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.. ORDINANCE NO. 7639
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 24 OF THE CODE S F ORDINANCES,
CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS, ENTITLED "PLUMBIN6 CODE", BY AMENDING
SECTION 24-40 THEREOF PROVIDING FOR MINIMUM MATERIAL STANDARDS;
PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION AND DECLAR-
ING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS., the City Council, after receiving the recommendations of the
Plumbing Board., has determined that it would be in the best interest and safety of
the citizens of the City of Lubbock to amen'.d the accepted tests of plumbing materi-
als; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the urgent need to protect the citizens
of the City of Lubbock from the installation of unsafe plwnbing materials creates
an emergency which requires the immediate passage of this measure; NOW
THEREFORE:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL 0F THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION 1. THAT Chart 2 of Section 24-40 of Chapter 24 of the Code of Ordi
nances. City of Lubbock Be and is hereby amended as follows:
Amend the column 11Other Standards" opposite 11ABS-DWV Pipe and Fit-
tings11 to read:
"CS-2!7i.0-65, with either NS]f1 or UPC2 Stamp of Approval11
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Amend the column "Other Standards" opposite "PVC-DWV Pipe and Fit-
tings11 to read:
"CS-272-65 with either NSF1 or UPC2 Stamp of Approval".
Add footnotes land 2 to read as follows:
111 -National Sanitation Foundation.
2 -Uniform Plumbing Code ,:of !The International Association of
Plumbing and Mechanical Officials".
SECTION 2. 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 3. THAT the City Secretary is hereby authorized to cause publica-
tion of the descriptive caption o.f this Ordinance as an alternative method provided
by law.
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SECTION 4. THAT the fact that public necessity and convenience requires
that this ordinance be passed as an emergency measure for reasons set forth in
the preanible hereof.,. the rule requiring that no ordinance shall be finally passed
on the day of its introduction be suspl!nded, and this ordinance is declared to be
an emergency measure to take effect from and after its passage and publication
as set forth hereinabove.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
Passed by the City Council on this 23rd day of __ =-M_.a.._r..,.ch ________ .,. 1978.
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