HomeMy WebLinkAbout0997 03-28-1989ORDINANCE NO. 997
An ordinance by the City Council of the City of Euless, Texas,
approving Resolution No. 88 -147, adopted by the Dallas -Fort
Worth International Airport Board on June 7, 1988, adopting
construction and fire prevention standards for the Airport;
creating the Board of Appeals (BOA) of the Dallas -Fort Worth
International Airport and prescribing its authority and
powers; providing for the selection and term of office of BOA
members; providing for public hearings, meetings, and
procedures for the BOA; providing for appeal from decisions of
the Building Official and Fire Chief and providing for a stay
of proceedings upon appeal; providing for the adoption of the
1985 Uniform Building Code, 1985 Uniform Fire Code, 1987
National Electrical Code, 1985 Uniform Mechanical Code, 1985
Uniform Plumbing Code, and 1986 Model Energy Code, with
amendments; making it unlawful to install fire protection,
mechanical, plumbing, irrigation, or electrical equipment
without a license; providing for the termination of the Board
of Airport Building Code of Appeals; providing that Resolution
No. 88 -147 is cumulative of previous action by the Airport
Board; providing a penalty; providing a severability clause;
and providing an effective date.
WHEREAS, Section 8.F of the 1968 Contract and Agreement,
as amended, between the City of Dallas, Texas and the City of
Fort Worth, Texas, provides that the Dallas -Fort Worth
International Airport Board shall have the power, by a duly
adopted order, to adopt and enforce rules and regulations for
the orderly, safe, efficient, and sanitary operation of the
Airport and to prescribe reasonable penalties for the breach
of any rule or regulation not to exceed a $200 fine; and
WHEREAS, Article 46d -14, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas,
and Section 8.F of the 1968 Contract and Agreement, as
amended, provide that such orders by the Dallas -Fort Worth
International Airport Board shall become effective only upon
approval of the governing bodies of the Cities of Dallas and
Fort Worth and proper publication; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the foregoing, the Dallas -Fort Worth
International Airport Board, on June 7, 1988, passed, approved,
and ordered Resolution No. 88 -147, adopting the Dallas -Fort
Worth International Airport Board Construction and Fire
Prevention Standards Resolution, which creates a Board of
Appeals for the purpose of determining the acceptability and
adequacy of materials, equipment, and methods of construction
at the Airport and adopts the Building, Fire, Electrical,
Mechanical, Plumbing, and Energy Codes for the Airport; and
WHEREAS, the City Councils of the Cities of Dallas and
Fort Worth have approved Dallas -Fort Worth International
Airport Board Resolution No. 88 -147; Now, Therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EULESS:
SECTION 1. That all of the declarations and findings
contained in the preambles of this ordinance are made a part
hereof and shall be fully effective as a part of the ordained
subject matter of this ordinance.
SECTION 2. That Resolution No. 88 -147 of the Dallas-
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Fort Worth International Airport Board, a duly certified copy
of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A and made a part of
this ordinance by reference, is hereby approved.
SECTION 3. That after publication of a substantive
statement relating to the contents of Resolution No. 88 -147 of
the Dallas -Fort Worth International Airport Board in a
newspaper of general circulation in each of the counties of
Dallas and Tarrant, stating that a breach of any provision of
Resolution No. 88 -147 will subject the violator to a penalty,
and stating that the full text of Resolution No. 88 -147 and any
attachments to it are on file in the principal office of the
Airport Board to be read by an interested party, Resolution No.
88 -147 shall thereafter have the same force and effect within
the boundaries of the Dallas -Fort Worth International Airport
as an ordinance by the City Council of the City of Euless
would have in the City of Euless, and the penalty shall be
enforced in the same manner in which penalties prescribed by
other ordinances of the City of Euless are enforced.
SECTION 4. That the sections, paragraphs, sentences,
clauses, and phrases of this ordinance and Resolution No. 88-
147 are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence,
paragraph, or section shall be declared unconstitutional or
invalid by the valid judgment or decree of any court of
competent jurisdiction, the unconstitutionality or invalidity
shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses,
sentences, paragraphs, and sections of this ordinance or
Resolution No. 88 -147, since the same would have been enacted
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without the incorporation of any unconstitutional phrase, clause,
sentence, paragraph, or section.
SECTION 5. That this ordinance shall take effect
immediately from and after its passage and publication in
accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the City of
Euless and the laws of the State of Texas.
PRESENTED AND GIVEN FIRST READING at a regular meeting of
the Euless City Council on the 14th day of March, 1989; by a vote
of 4 ayes, 0 nays, and 0 abstention.
GIVEN SECOND READING AND APPROVED at a regular meeting of
the Euless City Council on the 28th day of March, 1989; by a vote
of 4 ayes, 0 nays, and 0 abstentions.
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Harold D. Samuels, Mayor
ATTEST:
H. Ray y, City Secret
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
M. obe t McFarland,
J City A ney
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