ORDINANCE NO.  86

 

            AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND REENACT ARTICLE A OF CHAPTER TWO OF ORDINANCE NO. 60 OF THE VILLAGE OF CHOUDRANT PERTAINING TO THE ADOPTION OF VARIOUS STANDARD BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION CODES; TO ADOPT THE LOUISIANA STATE UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION CODE; TO PROVIDE FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF; AND OTHERWISE TO PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO.

 

 

             NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the Board of Aldermen of the Village of Choudrant, Louisiana, convened in Regular Session this 28th day of December, 2006, that the following Ordinance is hereby enacted:

 

SECTION 1.

 

            Article A. of Chapter 2 of Ordinance No. 60 of the Village of Choudrant, Louisiana, is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:

 

“CHAPTER II.  BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS

ARTICLE A.  BUILDING CODES ADOPTED

 

Section 2.        Adoption of Louisiana State Uniform Construction Code

 

            Pursuant to the provisions of LSA-R.S. 40:1730.21 et seq., the following codes are hereby adopted as the regulations governing the construction alteration, removal, demolition, equipment, use, occupancy, location, maintenance and improvement of buildings and other structures in the Village of Choudrant; excluding farm structure and recreational camps:

 

            a)         The International Building Code, 2006 Edition, as published

            by the International Code Council, and all standards referenced therein;

            excluding Chapter 1- Administration, Chapter 11 – Accessibility,

            Chapter 27 – Electrical, and Chapter 29 –Plumbing Systems; and

 

            b)         The International Existing Building Code, 2006 Edition, as

            published by the International Code Council, including any

            standards referenced therein, excluding Chapter 1 – Administration;

            and

 

            c)         International Residential Code, 2006 Edition, as published

            by the International Code Council, including Appendix J, Existing

            Buildings and Structures, but excluding Parts I – Administrative,

            V – Mechanical, VII – Plumbing, and VIII – Electrical.  For purposes

            Of this Ordinance, IRC R301.2.1.1 (Design Criteria)  shall be amended

            as follows, which amendments shall only apply to the International

            Residential Code, 2006 Edition:

 

                       

            1)         Item 6 of Guide to Concrete Masonry Residential

                        Construction in High Winds Areas, as published by the

                        American Concrete Institute, shall be added;

            2)         Item 7, Optional Code-plus Fortified for Safer

                        Living, as published by Institute for Business and Home

                        Safety, shall be added; and

            3)         Item 8, Optional Code-plus Blueprint for Safety,

                        as published by Federal Alliance for Safe Homes, shall

                        be added.

 

            d)         International Mechanical Code, 2006 Edition, as published by

            the International Code Council, and all standards referenced therein;

 

            e)         Louisiana State Plumbing Code (Part XIV [Plumbing] of the State

            Sanitary Code);

 

            f)          International Fuel Gas Code, 2006 Edition, as published by the

            International Code Council, and all standards referenced therein; and

 

            g)         National Electrical Code, 2005 Edition, as published by the National

            Fire Protection Association.

 

            Unless specified otherwise, all standards referenced in a code are adopted and included herein.  Unless referenced by name or letter designation, no appendix or appendicies to a code are adopted and included herein.”

 

SECTION 2.

 

            The effective date of this Ordinance shall be January 1, 2007.

 

SECTION 3.

 

           

            If any section, paragraph, sentence, clause and/or phrase of this Ordinance or the application thereof is declared unconstitutional, unenforceable or invalid by the valid judgment of any court of competent jurisdiction such unconstitutionality, unenforceability or invalidity shall not affect any of the remaining sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and/or phrases of this Ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the Village of Choudrant without the incorporation in this Ordinance of any such unconstitutional, unenforceable or invalid section, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase.  To that end, the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby declared severable.

 

 

 

SECTION 4.

 

            All other ordinances, or any parts thereof, which are in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed.

 

 

      The above and foregoing Ordinance was introduced on December 4, 2006, at the regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen of the Village of Choudrant, Louisiana, a public hearing having thereafter been held, title having been read, and a motion to adopt said ordinance was made by Ragan Aswell. The motion was  seconded by Eddie Ford, and after having been considered by title was adopted as a whole by the following YEA and NAY vote:

 

            YEAS:             Ragan Aswell

                                    Eddie Ford

                                    Jimmy McGrew

            NAYS: None               

 

           

            ABSENT:        None

 

 

      WHEREUPON, the Ordinance was declared duly adopted this 28th day of December, 2006.

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                   

CELESTE H. BUTLER, Clerk                         BILL SANDERSON, Mayor

VILLAGE OF CHOUDRANT                                    VILLAGE OF CHOUDRANT