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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 12.15.1949 - Construction Fire Limits AN ORDINANCE REGULATING BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION IN THE FIRE LIMITS Be it ordained by • of • '6own, Texas, as follows, Section - fire limits of of Georgetown are fixed by an ordinance ofthe said Citypassed and approved on the 28th day of June, 1949, which ordinance is to b;T Section II. PERMITS AND INSPECTIONS: No wall, strut tune, building, or part thereof, shall hereafter be built, en� larged, or altered, until a plan of the proposed work, together with a statement of materials to be used, shall have been sub mitted to the City Manager, who shall, if in accordance with the provisions herein contained, issue a written permit in tripli- cate for the proposed works Permits to be kept on file with the City Secretary. A:L 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 li.m.its, nor froze one location to another within the fire limits until a permit shall have been issued therefor. No permit shall be issued unless such construction 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. NOTE: All plans and specifications submitted to City of Georgetown official shall comply with all city ordinances of the City of Georgetown, Texas, and with Article 3271A of the Revised Civil Statues of the State of Texas. Section III. CONSTRUCTION REQUIRED WITHIN THE FIRE LIMITS: No building or structure of wooden, ironclad (whether on wood or metal supports), stucco, or veneer type construction, or any building whose walls contain wood supports, shall, be permitted except as indicated in Section 1V. No building shall hereafter be built, enlarged, or altered, except in accordance with this ordinance. The thickness of walls shall be not less than as given below: Brisk walls shall be not less than 12 inches thick, except that small one-story buildings with floor areas of 750 square feet or less may have walls $ inches thick. Reinforced concrete walls may be three-fourths of the thickness of brick walls, but innocase less than 8 inches. Hollow building tile may be used as filler walls provided such walls be supported on reinforced concrete beams and footings, and by adequate reinforced concrete or brick pillars or columns spaced not more than lb feet apart, walls to be not less than 12 inches thick.: Small one-story buildings of less than 500 square feet floor area may, have walls of 8inch hollow building tile. Solid stone walls shall be 4 inches thicker than brick walls for like construction. All exterior walls, ,party walls, and division fire walls shall have parapets extending at least eighteen inches above the roof; and said parapets sr be at least twelve inches.i • where eight inch walls are permitted as above, in which case para Vets may be eight inches Section IST® FRAME BUILDING IN FIRE LIMITS: The followm Ing frame structures are permissible in the fire limits, a. Temporary • ory frame buildings for of builders. bm Wooden fences not over g feet high without roof or cover, Section Vin ROOFS: All buildings or structures herein after constructed in the fire limits shall have incombustible roof coverings. No roofing on an existing roof shall be renewed or re- paired to a greater extent than l(Y16 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 VI® REPAIRS AND ADDITIONS* Any existing bu'ld- Ing within the fire limits which may hereafter be damaged by fire, decay, or otherwise, to an amount greater than 50% of its present value, exclusive of the foundation, shall not be repaired or re- built, but shall be removed® Extensions, remodeling, or additions to existing build - Ings shall not be considered as repairs, and shall not be per- mitted except when conforming with Section III of this ordinance. Section VTI® ARBITRATION: Whenever an application for permit to repair any existing building already located within the fire limits is made by any person or farm, and the City Council and the applicant disagree on the extent of repairs to be made, and a permit is denied by the designated Building Inspector, then the City Council or Commission shall appoint a competent and "dis- interested person, and the applicant shall appoint a competent and disinterested person, which said two persons so appointed shall select a third member, and those 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 repair- ing or rebuilding of said building, and make a signed written report of their findings to the City Council or Commission. If such a 17 report reflects clearly that said 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 fleets that the person seeking said permit has complied with salt ordinance, and the requested rebuilding or repairing is not in violation of said ordinance, Cher said City Council or Commission report reflects clearly that said 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 re� fleets that the person seeking said permit has complied with said ordinance, and the requested rebuilding or repairing is not in I violation of said ordinance, then said,Uity Council or U ommission shall issue a permit for the proposed rebuilding or repairing, 6ectionyIII. VALID17Y OF ORDINANCE: If any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase or provision of this ordinance shall be adjudged invalid or held unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of this ordinance as a whole, or any part or provision thereof, other than the part so decided to be invalid or unconstitutional. Section IX, PENALTIES. Any person or firm violating any of the provisions of this ordinance, regulating Fire Limits, shall he deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction, shall be punished by fine of not less than Twenty five nor more than One Hundred Dollars. And each separate day in which any of the provisions of this ordinance are violated, shall constitute a separate and distinct offense. Section Xe That this ordinance is cumulative of all other ordinances of the said City regulating the erection, construction and repair of buildings that are not in direct conflict herewith. Section XI. The fact that it is necessary to ma e,prompt provisions for regulating buildings and structures in the fire limitsp creates an emergency and makes it necessary that the rules requiring that ordinances be read at three separate meetings before final passage be suspended and ordered to tale effect from its passage. PASSED AND APPROVED THIS THIS; FIFTEENTH DAY OF DECEMBER, A*D«,, 1949a ATTEST: orgetown,