HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 696 ORDINANCE NO. ~.~ NEV~ SERIES
AN ORDINANCE .AT~.,R}~)ING SECTION 3703 OF
TklE. Ui~IFORM BUILDING CODE, 1940 EDITION,
.AS ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE I~O. 682 i,EV,~ SERIES.
BE IT ORD. AII~a) BY TIYE COUNCIL OF TPE CITY OF BAKEIISFI.~.T.D, as
follows:
SECTION 1.
That Section 3703 of the Uniform Building Code, 1940 Edition,
as adopted by the Pacific Coast Building Officials' Conference at
the 6th Annual ~eeting, October, 1927, with Revisions and .Additions
approved at the 17th Annual I,,~eeting, October, 1939, as published
May 1, 1940, printing of May, 1940, which was adopted by Ordinance
No. 682 New Series of the City of Bakersfield, California, be and
the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 3703. GAS VENTS.
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 building or structure
adjoining such vents a~a act as a spacer 'to provide an air space
around such vent, or such vent may be entirely enclosed in a galvanized
iron pipe ~vith such sleeves or flanges separating the outer pipe at
l~ast one-half inch (½") from the clay or concrete vent. The area
of any flue or vent shall be not less than the area of the largest
vent connection inlet plus ~0 per cent of the areas of all other
additional inlets, provided that no gas flue or vent 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 dimension. 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 aRV horizontal plane
to pass through any part of both inlets.
~ single galvanized or co~per bearing metal vent connection
exposed to view in a rQom throughout its entire length may be used
to connect the appliance to the vent. Such metal vent connection
shall be not less in diameter than the connection on the appliance
and shall be maintained not less than six inches (6") distant from
any combustible portion of the building or the combustible material
shall be protected by not less than one-hour fire-resistive construc-
tion as specified in Chapter 4B. 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 connection 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 outside of
the building and extend at least one foot (1') above the roof.
1~o vent connection connected to any gas appliance having pilot
provision for automatic or 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 connection therewith will
be automatically shut off when combustion of gas is not taking place
at the pilot.
I ~Y CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was passed and
adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield on the 14th day
of January, 1946, by the following vote:
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CITY ~jnd Ex-bfficio Clerk of t"he
Council of the City of Bakersfield.
,APPROVED this
~ 14t~y~o: .J~anuary, 1946.
MAYOR ~~City "of Ba~sfie~d
f[tbautt af asttng
MARIAN S. IRVIN
~ being duly sworn, deposes and says:
ThaB he is the duly appointed, acting and qualified Clerk of the City of Bakers field;
and that on ............... ..~....8~....~..8...r.y. ........ l~.. ......... ,19~ .... he posted on the Bulletin Board at the
City Hall, a full, true and COXTeCt COpy Of an ordinance passed by the Council of said City
at a meeting thereof duly held on ......... .~...a~....u..a_~y.....1..,. ...................... 19.~.~.., which ordinance
was numberecL....~.~..~. ........ New Setice, and entitled:
".AN ORDINANCE AL.~I~DING SECTION 3 o3 OF THE UNIFOP~I
BUILDING CODE, 1940 EDITION, AS 'ADOPTED BY ORDI-
NANCE NO. 682 NE~,I SERIES."
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