fined in any sum not to exceed t1100.00,
Passed and approved this the
SF' L
.A,TTEST:
15,th day of January A.D., 1959 .
MAYOR