Ordinance No. 2,96900911 -6
ORDINANCE NO. 2969
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 7, "BUILDINGS," OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN BY ADOPTING
THE 1979 EDITION OF THE STANDARD BUILDING CODE; AMEND-
ING VARIOUS SECTIONS OF SAID CODE; PROVIDING A RE-
PEALING CLAUSE; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PRO -
PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN:
Section l: That Section 7 -4 of the Code of Ordinances
of the City of Baytown is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 7 -4. Building code -- Adopted by reference.
Except as hereinafter provided, the Standard Building Code
by the Southern Building Code Congress, 1979 Edition, and
all amendments thereto, heretofore or hereafter adopted, of
which not less than three (3) copies are to be on file in
the office of the city clerk of the City of Baytown and the
same is hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set
forth at length herein, and from the date on which this
section shall take effect, the provisions therein shall be
controlling in the construction, alteration, equipment, and
removal of buildings and structures for industrial and
commercial construction within the city limits of the City
of Baytown.
Section 2: That Section 7 -4.1 of the Code of Ordinances
of the City of Baytown is hereby amended by the addition of
the following exceptions that shall read as follows:
Sec. 7 -4.1. Same -- Amendments.
Section 706.6. "Wood Shingles and Shakes" is hereby amended
by the repeal of same as presently constituted and by the
adoption of a new Section 706.6 that shall read as follows:
Section 706.6. "Wood Shingles and Shakes."
Wood shingles or shakes shall not be used to roof any
new construction.
Section 2002.1. "Toilet Facilities" is hereby amended
by the repeal of same as presently constituted and by the
adoption of a new Section 2002.1 that shall read as follows:
Section 2002.1. "Toilet Facilities."
Every building or portion thereof where persons are
employed shall be provided with at least one toilet.
Every building and each subdivision thereof where both
sexes are employed shall be provided with access to at
least two toilets, except where there are five (5) or
less employees on any one shift.
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Every building and each subdivision thereof where both
sexes are employed and open to the public shall be
provided with access to public sanitary facilities for
each sex (number of fixtures as prescribed by the Plumbing
Code).
In buildings which are open to the public, said sanitary
facilities shall be made readily accessible to the
public and all required facilities shall be free to the
public. "Pay toilets" may be installed in public facilities
on fixtures which are in excess of the required number
as prescribed by the Plumbing Code.
Exception: In single family living units, there shall
be minimum fixtures (as set forth by the Plumbing Code)
and connected to an approved disposal system.
Section 3: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in-
consistent 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 4: If any provision, section, exception,
subsection, 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 validity
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 5: This ordinance shall take effect from and
after its passage.
INTRODUCED, READ, and PASSED by the affirmative vote of
the City Council on this 11th day of September 1980.
ATTEST: e=ZT O. HUTTO, Mayor
EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED:
ANDALL B. STRONG, City ttorney