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ORDINANCE NO. 7//-e-/7
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE SOUTHERN STANDARD
HOUSING CODE, 1973 EDITION, AS A HOUSING CODE
OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS, AS HEREIN MOD-
IFIED; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF
THIS ORDINANCE; REPEALING ALL PRESENT ORDIN-
ANCES IN DIRECT CONFLICT WITH THIS ORDINANCE;
AND CONTAINING ORTHER MATTERS PERTINENT TO
THE SUBJECT
WHEREAS, within the area of jurisdiction of the City of
Schertz, Texas, there are or may be dwellings, dwelling units
and accessory structures which are unfit for human habitation
and use due to inadequate maintenance, obsolescense or abando-
ment; containing defects which increase the hazards of fire,
accident, or other calamities, and which by reason of the lack
of maintenance, inadequate ventilation, light and sanitary
facilities or other conditions render such dwellings and
accessory structures unsafe, unsanitary and dangerous or
detrimental to the health, safety, morals, and general wel-
fare of the cOllDllunity; and,
WHEREAS, experience and accepted national housing surveys
have clearly demonstrated that such conditions result in a large
measure from improper maintenance, inadequate sanitary facilities,
overcrowded conditions in residential occupancies, buildings and
premises and from general neighborhood neglect; and,
WHEREAS, it has now become cOllDllon knowledge that these con-
ditions can be relieved, in a measure prevented and often elimi-
nated through planned and properly enforced minimum housing
standards, resulting thereby in the upgrading of living conditions
and an overall enhancement of the general health, safety, and wel-
fare of all residents and property owners of the comunity; and,
WHEREAS, the Southern Building Code Congress, a non-profit
association, has developed and made available a set of minimum
housing standards which have been recognized as being acceptable
as a model housing code; and,
WHEREAS, Chapter 21, Section 8 of Vernon's Civil Statutes
of the State of Texas provides that such model codes may be
adopted by reference;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. The Southern Standard Housing Code, being par-
ticularly the 1973 edition thereof and the whole thereof, save
and except such portions as may hereinafter be amended, of which
not less than two (2) copies have been and are now filed in the
office of the City Secretary of the City of Schertz, Texas, and
the same are hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set
forth at length herein, and from the date on which this ordinance
shall take effect, the provisions therein shall be controlling
in the use, maintenance and occupancy of all dwellings, dwelling
units and/or structures within the area of jurisdiction of the
City of Schertz, Texas.
SECTION 2. Nothing in this ordinance or in the code hereby
adopted shall be construed to affect any suit or proceeding now
pending in any court, or any rights acquired or liability incurred,
nor any cause or causes of action accrued or existing, under any
act or ordinance repealed hereby. Nor shall any right or remedy
of any character be lost, impaired or affected by this ordinance.
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SECTION 3. The invalidity of any section or provision
of this ordinance or of the code hereby adopted shall not in-
validate other sections or provisions thereof.
SECTION 4. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in force
at the time that this ordinance shall take effect and inconsis-
tent therewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take effect imediately
upon passage, the welfare of the City of Schertz requiring it.
SECTION 6. Any person, parties in interest, or corporation
who shall violate any of the provisions of this code or fail to
comply therewith or with any of the requirements thereof shall be
subject to a misdemeanor prosecution and upon conviction shall be
punished by a fine not less than five dollars <$5.00) nor more
than two hundred dollars ($200.00), and each day that such
violation shall be permitted to exist or continue shall constitute
a separate offense.
P AJfJff' APPROVED
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Mayor, City of Schertz, Texas
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PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT
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An ordinance adopting tiie
Southern ,Standard Housing
Code, 1Il73 edition,as a housing
code of the City of Schertz,
Texas, as herein modified;
providing a penalty for
violation of this ordinance;
'"epealing all present or.
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adopted on this the 21st day of
May, 11114.
-so Robert C. Bueker
Mayor, City of Schertz
ATrEST:
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