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Ordinance-906 1961-08-07 A1-0348

ordinanceAug 7, 1961
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Page 1 yr ORDINANCE wo. FO6 AN ORDINANCE TO ADOPT A BUILDING, PLUMBING, GAS, AND ELECTRICAL CODE PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE CONSTRUCTION, ERECTION, ALTERATION, OR IMPROVEMENT OF BUILDINGS, THE INSTAL- LATION OF PLUMBING OR PLUMBING FIXTURES, THE INSTALLATION OF GAS OR GAS FIXTURES AND THE INSTALLATION’OF ELECTRIC WIRING AND APPARATUS IN THE CORPORATE LIMITS. AND POLICE JURISDICTION OF THE “CITY OF PRICHARD, ALABAMA, . PROVIDING FOR THE ENFORCEMENT ‘OF SAID REGULATIONS, AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF. ne , . ne ‘BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PRICHARD, ALABAMA: - SECTION Les Pursuant to the authority granted to the cities and ‘towns of Alabama,by Title 37, Section 462 of the Code of ‘Alabama, 1940, as amended, there is hereby adopted by the City council of ‘Prichard, ° Alabama for-the purpose of prescribing *:- regulations ‘governing the construction, erection, alteration, or improvement of buildings, the installation of plumbing or - “> plumbing fixtures, the installation of gas or gas fixtures, | and, the installation of electric wiring and apparatus, all of those’cértain’ codeSprinted in pamphlet form known as Southern Standard Building Code (1960-61 Revision); Southern Standard Building Code, Part IZ, Gas, 1959-60 Edition; Southern Standard Building Code Part III, Plumbing, 1957-58 Edition; and National Electrical Code save and except such portions as are hereinafter be -deleted, modified, or amended, of which codes not less than three (3) copies have been and now are filed in the office of ‘the City Clerk of thé’ City of Prichard and the same are hereby « adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein, and from the date on which this ordinance shall take effect, the provisions thereof shall be controlling within the corporate . limits and police jurisdiction of the City of Prichard, Alabama. SECTION 2. ‘The codes hereby adopted are adopted for the purpose of regulating materials used and methods of installation. SECTION 3. The codes hereby adopted are amended and changed in the following respects. (a) ‘All sections referring to the - issuance of permits and schedules of fees for such permits and inspection fees are hereby deleted. (b) Permits shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of Ordinance No. 905 now in effect... (c) Fees for permits and inspection fees shall be in accordance with Ordinances now in effect. . SECTION 4. ‘The Electrician II is hereby charged with the enforcement of the Electrical Code and the Maintenance Mechanic Inspector ig charged with the duty of enforcing ‘the building, plumbing and gas codes. SECTION 5. Penalties. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions. of the code hereby adopted or fail to comply therewith, or who shall violate or fail to comply with any order made thereunder, shall severally, for each and every violation cand non-compliance respectively, be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by fine not exceeding $100.00 or by imprisonment for not less than 180 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. The inm- position of one penalty for violation shall not excuse the violati or permit it to continue. The application of the penalty ‘shall not be held to prevent enforced removal of prohibited conditions. Page 2 SECTION 6. All former ordinances or parts thereof conflicting