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~ \0.,~ [! AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 12 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
tJ I LUBBOCK, TEXAS, BY REPEALING ARTICLE VI'! THEREOF ENTITLED "NATIONAL FIRE CODE;" \)~\J 11
11 PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF THE 1982 EDITION OF THE NATIONAL FIRE CODES; PRO=
VIDING FOR AUTHORITY OF THE FIRE MARSHAL; PROVIDING A PENALTY; PROVIDING A II SAVINGS CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.
I ' WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lubbock has found that the pre-! sent National Fire Code of the City of Lubbock has become obsolete and in-
1 adequate; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council has found that the National Fire Codes, 1982
Edition, should be adopted; NOW THEREFORE:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION 1. THAT the present Article VII of Chapter 12 of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Lubbock, Texas, BE and is hereby repealed.
SECTION 2. THAT a new Article VII of Chapter 12 of the Code of Ordi-
nances of the City of Lubbock, Texas, BE and is hereby adopted and shall read
as follows:
Article VII National Fire Code
Section 12-82. National Fire Codes -Adopted.
The 1982 Edition of the National Fire Codes in 16 volumes, as com-
piled and recommended by the National Fire Protection Association,
Quincy, Massachusetts, is specifically adopted as the Fire Code of
the City of Lubbock, Texas, and a copy is attached hereto and incor-
porated herein by reference as though set out completely in detail.
A copy of said National Fire Code shall be filed with the City Sec-
retary and a copy maintained in the office of the Fire Marshal of the
City of Lubbock, Texas, and all such copies shall be open to public
inspection during business hours of the offices where they are sit-
uated.
Section 12-8. Authority of Fire Marshal.
Whenever in the National Fire Code, 1982 Edition, as adopted, it is
provided that anything must be done to the approval of, or subject to
the direction of, the Fire Marshal, this shall be construed to give
such officer only the discretion of determining whether the rules and
standards established by this code have been complied with; and no
such provision shall be construed as giving any ofilcer discretionary
powers as to what such regulations or standards shall be, or power to
require conditions not prescribed by the code or to enforce code pro-
visions in an arbitrary or discriminatory manner.
Section 12-8. Penalty.
Any person violating, or failing to comply with, any provision of the
National Fire Code, 1982 Edition, as adopted shall be deemed guilty
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of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined an
amount not exceeding two hundred ($200.00) dollars.
SECTION 3. THAT 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 pub-
lication of the descriptive caption of this Ordinance as an alternative method
provided by law.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
Passed by the Council on first reading this
Passed by the Council on second reading this
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ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
Tom Foster, Fire Chief
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
18th day of _.JN.lloo~.:vltleo:.~m.wbwe~rL-.. __ ., _1982.
9th day of December ' 1982.
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THE STATE OF TEXAS •
-COUNTY OF LUBBOCK P :? • •••
Before me Bonnie McKee a Notarv Public in and for LubbockCountv, Texas on this dav
personally appeared Twil a Aufil I' Acco urit Manal!e r of the S~uthwestern Newspcf..
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 to the first insertion of this Lel!al Notice-132 words@60tPer
wo rd-$79 • 20 No. 630146 at Lubbock County. Texas and the attached print-
ed copy of the Notice is a true copy of the original and was printed in the Lubbock
Avalanche-.Journal on the following dates: December 11 &: 18' 1982.
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LUBBOCK AVALANCHE-JOURNAL
Southwestern Newspapers Corporation
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 20th day of December
FORM 58-Ill