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<br />AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR A BUILDING CODE TO
<br />GOVERN THE CONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION, REMOVAL,
<br />DEMOLITION, EQUIPMENT, USE AND OCCUPANCY, AND
<br />MAINTENANCE OF BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES; RE-
<br />PEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH;
<br />PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; ESTABLISHING PEN-
<br />ALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS; AND DECLARING AN EMER-
<br />GENCY
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<br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS:
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<br />Section 1. That there is hereby adopted by the City of San
<br />Marcos, Texas, for the purpose of establishing rules and regulations
<br />governing the construction, alteration, removal, demolition, equip-
<br />ment, use and occupancy, location, and maintenance of buildings
<br />and structures including permits and penalties, that certain build-
<br />ing code known as the "Southern Standard Building Code", being
<br />particularly the "1969 Edition" thereof and the "1971 Revision"
<br />thereto, save and except such portions as are hereinafter modified
<br />or amended, of which not less than three (3) copies of both said
<br />Code and Revision have been and now are filed in the office of City
<br />Secretary of the City of San Marcos, and the same are hereby adopted
<br />and incorporated as fully as if set out full length herein, and
<br />and from the date on which this ordinance shall take effect, the
<br />provisions thereof shall be controlling in the construction of
<br />all buildings and other structures therein contained within the
<br />corporate limits of the City of San Marcos, Texas.
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<br />Section 2. That all ordinances in conflict herewith are
<br />hereby repealed. In particular, but without limiting the generality
<br />of the foregoing, the ordinance promulgated by the City Council
<br />of the City of San Marcos on March 11, 1968, as of record in
<br />Volume 36, page 9, of the Minutes of the City Council, together
<br />with all amendments thereto, is hereby expressly repealed.
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<br />Section 3. The invalidity of any section or provision of
<br />this ordinance or of said Code shall not invalidate other sections
<br />or provisions thereof.
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<br />Section 4. The said "Southern Standard Building Code"
<br />is amended and changed in the following respects:
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<br />(1) Section 114 of said Code is amended so that it will
<br />now read in full as follows: Any person, firm,
<br />corporation, or agent who shall violate a provision
<br />of this Code, or fail to comply therewith, or with
<br />any of the requirements thereof, or who shall erect,
<br />construct, alter, demolish or move any structure, or
<br />or has erected, constructed, altered, repaired, moved
<br />or demolished a building or structure in violation
<br />of a detailed statement or drawing submitted and
<br />approved thereunder, shall be deemed guilty of a
<br />misdemeanor. Each such person shall be deemed guilty
<br />of a separate offense for each and every day or portion
<br />there of during which any violation of any of the
<br />provisions of this Code is committed, or continued,
<br />and, upon conviction of any such violation such
<br />person shall be punished by a fine of not less than
<br />Ten Dollars ($10.00) and not more than Two Hundred
<br />Dollars ($200.00). The imposition of the penalties
<br />herein prescribed shall not preclude the City of
<br />San Marcos from instituting an appropriate action or
<br />or proceeding to prevent an unlawful erection, con-
<br />struction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, conversion,
<br />maintenance or use, or to restrain, correct or abate
<br />a violation, or to prevent the occupancy of a building
<br />or structure or portion, thereof, or of the premises,
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