HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 3908ORDINANCE NO. I 9 0 8
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING CHAPTER 15.16 OF THE
BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE
UNIFORM MECHANICAL CODE AND ADOPTING AND
ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 15.16 THERETO.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield as follows:
SECTION 1.
Chapter 15.16 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code relating to the Uniform
Mechanical Code is hereby repealed.
SECTION 2.
follows:
A new Chapter 15.16 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is added to read as
Chapter 15.16
UNIFORM MECHANICAL CODE
Sections:
15.16.010
15.16.020
15.16.030
15.16.040
15.16.050
15.16.060
15.16.070
Adoption.
Deletions.
Modifications.
Section 304.5 amended - LPG Appliances.
Section 508.4 amended -- Clearances for Type I hood.
Section 803.3 amended - Dampers.
Section 1105.10 amended -- Condensate disposal.
15.16.010 Adoption.
Except as provided in this chapter, that certain mechanical code known and designated as
the Uniform Mechanical Code, sponsored and copyrighted by the International Conference of
Building Officials, as modified by the 1998 Edition of the California Building Standards Code,
a copy of which is on file in the office of the Building Department of the City for use and
examination by the public, and each portion and provision thereof is adopted by reference as
modified and amended in this chapter and is declared to be the mechanical code of the City for
the purpose stated therein.
15.16.020 Deletions
The following section of the Uniform Mechanical Code, 1997 Edition, is not adopted as
part of this chapter and is deleted:
Section 110.1 Board of Appeals
15.16.030 Modifications.
The sections of the Uniform Mechanical Code mentioned in Sections 15.16.040
through 15.16.070 are amended to read as set tbrth in this chapter.
15.16.040 Section 304.5 Section 304.5 amended-LPG Appliances.
Equipment burning liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) or liquid fuel shall not be located
in a pit, attic, an underfloor space, below grade or similar location where vapors or fuel might
unsafely collect unless an approved method for the safe collections, removal and containment or
disposal of the vapors or fuel is provided.
15.16.050 Section 508.4 amended -- Clearances for Type I hood.
Section 508.4 is amended by adding a second paragraph to read as follows:
Stainless steel wall shield below hood shall maintain 3 inches from protected
combustibles.
15.16.060 Section 803.3 amended - Dampers.
Section 803.3 is amended by adding a second paragraph to read as follows:
Fireplaces installed with gas into the firebox shall have one of the following
alterations to the damper: Three one inch diameter holes installed in damper or ~h
inch stop welded onto damper edge, or remove damper with approval of
manufacturer.
15.16.070 Section 1105.10 amended -- Condensate disposal.
Section 1105.10 is amended by adding a second paragraph to read as follows: All
condensate drains installed in or on commercial structures shall be of metallic pipe and fittings.
Condensate drains installed outside residential units shall be metallic pipe when over four (4) feet
in developed length. Condensate drains entering residential units shall be installed in ABS, PVC,
DWV, or metallic pipe installed in accordance to Uniform Plumbing Code installation standards.
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SECTION 3.
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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the
Council
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was passed and adopted by
of the City of Bakersfield at a regular meeting thereof held on
JIll 3 0 ~ , by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
COUNCILMEMBER CARSON.
SULLIVAN, SALVAGGIO
COUNCILMEMBER N 0 ~ [.
COUNCILSMEMBER N C) ~ ~-
COUNCILMEMBER N o ~,i f~
DEMOND, MAGGARD, COUCH, ROWLES,
CITY CLERK and Ex Offi~~of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
JUN 3 0 1999
APPROVED
BoB
MAYOR of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED as to form:
CITY ATTORNEY
CARL HERNANDEZ III
Assistant City Attorney
LIlIIC
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AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING DOCUMENTS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
) ss.
County of Kern )
PAMELA A. MCCARTHY, 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 1 st day of July , 1999 she posted on the Bulletin Board at City Hall,
a full, true and correct copy of the following: Ordinance No. 3908 , passed by the
Bakersfield City Council at a meeting held on the 30th day of June 1999 , and
entitled:
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING CHAPTER 15.16 OF THE BAKERSFIELD
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE UNIFORM MECHANICAL CODE
AND ADOPTING AND ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 15.16 THERETO.
/s/PAMELA A. MCCARTHY
City Clerk of the City of Bakersfield
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S:\DOCUMENT'~OPOSTING
July 1, 1999