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ORDINANCE NO. 5603
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 4725-0F THE CITY OF LUB ...
BOCK, BEING THE BUILDING CODE OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK, BY AMENDIN
SECTION 2504(b) THEREOF GOVERNING LUMBER GRADES; AMENDING TABL
25-Q, 25-R, 25-S, 25-T and 25 ... U AS TO GROUP IV LUMBER; PROVIDING A
SAVINGS CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the safety and general welfare of the
citizens of the City of Lubbock would be best protected by changing the use of cer-
ain stress ... graded lumber in construction within the City of Lubbock; NOW
THEREFORE:
E IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION 1. THAT paragraph five (5) of Section 2504(b)l of Ordinance No. 47 5
f the City of Lubbock, being the Building Code of the City of Lubbock, BE and is
ereby amended so that the last sentence of such paragraph shall henceforth read a
ollows:
"Lumber set forth in group IV of table 2 5-G may be used only in non-
structural areas such as plates, blaCking, cripples, windows and
door trimmers".
SECTION 2. THAT tables 25-Q, 25-R, 25 .. S, 25-T and 25-U of Ordinance
4725 of the City of Lubbock, being the Building Code of the City of Lubbock, B
d such tables are hereby amended by repealing the colunm of such tables entitled
"Group IV" and the footnote. relating to such column.
It being the intention by repealing such column that Group IV lumber, as desig
ated in Table 25 ... G of the Building Code, shall not be permitted in the uses set
orth in the above tables.,. or permitted in the construction referred to in Section
2515(a) of the Building Code.
SECTION 3. Should any section, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or
ord of this Ordinance be declared unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, the
emainder 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.
assed by the Council on first reading this 13th day of....,....:~~=-'----..---· 1969.
assed by the Council on second reading th1s 27th o , 1969.
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