or inconsistent with provisions of this ordinance or of the code hereby adopted are hereby repealed. SECTION 7. Should any section, paragraph, © sentence, or word “e of this ordinance or of the code héreby adopted be declared for any _ reason to be invalid, it is the intent of the City Council that it 5 1 3 1 4 2 249 389 107 25 96.182335 would 5 1 3 1 4 3 373 390 83 23 96.266464 have 5 1 3 1 4 4 477 387 128 31 96.029175 passed 5 1 3 1 4 5 625 374 62 36 93.426292 all 5 1 3 1 4 6 709 367 100 52 96.786705 other 5 1 3 1 4 7 834 371 163 43 69.614059 portions 5 1 3 1 4 8 1021 384 40 23 91.215286 of 5 1 3 1 4 9 1083 383 80 23 95.440681 this 5 1 3 1 4 10 1187 381 184 24 96.935722 ordinance 5 1 3 1 4 11 1394 379 61 25 96.589996 and 5 1 3 1 4 12 1475 380 60 23 96.649826 the 5 1 3 1 4 13 1558 378 80 24 96.779510 code 4 1 3 1 5 0 222 418 1418 41 -1 5 1 3 1 5 1 222 429 5 7 89.418869 ‘ 5 1 3 1 5 2 249 429 127 30 93.992958 hereby 5 1 3 1 5 3 398 426 145 31 96.429283 adopted 5 1 3 1 5 4 565 425 228 30 96.482666 independent 5 1 3 1 5 5 815 424 41 23 96.418999 of 5 1 3 1 5 6 876 423 61 24 96.401993 the 5 1 3 1 5 7 959 422 228 24 96.503098 elimination 5 1 3 1 5 8 1208 420 187 25 96.028343 therefrom 5 1 3 1 5 9 1417 419 38 24 96.582504 of 5 1 3 1 5 10 1474 422 63 27 86.295975 any 5 1 3 1 5 11 1560 418 80 24 96.690308 such 4 1 3 1 6 0 251 461 765 38 -1 5 1 3 1 6 1 251 469 147 29 95.943527 portion 5 1 3 1 6 2 419 467 83 24 96.702339 that 5 1 3 1 6 3 521 471 62 25 96.518822 may 5 1 3 1 6 4 601 466 44 23 96.951309 be 5 1 3 1 6 5 668 463 169 36 95.874550 declared 5 1 3 1 6 6 858 461 158 25 95.905266 invalid. 4 1 3 1 7 0 358 536 1243 35 -1 5 1 3 1 7 1 358 548 146 23 95.429741 SECTION 5 1 3 1 7 2 524 545 34 23 95.429741 8. 5 1 3 1 7 3 606 544 82 25 61.018555 ‘This 5 1 3 1 7 4 711 542 186 24 96.355507 ordinance 5 1 3 1 7 5 920 539 62 25 96.250191 and 5 1 3 1 7 6 1003 540 59 23 96.741463 the 5 1 3 1 7 7 1085 539 81 23 96.722404 code 5 1 3 1 7 8 1186 538 128 30 96.157242 hereby 5 1 3 1 7 9 1336 536 143 30 96.322601 adopted 5 1 3 1 7 10 1501 536 100 24 95.423309 shall 4 1 3 1 8 0 255 572 1265 54 -1 5 1 3 1 8 1 255 586 81 23 96.191681 take 5 1 3 1 8 2 359 585 122 24 95.810905 effect 5 1 3 1 8 3 504 583 61 24 95.870621 and 5 1 3 1 8 4 583 583 43 24 94.910660 be 5 1 3 1 8 5 651 583 40 23 96.168755 in 5 1 3 1 8 6 713 582 102 23 96.542900 force 5 1 3 1 8 7 840 572 223 49 96.238388 immediately 5 1 3 1 8 8 1086 584 83 23 94.793587 upon 5 1 3 1 8 9 1192 578 57 23 96.809273 its 5 1 3 1 8 10 1266 576 172 50 92.067001 adoption 5 1 3 1 8 11 1459 575 61 24 96.614487 and 2 1 4 0 0 0 254 619 1426 43 -1 3 1 4 1 0 0 254 619 1426 43 -1 4 1 4 1 1 0 254 619 1426 43 -1 5 1 4 1 1 1 254 624 229 31 95.958878 publication 5 1 4 1 1 2 504 628 38 18 96.478828 as 5 1 4 1 1 3 566 620 167 42 95.283600 required 5 1 4 1 1 4 751 620 45 30 95.483383 by 5 1 4 1 1 5 819 619 75 24 95.952408 law. 5 1 4 1 1 6 1676 630 4 7 6.037369 ' 2 1 5 0 0 0 358 679 767 55 -1 3 1 5 1 0 0 358 679 767 55 -1 4 1 5 1 1 0 358 679 767 55 -1 5 1 5 1 1 1 358 704 147 24 96.772873 ADOPTED 5 1 5 1 1 2 526 703 80 24 95.663597 THIS 5 1 5 1 1 3 631 679 72 55 64.213181 7th. 5 1 5 1 1 4 705 685 71 44 80.600700 ‘day 5 1 5 1 1 5 799 684 45 38 88.026901 of 5 1 5 1 1 6 857 697 139 30 95.848022 August, 5 1 5 1 1 7 1027 695 98 25 95.322128 1961. 2 1 6 0 0 0 244 772 1440 362 -1 3 1 6 1 0 0 244 772 1440 362 -1 4 1 6 1 1 0 244 772 1440 362 -1 5 1 6 1 1 1 244 772 1440 362 95.000000 2 1 7 0 0 0 176 2809 1489 11 -1 3 1 7 1 0 0 176 2809 1489 11 -1 4 1 7 1 1 0 176 2809 1489 11 -1 5 1 7 1 1 1 176 2809 1489 11 95.000000