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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC ORD 1974-1424 Adopts 1973 plumbing code; repeals Ord. 1284 (15.20)1424 The City Council of the City of Na- tional City, California, does ordain as follows: SECTION 1. That Ordinance No. 1284 of the City of National City, and all other ordinances and parts of or- dinances in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed. SECTION 2. The City Council of the City of National City, for the purpose of prescribing regulations for the pro- tection of the public health and safety, hereby adopts that certain code known as the Uniform Plumbing Code and Appendix A, B, C, D, and F thereto, as copyrighted 1973 by the Interna- tional Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials, being particularly the 1973 Edition thereof, save and except those portions as are herein after deleted, modified, or amended, of which code not less than three (3) copies have been and now are filed in the office of the Clerk of the City of National City; and the same are hereby adopted and incorporated as if fully set out at length herein, and from the date on which this Ordinance shall take effect, the provisions thereof shall be controlling within the limits of the City of National City. SECTION 3. There is hereby adopted a PART to be numbered PART ONE: ADMINISTRATION consisting of sub- sections 1.0 thru 1.17, said subsections to be a PART hereof, said PART to read as follows: PART ONE ADMINISTRATION Section 1.0 APPLICATION AND SCOPE. The provisions of this Code shall apply to all new construction, relocated buildings, and to any altera- tions, repairs, or reconstruction except as provided for otherwise in this Code. Section 1.1 ADMINISTRATIVE AU- THORITY AND ASSISTANTS. Whenever the term "Administrative Authority" is used in this Code it shall be construed to mean the Director of Building and Housing or his authorized representa- tive. The Director of Building and Housing may delegate any of his powers or duties to any of his as- sistants. Section 1.2 DUTIES OF DIRECTOR OF BUILDING AND HOUSING. It shall be the duty of the Director of Building and Housing to enforce the provisions of this Code. He shall, upon applica- tion, grant permits for the installation or alteration of plumbing installations, devices, appliances, and equipment and shall make inspections of all new plumbing installations and reinspection of all plumbing installations, all as provided in this Code. He shall keep complete records of all permits issued, inspections, and re -inspections made and other official work performed in accordance with the provisions of this Code. Section 1.3 AUTHORITY OF DI- RECTOR OF BUILDING AND HOUSING. The Director of Building and Housing shall have the right during reasonable hours or at any time when extreme danger exists to enter any building in the discharge of his official duties or the purpose of making an inspection, re -inspection, or test of the plumbing installations, devices, fixtures, appli- ances and equipment contained therein. The Director of Building and Housing is hereby authorized to disconnect or order discontinuance or renlolval of plumbing installations fixtures, devices, appliances, or equipment found to be dangerous to life or property because they are defective or defectively in- stalled. Section 1.4 DANGEROUS AND IN- SANITARY CONSTRUCTION. (a) Any portion of a plumbing sys- tem found by the Administrative Au- thority to be insanitary as defined herein is hereby declared to be a nuisance. (b) Whenever brought to the at- tention of the department having jurisdiction that any insanitary condi- tions exist or that any construction or ORDINANCE NO. 1424 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING, BY REFERENCE, THE UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE, 1973 EDITION, AND APPENDIX A, B, C, D, AND F, DECLARING AND ESTABLISHING REGULATIONS FOR THE INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE, AND ALTERATION OF PLUMBING SYSTEMS WITHIN THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF AND REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 1284 AND ALL OTHER ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH work regulated by this Code is danger- ous, unsafe, insanitary, a nuisance or a menace to life, health, or property or otherwise in violation of this Code, the said department may request an in- vestigation by the Administrative Au- thority who, upon determining such in- formation to be fact, shall order any person, firm or corporation using or maintaining any such condition or re- sponsible for the use or maintenance thereof to discontinue the use or maintenance thereof or to repair, alter, change, remove or demolish same as he may consider necessary for proper protection of life, health or property and in the case of any gas piping or appliance is made safe to life, health or property. Every such order shall be in writing, addressed to the owner, agent or person responsible for the premises in which such condition exists and shall specify the date or time for compliance with such order. (c) Refusal, failure