ORD 544 9/25/2001ORDINANCE NO.
ORDINANCE FOR ADOPTION OF THE
INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE
FOR ONE -AND TWO-FAMILY DWELLINGS
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CIBOLO ADOPTING THE 2000 EDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE,
REGULATING AND CONTROLLING THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, QUALITY OF MATERIALS, ERECTION, INSTALLATION,
ALTERATION, REPAIR, LOCATION, RELOCATION, REPLACEMENT, ADDITION TO, USE OR MAINTENANCE OF ONE -AND
TWO-FAMILY DWELLINGS AND TOWNHOUSES IN THE CITY OF CIBOLO; PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS AND
COLLECTION OF FEES THEREFOR WHEN USED WITH MONEY; REPEALING ANY AND ALL OTHER ORDINANCES AND PARTS
OF THE ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH.
The Mayor and City Council of the City of Cibolo ordains as follows:
Section 1. That a certain document, a copy of which is on file in the office of the Code Enforcement
Officer and the City of Cibolo, being marked and designated as the International Residential Code,
including all Appendices Chapter, as published by the International Code Council and is hereby
adopted as the code of the City Of Cibolo for regulating the design, construction, quality of materials,
erection, installation, alteration, repair, location, relocation, replacement, addition to, use or
maintenance of one -and two-family dwellings and townhouses not more than three stories in height in
the City Of Cibolo, and providing the issuance of permits and collection of fees therefor; and each
and all of the regulations, provisions, conditions and terms of such International Residential Code,
2000 edition, published by the International Code Council on file in the office of the City of Cibolo
are hereby referred to, adopted and made part hereof as if fully set out in this ordinance.
Section 2. The following sections are hereby revised:
101.1 Title. These provisions shall be known as the Residential Code for One -and Two -
Family Dwellings of City Of Cibolo, and shall be cited as such and will be
referred to herein as "this code."
301.2 Climatic and geographic design criteria. Buildings shall be constructed in
accordance with the provisions of this code as limited by the provisions of this
section. Additional criteria shall be established as determined by a licensed
professional engineer who is licensed to practice engineering in the State of
Texas using good engineering practices.
Violation penalties. Any person who shall violate a provision of this code or
shall fail to comply with any of the requirements thereof or who shall erect,
install, alter or repair private sewage disposal work in violation of the approved
construction documents or directive of the code official, or of a permit or
certificate issued under the provisions of this code, shall be guilty of a Class C
misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $500 dollars. Each day that a
violation continues after due notice has been served shall be deemed a separate
offense.
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Failure to comply. Any person who shall continue any work after having been
served with a stop work order, except such work as that person is directed to
perform to remove a violation or unsafe condition, shall be liable to a fine of not
less than $100.00 dollars or more than $500.00.
Section 3. That any and all ordinances of the City of Cibolo, in effect at the present time so that they
will be and all other ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Section 4. That in any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is, for any
reason, held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions of this ordinance. The Mayor and City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this
ordinance, and each section, subsection, clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one
or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses and phrases be declared unconstitutional.
Section 5. That the City Secretary is hereby ordered and directed to cause this ordinance to be
published.
Section 6. That this ordinance and the rules, regulations, provisions, requirements, orders and matters
established and adopted hereby shall take effect and be in full beginning October 1, 2001.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY OF CIBOLO on thisoSU day oj1!VIte1T11 U01
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MAYOR, CITY CIBOLO, TEXAS
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