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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 4155 _�con�l_aued) Employ McCammon, Morris, Councilman Williams presented a report from the City Council Audit Comm7auditthe Pickens & Mayhew to mending that the firm of McCammon, Morris, Pickens and Mayhew, be employed t audit City's records for City's records for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1959, with especial fiscal year ending Sept . 30, 1959. (1) All cash receipts - accounting control. thereof., methods now used, or suggested methods for improvements. (2) All contracts between the City and private concerns, or individuals, affecting receipts and disbursements. Verify the existence of proper indexing and listing of same for ready reference. (3) A physical inventory of all equipment to be made by Department Heads under the supervision of the above auditors. and at a fee approximately in line with the cost of previous audits plus a reasonable charge for extra requirements as outlined above, and on motion of Councilman Williams, seconded by Councilman Ralph McCann, the recommendation was adopted. Legal Dept. to prepare Councilman Thompson called attention of the City Council.to complaints he has ordinance requiring received due to the existence of high weeds on vacant lots and in parkways throughout week cutting on vacant the City, creating a fire hazard and health menace; and suggested that an ordinance be lots. prepared requiring property owners to cut the weeds. Whereupon Councilman Shannon made a motion, seconded by Councilman Ralph McCann, that the Legal Department be requested to prepare an ordinance requiring owners to keep weeds cut on vacant lots and when the motion was put to a vote by the Mayor, it prevailed unanimously. Council adjourned. On motion of Councilman Cagle, seconded by Councilman Thompson, the City Council adjourned. —*y Secretary Mayor FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1959 Council met. On the 10th day of July, A. D., 1959, the City Council of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, met in regular session with the following members present, to-wit: Quorum present. T. A. McCann, Mayor; Councilmen J. 0. (Oliver) Shannon, J. F. Tarlton, T. D. (Tommy) Thompson, Ralph L. McCann and C. B. Williams, and Councilwoman Mrs. Reecy McKnight; L. P. Cookingham, City Manager; R. E. Rouer, Acting City Attorney; Roy A: Bateman, City Secretary; Councilmen John S. Justin, Jr., and Gene L. Cagle, absent; with more than a quorum present at which time the following business was transacted: Invocation. At the invitation of Mayor McCann, Councilman Tarlton gave the invocation. Minutes approved. On motion of Councilwoman McKnight, seconded by Councilman Shannon, the Minutes of he regular meeting of Friday, July 3rd, 1959, were approved. Ordinance No. 4155 - Mr. Preston M. Geren, Chairman, Building Code Committee, City of Fort Worth, appear- Building Code ed before the City Council and presented a report from the committee outlining the work of the committee in preparing_a,Building Code for the City of Fort Worth, and recommend- ing that the code, as revised after hearings held by the committee, be adopted as the Building Code of the City of Fort Worth. Mr. Bud Beasley appeared before the City Council representing the house movers of Fort Worth, and requested that adoption of the section in the Building Code pertaining to housemovers be delayed one month, and it appearing to he City Council that the house movers were .represented at public hearings held in connec ion with the Building Code, Councilman Williams introduced an ordinance and made a motion that it be adopted. The motion was seconded by Councilwoman McKnight. The ordi- nance was read by the City Secretary. The motion, carrying with it the adoption of said ordinance, prevailed by the following vote: AYES: Mayor McCann, Councilmen Shannon, Tarlton, Thompson, Ralph McCann and Williams, and Councilwoman McKnight. NOES: None. ABSENT: Councilmen Justin and Cagle. The ordinance, as adopted, is as follows: ORDINANCE N0. 4155 AN ORDINANCE GOVERNING AND REGULATING THE CONSTRUCTION, ERECTION, RAZING AND WRECK- ING, MAINTENANCE, ALTERATION, REPAIRING, REMODELING, REBUILDING, SECURING, MOVING AND SHORING, AND THE INSPECTION OF BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES IN THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, AND PROVIDING CERTAIN MINIMUM STANDARDS TO SAFEGUARD LIFE OR LIMBS, HEALTH, PROPERTY AND PUBLIC WELFARE BY REGULATING AND CONTROLLING THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, '.ALTERATION, DEMOLITION AND REMOVAL OF BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES, QUALITY OF MATERIALS USE AND OCCUPANCY, LOCATION AND MAINTENANCE OF ALL BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES WITHIN THE CITY AND CERTAIN EQUIPMENT PERTAINING THERETO OR USED IN CONNECTION THEREWITH; DEFINING THE FIRE ZONES OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH; CREATING THE OFFICE OF BUILDING OFFICIAL AND DEFINING THE DUTIES OF SAID OFFICE; CREATING A BOARD OF APPEALS, DEFINI G ITS POWERS, AND PROVIDING FOR APPEAL FROM ITS DECISIONS AND ORDERS; REGULATING THE.INSTALLATION AND USE OF HEAT-PRODUCING APPLIANCES AND MEANS OF