Ordinance 2002-24
ORDINANCE NO. PaJ/A - /)r
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, ADOPTING
THE 2000 EDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL
CODE, SAVE AND EXCEPT THE DELETIONS AND
AMENDMENTS SET FORTH HEREIN; REGULATING THE
CONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION, MOVEMENT, ENLARGEMENT,
REPLACEMENT, REPAIR, EQUIPMENT, USE AND
OCCUPANCY, LOCATION, REMOVAL, AND DEMOLITION OF
DETACHED ONE- AND TWO-FAMILY DWELLINGS AND
MULTIPLE SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLINGS (TOWNHOUSES) NOT
MORE THAN THREE STORIES IN HEIGHT WITH A SEPARATE
MEANS OF EGRESS AND RELATED ACCESSORY
STRUCTURES IN THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS; PROVIDING
FOR A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE;
PROVIDING FOR REPEALING, SAVINGS AND SEVERABILITY
CLAUSES; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
ORDINANCE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION OF
THE CAPTION HEREOF.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Wylie, Texas ("City
Council") has investigated and determined that it would be advantageous
and beneficial to the citizens of the City of Wylie, Texas ("Wylie") to adopt
the 2000 Edition of the International Residential Code, save and except the
deletions and amendments set forth below; and
WHEREAS, the Wylie Construction Board and the Building Official
for Wylie have reviewed the 2000 Editicn of the International Residential
Code and both recommend adoption of the same by the City Council.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS:
SECTION 1: FindinQs Incorporated. The findings set forth above are
incorporated into the body of this Ordinance as if fully set forth herein.
SECTION 2: Adoption of the 2000 International Residential Code.
The International Residential Code, 2000 Edition, copyrighted by the
International Code Council, Inc., including Appendix Chapters G, J and K, save
and except the deletions and amendments as set forth below and in Section 3 of
this Ordinance, is hereby adopted as the residential building code for Wylie,
regulating the construction, alteration, movement, enlargement, replacement,
repair, equipment, use and occupancy, location, removal and demolition of
detached one- and two-family dwellings and multiple single-family dwellings
(townhouses) not more than three stories in height with a separate means of
egress and their accessory structures located in Wylie (the "2000 International
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Residential Code". The 2000 International Residential Code, save and except
the deletions and amendments as set forth below and in Section 3 of this
Ordinance, is made a part of this Ordinance as if fully set forth herein. One (1)
copy of the 2000 International Residential Code, 2000 Edition, copyrighted by the
International Code Council, Inc., is on file in the office of the City Secretary of
Wylie being marked and designated as the 2000 International Residential Code.
SECTION 3: Amendments to the 2000 International Residential Code.
The 2000 International Residential Code is amended as follows:
A. Section P3111. 1 of the 2000 International Residential Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"P3111.1 Limitation.
P3111.1.1 General. Combination Waste and Vent
Systems shall be permitted only where:
1 . Structural conditions preclude the installation of
conventional systems as otherwise prescribed
by this Code;
2. The installation of the Combination Waste and
Vent System is specifically approved by the
Building Official be~ore it is installed; and
3. The Combination Waste and Vent System shall
not serve any fixture other than floor drains,
standpipes, sinks and lavatories."
B. Section P3112.2 of the 2000 International Residential Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"P3112.2 Installation. Traps for island sinks and similar
equipment shall be roughed in above the floor and may be
vented by extending the vent as high as possible, but not
less than the drainboard ~ height and then returning it
downward and connecting it to the horizontal sink drain
immediately downstream from the vertical fixture drain. The
return vent shall be connected to the horizontal drain through
a wye-branch fitting and shall, in adc.:;tion, be provided with a
foot vent taken off the vertical fixture vent by means of a
wye-branch immediately below the floor and extending to the
nearest partition and then through the roof to the open air or
may be connected to other vents at a point not less than six
(6) inches (152 mm) above the flood level rim of the fixtures
served. Drainage fittings shall be used on all parts of the
vent below the floor level and a minimum slope of one-
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quarter (1/4) inch per foot (20.9 mm/m) back to the drain
shall be maintained. The return bend used under the
drainboard shall be a one (1) piece fitting or an assembly of
a forty-five (45) degree (0.79 radius), a ninety (90) degree
(1.6 radius) and a forty-five (45) degree (0.79 radius) elbow
in the order named. Pipe sizing shall be as elsewhere
required in this Code. The island sink drain, upstream of the
return vent, shall serve no ether fixtures. An accessible
cleanout shall be installed in the vertical portion of the foot
vent. "
C. Section P3112.3 of the 2000 International Residential Code
is hereby deleted.
