Overview of the Collection |
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| Repository: | Dallas Municipal Archives |
| Creator: | City of Dallas Public Works Department, Dallas Fire Department |
| Title: | City of Dallas Construction and Fire Codes |
| Dates: | 1905-1997 |
| Quantity: | Three linear feet |
| Abstract: | Printed building and fire codes of the City of Dallas |
| Identification: | 91-065 |
| Language: | Records are in English |
Printed manuals, reports, and typescript notes.
The City of Dallas Building Inspection Department enforces compliance with established construction standards, including the building code, zoning ordinances, electrical codes, plumbing codes, certain provisions of fire prevention and health ordinances, and issues permits on building activities that conform to City of Dallas ordinances. Dallas' first building code was passed in 1875. The Office of the Building Inspector were created in 1903, and a Building Code Committee was created in 1940. The first fire code-related ordinance was passed in 1872, and the first electrical code was passed in 1902. City of Dallas construction and fire codes were first written internally, but later involved the adoption of universally accepted codes used throughout the United States.
Collection consists of printed and typescript copies of City of Dallas construction codes, as well as the later adopted Uniform Building Code and fire codes. Also included are minutes and annual reports of City of Dallas boards related to codes. Bound copies of codes can be considered intact, though loose-leaf printings should be reviewed for completeness as some copies may include supplemental or replacement pages.
Index Terms |
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| Dallas -- Texas -- History | ||
| Fire prevention -- Law and legislation -- United States | ||
| Building laws -- United States | ||
| Box | Folder | Title, Date |
| 1 | 1 | Building Ordinance, City of Dallas, 1905 [fragile condition; restricted use] |
| 2 | Building Code ordinance, 1911 [fragile condition; restricted use] |
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| 3 | Building Laws, City of Dallas, 1914 [fragile condition; restricted use] | |
| 4 | Building Laws, City of Dallas and Gas Ordinance, 1926 (2 copies) | |
| 5 | Contract to publish building code in book form between City of Dallas and W. E. Campbell, 1926 | |
| 6 | Ordinance 2030, Dallas Building Code, 1929 | |
| 7 | Ordinance 2030, Building Code, 1929 [typescript] | |
| 2 | 1 | Ordinance 2030, Building Code, City of Dallas, Dorney Company, 1929 (hardbound, copy 1) |
| 2 | Ordinance 2030, Building Code, City of Dallas, Dorney Company, 1929 (softbound, copy 2) | |
| 3 | Ordinance 2030, Building Code, City of Dallas, Dorney Company, 1929 (softbound, copy 2) | |
| 4 | Ordinance 2512, change in building code for awnings, canopies and curtains, October, 1932 | |
| 5 | Building Code Committee minutes, 1941 | |
| 3 | 1 | Building Code, City of Dallas, 1947 (softbound) |
| 2 | Building Code, Ordinance 4058, 1947 with amendments | |
| 3 | Building Code, City of Dallas, 1947 | |
| 4 | Ordinance 4058 amended by 4154; 4209; 4223; 4242; 4296; 4349; and 4671, 1951 edition | |
| 4 | 1 | Uniform Building Code, volume 1, 1967 edition |
| 2 | Amendment to Volume 1 of the 1967 Uniform Building Code | |
| 3 | Ordinance 12138, adopting Uniform Building Code, April 23, 1968 | |
| 5 | 1 | Uniform Building Code, 1968 |
| 2 | Uniform Building Code, 1970 | |
| 6 | 1 | History of Changes to Ordinance 12138 through its repeal by Ordinance 13177, February 1, 1971 |
| 2 | Building Code, City of Dallas, 1971 edition, title page-172 | |
| 3 | Building Code, City of Dallas, 1971 edition, pages 173-340 | |
| 4 | Building Code, City of Dallas, 1971 edition, pages 341-475 | |
| 5 | Building Code, City of Dallas, 1971 edition, pages 475.2-end | |
| 6 | Uniform Building Code, 1973 edition | |
| 7 | Uniform Building Code Standards, 1973 edition | |
| 7 | 1 | Uniform Building Code, 1976 edition, pages 36 - 405 [incomplete] combined with revisions to Chapter 52, Administrative Procedures for the Construction Codes, September 1979 supplements |
| 2 | Uniform Building Code, 1980 with copy of Chapter 53 | |
| 3 | Uniform Building Code, 1982 edition with 1983 replacement pages [incomplete] | |
| 4 | Chapter 52 replacement pages, April and August, 1982 | |
| 5 | City of Dallas Amendments to Uniform Building Code, 1982 | |
| 6 | Chapter 53 Building Code, January, 1983 | |
| 7 | Chapter 52 replacement pages, March, 1983 | |
| 8 | 1 | Street Building Inspection District Directory, 1986 |
| 2 | Building Inspection Citizens Advisory and Appeals Board annual reports, 1986-87, 1987-88 | |
| 3 | Building Inspection Citizens Advisory Examining Appeals Board annual report, 1997 | |
| 4 | Uniform Building Code, 1997 volume 1 | |
| 5 | Uniform Building Code, 1997 volume 2 | |
| 6 | Uniform Building Code, 1997 volume 3 | |
| 9 | 1 | Uniform Plumbing and Mechanical Codes, 1976 |
| 2 | Uniform Plumbing Code, 1988 | |
| 3 | City of Dallas Mechanical Code, 1986 [based on 1985 Uniform Mechanical Code] | |
| 4 | Uniform Mechanical Code, 1988 | |
| 5 | Electrical Code supplements and notes, March, 1988 | |
| 10 | 1 | City of Dallas Fire Code, 1948 |
| 2 | City of Dallas Fire Code, 1948 (copy 2) | |
| 3 | City of Dallas Fire Code, 1959 | |
| 4 | City of Dallas Fire Code, 1960 | |
| 5 | City of Dallas Fire Code, notes and related ordinances, ca. 1970 | |
| 6 | Uniform Fire Code, 1973 | |
| 7 | Chapter 16, Dallas City Code, "Fire Protection," replacement pages, July, 1979 and March, 1983 | |
| 8 | Uniform Fire Code, 1997, volumes 1 and 2 | |