647 TOWN OF TAOS
ORDINANCES
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YEAR: I q 7B 00
NUMBER: 6 y �
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION BY
REFERENCE OF THE NEW MEXICO UNIFORM BUILDING
CODE 1976 EDITION OF THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE;
PROVIDING PUNISHMENT FOR VIOLATION THEREOF; AND
PROVIDING THAT COPIES OF SAID CODE SHALL BE MADE
AVAILABLE AT THE OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER;
WHEREAS, the health and welfare of the public requires the regulation
of the construction, maintenance, etc., of buildings in the Town of Taos by
the adoption of a building code; and
WHEREAS, Section 14-16-5 of The New Mexico Municipal Code, Chapter 300
of the Laws of 1965, provides that a municipality may adopt by ordinance
the conditions, provisions, limitations and terms of a building code and
that said cede may be adopted by reference thereto:
THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE TOWN OF TAOS,
NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1: New Mexico Uniform Building Code - Adoption.
There is hereby adopted by the Town of Taos, so far as it is not in
conflict with laws of the State of New Mexico, or rules and reg%Llations of
the General Construction Board of New Mexico, for the purpose of regulating
the erection, construction, enlargement, alteration, repair, moving, removal,
conversion, demolition, occupancy, equipment, use, area and maintenance of
buildings or structures in the Town and for the purpose of providing for the
issuance of permits and the collection of fees, that certain code known n s The
New Mexico Uniform Building Code, which was adopted by the General Construct-
ion Board and accepted by the Construction Industries Commission, and which is
also known as the Uniform ':wilding Code, 1976 Edition. The Town does hereby
adopt the above mentioned code in its entirety, and any amendments or changes
thereto, including any and all new editions thereof, and the some is hereby
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adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out verbatim herein.
SECTION 2: Punishment for Violation of the Code.
Any person violating or failing, neglecting or refusing to comply with
the provisions of this New Mexico Uniform Building Code shall be punished by
a fine of not less than $5.00 nor more than $300.00 or by imprisonment for a
term of not less than five (5) days or more than ninety (90) days. Every
day any violation of this code shall. continue, shall constitute, except where
otherwise provided, a separate offense.
SECTION 3: Copies to be Available and subject to Inspection.
One or more copies of the New Mexico Uniform Building Code, adopted in
Section 1 of this Ordinance shall be available and subject to inspection at
all reasonable times in the Office of the Town Manager in the Town Hall.
SECTION 4: Effective Date.
This Ordinance shall take effect and become operative on the 15th day
of February, 1978.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF TAOS, NEW MEXICO,
AT A SPECIAL MEETING THEREOF HELD ON THE 25th DAY OF JANUARY, 19783 AND APP-
ROVED BY THE UNDERSIGNED MAYOR ON SAID DATE AND ORDERED TO BE PUBLISHED AS
REQUIRED BY LAW.
APPROVED:
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Mayor
Ate'E5T:
City Clerk