Texas City, TX Building Safety: Green Building Code (2026)
Key Facts
- Adopted edition
- 2021 International Energy Conservation Code
- Later editions
- Automatic upon publication by the International Code Council
- Administration
- Building Official adopts enforcement procedures
- Copy on file
- Office of the City Secretary
- Latest amendment
- Ord. 2023-39, passed 11-15-2023
- General penalty cap
- $2,000 or $500 under § 10.99
Summary
Texas City, Texas adopts the 2021 International Energy Conservation Code by reference, with later amendments, supplements and new editions adopted automatically upon publication by the International Code Council. The Building Official adopts the procedures for administering and enforcing it, and a copy is on file with the City Secretary.
(A) There is hereby adopted for and by the city a standard code known as the International Energy Conservation Code, 2021 edition, with appendices and amendments thereto, passed and recommended by the International Code Council, Inc., which code is published in book form and which is referred to, incorporated in this section and made a part of this section for all purposes. A copy of such code is filed of record in the office of the City Secretary. Adoption of subsequent amendments, supplement or new edition(s) is automatic upon publication by the International Code Council, Inc. (B) The Building Official shall adopt procedures for the administration and enforcement of this Code.
Full Breakdown
Section 150.067 of the Texas City Code of Ordinances is the city's energy efficiency rule. Division (A) adopts a standard code known as the International Energy Conservation Code, 2021 edition, with appendices and amendments, passed and recommended by the International Code Council, Inc., and incorporates it into the section for all purposes. A copy is filed of record in the office of the City Secretary. Adoption of subsequent amendments, supplements or new editions is automatic upon publication by the International Code Council, so the city's energy standard moves with each new edition.
Division (B) directs the Building Official to adopt procedures for administration and enforcement. The section was last amended by Ord. 2023-39, passed 11-15-2023. The energy code sits beside a package of other model codes in Chapter 150, including the 2021 International Building Code under § 150.050, the 2021 International Existing Building Code under § 150.070 and the 2021 International Property Maintenance Code under § 150.066. The residential code is different: § 150.069(A) adopts the International Residential Code, 2015 edition, with amendments. Section 150.068(A) exempts work on the property of a manufacturing or processing plant from building or other permits under the adopted codes when the property comprises the equivalent of one city block or more bounded by city streets, the plant retains a registered professional engineer or architect on a permanent basis, and the work meets the requirements of the adopted codes. Permits and inspections run through the Building Official in the city's Community Development structure.
Violations & Fines
Section 150.999(A) subjects a violation of any provision of Chapter 150 with no specific penalty to § 10.99. That section sets a fine not exceeding $2,000 for cases under the city's fire safety, zoning and public health and sanitation ordinances, and not exceeding $500 in all other cases. Each day a violation continues is a separate offense, and a fine does not bar other relief available at law.
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