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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 564ORDINANCE NO. ~'~ NEW SERIES AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 3703 OF THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE, 1937 EDITION, AS ADOPTED BY 0RDINANCE NO. 557 IIEW SERIES. BE IT 0RDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD, as follows: SECTION 1. That Section 3703 of the Uniform Building Code, 1937 Edition, as adopted by the Pacific Coast Building Officials' Confer- ence at the 6th Annual Meeting, October, 1927, with Revisions and Additions approved at the 14th Annual Meeting, October, 1936, as published in April, 1937, printing of July, 1939, which was adopted by Ordinance Number 557 New Series of the City of Bakersfield, California, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Section RTO~. Ga__AsVents. Gas furnaces, gas water heaters and other gas appliances which are required to be vented, may in lieu of the chimney required in Section 3701, be provided with a vent of unglazed fire clay or concrete tile pipe not less than one-half inch (½") in thickness and having a sleeve or flange not more than twenty-four inches (24") apart and at every Joint in such vent pipe. Such sleeves or flanges shall project at least three-fourths inch (3/4") beyond the outer surface of the Joint and shall securely Join the sections of such vent and all Joints shall be well cemented. The sleeves or flanges shall be securely attached to the portions of the build- ing or structure adjoining such vents and act as a spacer to provide an air space around such vent, or such vent may be entirely enclosed in a galvanized iron pipe with such sleeves or flanges separating the outer pipe at least one-half inch (½") from the clay or concrete "~ent' The area of any flue or vent shall be not less than the area of the largest vent connection inlet plus 50 per cent of the areas of all other additional inlets, provided that no gas flue or vent --A -- shall have an area of less than twelve square inches (12 sq.in.), and shall be not less than two inches (2") in any internal dimen- sion. No vent connection inlet shall be located at the bottom or within one foot (1') of the bottom of any gas vent, and any two inlets must be offset or staggered so that it will be impossible for any horizontal plane to pass through any part of both inlets. A single galvanized or copper bearing metal vent connec- tion exposed to view in a room throughout its entire length may be used to connect the appliance to the vent. Such metal vent con- nection shall be not less in diameter than the connection on the ap- pliance and shall be maintained not less than six inches (6") dis- tant from any combustible portion of the building or the combustible material shall be protected by not less than one-hour fire-resistive construction as specified in Chapter 43. Every portion of a vent connection shall have a rise of not less than one inch (1") to the foot from the appliance to the chimney and the length of such connec- tion shall be no greater than the height of the vent from the point at which the vent connection enters to the top of the vent. Every vent shall extend in as nearly a vertical position as possible and be continuous from the gas appliance to the ou'~side of the building and extend at least one foot (1') above the roof. No vent connection co~mected to any gas appliance having pilot provision for a~tomatic ~r remote control, shall be connected to any chimney flue which is used as a smoke flue for any stove, boiler, heater or other apparatus designed to burn wood, coal, oil or other fuel other than gas unless such pilot provision is so designed that the supply of gas to the main burners in cormection therewith will be automatically shut off when combustion of gas is not taking place at the pilot. --o0o ......... I HEREBY CERTIFY that. the foregoing Ordinance was passed -2- and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield, on the ~~day of ~ , 1940, by the following vote: NOES:....~ RB,~ENT ~ City Clerk of the Council of the City of Bakersfield. APPRO by me t~his ~~day of ~ MAYOR of the City of Bakersfield. , lc)4.o. of ( r nan es V, VAN RIPER, being duly sworn, deposes and says: That he is the duly a pointed, acting and qualified Clerk of the City of Bakersfield; and that on ................ ~ ....... ---~--.--~-- .......... 1~, he 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 ............................ ""~"'I ...........19~_, which ordinance was numbered....~....-~-.../~..- .......New Series, ~ed: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 3703 OF THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE, 1937 EDITION, AS ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE NO. 557 NEW SERIES. Sub~c~Te~ed and sworn to before me this ,.~ ........' '.~ .....!.~.__.day of .............19 .........