Scope and Content

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 was 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. 

Access

Permission to publish, reproduce, distribute, or use by any and all other current or future developed methods or procedures must be obtained in writing from the Dallas Municipal Archives. All rights are reserved and retained regardless of current or future development or laws that may apply to fair use standards.

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Index Terms

Building laws -- United States