HomeMy WebLinkAbout1982-1398 - Ordinance - 12/09/1982ORDINANCE NO. 1398
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS AMENDING CHAPTER 3,
SECTION 1 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS:
That Chapter 3, Section 1 of the Code of Ordinances, City of College Station,
Texas is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section A. Standard Building Code Adopted. The Standard Building Code,
specifically the 1982 Edition published by the Southern Building Code Congress,
a copy of which is on file in the office of the City Secretary of the City
of College Station, Texas, is hereby adopted and designated as the
building code of the City of College Station. Said code is adopted to the
same extent as though such code were copied at length herein, subject however
to the omissions, additions, and amendments contained in this chapter.
Section B. Amendments to Standard Building Code. The above referenced
Standard Building Code is hereby amended as follows:
(1) Section 103.7 shall be amended by adding the following sentence:
"Department of law in this instance shall be construed to mean City Attorney."
(2) Section 105.7 shall be amended by adding the following sentence:
' "The Building Official may require such surveys as may be necessary to
establish the location of property lines, public right -of -way lines,
and public easements where the locations effect the proposed work, and the
said surveys shall be made by a registered public surveyor at the applicant's
expense."
(3) Section 106.1(d) shall be amended to read: "There shall be no
combustible or flammable materials constructed on any tract, lot or
subdivision where water lines and fire hydrants as required by the applicable
subdivision regulations are not completed and inservice and where all -
weather access for emergency vehicles does not exist to within one
hundred and fifty feet (150) of the most remote part of the structure."
(4) Section 106.2 is amended by deleting therefrom the phrase "to
pay a license tax as provided in the general license ordinance, and."
(5) Section 108.2(d) shall be amended by adding the following
sentence: "No inspection shall be required on federal or state property."
(6) Table 600 - after 15' there is no firewall on exterior walls
required (NL %)
(7) Section 111.2 is amended to read: "Of the members first appointed
two (2) shall be appointed for a term of one (1) year, two (2) shall be
appointed for a term of two (2) years, and one (1) shall be appointed
k4w, for a term of three (3) years; thereafter they shall be appointed for three
(3) years. Vacancies shall be filled for an unexpired term in the manner
in which original appointments are required to be made. Continued absence
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of any member from regular meetings of the board shall, at the discretion
of the City Council, render such members liable to immediate removal from
office."
(8) Section 201.2 shall be amended by adding to the definition of
mezzanine a new sentence to read: "A mezzanine shall be considered to be
an additional story."
(9) Section 403.2 is amended by deleting thenfrom the following
phrase: "except that in Group B- Business and Group S- Storage Buildings,
non -fire rated partitions may be used to separate tenants provided no
area between partitions rated at one (1) hour or more exceeds three
thousand (3,000) square feet.
(10) Section 404.7(b) shall be amended to read as follows: (b)
"Sprinklers may be omitted over generators and other electrical equipment
or switchboards."
(11) Section 404.8 shall be amended by adding the following sentence:
There shall be required a supplimentary lighting system in addition to the
regular system by local electric power in Group A -Small Assembly."
(12) A new Section 412.10 shall be added to read as follows:
"412.10 - Public Rental Storage Warehouse (a) a public rental storage
warehouse is a structure used solely for storage occupancy, which is
divided into separate spaces accessible to each tenant and in which the
management does not bear responsibilities as a warehouseman. (b)
NW Tenant separations shall not be required in a public rental storage
warehouse. (c) A wall having fire resistance of not less than two (2)
hours, parallel to the longitudinal axis of the building and dividing
the building into two (2) parts of equal area insofar as the configuration
of rental spaces permits shall be provided in each public rental storage
warehouse building."
(13) Table 400 shall be amended by the addition of the superscript
to the allowable areas tabulated in the Type III, V, VI columns
for Group R Occupancy, story height three (3) and above, and the
addition to the table of a new note "q" to read: "Two (2) remote independent
means of egress from each floor area occupied by separate tenants shall
be provided."
(14) Section 506.1 is amended by deleting therefrom the phrase: "or
areas of refuge (compartmentation) in accordance with Section 506.9."
(15) Section 506.8(c) shall be amended to read as follows: "All
enclosed stairways are to be pressurized."
(16) Section 506.9 shall be deleted.
(17) Section 506.11 (a) 2 shall be amended to read as follows: "2 The
one and one -half (1 112) inch wet standpipe, hose and nozzles is not
required, however, the Fire Department risers and hose connections are to
,► be provided in the corridor."
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(18) Section 701.1(e) shall be amended to read as follows: (e)
"Opening in all shaft enclosures shall be limited to those necessary for
the purpose of the shaft."
(19) Section 701.1(g) shall be amended to read as follows: (g) "Shaft
enclosures shall be of non - combustible materials in Types I, II, IV
construction and may be of combustible materials in Types III, V, VI
construction. Exception: Refuse shutes shall be of non - combustible
materials meeting Part I of the definition of non - combustible materials
in Section 201.1 and shall be provided with approved sprinkler system."
