HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-99-14ORDINANCE NO. O-99-14
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN, INDIAN RIVER
COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING CODE OF ORDINANCES
CHAPTER 26 UPDATING TECHNICAL CODES; PROVIDING FOR
CONFLICTS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING
FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Chapter 26 of the Code of Ordinances adopts the standard technical codes of the
construction industry as part of the regulatory scheme for the City of Sebastian; and
WHEREAS, said Chapter provides that the City Council shall consider adoption of updated
editions of said technical codes; and
WHEREAS, the building official has reviewed the updated versions and recommends adoption of
the same;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SEBASTIAN, INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, as follows:
Section 1. That section 26-31 of the Code qfOrdinances, City of Sebastian, Florida is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 26-31. Technical codes adopted.
(a) The city does hereby adopt as building codes
for the city the below-listed editions of the Southern
Building Code Congress International, Inc., copies of
which are on file in the office of the community
development department and the office of the city
clerk and which shall be accessible to the public upon
request during the normal business hours of the
community development department and the city clerk.
Such codes, which shall be referred to as the standard
codes, are hereby made a part of the Code of
Ordinances of the city subject only to specific
additions, deletions or amendments set out in the Code
of Ordinances.
(1) Standard Building Code, 1997 edition.
(2) Standard Fire Prevention Code, 1997 edition.
(3) Standard Gas Code, 1997 edition.
(4) Standard Housing Code, 1997 edition.
(5) Standard Mechanical Code, 1997 edition. 6) Standard Plumbing Code, 1997 edition.
7) Standard Unsafe Building Abatement Code, 1985
edition.
8) Standard Swimming Pool Code, 1997 edition.
Section 2. That section 26-61 of the (;ode of Ordinances, City of Sebastian, Florida is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 26-61. Adoption of National Electrical Code.
There is hereby adopted by reference the 1999 National Electrical Code as
published by the National Fire Protection Association, subject to such additions,
deletions or amendments which may appear elsewhere in this article and except
insofar as any such provisions of the National Electrical Code, by their nature,
could have no application within the city.
CONFLICT. All ordinances or pans of ordinances in conflict herewith
Section 3.
are hereby repealed.
Section 4. SEVERABILITY. In the event a court of competent jurisdiction shall hold or
determine that any pan of this Ordinance is invalid or unconstitutional, the remainder of the Ordinance
shall not be affected and it shall be presumed that the City Council of the City of Sebastian did not intend
to enact such invalid or unconstitutional provision. It shall further be assumed that the City Council
would have enacted the remainder of this Ordinance without said invalid or unconstitutional provision,
thereby causing said remainder to remain in full force and effect.
Section 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall take effect following its adoption by
the City Council.
The foregoing Ordinance was moved for adoption by Councilmember ~ The
motion was seconded by Councilmember ~ and, upon being put to a vote, the vote
was as follows:
Mayor Chuck Neuberger
Councilmember Joe Barczyk
Councilmember Barnes
Councilmember Ben A. Bishop
Councilmember Edward J. Majcher, Jr.
ATTEST:
K~athryn~M.' O;H~loran, CMC/AAE
City Clerk
The Mayor thereupon declared this Ordinance duly passed and adopted this 3rd day of November,
1999.
CITY OF SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA
By: Chuck Neuberger,~//
Approved as to form and legality for
reliance by the City of Sebastian only:
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