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Home My WebLink AboutORD NO 3030ORDINANCE NO. 3030 NEW SERIES AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD AMENDING SECTIONS 15.28.010, 15.28.020, 15.28.030, 15.28.040, 15.28.050, 15.28.055, 15.28.060, 15.28.070 and 15.28.080, OF THE BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING THE UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield as follows: Section hereby amended to SECTION 1 15.28.010 of the Bakersfield Municipal read as follows Code is 15.28.010 Adoption. Except as otherwise provided tain plumbing code known and designated in this chapter, that cer- as the Uniform Plumbing Code, 1985 Edition, (with Appendices A through I), sponsored and copyrighted by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials, three copies of which have heretofore been filed with the City Clerk of the City for use and examination by the public, is adopted by reference and enacted as the plumbing code of the City for the purpose stated therein. Section hereby amended to SECTION 2 15.28.020 of the Bakersfield Municipal read as follows: Code is 15.28.020 Modifications. The sections of the Uniform Plumbing Code, 1985 Edition, -1- mentioned reference, 15.28.090. in Sections 15.28.030 through 15.28.090, are modified and amended as provided in as adopted by Sections hereby SECTION 3 Section 15.28.030 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code amended to read as follows: 15.28.030 Section 609 amended - Cooling Water. Section 609 is amended to read as follows: 609 (a) Water which has been used as a cooling medium in any cooler, appliance, device or other apparatus shall not be con- nected to the drainage system on the premises where the cooler, appliance, device or other apparatus is located and used, nor shall the water be in any manner discharged into the sanitary sewer system of the City of Bakersfield, provided, however, that water which has been used as a cooling medium in any cooler, appliance, device or other apparatus must be disposed of in a man- ner approved by the Building Director of the City of Bakersfield. (b) All connections heretofore made or existing at the time of the effective date of the ordinance codified herein, as mentioned in this section, shall be disconnected from the sanitary sewer system of the City of Bakersfield, and the discharge of water from the coolers, appliances, devices and other apparatus shall be effected in a manner approved by the Building Director. -2- 15.28.040 follows: Section hereby amended to Section 903 Section 903 SECTION 4 amended - Overflows. is amended by adding a paragraph as Overflows are required on all bathtub installations. SECTION 5 15.28.050 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is read as follows: 15.28.050 Section 1004 (a) Materials - PB & CPVC pipe deletion. Delete the sentence in paragraph (a) which allows the use of PB and CPVC water pipe or tubing within a building. hereby Section amended to SECTION 6 15.28.055 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code read as follows: is 15.28.055 Section 1101 (d) Sewer required. Section 1101 (d) is amended to read as follows: 1101 (d) The public sewer may be considered as not being available when such public sewer or any building or any exterior drainage facility connected thereto, is located more than one thousand (1,000) feet from the nearest property line of any proposed building or exterior drainage facility on any lot or pre- mises which abuts and is served by such public sewer. EXCEPTIONS: 1) The above requirement may be reduced to two hundred (200) feet if the proposed development is for residential living units and is four units or less. -3- 2) The requirements may be waived or modified by the Building Official when strict compliance may cause extreme hardship. Section hereby amended to 15.28.060 Section 1008 SECTION 7 15.28.060 of the Bakersfield Municipal read as follows: (c) amended Installation, Code is inspection and testing. Section 1008 (c) is amended to read as follows: 1008 (c) No water piping shall be installed within a concrete slab or in the ground under a concrete slab of a building. EXCEPTIONS: If required by structural conditions, water pip- ing may by an approved pipe wrapping material with the prior approval be installed in chases, sleeves, ducts or may be protected of in accordance with the following shall have a protective coating of recognized protection and the administrative authority requirements: (1) Ferrous piping an approved standards. type, machine applied and conforming to Field wrapping shall provide equivalent is restricted to those short sections stripped for threading. Zinc coating deemed adequate protection for piping (2) Copper tubing shall be and fittings necessarily (galvanized) shall not be or fittings. protected per paragraph and shall be installed without joints where possible. Where joints are permitted, they shall be brazed, and fittings shall wrought copper. -4- (1) be Section hereby amended to SECTION 8 15.28.070 of the Bakersfield Municipal read as follows: 15.28.070 Section 1208 Authority to Render Gas Addition. Add a new paragraph (c) to approved inspection(s) is required before poration authorized in paragraph (a) the gas service described except for purposes. Code is Service read: A permit and the person, firm or cor- above turns on or reconnects emergency and maintenance Section hereby amended to SECTION 9 15.28.080 of the Bakersfield Municipal read as follows: Code is 15.28.080 Section 1310 Water Heater Protection From Damage - Addition. Add a new paragraph (e) to read: Where a water heating appliance is placed above in living space in a hidden location or where structural damage may result from such hidden appliance from deterioration or failure, a corrosion resistant, water-tight, metal pan with an appropriately sized drain line ter- minating outside the building or to an approved receptor shall be installed beneath the appliance. SECTION I0 This Ordinance shall be posted in accordance with the City Charter provisions and shall become effective thirty (30) days from and after the date of its passage. .......... 000 .......... -5- I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular meeting thereof held on the 7th day of May , 19 86 , by the following vote: ABSENT. COUNCILMEM"ERS ~0 A6STAINING: COU~CILMEM~ERS ~ CITY CLERR and Ex Officio Clerk of Council of the City of Bakersfield the APPROVED this 7th day of May , 19 86 MAYOR of the City of Bakersfield APPROVED as to form: Y,~rTORNEY ~ the City of Bakersfield -6- A, ffiilaut! ostmg rhman es STAT~ OF CALIFORNIAt ss. County of Kern · CAROL WILLIAMS, Being duly sworn, deposes and says: That she is the duly appointed, acting and qualified City Clerk of the City of Bakersfield; and that on May 14 , 19 86 , she posted on the Bulletin Board at the City Hall, a full, true and correct copy of an ordinance passed by the Council of said City at a meeting thereof duly held on blay 7 , 19 86 , which ordinance was numbered 3030 New Series, and entitled: AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD AMENDING SECTIONS 15.28.010, 15.28.020, 15.28.030, 15.28.040, 15.28.050, 15.28.055, 15.28.060, 15.28.070, 15.28.080, OF THE BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING THE UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE~ City Clerk Subscribed and sworn to before me this