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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 3244ORDINANCE NO. 3244 , NEW SERIES AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD AMENDING CHAPTER 15.28 OF THE BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE. as SECTION 1. Chapter 15.28 of the Bakersfield Municipal amended to read as follows: Chapter 15.28 BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield follows: Code is hereby Sections: 15.28.010 15.28.020 15.28.025 15.28.030 15.28.040 15.28.050 15.28.055 15.28.060 15.28.065 15.28.070 15.28.080 15.28.090 15.28.100 15.28.110 15.28.120 15.28.130 15.28.140 15.28.150 15.28.160 UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE Adoption. Modifications. Section 401(a)(2) Materials. Section 609 amended - Cooling water. Section 903 amended - Overflows. Section 1004(a) Materials - PB and CPVC pipe deletion. Section 1101(d) amended - Sewer required. Section 1008(c) amended - Installation, inspection and testing. Section 1208(c) added - Authority to render gas service. Section 1213(b) amended - Installation of gas piping. Section 1214 Appliance connectors. Section 1310(e) added - Water heater protection from damage. Administration and enforcement. Rules and regulations. Permit issuance not authority for violations. Corrections of error. Permit duration. Special owner's permit. Schedule of fees. 15.28.010 Adoption. Except as other wise provided in this chapter, that certain plumbing code known and designated as the Uniform Plumbing Code, 1988 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. 15.28.020 Modifications. The sections of the Uniform Plumbing Code, 1988 Edition, mentioned in Sections 15.28.025 through 15.28.090 of this chapter, as adopted by reference, are modified and amended as pro- vided in Sections 15.28.030 through 15.28.170 of this chapter. 15.28.025 Section 401(a)(2) Materials. Section 401(a)(2) Materials is amended by adding a paragraph as follows: ABS and PVC DWV piping shall be limited to two stories or less in all occupancies. Exception: Structures two stories or less having a fire resistive rating of one hour or more shall have metallic piping installed. Any walls, ceilings, floors or roofs having a fire rating in a non-rated structure shall not have any ABS OR PVC installed within that area. 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 connected 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- net approved by the Building Director of the City of Bakersfield. - 2 - (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 sani-~ tary 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. 15.28.040 follows: Section 903 amended - Overflows. Section 903 is amended by adding a paragraph as Overflows are required on all bathtub installations. 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. 15.28.055 Section 1101(d) amended - 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 premises which abuts and is served by such public sewer. Exceptions: 1) The above requirement may be reduced to two hun- dred (200) feet if the proposed development is for residential living units and is four units or less. 2) The requirements may be waived or modified by the Building Official when strict compliance may cause extreme hardship. 15.28.060 Section 1008(c) amended - Installation, 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. - 3 - Exceptions: If required by structural conditions, water piping may be installed in chases, sleeves or ducts with the prior approval of the administrative authority in accordance with the following requirements: i. All piping shall be chased, sleeved or ducted the entire length within a concrete slab or in the ground under a concrete slab of a building. Chase, sleeves or ducts shall extend six (6) inches above grade at both ends. 2. Copper tubing shall be installed without joints where possible. Where joints are permitted, they shall be brazed, and fittings shall be wrought copper. 15.28.065 Section 1208(c) added - Authority to render gas service. Add a new paragraph (c) to read: A permit and approved inspection(s) is required before the person, firm or corporation authorized in para- graph (a) above turns on or reconnects the gas service described except for emergency and maintenance purposes. 15.28.070 Section 1213(b) amended - Installation of gas piping. Section 1213(b) exception is amended to read as follows: When necessary, due to structural conditions, approved type gas piping, sleeving and venting, may be installed in other locations, when permission has first been obtained from the Administrative Authority.. Gas piping installed under a building or structure shall be sleeved its entire length. One end of sleew? shall be vented with the vent turned down to within 6 inches of roof. The opposite end shall extend above grade 6 inches and sealed. When installation is under carports, patio covers or concrete exceeding five (5) feet in width, the gas line shall be sleeved the entire length and vented on one end with vent turned down to not less than six (611 inches from grade. The opposite end shall be sealed where pipe exits from under slab. 15.28.080 Section 1214(8) added - Appliance connectors. Add a new paragraph (8) to read: All appliance connectors installed in the exterior application, except mobile home gas flex, shall be of rigid piping or stainless steel connectors that have been approved by the appropriate testing agency. 15.28.090 Section 1310(f) added - Water heater protection from damage. Add a new paragraph (f) to read: Where a water heating appliance is located above a 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 terminating outside the building or to an approved receptor shall be installed beneath the appliance. 