HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979-1185 - Ordinance - 09/27/1979ORDINANCE NO. 1185
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1128, THE STRUCTURAL
STANDARDS CODE, BY REQUIRING AND SPECIFYING THE AVAILABILITY
OF WINDOW SCREENS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION,
TEXAS:
That Section 104.13 of Ordinance No. 1128, the Structural Standards
Code, be amended to read as follows:
104.13 SCREENS:
In dwelling buildings without central heating furnaces and air
conditioning equipment for mechanically ventilating the building
year round every door opening directly from a dwelling unit to
outdoor space shall have screens and a self -closing device;
and every window or other opening from a dwelling unit to outdoor
space, used or intended to be used for ventilation, shall like-
wise have screens.
Dwelling buildings containing central heating furnaces and air
conditioning equipment for mechanically ventilating the building
year round are not required to have screens on door openings.
Non -owner occupied dwelling buildings containing central heating
furnaces and air conditioning equipment for mechanically
ventilating the building year round and required to have screens
by building regulations applicable to their construction or re-
construction shall have all such screens maintained in working
order.
The management of non -owner occupied dwelling buildings
containing central heating furnaces and air conditioning equipment
for mechanically ventilating the building year round and not
otherwise required to have screens shall make screens available
to the tenants who request them under the following terms:
(a) A reasonable refundable deposit, the amount of which
for any apartment complex may be appealed to the Structural
Standards Board, may be required to be paid for each such
installation for replacement.
(b) Each management shall keep on hand a sufficient quantity
of screen assemblies to fulfill normal demand within seven
working days of any request for installation.
(c) Where a screen is required for an opening which can serve
no purpose for ventilation, the Building Official, after
inspecting the premises in the presence of the tenant and
the manager, may relieve the management of the obligation
of fulfilling the request. Such determination shall be in
writing and subject to appeal as provided in Section 202.5(c)
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(d) Notice of the availability of screens and the terms
under which they may be installed shall be posted in
the place or places where rents are collected and will be
delivered to each occupied dwelling unit during the first
month of the lease term.
This amendment will become effective November 1, 1979.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 27th day of September, 1979.
ATTEST
City Secretary
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