§ 10-36 — Assumption of risks by builder
Houston Code of Ordinances (Supp. No. 93, Update 2: codified through Ordinance No. 2026-0732, adopted Aug. 19, 2026) · Houston Code of Ordinances § 10-36
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Sec. 10-36. - Assumption of risks by builder.
Regardless of whether a permit has been issued therefor under this article, or not, any person who builds, erects, or constructs a building, structure, or edifice over any of the sewers, mains or lines enumerated in section 10-32 of this Code assumes all of the risks incident to such construction, and the city shall never be liable for any damage occasioned to any such building, structure, or edifice by reason of the granting of permission to build or construct the same, or because of the supervision, operation and maintenance of any sanitary sewer, storm sewer, water main, or electric line conduit, whether the same is in an easement granted to the city for that purpose or privately constructed.
(Code 1968, § 10-36; Ord. No. 90-635, § 24, 5-23-90)