Ordinance No. 2,52980831 -1
ORDINANCE NO. 2529
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 27, "SUBDIVISIONS,"
SUBSECTION 27- 72(b)2 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO
PROVIDE FOR THE USE OF CORRUGATED METAL PIPE AS STORM
SEWERS; REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; CONTAINING A
SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE
HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN:
Section 1: That the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Baytown is hereby amended by the amendment of Chapter 27,
"Subdivisions," by the repeal of subsection 27- 72(b)2 as
presently constituted and by the adoption of a new subsection
27- 72(b)2 which shall read as follows, to wit:
Sec. 27 -72. Drainage and Storm Sewers.
(b) Design: Design of storm sewers, outfalls, culverts,
and drainage ditches will conform to the following requirements:
(2) Pipe: Pipe for storm sewers shall be concrete
pipe in sizes as shown on the approved plans. All
pipe shall be reinforced concrete pipe (RCP)
conforming to the latest revision of ASTM C -76,
Class III. If in the opinion of the City Engineer,
added strength of pipe is needed for traffic loads
over minimum cover or for excessive height of
backfill, concrete pipe shall be ASTM C -76, Class
IV or V. Asbestos bonded or bituminous coated
corrugated galvanized metal pipe (CGMP) may be
used in the place of reinforced concrete pipe,
provided such use is in accordance with the Texas
Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Standard Specifications for Construction of High-
ways, Streets and Bridges, Item 460. The gauge
", of the pipe used, however, shall be the next
heavier gauge than the minimum required by Item
460. The use of corrugated galvanized metal pipe
under streets is prohibited. All pipe shall have
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a minimum cover of not less than one (1) foot over
the top of the pipe.
Section 2: All ordinances or parts of ordinances
inconsistent with the terms of this ordinance are hereby
repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall be only
to the extent of such inconsistency and in all other respects
this ordinance shall be cumulative of other ordinances
regulating and governing the subject matter covered by this
ordinance.
Section 3: If any provision, section, exception, sub-
section, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this
ordinance or the application of same to any person or set of
circumstances, shall for any reason be held unconstitutional,
void or invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the valid-
ity of the remaining provisions of this ordinance or their
application to other persons or sets of circumstances and to
this end all provisions of this ordinance are declared to be
severable.
Section 4: This ordinance shall take effect from and
after its passage.
INTRODUCED, READ, and PASSED by the affirmative vote of
the City Council of the City of Baytown, this the 31st
,day of August 1978.
MMETT 0. HUTTO, Mayor
ATTEST:
EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED:
SCOTT BOUNDS, City Attorney
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