or neglect to comply with any such notice or order shall be considered a violation of this Code. (d) When any plumbing system is maintained in violation of this Code and in violation of any notice issued pursuant to the provisions of this sec- tion or where a nuisance exists in any building or on a lot on which a build- ing is situated, the Administrative Authority shall institute any appro- priate action or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction to pre- vent, restrain, correct, or abate the violation or nuisance. Section 1.5 RESPONSIBII_ITY. This Code shall not be construed to relieve from, or lessen the responsibility of any party owning, operating, con- trolling, or installing any plumbing in- stallation, fixtures, device, or materials, for damage to person or property caused by any defect therein; nor shall the City of National City or any officer or employee thereof enforcing this Code be held as assuming any such liability by reason of the inspections authorized herein, or certificate of inspection issued in accordance with the provisions of this Code. Section 1.6 PROHIBITIONS. It is un- lawful for any person, either as owner, architect, contractor, artisan, or other- wise, to do or knowingly to cause to permit to be done or to maintain any plumbing in such manner that the same shall not conform to all of the provisions of this Code. Section 1.7 AUTHORITY TO CON- DEMN PROPERTY. When any building or premises has been inspected by the Department of Building and Housing and the plumbing is found to be defec- tive or in violation of this Code, notice to that effect shall be served upon the owner, or his agent, and the said notice shall specify the characterof repairs and alterations or improvements to be made. If such repairs, and alterations, as specified in said notice, are not commenced in good faith within the time specified in such notice, the Di- rector of Building and Housing may declare such building or premises to be an unsafe building and a public nui- sance and proceed with the abatement thereof in accordance with procedures established in Chapter 11 of the Uni- form Housing Code. Section 1.8 PERMITS REQUIRED. (a) No plumbing system or part thereof regulated by this Code shall be installed within or on any building, structure, or premises, nor shall any alteration, addition or replacement, be made in any such existing plumbing system unless a permit therefor has first been issued by the Department of Building and Housing except as stated in Section 1.10. (b) Permits shall be obtained before or at the time work is started, except in cases where emergency or urgent necessity can be shown to exist, pro- vided a permit is obtained within twenty-four (24) hours, exclusive of 1 Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. (c) There shall be one permit for each building in which rough work for a plumbing fixture or fixtures is in- stalled, except in the case of any un- occupied accessory building or a garage that is part of the plumbing system of a single family dwelling. (d) Except as provided in Section 1.9, permits shall be issued only to Contractors licensed by the State of California entitled to engage in the business or act in the capacity of a contractor relating to plumbing; Section 1.9 HOMEOWNERS PERMIT. A property owner or member of his immediate family may obtain a Home- owner's Plumbing Permit to install any plumbing work and fixtures in, on, or about any residential building, located upon his own property, provided, how- ever, that such residential building shall contain no more than two (2) dwelling units, and that such owner shall personaly purchase all material and shall personally perform all labor in connection with such plumbing work. Prior to the issuance of a Home- owner's Plumbing Permit, the applicant for such permit shall pass an examina- tion to verify his ability to perform such work. An examination fee in the amount of five dollars ($5.00) shall be paid to the City Treasurer by the ap- plicant. All plumbing work installed by au- htority of a Homeowner's Plumbing Permit shall comply with the standards set forth in this Code and related City and California State regulations. Section 1.10 WORK NOT REQUIRING PERMIT. No permit shall be required in the case of any repair work as fol- lows: The stopping of leaks in drains, soil, waste or vent pipe, provided how- ever, that should any drainpipe, soil, waste or vent pipe be or become de- fective, and it becomes necessary to remove and replace the same with new material in any part or parts, the same shall be considered as new work and a permit shall be procured and inspection made as hereinbefore pro- vided. No permit shall be required for the clearing of stoppages, or the repair of leaks in soil, waste or vent pipes, valves, fixtures or replacement of exposed traps in existing plumbing systems serving lavatories sinks, laun- dry trays and/or similar fixtures. Section 1.11 EXPIRATION OF PER- MIT. (a) If the work authorized by a permit is not commenced within a period of sixty (60) days the permit shall become void. (b) An expired permit may be re- newed upon payment