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Home My WebLink About1940-0038b - Ordinance - 08/22/1940ORD INANCE N0. 38b %W FIRE LIMITS ORDINANCE Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of College Station, Texas, as follows: SECTION 1. FIRE LIMITS: The following shall be and are here- by declared to be the fire limits: All the area designated and re- ferred to as 'No. 1 Business Area' in Ordinance No. 38 of this city, entitled, "AN ORDINANCE TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH, SAFETY, MORALS OR THE GENERAL WELFARE BY REGULATING AND RESTRICTING THE DENSITY OF POP ULA- T IO N AND THE LOCATION AND USE OF BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES AND LAND FOR TRADE, INDUSTRY OR OTHER PURPOSES AND BY REGULATING AND RESTRICTING THE HEIGHT, NUMBER OF STORIES AND SIZE OF BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUC- TURES: THE PERCENTAGE OF LOT THAT MAY BE OCCLP IED: THE SIZE OF YARDS, COURTS AND OTHER OPEN SPACES, ALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH A COM- PREHENSIVE PLAN: CREATING AND DEFINING THE POWERS OF THE ZONING COMMISSION; PROVIDING RULES OF PROCEDURE BEFORE THE ZONING COMMISSION; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION HEREOF." Passed and approved the 22nd day of January, 1940. No. 1 Business Area further shown on a map accompanying and being a part of aforesaid ordinance. %W SECTION 2. PERMITS AND INSPECTIONS: No wall, structure, building, or part thereof, shall hereafter be built, enlarged, or altered, until a plan of the proposed work, together with a statement of materials to be used, shall have been submitted to the City Engineer, who shall, if in accordance with the provisions herein contained, issue a written permit in triplicate for the proposed work. Permits to be kept on file with the City Secretary. Structures hereafter erected without a permit, or not in con- formity with this ordinance, shall be removed. No building shall be moved from without to within the fire limits, nor from one location to another within the fire limits until a permit shall have been issued therefor. No permit shall be issued unless such construction is in accordance with this ordinance. The designated Building Inspector shall inspect, as often as practical, construction in progress to see that all provisions of this ordinance are being complied with. All plans and specifications submitted to the City Engineer, shall comply with all city ordinances of the City of College Station, Texas, and with Article 3271A of the Revised Civil Statutes of the State of Texas. L'n - 60 - Ordinance No. 38b - Page 2 SECTION 3. CONSTRUCTION REQUIRED WITHIN THE FIRE LIMITS: No building or structure of wooden, ironclad (whether on wood or metal supports), stucco, or veneer type construction, or any building whose walls contain wood supports, shall be permitted except as indicated in Section 4. No building shall hereafter be built, enlarged, or altered, except in accordance with this ordinance. The thickness of walls shall be not less than as given below: Brick walls shall be not less than 12 inches thick, except that small one -story buildings with floor areas of 750 square feet or less may have walls 8 inches thick. Reinforced concrete walls may be three - fourths of the thickness of brick walls, but in no case less than 8 inches. Hollow building tile may be used as filler walls provided such walls be supported on reinforced concrete beams and footings, and by adequate reinforced concrete or brick pillars or columns spaced not more than 16 feet apart; walls to be not less than 12 inches thick. Small one -story buildings of less than 500 square feet floor area may have walls of 8 inch hollow building tile. Solid stone walls shall be 4 inches thicker than brick walls for like construction. SECTION 4. FRAME BUILDING IN FIRE LIMITS: The following frame structures are permissible in the fire limits: a. Temporary one -story frame buildings for the use of builders. b. Wooden fences not over 8 feet high without roof or cover. SECTION 5. ROOFS. All buildings or structures hereafter con- structed in the fire limits shall have incombustible roof coverings. No roofing on an existing roof shall be renewed or repaired to a greater extent than 10% of the roof surface, except in conformity with this ordinance, and in no instance shall more than one permit be issued each existing building in any one year. SECTION 6. REPAIRS AND ADDITIONS: Any existing building within the fire limits which may hereafter be damaged by fire, decay, or otherwise, to an amount greater than 50% of its present value, exclu- sive of the foundation, shall not be repaired or rebuilt, but shall be removed. Extensions, remodeling, or additions to existing buildings shall not be considered as repairs, and shall not be permitted except when conforming with Section 3 of this ordinance. n - 61- Ordinance 38b - Page 3 SECTION 7. ARBITRATION: Whenever an application for permit to repair any existing building already located within the fire limits is made by any person or firm, and the City Council and the applicant disagree on the extent of repairs to be made, and a permit is denied by the designated Building Inspector, then the City Council shall appoint a competent and disinterested person, and the applicant shall appoint a competent and disinterested person, which said two persons so appointed shall select a third member, and these said three persons shall appraise the building, examine the plan of the proposed work, and the statement of materials and labor to be used in the repairing or rebuilding of said building, and make a signed written report of their findings to the City Council. If such report reflects clearly that said rebuilding or repairing would be a violation of this ordinance, then such application for permit shall be denied by the City Council, and if such report reflects that the person seeking said permit has complied with said ordinance, and the requested rebuilding or repair- ing is not in violation of said ordinance, then said City Council or Commission shall issue a permit for the proposed rebuilding or re- pairing. SECTION g. VALIDITY OF ORDINANCE: If any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase or provision of this ordinance shall be adjudged invalid or held unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of this ordinance as a whole, or any part or provision thereof, other than the part so decided to be invalid or unconstitu- � tional. SECTION 9. FEES: Fees for building permits required by this ordinance shall be as follows, and shall be paid to the City at the time the written request for permit is filed. Cost of Operation Building Permit Fee 50 to 250 $ 1.00 251 to 1000 2.00 1001 to 3000 3.00 3001 to 5000 5.00 5001 to 7500 7.50 All Over 7500 10.00 Plumbing inspection fees $2.00 per trip with two inspections required. Electric inspection fees $2.00 per trip with two inspections required. Accompanying each permit there shall be one complete set of plans and specifications which shall remain in possession of the city. - 62 - Ordinance No. 38b - Page 4 1�w SECTION 10. PENALTIES: Violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be punishable by a fine of not over $100 per day of violation, and each day of violation shall be considered as a sep- arate offense. I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an Ordinance passed by the City Council of the City of College Station, Texas, on the 22nd day of August, 1940. APPROVED: S/Frank G. Anderson Mayor ATTEST: S /Lucy L. Sneed Asst. City Secretary m -b3-