O-75-256 - 3/13/1975ORDINANCE NO. 256
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR REGULATIONS GOVERNING PLUMBING
FIXTURES, PLUMBING INSTALLATION, INCLUDING ALTERATIONS,
REPAIRS, REPLACEMENT, EQUIPMENT, APPLIANCES, FIXTURES,
FITTINGS AND/OR APPURTENANCES THERETO AND/OR WHEN
CONNECTED TO THE WATER OR SEWER SYSTEM, AND PROVIDING
FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE SOUTHERN STANDARD PLUMBING
CODE,1971 EDITION; PROVIDING FOR REGULATIONS GOVERNING
THE INSTALLATION OF GAS PIPING AND GAS APPLIANCES,
FIXTURES, FITTINGS, AND/OR APPURTENANCES THERETO, AND
PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE SOUTHERN STANDARD
GAS CODE, 1973 EDITION WITH 1974 AMENDMENTS; PROVIDING
FOR PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE;
PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR THE
EFFECT OF THIS ORDINANCE ON OTHER ORDINANCES OR
RESOLUTIONS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK,
TEXAS:
Section 1:
The purpose of this ordinance shall be to secure safety
and protect the health and welfare of the citizens of the
City of Round Rock, Texas, by providing regulations governing
plumbing fixtures, plumbing installation, including altera-
tions, repairs, replacements, equipment, appliances, fixtures,
fittings and/or appurtenances thereto and/or when connected
to the water or sewer system; and to provide regulations
governing the installation of gas piping and governing gas
appliances, fixtures, fittings and/or appurtenances thereto.
Section 2:
Terms not defined in this ordinance shall be defined
in the Zoning Ordinance and Subdivision Ordinance heretofore
adopted by the City of Round Rock, Texas.
Section 3:
A. The Southern Standard Plumbing Code, 1971 Edition,
by Southern Building Code Congress,1116 Brown -Marks Building,
Birmingham, Alabama, is hereby adopted by reference and all
regulations, parts, notations, references and specifications
therein are hereby adopted and made a part of this ordinance
except as deleted or amended hereafter.
B. The Southern Standard Gas Code, 1973 Edition with
1974 Amendments, by Southern Building Code Congress, 3617
Eighth Avenue South, Birmingham, Alabama, is hereby adopted
by reference and all regulations, parts, notations, references
and specifications therein are hereby adopted and made a
part of this ordinance except as deleted or amended hereafter.
Section 4:
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City
Council of the City of Round Rock, Texas that the sub-sections,
paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance
are severable, and if any of them shall be declared uncon-
stitutional or invalid by the valid judgment or decree of
any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality
or invalidity shall not affect any of the remaining sub-sections,
paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases of this ordinance
since the same would have been enacted by the City Council of
the City of Round Rock without the incorporation into this
ordinance of any unconstitutional or invalid sub-sections,
paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases.
Section 5:
Any person violating any of the provisions of this
ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
shall be subject to a fine of not more than Two Hundred and No/100
Dollars ($200.00).
Each transaction in violation of any of the provisions
hereof shall be deemed a separate offense, and as a seperate
offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or on
which a violation occurs or continues.
Section 6:
All ordinances or resolutions in conflict herewith are
expressly repealed.
READ, PASSED AND ADOPTED this 43 day of March, 1975.
RAY LITTON
Mayor of the City of Round Rock,
Texas
ATTEST:
ity Secretary