of a fee to cover the unfinished work according to the fee schedule in Section 1.14. Section 1.12 INCOMPLETED IN- STALLATIONS. Should any person to whom a permit has been issued quit an installation, the Department shall be so notified in writing by either the per- mitee, owner or his authorized repre- sentative and request an inspection on work installed. Such notice shall be made within forty-eight (48) hours. NO person shall resume work on any incompleted installation until such in- stallation has been released by the De- partment and a new permit obtained. A copy of the written notice must accompany the application for the new permit. Section 1.13. APPLICATION FOR PERMIT. Application for a permit, de- scribing the work to be done, shall be made in writing to the Director of Building and Housing. The application shall be accompanied by such plans, specifications, and schedules as may be necessary to determine whether the installation as described will be in conformity with the requirements of this Code. If it shall be found that the installation as described will in general conform with the requirements of this Code, a permit for such installation shall be issued upon payment of the required fee as hereinafter fixed; pro- vided, however, that the issuance of the permit shall not be taken as per- mission to violate any of the require- ments of this Code. Section 1.14 PERMIT FEES RE- QUIRED. Each application for a plumb- ing permit shall be submitted in writing, shall state the location of the work proposed to be installed and the amount and kind of plumbing in con- nection therewith. Each such applica- tion shall be signed by the person qualified to obtain such permit and shall be accompanied by a permit fee in accordance with the schedule of fees hereinafter established. SCHEDULE OF FEES For issuing each permit (not refundable) $5.00 In addition: For each plumbing fixture or trap including water, drainage and vent piping and backflow pro- tection therefor (except replace- ment of exposed traps or waste food grinders, in existing plumb- ing systems serving lavatories, sinks, laundry trays and similar fixtures) $1.50 For each building sewer $5.00 For each moved building plumbing system, including existing fixtures which are not relocated, replaced or altered. (Not including house sewer) $5.50 For each water heater and/or vent (water heaters being replaced in same location exempted) $1.50 For capping or disconnecting and removal of house sewer on the site from which a building has been relocated or removed $1.50 For each waste food grinder or disposal unit $1.50 A food waste disposer installed at time of original sink installa- tion shall be considered as part of the sink. Dishwashers discharg- ing into a food waste disposer or separate trap shall require a separate fee. For each industrail waste inter- ceptor or device $1.00 For each grease interceptor $ .80 For installation, alteration or repair of water piping and/or water treating equipment $1.50 For each lawn sprinkler system on any one meter, including back - flow protection devices therefor $2.00 For vacuum breakers or back flow protective devices on tanks, vats, etc., or for installation on unprotected plumbing fixtures, including necessary water piping one (1) to five (5) $2.00 Over five (5) each $ .30 For installation, alteration, or repair of gas piping $1.50 For each outlet in a gas piping system in excess of five (5) $ .30 Section 1.15 PENALTY FEE. Any per son who shall commence any plumbing work for which a permit is required by this Code without first having obtained a permit therefor shall, if subsequently permitted to obtain a permit, pay double the permit fee fixed by this section for such work, provided how- ever, that this provision shall not apply to emergency work when it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the Ad- ministrative Authority that such work was urgently necessary and that it was not practical to obtain a permit there- for before the commencement of the work. In all such cases a permit must be obtained as soon as it is practical to do so, and if there be an unreason- able delay in obtaining such permit, a double fee as herein provided shall be charged. Section 1.16 INSPECTION OF WORK (al All plumbing and drainage sys- tems shall be inspected by the Admini- strative Authority to insure compliance with all requirements of this Code. (b( It shall be the duty of the per- son doing the work authorized by the permit to notify the Administrative Authority orally or in writing that said work is ready for inspecion. Such no- tification shall be given not less than twenty-four (24) hours before the work is to be inspected. • (c) It shall be the duty of the per- son doing the work authorized by the permit to make sure that the work will stand the tests prescribed elsewhere in this Code before giving the above notification. Section 1.17 REINSPECTION FEES Whenever it shall be necessary to make an extra inspection at a job site due to an applicant giving an in- correct address or wrong location in obtaining a permit required by this Code, or due to faulty or defective in- stallation, an