VERTICAL TRANS- PORTATION; GOVERNING THE STORING OF COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS, PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR ANY VIOLATION HEREOF; PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CON- FLICT HEREWITH; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL CON- STITUTE A DIGEST AND REVISION OF THE BUILDING CODE ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH- DIRECTING THE CITY SECRETARY TO PUBLISH SAME IN PAMPHLET FORM; AND PROVIDING A— EF�ECZLVE_DATE, --- FRTTIAY T TT Y 1Q 1 959 cDntinu Ordinance No. 4155 - WHEREAS, the public health, safety, welfare and property are not adequately protect (continued) ed by the provisions of the existing ordinances relating to the construction, erection and alteration of buildings and structures in the City; and, !1 WHEREAS, an emergency exists in that it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health, safety, welfare and property that further provisions be enacted relating to the construction, erection, alteration of and classification of buildings and structures hereafter.erected, constructed or altered; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: PART I ADMINISTRATIVE CHAPTER 1 - TITLE AND SCOPE Sec. 101. This ordinance shall be known as the "Building Code", may be cited as such, and will be referred to herein as "this Codetr. Sec. 102. This Code provides for certain minimum standards to safeguard life or limb, health, property and public welfare by regulating and controlling the design, con- struction, alteration, demolition and removal of buildings and structures, quality of materials, use and occupancy, location and maintenance of all buildings and structures within the city and certain equipment specifically regulated herein. This Code is hereby declared to be remedial and shall be construed to secure the beneficial interests and purposes thereof, which are public health, safety and welfare, through structural strength and stability, adequate light, ventilation and sanitary facilities, and through provisions for safety to life and property from fire and other hazards incident to the construction, occupancy and use of buildings and structures. Wherever in this Code reference is made to the Appendix, the provisions of the Appendix shall apply. The Appendix in this Code is hereby made a part of this Code. Sec. 103. The provisions of this Code shall apply to the construction, alteration, moving, demolition, repair and use or occupancy of any building or structure within the city, except as provided in Sec.108. Additions, alterations, repairs and changes of use or occupancy in all buildings an structures shall comply with the provisions for new buildings and structures except as otherwise provided in Sections 104, 306, and 502, of this Code. Where, in any specific case, different sections of this Code specify different materials, methods of construction or other requirements, the most restrictive shall govern. (The provisions of this ordinance are expressly referred to herein and incorporated in these Minutes by reference the same as if set out herein verbatim.) The penalty clause provides as follows: Sec. 207. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association of persons, com- pany or corporation, their agents or employees, to erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, improve, remove, convert or demolish, equip, use, occupy or maintain any building or structure in the city, or cause the same to be done, contrary to or in violation of any of the provisions of this Code. Any person, firm, association of persons, company or corporation, their agents, servants or employees, who violates, disobeys, omits, neglects or refuses to comply with or who resists the enforcement of any of the provisions of this Code, shall be fined not less than Five and no/1_00 Dollars ($5.00) nor more than Two Hundred and no/100 Dollars ($200.00) for each offense. Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense. The savings clause provides as follows: Sec. 6003. Saving Clause. That all rights or remedies of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, are expressly saved as to any and all violations of Ordinance Number 1389, effective on February 28th, 1928, and all amendments thereto, or if any ordinances or amendments thereto regulating the construction of buildings within the corporate limits of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, that have accrued at the time of the effective date of this Ordinance; and as to such accrued violation, the court shall have all the powers that existed prior to the effective date of this Ordinance; and that all existing vio- lations of previous Building Code Ordinances and Regulations shall be considered as violations of this Ordinance in the same manner that they were violations of prior Building Code regulations of said City. The Digest and Revision Clause provides as follows: Sec. 6004. Digest and Revision Clause. This ordinance constitutes a digest and revision of the Building Code ordinances of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, as provided b; Section 2, Chapter XXVI and Section 10, Chapter XXVIII of the Charter of said City, and the City Secretary is hereby directed to