O-178-4-75CITY OF ALLEN, TEXAS, ORDINANCE NO. 178
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 48 TO THE
CITY OF ALLEN, TEXAS, BY THE CHANGING OF SECTIONS
I, IVa, IVb, VIIa,.VIIb AND VIII " ADOPTION OF'
BUILDING CODES"; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE
OF THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING FOR READOPTION.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ALLIIN, TEXAS:
SECTION I: That from and after the effective date
of this Ordinance, Section I of Ordinance No- 48, "Adoption
of Building Codes" is hereby amended in the following
manner and shall read as follows, to -wit:
SECTION I - "ADOPTION OF BUILDING CODES"
There is hereby adopted by the City of Allen for the
purpose of establishing rules and regulations for the
construction, alteration, removal, demolition, equipment
use and occupancy, location and maintenance of buildings
and structures, including permits and penalties, the
following codes;
A. Standard Building Code, being in particular the
1973 addition with 1975 amendments;
B. Southern Standard Gas Code, being in particular
the 1973 addition;
C. Southern Fire Prevention Code, being in particular
the 1974 addition;,
D. National Electrical Code, being in particular the
Current edition;, ,
and the whole of the above codes, save and except such portions
as are hereinafter deleted, modified or amended, of which not
less than three (3) copies have been and now are filed in the
office of the Clerk of the City of Allen and the same are
hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at
length herein, and from the date on which this Ordinance
shall take effect, the provisions thereof shall be
controlling in the construction of all buildings and
structures therein contained within the corporate limits of
the City of Allen.
SECTION II: That from and after the effective date
of this Ordinance, IVa, IVb, VIIa, VIIb and VIII, are
hereby amended in the following manner and the term
"building code" shall read "building, gas, fire and
electrical code".
SECTION III: Ordinance No. 48 of the City of Allen,
as so amended is hereby readopted by the City Council of
the City of Allen.
SECTION IV:
The caption of this Ordinance shall be
published one time in a weekly newspaper published in the
City of Allen, and shall be effective immediately upon its
passage and publication.
PASSED AND
APPROVED
BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY
OF ALLEN, TEXAS,
on this
the 17 day of
April
1 975 .
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