additional fee in the amount of ten dollars ($10.00) shall be charged for each such additional inspection. This section shall be interpreted as requiring the payment of reinspection fees only when it becomes apparent to the Administrative Authority that the inspection staff is being used to pro- vide on-the-job supervision of the work, rather than the performance of inspec- tional, services provided for in this Code. In all instances where it has been necessary to assess reinspection fees, no additional inspection of the work will be performed until such reinspec- tion fees have been paid to the City Treasurer. SECTION 4. Section 608 of the Uni- form Plumbing Code is hereby revised to read as follows: APPLIANCES. Appliances, devices, equipment or other apparatus not regularly classified as plumbing fix- tures, which are equipped with pumps, drips or drainage outlets, may be drained by indirect waste pipes dis- charging into an open receptor. No dishwashing machine shall be di- rectly connected to a drainage system or food waste disposer without the use of an approved dishwasher air-gep fitting on the discharge side of the dishwashing machine. SECTION 5. Section 912 is hereby added to the Uniform Plumbing Code to read as follows: TOILET ROOM REQUIREMENTS. (a) DRAINS. Every toilet room in food handling establishments or those normally accessible to the public and in commercial and industrial establis ments, except toilets for private us shall be epuipped wtih an approve floor drain. This drain shall be sup plied with water from the neares lavatory, drinking fountain, or by som other approved method; connection shall be made to the house side of th trap. Such lavatory or drinking foun fain shall be trapped and vented i more than ten feet (10') from th floor drain; otherwise they need not b vented. (b) ACCESS. Where there are tw (2) or more places of business withi a single building, with the exception o food handling establishments, commo restrooms, are for each sex, may b provided. The entrances for such rest rooms shall open on a common acces way. SECTION 6. Section 1206 (c) (1 the Uniform Plumbing Code is her revised to read as follows: ROUGH PIPING INSPECTION. This inspection shall include an air pressure test, at which time the gas piping shall stand a pressure of not less than ten (10) pounds per square inch you pressure, and shall hold this pre for a length of time satisfactor the Administrative Authority, but no case for less than fifteen (15) minutes, with no perceptible drop in pressure. Welded piping, piping two and one-half inches (2-1/2") or larger, or piping carrying gas at pressures in excess of fourteen inches (14") water column pressure, shall be tested with a recording gauge. All necessary ap- paratus for conducting tests shall be furnished by the permit holder. When recording gauge tests are required, they shall be made at pressures not less than sixty pounds (60 Ibs) per square inch. The tests shall continue for a period of time acceptable to the inspector. Recording guage tests shall be started and completed in the presence of the inspector. Charts shall be identified in a man- ner acceptable to the Building Inspec- tion Department and shall contain, but not be limited to, the following information: (1) Date and time test was started; (2) Name of permitee and permit number; (3) Date and time test was completed; (4) Identification of plumbing contractor and journeyman responsible for the test; and (5) Identification of the inspector. SECTION 7. Section 1206 (c) 2 of the Uniform Plumbing Code is hereby deleted. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 7th day of May, 1974. ATTEST: S/KILE MORGAN Mayor S/IONE MINOGUE CAMPBELL City Clerk Passed and adopted by the Council of the City of National City, California, on May 7, 1974 by the following vote, to -wit: Ayes: Councilmen Camacho Della, Pinson, Morgan Nays: Councilmen None Absent: Councilmen Reid Abstain: Councilmen None AUTHENTICATED BY: KILE MORGAN Mayor of the City of National City, California S/IONE MINOGUE CAMPBELL City Clerk of the City of National City, California I HEREBY CERTIFY that the fore- h- going ordinance was not finally adopted e, until seven calendar days had elapsed d between the day of tis introduction and - the day of its final passage, to wit, on t April 2, 1974 and on May 7, 1974. e I FURTHER CERTIFY THAT said or- s dinance was read in full prior to its e final passage or that the reading of - said ordinance in full was dispensed f with by a vote of not less than a ma- e jority of the members elected to the e Council and that there was available for the consideration of each member o of the Council and the public prior to n the day of its passage a written or f printed copy of said ordinance. n I FURTHER CERTIFY that the above e and foregoi is a full, true and cor- - rect copy ORDINANCE NO. 1424 of the Cityof ational City, passed and te• by the ouncil of said City on 974. S/IONE MINOGUE AMPBELL City Clerk o he City of National C t , California AND I HEREBY CERT Y that the same has been duly published according to law (-Seal) City Clerk of e City of National C. California