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WMM:pg ORDINANCE NO. 8143 --------
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 24 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES; CITY OF
LUBBOCK, BEING THE PLUMBING CODE, BY ADDING SECTION 24-176A THERETO AND
PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS CLAUSE; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY; AND PROVIDING
FOR PUBLICATION.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lubbock finds that it is
in the best interests of the citizens of Lubbock that gas-fitting and
gas-piping associated with the installation of nnbile homes be properly
inspected and tested to insure the safety and welfare of the community;
NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS:
THAT Chapter 24 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Lubbock, Texas,
being the Plumbing Code, be and is hereby amended by adding Section 24-
176A thereto, which section shall read as follows:
"Sec. 24-l 76A. When gas-fitting and gas-piping installation associated
with the installation of mobile homes are completed, the system
shall be tested for leaks by means of a mercury gauge. The test
shall be to the entire satisfaction of the Plumbing Inspector. For
purposes of this section the system shall include all exposed gas-
piping, the mobile home service line and all concealed gas-piping
in the mobile home to be tested. The piping shall be tight and
under a pressure of not less than 10 inches of mercury column
maintained for a period of not less than 10 minutes. All gauges
used shall be in good condition with a clear column of mercury with
no air bubbles appearing. Except as otherwise provided in this
section, the provisions of this Plumbing Code shall apply to all
gas-fitting and gas-piping installations associated with the installation
of a mobile home."
THAT should any 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.
THAT the fact that public necessity and convenience requires that
this Ordinance be passed as an emergency measure for reasons set forth
in the preamble hereof, the rule requiring that no Ordinance shall be
finally passed on the day of its introduction be suspended, and this
Ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure to take effect from and
after its passage and publication as set forth hereinabove.
THAT the City Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to cause
the publication of the descriptive caption of this Ordinance as an
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alternative method of publication as provided 1by law.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
Passed by the Council this the 12th day of _ _..F...,e ..... b....,ru_a=r .... v _______ , 1981.
APPROVED. AS. : ;J' C~NTENT: 1/4A~
Mike Coker, Building Official
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Mick McKa.mi~ttorney
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The State of Texas
County of Lubbock
Before me, Gilberto P. Ortiz, a Notary Public in and for Lubbock
County, Texas on this day personally appeared Bidal Aguero of
Amigo Publications, publishers of El Editor, weekly newspaper,
who being by me duly sworn did depose and say that said news-
paper has been published continuously for more than fifty-two
weeks prior to.the first insertion of this City Ordinance
No. 8143 at Lubbock County, Texas and the attached
printed copy of the City Ordinance is a true copy of the ori-
ginal and was printed in El Editor on the following dates:Feb. ll\& 20, 1981
Amigo Publications
Subscribed· and sworn to before me this :J31ul day of F,kt/4.u,., , 1981.
Notary Public
f,:::::"Q7cttnaric,til~l1J43'' . gas-lltting ancl. g1119°plplng
An 'Ot:din:(l'r~. endl.ng ;installations associateci with the
'. ,_,._ . . er · 24 ... of ~--· ·•· 'Code of i_lnsta. 11a1_ 10_n _of a moblle. horn. e.," ;Ordlnanc!IS; Cffr · '1:11 ' Lubbock; c Thal the fact that public:
jbtlqg the· pll.[rritiing· ccxie. by ~n-,cesslty ,-anti o:on~nlence
lld61hg section 24-H'6A thereto ,equires that ttfis Ordllnnc:e be ·
pin~ providing, , fc;lr ·a savings Jpasseg,-: '!Qi'.' 11n emergency
'.Clause; dec,la,:lng'in et'T)ergeney; f'"81SUte for.rftsons set forth in \arid providlng for publlc:ation. I 1th, preambhr. her~f •. the rule
Be H or,:talned by lb9Clty Council ;reqqlnng ttrilPnb Ordinance shall
of the · oflub~ Texas: ;.beflnallypassedonthedayoflts
, . Sec.4! t76A. Whl!J:QP-flttlng ,1ntr.o~tqn be suspended, anq
\and .. ,piping ~i,~allation . ~his Ordi!Jl~cti,clared to be·
assocla . . h the i,oirallatlon of ·• hm emer~ t:tW83ure to take
in,oblle:troni . areqbn'lpleted, the leffect fto?ii andliltter-its pasaage.
!avst&mte'hall be (tilltf#;'°r leaks fand pubJication as eet · forth _
1t>y mft,~s. of a IT\8f'puly gauge. ,'hereinaboVe. .
+The iest'ahall be> to,,«tie entire ,i That .tl)e 'City Secretary Is
:,•atisfaction ... er lb. e •. l'tumbing • 1l«-li''e11thom_ .. · fd_. and,d. irected. :tnepector,1For purpo$8![ ot·~his · ,oMsttitte iput!~ilim of the·
;section tha IYStert ,nan lr\clude JSescrlptive caplion of th.ls '
tall e,cposed · g,: 'the . ~-rdinance .. as · an .,11temative
'm __ oblle ~me·•. erv· . . en_d all ·_method ... ,.~f.,:·p~C). Jli9'atlon_· as conc:e&ted ~gSS.ipi in the. •. rovi~ by "9W. ': >t:. .
,mobile .hQme to be tested. The 1 , And ft ls-~r~ed .
piping _shall be tight and under a Pass~ t,y the _Council this the
Prm_ i.ur• .. {> ! not_; .. !Pt. · than_ ._~_10 :12th.da:y.otFetiruary, 1981. :~ts_-:~ m~ col· n · /a(Sill McAllster, Mayor
:malffla1ri6¢ for ~ g)!riod of ot Attest: :•ess than 10 min All ga es , • /a/Evelyn Gaffga; City
: use(f shall be in n ·· 1· Becrefary.Tlfflut.er . :wltfl:a clear.cc ry ,~pprov~Aa:T .Content.
)vit.h no air .. bubb_les. appearing. . .. _'. a/M .. ike .. Co .. ltet.~.--. _ .. lldln_g·.· • ,Except as othe""8e provided Jn Official , , '· .: ·
lhluectlon, theproylsionsofthls , · pproved As ToRofMl,, ·
Plu_n,binq_pooe shall !lflply to all , ; · ls/Ml~ Mcf1arille. Assistant
, (:lty Atto·mey, , .._, ' -' -. ,