(20) Table 704.3 shall be amended as follows: "Minimum flame spread
classifications for all group A- Assemblies shall be Class -A interior
finish material in exit corridors and exits when sprinklered."
(21) Section 704.4 shall be amended to read as follows: delete
Section B.
(22) Section 706.6 shall be amended with the first paragraph to
read as follows:
"Outside the fire district, one (1) or two (2) story single - family dwellings
and accessory buildings not over four thousand (4,000) square feet in area
and located not less than seven and one -half feet (7 112') from the
property line may be roofed with grade - labeled No. 1 and No. 2 wood
shingles or shakes with a minimum butt thickness of one -half inch (1/2 "),
securely fastened with rust resistant nails."
(23) Section 901.7(d) shall be amended to read as follows: "An
approved automatic sprinkler system shall be provided in Group A- Assembly
Occupancies when Group A Assembly area total floor area exceeds five thousand
(5000) square feet."
(24) Section 901.8 (d) shall be added to read as follows: "An approved
sprinkler system shall be provided in all hotels and motels."
(25) Section 901.8 (e) shall be added to read as follows: (f)
All occupancies except Group A and approved sprinkler system shall be
provided in all structures where the total area exceeds fifteen thousand
(15,000) square feet per floor and in all structures exceeding two stories
in height.
(26) Section 901.8 (f) an approved Fire Extinguishing equipment shall
be provided for the protection of duct systems, grease removal devices,
and heads.
Cooking equipment (such as fat fryers, ranges, griddles & broilers),
which may be a source of ignition of grease in the hood, grease removal
device, or duct shall be protected by approved extinguishing equipment.
Listed fire extinguishing systems shall be installed in accordance with
the terms of their listing and the manufacturers instructions.
%W Carbon Dioxide Extinguishing Systems NFPA 12
Dry Chemical Extinguishing Systems NFPA 17
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(27) Section 1104.4 delete exception.
(28) Section 1105.1(a) shall be amended as follows: "Assembly
without fixed seats, the area per occupant (sq. ft.) shall be 15 net."
(29) Section 1122 shall be amended to read as follows: "An
independent and separate source of power shall be provided for exit signs
in all occupancy classifications listed below, subject to the occupant
content noted:
Occupant
Assembly
(A)
Institutional
(I)
Mercantile
(M)
Residential
(R)
Educational
(E)
Minimum Occupant Content
100
All
Greater than 150
Greater than 100
Greater than 300
(30) Section 1302.2(a) shall be amended to read: (a) "Footings shall
be so designed that the allowable bearing capacity of the soil is not
exceeded. If structural plain concrete, masonry, or timber footings are
used, they shall rest on undisturbed natural soil, or they shall be
designed by a registered engineer for the conditions on the site."
(31) Section 1706.2(a) shall be amended to read as follows: (a) Not
less than three (3) studs shall be installed at every corner of an exterior
wall."
(32) Section 1707.7 shall be amended to read as follows: "Attic spaces
shall be provided with an access opening not less than twenty (20)
inches by twenty -four (24) inches. Access opening shall be readily
accessible and provided with a lid or device that may be easily removed
or operated. When mechanical equipment is to be installed in the attic,
and only interior access is to be provided, the access opening shall be
not less than specified above, but in no case less than the size
required to install or remove the largest major component of the unit
without disassembly. Access is not required when the clear height of the
attic space, measured at the roof peak, is less than twenty -four (24) inches."
(33) Section 2101.9 (c) shall be amended as follows: "Standpipes -
In buildings under construction, not less than one standpipe shall be
provided for fire department use during construction. Such standpipe shall
be installed when the progress of construction is more than fifty (50)
feet in height above grade. Standpipe shall be provided with fire
department connection at accessible locations adjacent to usable stairs,
and shall be extended as construction progresses to within one floor of
the highest point of construction having secured decking or flooring.
Standpipe shall be not less than two and one -half (2 1/2) inch outlet.
(34) Section 2301.2(a) 2 shall be amended to read: "Ground sign
means an "outdoor advertising display sign" when such sign is supported
by uprights or braces in or upon the ground."
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(35) Section 2301.8 shall be amended by changing the last sentence
to read: "If such order is not complied with within a reasonable time to
be determined by the building official, taking into account the nature of
the sign structure, the building official shall remove such sign at the
expense of the owner or lessee thereof."
(36) Section 2303.1 (b) shall be deleted.
(37) Section 2303.2 (a) shall be amended to read: (a) "Except where
the sign face is even with the edge of the roof and covers not more than
fifty percent (50 %) of the length of the roof edge upon which it faces,
all roof signs shall be so constructed as to leave a clear space of not
less than six feet (6') between roof clearance between the vertical supports
thereof. No portion of any roof sign structure shall project beyond an
exterior wall.
(38) Appendix "N" change shall to may regulate the construction.
(39) Section 103.4 delete "All such unsafe buildings are hereby
declared illegal and shall be abated by repair and rehabilitation or by
demolition in accordance with the provisions of the Standard Code of the
Elimination or Repair of Unsafe Buildings."
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 9th
DAY OF December ,1982.
APPROVED:
Mayor /
ATTEST:
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City ecretary
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