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ORDINANCE N0. � rI '�
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY CODE BY
REPEALING THEREFROM ARTICLES 7-2 , 7-3 , 7-25 , 7-31 ,
7-32 , 7-33 , 7-34 AND 7-35 ,BY AiZENDIPdG ARTICLE 7-7
TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADOPTIOPd OF THE. STANDARD FIRE
PREVENTION CODE , 1976 EDITION, WITH 1977 AND 197$
REVISIONS , SAVE AP1D EXCEPT CHAPTER 2 THEREOF, AND
BY AMENDING ARTICLE 7-8 TO PROVIDE TNAT THE TERM
"FIRE OFFICIAL" , AS USED IN THE STANDARD FIRE PRE-
VENTION COD�, SHALL MEAN THE FIRE MARSHALL OF THE
CITY; PROVIDING THAT FIRES MAY NOT BE BUILT WITHOUT
PROPER AUTHORITY; PROVIDIrIG FOR THE INVESTIGATION
OF FIRES ; PROVIDING FOR THE INSPECTION OF BUILDINGS
TO DETERMINE IF CONDITIONS THEREIN ARE IIJ VIOLATION
OF FIRF SAF�TY STANDARDS ; PROVIDING FOR ISSUANCE OF
NOTICES TO ELIMINATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ; PROVIDING
FOR OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING
A PENALTY; AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.
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BE IT OF�DAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD,
STATE OF TEXAS :
Section 1 . The Friendswood City Code is hereby amended by
repealing therefrom all of Sections 7-2 , 7-3 , 7-25 , 7-31 , 7-32 ,
7-33 , 7-34 and 7-35 .
Section 2 . Section 7-7 of the Friendswood City Code , which
reads as follows :
"There is hereby adopted by the city for the purpose
of prescribing regulations governing conditions haz-
ardous to life and property from fire or explosion ,
that certain code known as the [Fire Prevention Code ,
reco�nended by the American Insurance Association ,
being particularly the 1970 edition thereof and the
whole therof, save and except] such portions as are
in conflict with this Code or are hereinafter deleted,
modified or amended, of whicli code at least one copy
has been and is now filed in the office of the secre-
tary of the city, for public inspection and the same
is hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set
out at length 'herein, and from the date on wh'ich this
section shall take effecC, the provisions thereof shall
be controlling within the limits of the city. "
is hereby amended to read as follows :
"There is hereby adopted by the city for the purpose
of prescribing regulations governing conditions haz-
ardous to life and property from fire or explosion ,
that certain code known as the Standard Fire Prevention
Code , 1976 edition, with 1977 an revisions , pu -
lished b the Southern Buildin Code Con ress Interna-
tional , Inc . , save an except C apter t ereo an
such portions as are in conflict with this Code or are
hereinafter deleted, modified or amended, of which code
at least one copy has been and is now filed in the office
of the secretary of the city, for public inspection and
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the same is hereby adopted and incorporated as fully
as if set out at length hereiri, and from the date on
which this section sha11 take effect , the provisions
thereof shall be controlling within the limits of
the city. "
Section 3 . Section 7-8 of the Friendswood City Code is
hereby amended by adding thereto a new paragraph (c) to read as
follows :
" (c) Wherever the term ' fire official 'is used
in the Standard Fire Prevention Code, it shall mean
the fire marshall of the city. "
Section 4. Wherever the term "fire prevention code" is
used in Chapter 7 of the Friendswood City Code, the same sha11
mean the Standard Fire Prevention Code as adopted by this ordi-
nance.
Section 5 . An authentic copy of thP Standard Fire Preven-
tion Code , 1976 edition, with 1977 and 1978 revisions , as pub-
lished by the Southern Building Code Congress International , Inc . ,
is attached hereto and for all purposes made a part hereof. A
copy of the said Standard Fire Prevention Code shall be kept on
file with the City Secretary and open to inspection and review
by all interested persons .
Section 6 . Any person violating any provision of this
ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon con-
viction, shall be fined not less that $5 . 00 nor more than $200. 00 ,
and each day of violation shall constitute a separate offense .
Section 7 . If any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause ,
phrase or provision .of this ordinance shall be adjudged invalid
or held unconstitutional , such invalidity or unconstitutionality
shall not affect the validity of any other provision of this
ordinance.
PASSED AND APPROVED on first reading this /9T,� day of
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PASSED AND APPROVED on second reading this s� day of
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PASSED AND APPROVED on third and final reading this 1�
day of ����� , 1979 .
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P�ayor
ATTEST:
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City Secretary
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