Ordinance No. 4,023ORDINANCE NO. 4023
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 7, 93UILD1NGS," SECTION
7 -4.1, BUILDING CODE--AMEIDMENTS, BY ESTABLISHING 144.6-d'i'm
REMM;WMENT FOR ELEVATORS FOR DISABLED AND HANDICAPPEOS.
REPEALING r'aNFLICTING ORDINANCES; CONTAINING A SAVlGS
CLAUSE;
AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS:
Section 1: That the Lode of Ordinances of the City of Baytown is hereby
amended by the amendment of Chapter 7, "Buildings," Section 7 -4.1, Building
Code -- Amendments which shall reads as .follows:
Sec. 7-4.1. Building Code -- Amendment.
Section 508.4, specific requirements for access within buildings
by the physically disabled and /or handicapped, shall be added as
follows:
(g) Elevators required to provide access to the handicapped
shall be not less than 25 square feet in area with no width less
than 48 inches nor any door openings less than 36 inches.
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of this ordinance are hereby repealed, provided however, that such repeal shall be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, subsection, paragraph,
Qentence, 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 4: This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its
passage by the City Council of the City of Baytown.
INTRODUCED, READ, and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City
Council of the City of Baytown, this the 13th day of December, 1984.
ATTEST:
MEN P. , ity Clerk
APPR
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