publish this ordinance in pamphlet form for general distribution among the public and this ordinance, as so published in pamphlet form, shall be admissable in evidence as provided in Section 3, Chapter XXVI, of the Charter. The Effective Date is provided in Sec. 6005: FRIDAY JUL Y_10 195 (contdnued� Ordinance No. 4155 - Sec. 6005. When Effective. The fact that the present ordinances providing for a (continued) Building Code and regulating the construction of buildings within the corporate limits of the City are deemed inadequate and there are conditions existing in 'said City endangering the convenience, safety, and welfare of the public which create an emergency and public necessity in the preservation of the public health and safety thereof, the City Secretary shall have this ordinance published promptly in pamphlet form as provided in Section 6004 hereof, and it shall become a law and be in full force and effect from and after such publication. Repeal of prior ordinances is provided in Sec. 6006: Sec. 6006. Repeal of Prior Ordinances. This ordinance shall repeal every prior ordinance in conflict herewith, but only insofar as the portion of such prior ordinance shall be in conflict, and as to all other sections of ordinances not in direct conflict herewith, this ordinance shall be and is hereby, made cumulative. ADOPTED this 10th day of. July, 1959. /s/ T. A. McCann ATTEST: T. A. McCann, Mayor /s/ Roy A. Bateman Roy A. Bateman, City Secretary APPROVED AS TO FORM: /s/ S. G. Johndroe, Jr. S. G. Johndroe, Jr. Assistant City Attorney I. Roy A. Bateman, City Secretary-Treasurer of the City of Fort Worth, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of Ordinance No. 4155, adopted by the City Council at a regular meeting held Friday, the 10th day of July, A. D. 1959. Effective: October 1. 1959. /s/ Roy A. Bateman. ROY A. BATEMAN City Secretary-Treasurer Building Code Ordinance Councilman Ralph McCann made a motion, seconded by Councilwoman McKnight, that the No. 4155 to become IBuilding Code of the City of Fort Worth, adopted by Ordinance No. 4155, become effective effective Oct. 1, 1959. October 1, 1959, and when the motion was put to a vote by the Mayor, it prevailed unani- mously. City Manager to study Councilman Williams made a motion, seconded by Councilwoman McKnight, that the City fee schedule as set out Manager and the City Building Commissioner study the matter of fees for building in- in Building Code, spections, giving consideration to suggestions made in the report of the Building Code Committee, and when the motion was put to a vote by the Mayor, it prevailed unanimously. Final payment to Earl E. Councilman Tarlton made a motion, seconded by Councilman Thompson, that final pay- Koeope on contract for ment be made to Mr. Earl E. Koeppe'in the amount of $6,300.00 on the contract for work work on Buildin,R Code, on the new Building Code for the City of Fort Worth, and when the motion was put to a vote by the Mayor, it prevailed unanimously. Delay action on requests Mr. John J. Burgess, Chairman of the City Plan Commission, presented a report from for de-annexation two the Plan Commission in connection with requests for deletion of areas under first reading weeks. for annexation near Saginaw and near Crowley, recommending: 1. That the City not release any property in the vicinity of Saginaw or Crowley from the first reading. 2. That the City adopt a policy of furnishing services of the type and extent required by areas now under first reading, at such time as the areas are developed. Prospective developers be advised that if they are developing property, they will be furnished services under regular city policies if annex- ed to the City, and they will be annexed to the City of Fort Worth if the devel- oper desires. 3. That the policy of furnishing city services be standard for all areas with a set ratio of participation in costs by the city and developer. 4. That the method of furnishing services to various areas be determined at the time they are needed, based on such factors as population, land use, available funds, and expected rate of development at the time. 5. In the case of Crowley, the City of Fort Worth could negotiate to provide the water and sewer service required at Crowley's present City Limits. Messrs. Rufus Chapman and Julian E. Simon appeared and requested that the City of Fort Worth delete from first reading for annexation certain areas adjacent to and surrounding Crowley, and there was presented a request from Texas Drive-Ur-Self System, Inc., and Messrs. William R. Francis and Blufford Johnson that two parcels of land near Everman be deleted from first reading for annexation. After discussion, Councilman Ralph McCann made a motion, seconded by Councilman Shannon, that action on the requests for deletion from first reading for annexation be delayed to July 24, 1959, to allow consideration of the requests by the full Council membership and that the City Manager study the requests and report of the Plan Commission and determine how the City of Fort Worth can furnish water and sewer services to Crowley should it become a part of Fort Worth, and when the motion was put to a vote by the Mayor, it prevailed unanimously. U2 o � j I i I o Q O 4m P4 ... O J H w a w o .