HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 06/33 Re-Inspection Fees
ORDINANCE NO. 06/33
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY PARK, TEXAS, AMENDING
SECTION 3.105 (12) "SECTION R115 BUILDING SITE REQUIREMENTS" OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES BY ADDING SUBSECTION R115.8 TO PROVIDE FOR THE
INSPECTION, STOPPAGE OF WORK, AND REINSPECTION OF BUILDING SITES;
PROVIDING FOR INSPECTION AND REINSPECTION FEES; PROVIDING FOR THE
REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the maintenance of building sites in
accordance with Section Rl15 of the International Residential Code for One- and Two-Family
Dwellings is vital to the public health, safety, and general welfare of the citizens of the City; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to enact this ordinance to establish an inspection fee, provide
for stoppage of work at a building site for substandard conditions, and a reinspection fee after
correction of the substandard condition; Now, Therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY
PARK, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That Section 3.105 (12) of the Code of Ordinances, City of University Park,
amending Section R115 of the International Residential Code for One- and Two-Family Dwellings
is amended by adding a new subsection Rl15.8 to read as follows:
Sec. 3.105 Amendments to the One- and Two-Family Dwelling Code
(12) Section Rl15 is amended to add the following:
R115.8 Inspection, Work Stoppage, Reinspection and Fees
1. The building site requirements of this Section Rl15 are mandatory and shall be strictly
adhered to at all times by all persons, including owners, contractors, subcontractors, and
persons working on or supplying materials to a building site in a residential district, during
construction of any improvement thereon.
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2. The City inspector assigned to the building site shall regularly inspect all building sites in
the City during the period of construction. If the inspector shall observe any condition on a
building site that is not in conformity with, or is in violation of, any building site
requirement of this section R115 or any other applicable law, he shall have authority to
order in writing all persons thereon to stop work immediately and to issue, post and deliver
to the contractors a stop work order or "red tag" on the building describing the deficiency
observed. After issuance and service on the contractor of the stop work order, no person
shall perform any further work on the building or site except to the extent necessary to
correct the deficiency described by the inspector in the stop work order. The stop work
order shall remain in effect unless and until the deficiency is corrected to the satisfaction of
the inspector.
3. When the deficiency on the building site has been corrected, the contractor shall request in
person at the building department a reinspection of the building site by the inspector. The
request for reinspection shall be made in writing and accompanied by a reinspection fee,
the amount of which shall be set from time to time by appropriate resolution of the City
Council. If the inspector, upon reinspection, shall find that the deficiency described in the
stop work order has been corrected and is in compliance with this section Rl15 and all
other applicable law, the inspector shall cancel and release the stop work order and work
may then commence on the building and site."
SECTION 2. All ordinances of the City of University Park in conflict with the provisions
of this ordinance are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. Any person violating any of the provlSlons of this ordinance shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction in the municipal court of the City of
University Park, Texas, shall be subject to a fine not to exceed the sum of five hundred dollars
($500.00) for each offense.
SECTION 4. Should any sentence, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase or section of
this ordinance be adjudged or held to be unconstitutional, illegal, or invalid, the same shall not
affect the validity of this ordinance or the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, as a whole, or
any part or provision thereof, other than the part decided to be invalid, illegal or unconstitutional.
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SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage
and the publication of the caption, as the law and Charter in such cases provide.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of University Park, Texas, on the 14th
day of November 2006.
CITY ATTORNEY
(RLD/IO-25-06; 71372)
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