D. Section P 3114 of the 2000 International Residential Code is
hereby amended as follows:
"P3114.1 General. Air admittance valves shall not be
utilized in a Vent System without specific approval of the
Building Official prior to the installation of the system. Air
admittance valves shall only be approved by the Building
Official if the use of conventional venting methods would, in
the Building Official's sole discretion, create an undue
hardship."
SECTION 4: ReQional Amendments to the 2000 International
Residential Code. The 2000 International Residential Code is further amended
as specified in the regional amendments recommended by the North Central
Texas Council of Governments, as amended and as outlined in
Exhibit "A" (the "Regional Amendments"). The Regional Amendments are
attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and incorporated herein for all purposes.
SECTION 5: Penaltv Provision. Any person, firm, corporation or
business entity violating this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction the~eof shall be subject to a fine not to
exceed the sum of FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500.00), unless the violation
relates to fire safety, zoning or public health and sanitation, including dumping
and refuse, in which the fine shall not exceed the sum of TWO THOUSAND AND
NO/100 DOLLARS ($2,000.00). Each continuing day's violation under this
Ordinance shall constitute a separate offense. The penal provisions imposed
under this Ordinance shall not preclude Wylie from filing suit to enjoin the
violation. Wylie retains all legal rights and remedies available to it pursuant to
local, state and federal law.
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SECTION 6: SavinQs/RepealinQ Clause. All provisions of any ordinance
in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent they are in
conflict; but such repeal shall not abate any pending prosecution for violation of
the repealed ordinance, nor shall the repeal prevent a prosecution from being
commenced for any violation if occurring prior to the repeal of the ordinance.
Any remaining portions of said ordinances shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 7: Severabilitv. Should any section, subsection, sentence,
clause or phrase of this Ordinance be declared unconstitutional or invalid by a
court of competent jurisdiction, it is expressly provided that any and all remaining
portions of this Ordinance shall remain in full force and effect. Wylie hereby
declares that it would have passed this Ord,'1ance, and each section, subsection,
clause or phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that anyone or more sections,
subsections, sentences, clauses and phrases be declared unconstitutional or
invalid.
SECTION 8: Effective Date. This Ordinan~e shall become effective upon
its passage and publication as required by the City Charter and by law.
P~7D AND APP OVED by the City Council of the City of Wylie, Texas this
day of , 2002.
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THE WYLIE NEWS
Covering Wylic, Sachse, Murphy and thc surrounding arca
liON. Ballard St.
P.O. Box 369
Wylie, Texas 75098
972.442.5515
Fax 972.442.4318
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF COLLIN
Before me, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared Chad Engbrock, of THE WYLIE
NEWS, a newspaper regularly published in Collin County, Texas and having general circulation in CoUin
County, Texas, who being by me duly sworn deposed and says that the foregoing attached
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was published in said new;paper on the followirig dates, to-wit: .
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, 2002, and
, 2002.
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this the ;<~
to certify which witness my hand and seal of office.
day of d<:.-l-
, 2002,
PATTI J. BAI<ER
Notary Public
State of Texas
My Comm. Exp. 07-31-05
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Notary Public in and for
The State of Texas
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My Commission Expires
ORDINANCE NO.
2002-24
AN ORDINANCE OF
THE CITY OF WYLIE.
TEXAS. ADOPTING
THE 2000 EDlTlON OF
THE INTERNATIONAL
RESIDENTIAL CODE.
SAVE AND EXCEPT
THE DELETIONS AND
AMENDMENTS SET
FORTH HEREIN; REG-
ULATING THE CON-
STRUCTION. ALTER-
ATION. '\10VEMENT,
ENLARGEMENT.
REPLACEMENT,
REPAIR, EQUIPMENT,
USE AND OCCUPAN-
CY, LOCATION.
REMOVAL, AND
DEMOLITION OF
DETACHED ONE- AND
TWO-FAMILY
DWELLINGS AND
MULTIPLE SINGLE.
FAMILY DWELLINGS
(TOWNHOUSES) NOT
MORE THAN THREE
STORIES IN HEIGHT
W1TH A SEPARATE
MEANS OF EGRESS
AND RELATED ACCES-
SORY STRUCTURES IN
THE CITY OF WYLIE,
TEXAS; PROVIDING
FOR A PENALTY FOR
THE VIOLATION OF
THIS ORDINANCE;
PROVIDING FOR'
REPEALING. SAVINGS
AND SEVERABILITY
CLAUSES; PROVIDING
FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE OF THIS ORDI-
NANCE; AND PROVID-
ING FOR THE PUBLI-
CATION OF THE CAp.
TION HEREOF.