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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 7381 ORDINANCE NO. -7 3 I AN ORDINANCE AMENDING PARAGRAPH (b) OF SECTION 204 OF THE BUILDING CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, AS AMENDED, (ORDINANCE NO. 7337) BY ADDING THERETO PROVISION FOR APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS TO THE BUILDING CODE BOARD OF APPEALS FOR EACH HISTORIC AND CULTURAL ZONED SUBDISTRICT OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH; DEFINING SUCH MEMBER'S POWERS; MAKING THE ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE OF PRIOR ORDINANCES; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PROVIS- IONS OF THE BUILDING CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING A SEVERA- BILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH. SECTION 1. That Paragraph (b) Section 204 of the Building Code of the City of Fort Worth, as Amended, (Ordinance No. 7337) be and the same is hereby amended so that hereafter same be and read as follows: Sec. 204 (b) Appointment and Composition. The Board of Appeals shll be composed of nine (9) members, appointed by the City Manager by and with the consent of the City Council, and shall consist of: Place 1. One architect Place 2. One home builder Place 3. One general building contractor Place 4. One structural engineer Place 5. One mechanical engineer Place 6. One fire protection engineer Place 7. One fire insurance underwriter Place 8. One person above the age of 25 years who is not engaged in any branch of the construction industry Place 9. One person above the age of 25 years who is not engaged in any branch of the construction industry All members shall reside within the corporate limits of the City of Fort Worth and shall be nominated in the following manner: Place 1. By the Fort Worth Chapter of the American Institute of Architects Place 2. By the Fort Worth Home Builders Association Place 3. By the Fort Worth Chapter of the Associated General Contractors Place 4. By the Fort Worth Branch of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers Place 5. By the Fort Worth Branch of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers Place 6. By the Fire Prevention and Engineering Bureau of Texas Place 7. By the City Manager Place 8. By the City Manager Place 9. By the City Manager In addition, a member shall be appointed to the Building Code Board of Appeals to represent each Historic and Cultural Zoned Subdistrict of the City of Fort Worth. Each member representing a Historic and Cultural Zoned Subdistrict shall be appointed by the City Manager and confirmed by the City Council. The member shall have the power of all board members regarding the conditions of Historic and Cultural Zoned Subdistricts of the City of Fort Worth, provided, however, that a member of the Building Code Board of Appeals appointed to represent a Historic and Cultural Zoned Subdistrict shall be entitled to vote only with regard to those matters relating to the Historic and Cultural Zoned Subdistrict he rep- resents. SECTION 2. That this ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of the Building Code of the City of Fort Worth, as Amended, (Ordinance No. 7337) with respect to the appointment and the powers of members of the Building Code Board of Appeals that -2- represent Historic and Cultural Zoned Subdistricts of the City of Fort Worth, except in those instances where the provisions of this ordinance are in direct conflict with provisions of such code, in which instances said conflict- ing provisions of such code are hereby repealed. SECTION 3. That if any section, part of a section or provision of any section of this ordinance shall be held to be void, in- effective or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdic- tion, the holding of such section, part of a section or pro- vision of any section to be void, ineffective or unconstitu- tional for any cause whatsoever shall in no way affect validi- ty of remaining sections or provisions of this ordinance, which shall remain in full force and effect. The City Council would not have passed any sections, parts of sections or pro- visions of any section of this ordinance that were unconstitu- tional, void or ineffective if it had known that they were unconstitutional, void or ineffective at the time of adopting this ordinance. SECTION 4. This ordinance shall become effective and be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage -3- and publication is required by law, and it is so ordained. APPROVED AS FO FORM AND LEGALITY: .057 rl:2 *,d 1920"yr City Attorney Adopted by City Council Effective: -4- City of Fort Worth, Eexas Mir Mayor and Council Communication h?+41i I Fri DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT: Amendment to Ordinance No.7327, PAGE GRAN" 7/02/76 NUMBER Adding "HC" Sub-Districts lof 1 On April 12, 1976, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 7327 amending the zoning ordinance by adding the "HC" Historical and Cultural Sub-Districts. (Zoning Docket Z-76-27.) Attached is a companion amendment to the building code as proposed by the Zoning Commission which provides for the appointment of members to the Building Code Board of Appeals to represent each historic and cultural zoned sub-district of the City of Fort Worth. Each member representing a historic and cultural zoned sub-district shall be appointed by the City Manager and confirmed by the City Council. The members shall have the power of all board members regarding the conditions of historic and cultural zoned sub-districts of the City of Fort Worth, provided, however, that a member of the Building Code Board of Appeals appointed to represent a historic and cultural zoned sub-district shall be entitled to vote only with regard to those matters relating to the historic and cultural zoned sub-district he represents. The Zoning Commission of the City of Fort Worth in its review and recommendation of the zoning text change relating to the "HC" zoning sub-district, recommended that the building code be amended to allow that additional members be appointed as described above. The proposed amendment was reviewed by the Building Code Board of Appeals and they recommend its adoption. Recommendation The staff recommends adoption of the proposed ordinance. GG:jc attachment SUBMITTED BY: DISPOSITIO Y COUNCIL: PROCESSED BY Er APPROVED O OTHER (DESCRIBE) T �CCL�t.xr iL CC�f / � D / CITY SECRETARY DATE 7_/Z�- CITY MANAGER