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ORDINANCE NO. 2013
AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS AMENDING
ORDINANCE NUMBER 1813, THE NORTH RICHLAND HILLS BUILDING
CODE, AS AMENDED, TO REQUIRE A MINIMUM ELEVATION FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDING FOUNDA TIONS; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DA TE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS,
TEXAS, THAT:
I.
THA T, Ordinance 1813, as amended, is hereby amended to insert the following as Section 28:
Section 28. Finished Floor Elevation
The finished noor elevation of a permanent building shall be set a minimum of one (1') foot above the top
of the curb at the centerline of the lot. If this is not feasible, then a drainage plan signed by a professional
engineer, registered in the State of Texas, shall be submitted by the applicant requesting approval of the
Building Official and the Public Works Director. However, no finished t100r elevation of a pelll1anent
building shall be set less than one and one-half (1.5') feet above the one hundred (100) year frequency
storm water surface elevation, or the minimum elevation required by the Flood Damage Prevention
Ordinance.
II.
THA T, the remaining sections of Ordinance 1813, as amended, be renumbered consecutively_
III.
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. That it is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the
section, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance are severable, and if any phrase,
clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared invalid or unconstitutional by the
valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall
not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs or sections of this ordinance, since
the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any
such invalid or unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
IV.
EFFECTIVE DA TE. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage.
PASSED, AND APPROVED this 12th day of September, 1994
APPROVED:
ATTEST:
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