HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 3392ORDINANCE NO. ~..9 Z
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 15.28 OF THE
BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE
UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield
as follows:
SECTION 1.
Chapter 15.28 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Chapter 15.28
UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE
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
15.28.095
15.28.100
15.28.110
15.28.120
Adoption.
Modifications.
Section 401(a)(2) Materials.
Table 4-3 amended - Maximum units for
drainage piping.
Section 609 amended - Cooling water.
Section 903 amended - Overflows.
Section 1004(a) Materials - CPVC pipe deletion.
Section 1008(c) amended - Installation, inspection
and testing.
Section 1101(d) amended - Sewer required.
Section 1208(c) added - Authority to render gas
service.
Section 1213(b) amended - Installation of gas
piping.
Section 1214(9) added - Appliance connectors.
Appendix C: amended - Minimum plumbing facilities.
Rules and regulations.
Corrections of error.
Table No. 3-A amended - Plumbing permit fees.
15.28.010 Adoption.
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, that
certain plumbing code known and designated as the Uniform Plumbing
Code, 1991 Edition, (with appendices A through I), sponsored and
copyrighted by the International Association of Plumbing and
Mechanical Officials, a copy of which has been filed with the
Building Department 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, 1991 Edition,
mentioned in Sections 15.28.025 through 15.28.120 of this chapter,
as adopted by reference, are modified and amended as provided in
Sections 15.28.025 through 15.28.120 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
resistive rating of one hour or
installed.
stories or less having a fire
more shall have metallic piping
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 Table 4-3 amended -
Maximum units for drainaqe DiDinq.
Horizontal piping 1 1/2" diameter shall be one fixture
unit.
15.28.040 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 manner approved
by the Building Director of the City of Bakersfield.
(b) All connections 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.
15.28.050 Section 903 amended - Overflows.
Section 903 is amended by adding a paragraph as
follows:
Overflows are required on all bathtub installations.
15.28.055
Section 1004(a) Materials CPVC DiDe deletion.
Delete the sentence in paragraph (a) which allows the
use of CPVC water pipe or tubing within a building.
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.
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:
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.
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 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
hundred (200) feet if the proposed development is for residential
living units and is four units or less.
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2) The requirements may be waived or modified by the
Building Official when strict compliance may cause extreme
hardship.
15.28.070
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 paragraph (a) above turns on or reconnects the
gas service described except for emergency and
maintenance purposes.
15.28.080
Section 1213(b) amended
pipinq.
Installation of gas
Section 1213(c) exception is amended to read as follows:
When necessary, due to structural conditions,
approved type gas piping, sleeved and vented, 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
sleeve 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 (6) inches from grade. The opposite
end shall be sealed where pipe exits from under
slab.
15.28.090
Section 1214(9) 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.
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15.28.095
ADDendix C: Amended - Minimum Plumbinq
Facilities.
Appendix C is amended by adding foot note 15 which
states: Flush valve requirements - all assembly type buildings
as defined in the Uniform Building Code under Chapter 4,
Definitions, shall have flush valves for water closets.
Exception: Restricted restrooms for employees only.
15.28.100
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.
15.28.110
Corrections of error.
The issuance of a permit upon approval of plans
and specifications shall not permit the Building Director from
requiring the correction of error in the plans and specifications
or from preventing construction or installation operations being
carried on when in violation of this code or of any other
ordinances or from revoking any permit or certificate of approval
when issued in error.
15.28.120
Table No. 3-A amended - Plumbing permit fees
Table NO. 3-A is amended to include the
following schedule:
Total plumbing permit ........ 13.3% of total
building permit
fee for new
construction
Other inspections and fees:
1. Gas line .......................... $30.00
2. Hot water heater replacement ...... $30.00
3. Solar ............................. $40.00
4. Septic tank ....................... $50.00
5. Shower pan ........................ $30.00
6. Pool Plumbing ..................... $30.00
7. Septic abandonment/Sewer line ..... $50.00
8. Water softener .................... $30.00
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9. Air conditioning (up to 5 tons)...$30.00
10. Air conditioning (above 5 tons)...$50.00
11. Grease interceptors ............... $75.00
12. Plumbing Alterations;'
The following fees for plumbing alterations
shall by 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
building.
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.
a. Manufacturing or assembly plants.
b. Hotels, motels and apartment houses,
etc., in this classification exceeding
40,000 sq. ft. shall be $ .015 per
square foot.
c. Vehicle service stations.
d. Office buildings.
3. $ .03 per square foot.
a. Commercial garages.
b. Warehouses up to and including 5000
sq. ft.
c. That portion of warehouse type
buildings in excess of 5,000 sq. ft.
@ $ .015 per sq. ft.
4. $ .04 per square feet.
a. Stores and markets (wholesale or
retail).
b. Stores and markets (wholesale or
retail) exceeding 40,000 sq. ft.
@ $ .01 per sq. ft.
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5. Dwelling, excluding garages.
$ 18.00 per bath.
$ 24.00 per 2 baths.
$ 30.00 per 3 baths.
$ 00.02 per square foot on any unit with
more than 3000 sq. ft. plus unit cost
of fixtures.
6. $ .01 per square feet.
a. Shell type buildings up to and
including 5000 sq. ft.
b. That portion of shell type building
in excess of 5,000 sq. ft.
@ 0.0075 per sq. ft.
SECTION 2.
This Ordinance shall be posted in accordance with the
Bakersfield Municipal Code and shall become effective
thirty (30) days from and after the date of its passage.
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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 AU8 2 8 ~§§~ , by the
following vote:
AYES; COUNCILMEMBERS: EOWA~)~S~,,~eMOND, SMITH, BRUNNI, PETERSON, McDERMOTT, SALVAGGIO
NOES; COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSENT COUNCILMEMBERS: .~,'JE
ABeSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS. A/O/V~
CITY CLERK and Ex Officio Clerk of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED AUg 2 8 1991
CLARENCE E. MEDDERS
Mayor of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED as to form:
LAWRENCE M. LUNARDINI
CITY ATTORNEY of the City of Bakersfield
LCM/kg
AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING DOCUMENTS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
) ss.
County of Kern)
CAROL WILLIAMS, Being duly sworn, deposes and says:
That she is the duly appointed, acting and qualified City Clerk
of Bakersfield; and that on the 30th day of August
posted on the Bulletin Board at City Hall, a full, true
the following: Ordinance No. 3392 passed
City Council at a meeting held on the 28th day of
of the City
, 19 91 she
and correct copy of
by the Bakersfield
August 19 91,
and entitled:
/s/ CAROL WILLIAMS
CITY CLERK of the City of Bakersfield
DEPUT~ City Clerk
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