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<br />ORDINANCE NO. 1977 -51
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<br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
<br />OF SAN MARCOS, REPEALING ARTICLE II OF CHAPTER
<br />5 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF SAN MARCOS, SAID
<br />ARTICLE, ENTITLED flBUILDING CODEfI, HAVING BEEN
<br />ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE DATED NOVEMBER 8, 1971 AND
<br />AMENDED BY ORDINANCE DATED JUNE 24, 1974, AND
<br />WHICH PROVIDED FOR A BUILDING CODE TO GOVERN THE
<br />CONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION, REMOVAL, DEMOLITION,
<br />EQUIPMENT, USE AND OCCUPANCY, AND MAINTENANCE OF
<br />BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES; ENACTING A NEW ARTICLE
<br />II OF CHAPTER 5, ENTITLED flBUILDING CODE", WHICH
<br />PROVIDES FOR A BUILDING CODE TO GOVERN THE CON-
<br />STRUCTION,ALTERATION, REMOVAL, DEMOLITION, EQUIP-
<br />MENT, USE AND OCCUPANCY, MAINTENANCE OF BUILDINGS
<br />AND STRUCTURES, AND SETTING LICENSING AND PERMIT
<br />FEES; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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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 Article II of Chapter 5 of the Code of Ordinances of
<br />the City of San Marcos, Texas, entitled "Building Codefl, which was
<br />adopted by ordinance dated November 8, 1971, and amended by ordinance
<br />dated June 24, 1974, be, and is hereby, repealed.
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<br />Section 2. That there is hereby adopted by the City of San Marcos,
<br />Texas, for the purpose of establishing rules and regulations governing
<br />the construction, alteration, removal, demolition, equipment, use and
<br />occupancy, location, and maintenance of buildings and structures in-
<br />cluding permits and penalties, that certain building code known as the
<br />flStandard Building Code", being particularly the "1977 Edition" thereofl
<br />and the "1978 Revision" thereto, save and except such portions as are
<br />hereinafter modified or amended, of which not less than three copies
<br />of both said Code and Revision have been and now are filed in the
<br />office of City Secretary of the City of San Marcos, and the same are
<br />hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out full length
<br />herein, and from the date on which this ordinance 'shall take effect,
<br />the provisions thereof shall be controlling in the construction of all
<br />buildings and other structures therein contained within the corporate
<br />limits of the City of San Marcos, Texas.
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<br />Section 3. The said flStandard Building Codefl is amended and changed
<br />in the following respects:
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<br />Section 114 of said Code is amended so that it will now read-
<br />as follows:
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<br />Any person, firm, corporation, or agent who shall violate a
<br />provision of this COde, or fail to comply therewith, or with
<br />any of the requirements thereof, or who shall erect, construc~
<br />alter, demolish or move any structure, or has erected, con-
<br />structed, altered, repaired, moved or demolished a building
<br />or structure in violation of a detailed statement or drawing
<br />submitted and approved thereunder, shall be deemed guilty of
<br />a misdemeanor. Each such person shall be deemed guilty of a
<br />separate offense for each and every day or portion thereof
<br />during which any violation of any of the provisions of this
<br />Code is committed, or continued, and, upon conviction of any
<br />such violation such person shall be punished by a fine of not
<br />less than Ten Dollars ($10.00) and not more than Two Hundred
<br />Dollars ($200.00). The imposition of the penalties herein
<br />prescribed shall not preclude the City of San Marcos from
<br />instituting an appropriate action or proceeding to prevent an
<br />unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration,
<br />repair, conversion, maintenance or use, or to restrain,
<br />correct or abate a violation, or to prevent the occupancy of
<br />a building or structure or portion, thereof, or of the premis
<br />or to prevent an illegal act, conduct, business or use in or
<br />about any premises.
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<br />Chapter 3, shall be deleted in its entirety.
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