Ordinance 2020-021
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ORDINANCE NO. 2020-02
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, AMENDING
ORDINANCE NO. 2013-23, CHAPTER 22 (BUILDINGS AND BUILDING
REGULATIONS), ARTICLE II (CONSTRUCTION CODE BOARD),
SECTION 22-23 (QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS); PROVIDING FOR
REPEALING, SAVINGS AND SEVERABILITY CLAUSES; AND
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE.
WHEREAS, the subject Ordinance includes procedures related to Board and Commission
member terms and qualifications; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has investigated and determined that it would be
advantageous and beneficial to the citizens of Wylie to amend Ordinance No. 2013-23, Chapter
22 (Buildings and Building Regulations), Article II (Construction Code Board); and
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WYLIE, TEXAS:
SECTION 1: The findings set forth above are incorporated into the body of this Ordinance
as if fully set forth herein.
SECTION 2: Wylie Code of Ordinances is hereby amended as follows:
ORDINANCE NO. 2013-23
CHAPTER 22 (BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS)
ARTICLE II (CONSTRUCTION CODE BOARD)
Section 22-23 Qualifications of members.
The City Council shall endeavor, to the extent reasonably available, to
appoint at least one taxpaying citizen of Wylie and the remaining members be
registered voters of the City of Wylie from the following:
(a) Two designated members shall be building contractors.
(b) Two designated members shall be plumbers.
(c) Two designated members shall be electricians (one master and one
journeyman).
(d) If members in subsection (a), (b) or (c) categories of this section are not
available for appointment, one of the two designated tradesmen for each
category may be replaced with a taxpaying citizen and registered voter of
Wylie. In the event no one from the designated tradesmen categories
above is available for appointment, they may be replaced with a registered
voter tradesman residing in Wylie's ETJ or doing business in Wylie.
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Section 22-24 Alternate members.
Alternate members shall be taxpaying residents and registered voters of
the City. In the absence of one or more members of the board, alternate members
shall attend the meeting when requested to do so by the board's chairman, the
building official, or the building official's designee. The board's chairman may
dismiss an alternate member if all members are in attendance. The alternate
members are subject to the same attendance and general rules as the board
members.
Section 22-26 Tenure of office.
The members and alternate members of the board shall serve for two-year
staggered terms. After the expiration of the terms of the appointees, the member
may seek reappointment or shall continue until their successor is appointed. The
limit for consecutive service on the same board or commission is three (3)
consecutive, full terms, regardless of term length (2-year, 3-year, etc.). After the
expiration of term limit, the member must wait one year before reapplying to the
same board. Any member appointed to fill the remainder of an unexpired term
shall be eligible to serve three (3) consecutive, full terms thereafter. Vacancies
within the board shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired term. Should a
board member's replacement not be qualified upon the expiration of any term of a
board member, then that board member shall holdover on the board until a
qualified replacement board member has been appointed. Each board member
shall serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed for actual expenses
approved in advance by the City Council.
SECTION 3: Savings/Repealing. The Code of Ordinances, shall remain in frill force and
effect, save and except as amended by this or any other Ordinance. All provisions of any Ordinance
in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed, 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 Ordinance shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 4: Severability. 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. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed. this Ordinance, and each
section, subsection, clause or phrase thereof, regardless of whether any one or more sections,
subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases is declared unconstitutional and/or invalid.
SECTION 5: Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after
its passage.
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DULY PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Wylie, Texas, on
this 14th day of January, 2020.
ATTEST:
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Stephanie Storm, City Secretary
Ordinance No. 2020-02 — Amending Ord. No. 2013-23 Construction Code Board Term Limits