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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance - 9146-1987 - Amending Chapter 6 Article II Building Code. - 11/19/1987First Reading November 19, 1987 Agenda Item #5 Second Reading December 10, 1987 Agenda Item #7 ORDINANCE NO. 9146 1i AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 6, ARTICLE II OF THE LUBBOCK CITY CODE ,i ENTITLED 11BUILDING CODE, 11 BY ADDING THERETO A NEW SECTION 6-55.1, PERTAINING . •,j:. TO CERTAIN JAIL FACILITIES THAT ARE EXEMPT FROM HAVING A SPRINKLER SYSTEM IF " THEY MEET CERTAIN CONDITIONS; PROVIDING A PENALTY, PROVIDING A SAVINGS :: CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION. ~ ii fj; WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the changes hereinafter made are to the benefit of the public health, safety and general welfare and are in the best interest of the citizens of Lubbock; NOW THEREFORE: BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK: SECTION 1. THAT Chapter 6, Article II of the Code of Ordinances, City of Lubbock, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 6-55.1. §3802. Sprinkler Systems. Subsection (g) of Section 3802 of Chapter 38 of the Uniform Building Code is amended by adding the following exception: 3. Notwithstanding the requirements of Section 3802(9) of the Uniform Building Code a structure used as a jail for the confinement of prisoners or juvenile detention center shall not be required to have an automatic sprinkler sys- tem provided the following conditions are met: a. The governmental entity which is to build or con- struct such jail or detention facility in writing agrees to hold the City of Lubbock harmless from all suits, claims and cause of action in any way or man- ner arising from the lack of a sprinker system in said facility. b. In the case of a jail, the Texas Commission on Jail Standards has reviewed the plans for the construc- tion of the proposed jail and has indicated in writ- ing that they do not advocate the use of sprinklers in the proposed jail facility. In the case of a ju- venile detention center, the appropriate agency of the State of Texas has reviewed the plans for the construction of the proposed detention center and has indicated in writing that they do not advocate the use of sprinklers in the proposed facility. c. And in addition to a. and b. above the jail shall have all of the following systems: 1. Intercommunications system; I I I 2. Monitored Television; 3. Approved Fire Alarm System; 4. On Duty Floor Officers; 5. Non-Combustible Construction 1-FR; 6. Smoke Evacuation System; 7. Prisoner Direction Supervision; and 8. Class III Standpipe System. 4. In jails and juvenile detention centers where the correct number of exits and the required distance to exits cannot be provided, compartmentation and areas of refuge shall be provided. SECTION 2. THAT violation of any provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) as provided in Section 6-20 of the Building Code of the City of Lubbock. SECTION 3. THAT should any paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this Ordinance be declared unconstitutional or invalid for any rea- son, the remainder of this Ordinance shall not be affected thereby. SECTION 4. THAT the City Secretary is hereby authorized to cause pub- lication of the descriptive caption of this Ordinance as an alternative method provided by law. AND IT IS SO ORDERED. Passed by City Council first reading this day of . on l9tb Noverober 1987. Passed by City Council on second reading this lOtb day of December 1987. APPRO~,.;s T0~1 ~ BenjaininELinton,A;j;j~:ii~~-s::::t,.,...,a-nt-Cft Attorney - 2 - I ~ THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF LUBBOCK R-82 . ' Before me Frances Hernandez a Notarv Public in and for Lubbock Countv. Texas on this dav personally appeared Tw i I a Au f i I I • Acco un·t Manai!e r of the S~uthwestern Newsp~- pers Corporation. publishers of the Lubbock Avalanche-,Journal -Morning. Evening and Sunday. who being by me duly sworn did depose and say that said newspaper has been published continuously for more than fifty-two weeks prior lo the rirst insertion of this Lee;a I Notice ______________ No. 825476 at Lubbock County. Texas and the attached print- ed copy of the Le E!a I Notice is a true copy of the original and was printed in the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal on the followin2dates: December :12, 19, 1987 101 ~crds@ .ea= $94.1~ LUBBOCK AVALANCHE-JOURNAL Southwestern Newspapers Corporation Subscribed and sworn to before me this 22nd day of --'------'c..+t---------· 19 87 FORI\-ISS..IO ~"'-;;-... -.~ .... ~ Zt;i I w ; '''{, QRQIH~-:;;~--, AN o,n,ma,u:e. AMi!Jr01t1ii. C:tlAP:fER 6..AR.T.ICLE IJ.Oli T,!iE. LUBBOCK CIT'!' COOE ·ENTt-' .'TLl!O ->'BIJtU>ING COl)E," .. BV · .: AE>C!tNG tHERE1'0 A kl!W' IEC•·' ·TION·6,!i5.1,.JIER1ArNING TO', (;:ERTAIN .JAI_L_ FACILITIES THAT ARI!: EXEMPT FllOM' '"AVING A $PR)N R $YSTEM IF. THiY ME!E. . TAIN CON, -Cll'l'IOfiS;t;,1 GA PENA&:., TY, PRQ\IIQING J,, SAVINGS Ct.AU$£ ANO PROVIDING FOR l!>U8LICf(tlON; " . . i•t,:,criofeiANCE'iP147t TEXAS MlJNltlPAL RETIREMENT IYSTEM AP( ORDHtANCE AUTHORIZ; 'ING AND ALLOWING, UNDER .THE ACT GOVERNING.THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL llETIRE• MENT $YSTeM.. "UPDATED IERVIC.E CR.EDITS" IN SAID SYSTEM FOR $1;AVI.CE PER• FORMED BV QUALIFYING · MEMBERS 01' SUCH SYSTEM WHOPRE$ENTLY ARE IN THI:. EMPLOYMENT OF THE CITY OF WBBO<X.; ANDGSTA8Ll$H-ING AN EftFECTlVt!i DATE! FOR ~~ (<~~ONS. , FRANCES HERNANDEZ Notary Puhhc, ~t~1te at Tel.J,; My comm,ssiu11 hpIres 7-5•91