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ORDINANCE NO.
0-85-552
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 7 OF CHAPTER 6 OF THE COLLEYVILLE
CODE BY REQUIRING SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT MASONRY CONSTRUCTION OF
ANY BUILDING WHICH IS CONVERTED TO A COMMERCIAL USE FROM ANY
PRIOR USE AND WHERE ANY EXISTING COMMERCIAL BUILDING IS IN ANY
WAY RECONSTRUCTED, REMODELED, OR MODIFIED, PROVIDING A PENALTY
AND AUTHORIZING PUBLICATION.
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I WHEREAS,
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the City Council of the City of Co11eyvil1e finds
that masonry, glass, or other equivalent material,
substantially reduces the risk of conflagration and
firefighters in the performance of their duties
and,
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WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Col1eyvi11e
deems that it is in the best interest of the ci tizens
of the City of Co11eyvi11e to require masonry, glass,
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, buildings in order to enhance the control of and to
i prevent the spreading of fires;
NOW, THEREFORE,
IBE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEYVILLE,
TEXAS:
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For the purposes of this section, the construction
of a commercial building shall include but shall not
be limited to all initial construction of a commercial
building or any reconstruction, remodeling, or other
modification of any existing commercial building, or
the conversion to a commercial use of any pre-existing
building. For the purpose of this section, a
commercial building shall mean and include any building
which is intended to be used or which is actually used
for any activity involving the offering, buying,
selling, manufacturing, assembly, trading, fabricating,
delivering of goods and/or services, or any other
activity, for profit as part of a business or
commercial activity engaged in for gain or livelihood.
That Part B of Section 7 of Chapter 6 of the
Co11eyvil1e Code be amended to read as follows:
liB. Applicability
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Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the
provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined
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in a sum not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00).
Each and every day such violation continues shall
constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable
as such.
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Sec. 3.
The City Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to
cause publication of the descriptive caption and
penalty clause hereof as an alternative method of
publication provided by law.
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AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
il The fi~t reading~PUb1iC hearing being conducted on the
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The ~cond readin~~~PUb] c hearing being conducted on the
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The ~rd reading ql}d~Ub1i hearing being conducted on the
/9 I day of '1::.t-_ ' 1985.
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!ATTEST: CITY OF COLLEYVILLE
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Approved as to Form and Legality:
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