ORDINANCE NO. 150
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ORDINANCE NO. /5.0
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE SOUTHERN STANDARD BUILDING CODE, 1965
EDITION, AS A BUILDING CODE OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS, AS
HEREIN MODIFIED.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS:
SECTION ONE: ~ding Code. This ordinance is and shall be known
and may be cited as the Building Code of the City of Schertz.
SECTION TWO: Southern Standard Buildin~ Code - adopted: penalties.
(a) The Southern Standard Building Code, 1965 Edition, as
~eretofore amended, revised and corrected, published by the Southern
Building Code Congress, three (3) copies of which are now and have
been for the next preceding thirty (30) days on filed with the City
Secretary, except for penalties, contained therein, is hereby adopted
and incorporated by ~eference as the Building Code of the City sub-
Ject to and includin~ by reference such amendments, corrections
and addition. as shall appear herein.
(b) Any violation of this ordinance or the provisions of the
Southern Standard Building Code, 1965 Edition, as herein modified,
shall.be deemed a ~sdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine not
exceeding $200.00. Each day any violation of this ordinan~e or of
this building code s~ll continue shall constitute a separate offense.
SECTION TWO: Amenda ts to the Provisions of the Southern St8.1ldari
Buildi Code.
The buildiRg Code of the said Southern Standard Building Code,
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1965 Edition, shall ~erewith be amended to read as follows:
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Sect10n 107.~. ~he schedule of permit fees of the building code
adopted and incorporj:ed by reference in section 7-1.1 hereof is
hereby amended to real~ as follows:
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"On all buildings, structures or alterations requiring a
building permit, as set forth in Section 105, fees shall be paid
at the time of filing application, in accordance with the follow-
ing schedule:
A. Permit Fees
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(3)
(4)
Where the valuation does not exceed $500.00, no
fee shall be required unless an inspection is
necessary, in which case there shall be a $ /. o~
fee.
For a valuation over $500.00 up to and including
$25,000.00, the fee shall be $ t,~ per thousand
or fraction thereof.
For a valuation over $25,000.00 up to and including
$100,000.00, the fee shall be $~I).()O for the first
twenty-five thousand and plus $ ,flO for each
additional thousand or fraction thereof.
For a valuation over $100,000.00 up to and including
$1,000,000.00, the fee shall be $6.0.00 for the first
hundred thousand plus $~ for each additional
Thousand or fraction thereof.
For a valuation over $1,000,000.00 the fee shall
be $~ for the first million plus $~ for
each-aaaftional thousand or fraction tnereof.
(6) The term'valuation'as set forth in this section
shall include all costs incurred in connection with
the proposed work including labor and materials
~pplied to the erection, construction, enlargement,
alteration, repair, improvement 04 conversion of
any building or structure within ~he corporate
limits of the City of Schertz, Te~s.
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Demo11tion of Buildings or Structures. I
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B.
(1)
For the demolition of any building or structure the
fee shall be $ '/. 0..9-- .
C. Exemption from Fees.
(~) No fee for issuance of a building permit shall be
charged or collected for permits ~o erect churches
or other buildings to be used by churches for
religious purposes only or for permits to erect
school houses or other buildings to be used by
public and private schools for school purposes
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SECTION THREE: Procedure for issuing permits; collectinp; fees.
The building of~icial, with the consent of the mayor, may
designate the city secretary of the City of Schertz, Texas, to
receive applications for building permits, to collect fees paid
for the issuance of such permits and to furnish receipts therefor.
SECTION FOUR: Cumulative nature of ordinance.
This ordinance and the Southern Stanaard Building Code, 1965
Edition, adopted herein by reference are cumulative of any other
ordinance on this subject dealt with herein and does not repeal
any present ordinance unless this ordinance and said Southern
Standard Building Code, 1965 Edition, are in direct conflict
therewith, in which connection this ordinance and the Southern
Standard Building Code, 1965 Edition, shall govern.
SECTION FIVE: Fire limits unaltered.
Nothing in this ordinance or the Southern Standard Building
Code, 1965 Edition, shall be held or deemed to amend, alter,
abolish or in any manner change the fire limits as heretofore
established by the ordinances of this City.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the P.I g day of December, 1966.
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