15.28.100 Administration and enforcement. Whenever used in the Uniform Plumbing Code, the terms "Administrative Authority" and/or "Plumbing Official" mean the duly appointed and acting building director of the city, his duly authorized representative or such persons as hereafter may be authorized by law to perform the duties now being performed by that official in the city. 15.28.110 Rules and regulations. The building director may promulgate rules and regulations, subject to the approval of the city council of the city, not in conflict with the provisions of this chapter, to facilitate the enforcement and administration of the Uniform Plumbing Code. 15.28.120 Permit issuance not authority for violations. A. The issuance or granting of a permit or approval of plans and/or specifications shall not be deemed or construed to be a permit for, or an approval of, any violation of any of the pro- visions of this code. - 5 - B. No permit or approval presuming to give authority to violate or cancel the provisions of this code shall be valid except insofar as the work or use which it authorizes is lawful. 15.28.130 Corrections of error. The issuance of a permit upon approval of plans and specifications shall not permit the building director from there- after requiring the correction of error in the plans and specifi- cations or from preventing construction or installation operations being carried on thereunder when in violation of this code or of any other ordinances or from revoking any permit or certificate of approval when issued in error. 15.28.140 Permit duration. Every permit issued by the building director under the provisions of this code shall expire by limitation and become null and void if the work authorized by the permit is not commenced within one hundred eighty days from the date of the permit or, if the work authorized by the permit is suspended or abandoned at any time after the work is commenced for a period of one hundred eighty days. Before the work can be recommenced, a new permit shall be first obtained to do so. 15.28.150 Special owner's permit. A. The building director may issue to an individual a special owner's permit authorizing the individual to do the plumb- ing or drainage work in, on or about a building of which the indi- vidual is owner; provided, that no plumbing or drainage work authorized under any such special owner's permit shall be done, nor shall the owner holding any such permit allow any such work to be done, except personally by the owner to whom the permit is issued or by a member of his immediate family. The issuance of such permit shall conform to the State Contractors' License Law, and if this or any other provision of this chapter is violated by the holder of the special owner's permit, the permit shall be sub- ject to immediate cancellation by the building director, and the holder thereof shall be liable to the penalty provided for viola- tion of this chapter. B. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a homeowner from obtaining a permit, doing his own work or hiring employees for wages in doing the work. - 6 - 15.28.160 Schedule of fees. A. Plumbing permit fees shall be paid to the building director as set forth in the schedule of fees as printed in the Uniform Plumbing Code, 1988 Edition. B. New building or structure. The following fees shall be applied to the nearest square foot of building area when applicable. 1. $ .08 per square feet. Drinking and dining establishments. Hospitals, nursing homes and child nurseries.. Schools, churches and assembly buildings. Structures in this classification exceeding 4000 sq. ft. shall be $ .03 per sq. ft. after the first 4000 sq. ft. 2. $ .05 per square feet. Ce Manufacturing or assembly plants. Hotels, motels and apartment houses, etc., structures in this classification exceeding 40,000 sq. ft shall be $ .015 per square foot. Vehicle service stations. Office buildings and tenant improvements. 3. $ .03 per square feet. a. Commercial garages. b. Warehouses and shell type buildings up to and including five thousand feet. 4. $ .04 per square feet. a. Stores and markets (Wholesale or retail). 5. $ .015 per square feet. That portion of warehouses and shell type buildings in excess of five thousand feet. $ 18.00 per bath. $ 24.00 per 2 bath. $ 30.00 per 3 bath. $ 00.02 per square foot on any unit with more than 3000 square foot plus cost of fixtures. a. Dwelling, excluding garages. - 7 - SECTION 2. 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. .......... o0o .......... 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 July 19, 1989 , by the following vote: ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS Peterson AI~STAIN: COUNCILMEMBER~ Nnn~ _ CITY CLERK and Ex Officio Clerk of the Council of the City of Bakersfield APPROVED July 19, 1989 CLARENCE E. MEDDERS MAYOR of the City of Bakersfield APPROVED as to form: CITY ATTORNEY--dr the City of Bakersfield LCM/meg 00RD 4 UC.PLUMB1 6/26/89 - 8 - AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING DOCUMENTS STATE OF CALIFORNIA) SS. County of Kern) C_~ROL 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 the ~]~ day of j~]y , 19 89 she posted on the Bulletin Board at City Hall, a. full, true and correct copy of the following: Ordinance No. 3244 , passed by the Bakersfield City Council at a meeting held on the ~ day of July , 19 89 · and entitled: AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD AMENDING CHAPTER 15.28 OF THE BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE. NSAOPD /s/ CAROL WILLIAMS CITY CLERK of the City of Bakersiield DEPUTY City C