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AN ORDINANCE REPEALING THE PRESENT CHAPTER 15A OF THE CODE
RDINANCES, CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS (BEING THE HOUSING STAND-
RDS CODE); PROVIDING FOR A NEW CHAPTER 15A ADOPTING THE 1970
EDITION OF THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE,. VOLUME III, HOUSING CODE;
PROVIDING FOR AMENDMENTS TO SUCH EDITION; PROVIDING A SAVINGS
CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lubbock has found that the present
ousing Standards Code of the City of Lubbock has become obsolete and inadequate
nd
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the 1970 Edition of the Uni ...
orm Building Code, Volume lll, Housing Code, with amendments as shown herein,
should be adopted; NOW THEREFORE
BE IT ORDAINED BY T.HE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION 1. THAT the present Chapter 15A of the Code of Ordinances, City
of Lubbock, Texas, BE and is hereby repealed.
SECTION 2. THAT Chapter !SA of the Code of Ordinances, City of Lubbock,
Texas shall henceforth read as follows:
CHAPTER 15A
HOUSING CODE
Section 15A ... l. Uniform Housing Code, 1970 Edition ... Adopted.
The 1970 Edition of the Uniform Building Code,. Volume ill, Housing
Code, as copyrighted in 1970 by the International Conference of Build
ing Officials, Pasadena, California, as hereinafter amended, is
specifically adopted as the Housing Code of the City of Lubbock, Texa ,
and a copy is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference as
though set out completely in detail. A copy of said Housing Code
shall be filed with the City Secretary and a copy maintained in the
office of the Housing Standards Administrator of the City of Lubbock,
Te xas, all such copies to be open to public inspection during business
.hours of the offices where they are maintained with the following
amendments thereto:
(a) The a~ministration and enforcement of this Housing Code shall
be the responsibility of the Housing Standards Administrator as he
may be directed by this Housing Code and any amendments thereto,
the City Manager, the Director of Planning and the Housing Standards
Commission.
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(b) Whenever reference is made in this Housing Code to the 11Bilildin~
Official" such reference shall hereafter be to the Housing Standards
Administrator.
(c) Whenever reference is made in this Housing Code to the ''Housing
Advisory and Appeals Board" such reference shall hereafter be to the
Housing Standards Commission.
(d) Section H-203 of the Housing Code, 1970 Edition, is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Section H ... 203. In order to provide for final interpretation of the pro ...
visions of this Code and to hear appeals provided for hereunder, there is
hereby established a Housing Standards Commission consisting of five (5)
members who are not employees of the City. The Housing Standards
Administrator shall be an ex officio member of and shall act as Secretary
to said Commission. The Commission shall be appointed by the City
Council and shall serve for terms of three (3) years unless appointed to
serve the remainder of an unexpired term. The Commission members
serving at the time of adoption of this 1970 Code shall continue to serve
their present terms.
The Commission may adopt reasonable rules and regulations for conductin,
its business and shall render all decisions and findings in writing to the
appellant with a cow to the Hb.using Standards Administrator. Appeals to
the Commission shall be processed in accordance with the provisions con-
tained in Section H-1201 of this Code. Copies of all rules or regulations
adopted by the Commission shall be delivered to the Housing Standards
Administrator who shall make them freely accessible to the public.
(:e) Chapter 3 of the Housing Code, 1970 Edition is hereby deleted.
(f) Section H-1102 of the Housing Code, 1970 Edition, is hereby
deleted.
(g) Chapter 13 of the Housing Code, 1970 Edition is hereby amended
by deleting sub ... section (a) of Section H-1301; deleting the entire~. :; , :
~-: Section H ... 1302; deleting sub-section {b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) of
Section H .. 1305, The intention of these deletions being to eliminate
hearings before an examiner as all appeals will be heard by the Com ...
mission and all related sections shall be interpreted in this manner.
{h) Sub-section 3 of sub ... section (c) of Section H ... 1401 of the Housing
Code, 1970 Edition, is hereby deleted ..
{i) Chapter 15 of the Housing Code, 1970 Edition, is hereby deleted.
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(j) Chapter 16 of the Housing Code., 1970 Edition, is hereby deleted.
(k) The Appendix to the Housing Code, 1970 Edition, is hereby
deleted. The subjects covered therein are a part of other Codes
adopted, such as the Uniform Building Code, Uniform Mechanical
Code, Plumbing Code and Fire Protection Code.
SECTION 3. Should any section, paragraph, sentence., clause, phrase, or
word of this Ordinance be declared unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, the
remainder of this Ordinance shall not be affected thereby.
SECTION 4. THAT the City Secretary is hereby authorized to cause publica-
ion of the descriptive caption of this Ordinance as an alternative method provided
y law.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
Passed by the Council on first reading this 22nd day of ~~I!Dlb.s:.L--""""' 197--L..
Passed. by the Council on second reading this 13th day 197 __z..
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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