HomeMy WebLinkAbout1189 09-26-1995ORDINANCE NO. 1189
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 1086 WHICH
ADOPTED THE 1991 EDITION OF THE UNIFORM PLUMBING
CODE AND APPENDICES WITH AMENDMENTS, AND
AMENDING SECTION 14- 266(b)(4) OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES, CITY OF EULESS, TEXAS, TO ALLOW USE OF
A.B.S. AND P.V.C. PIPE IN CERTAIN CASES; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY OF UP TO
$2,000.00 PER DAY FOR VIOLATIONS; PROVIDING A SAVING
CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the use of A.B.S. & P.V.C. piping for drain waste and vent piping
installations was previously prohibited in commercial buildings because of the added
fuel load and toxicity of smoke developed in a fire situation.
WHEREAS, certain soil characteristics with time can have a detrimental affect
on cast iron piping beneath a building.
WHEREAS, P.V.C. piping beneath a building slab on grade does not pose any
additional threats in a fire situation.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF EULESS, TEXAS:
I.
That Paragraph (4) of Subsection (b) "Amendments" of Section 14 -266 "Code
Adopted by Reference; Amendments; Penalty" of Chapter 14 'BUILDINGS AND
BUILDING REGULATIONS" of the Code of Ordinances, City of Euless, Texas, as
amended, be hereby amended to hereafter be and read as follows:
(4) Section 401(a)(2). Paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of Section 401 of the
U.P.C. is hereby amended to read as follows:
(2) A.B.S. and P.V.C. drain waste and vent piping installations shall be
limited to:
Dwellings and apartment houses where combustible
construction is allowed.
2. Beneath a slab on grade for all types of buildings /structures.
Severability Clause That it is hereby declared to be the intention of the City
Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this
ordinance are severable, and if any phrase, claus?, sentence, paragraph or section of
this ordinance shall be declared invalid or unconstitutional by the valid judgment or
decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality
shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and
sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the' --ity
Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such invalid or
unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
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III.
Penalty for Violation. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the
terms and provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and,
upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in an amount not to exceed $2,000.00. Each
such violation shall be deemed a separate offense and shall be punishable as such
hereunder.
IV.
Saving Clause. That Chapter 14 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Euless,
Texas, as amended, shall remain in full force and effect, save and except as amended
by this ordinance.
V.
Effective Date. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
its passage and publication as provided by the Euless City Charter and the laws of
the State of Texas.
PRESENTED AND GIVEN FIRST READING and approved at a regular meeting
of the Euless City Council on the 26 day of September 1995; by a vote
of 6 ayes, 0 nays and 0 abstentions.
APPROVED:
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Mary Lib Sdieh, Mayor
ATTEST:
Susan Crim, 'MC, City Secretary
AP ROVED AST F M:
Bob McFarland, Ci torney
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