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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC ORD 1968-1209 Adopts 1967 plumbing code; repeals Ord. 1147 (Repealed by 1284)1209 ORDINANCE NO. 1209 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, CALIFOR- NIA, ADOPTING, BY REFER- ENCE, THE UNIFORM PLUMB- ING CODE, 1967 EDITION, AND APPENDIX A.. B., C., D., F.. AND G.. DECLARING AND ESTAB- LISHING REGULATIONS FOR THE INSTALLATION, MAINTE- NANCE, AND ALTERATION OF PLUMBING SYSTEMS WITHIN THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY% (PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF: AND REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 1147 AND ALL OTHER OR- DINANCES AND PARTS OF OR- DINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH. The City Council of the City of National City, California, does ordain as follows: Section 1. That Ordinance No. 1147 of the City of National City, and all other ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with.- this ordinance are hereby repealed. Section 2. The City Council of the City of National City, for the purpose of prescrib- ing regulations for the pro- tection of the public health and safety and the qualifications and registration of persons en- gaged in the business of plumb- ing, hereby adopts that certain code known as the Uniform Plumbing Code and Appendix A., B., C., D., F., and G., there- to, prepared by the Internation- al Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials, being par- ticularly the 1967 Edition there- of, save and except those por- tions as are hereinafter 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 adopt- ed and incorporated as fully set out at length herein, and from the date on which this ordinance shall take effect, the provisions thereof shall be controlling with- in the limits of the City of Na- tional City. Section 3. That Section 1.1 of the Uniform Plumbing Code adopted by this ordinance is hereby amended and shall read as follows: 1.1 ADMINISTRATIVE AU- THORITY AND ASSISTANTS. "Administrative Authority" as used in this code means the Di- rector of Building and Housing or his authorized representatives. 1.2 ASSISTANTS. The term "assistants" as used in tilis code means deputy inspectors or other persons authorized to act for the Director of Building and Housing. 1.7 The granting of a permit or the approval of plans and specifications shall not be deem- ed or construed to be a permit for, or an approval of, any vio- lation of any of the provisions of this code. No permit presum- ing to give authority to violate or cancel the provisions of this code shall be valid. The granting of a permit, or approval of plans, shall not pre- vent the Administrative Author- ity from requiring the correc- tion of errors in plans and spec- ifications previously approved, preventing construction opera- tions being carried on thereaf- ter when in violation of this code or any other ordinance, or from revoking any Certificate of Approval when issued in error. Every permit issued by the Ad- ministrative Authority under the provisions of this code shall ex- pire if the work authorized by such permit is not commenced within sixty (60) days from the date of issuance of such permit, or if the work authorized by such permit is suspended or abandoned at any time after the work is commenced for a period of sixty (60) days. Expired per- mits must be renewed before commencing or renewing of the work. Section 6. That Section 1.10 of the code adopted by this ordi- nance is hereby amended to read as follows: 1.10 (a) TO WHOM PERMITS MAY BE ISSUED. (a) Except as hereinafter provided, permits provided for by the Uniform Plumbing Code shall only be is- sued to a Plumbing Contractor currently licensed by the State of California. (b) Except as hereinafter pro- vided, permits provided for by the Uniform Plumbing Code shall only be issued to a Sewer Dis- posal currently licensed by the State of California. (c) A property owner or a member of his immediate family may obtain a Special Home- owner's Plumbing Permit to in- stall any plumbing work and fixtures in, on, or about any residential building, including the usual accessory buildings, located upon his own property, provided. that no such resident- ial building shall contain more than two (2) dwelling units, and that such owner shall purchase all material and shall personal- ly perform all labor in connec- tion therewith. The Administra- tive Authority shall give the owner a test to verify his abil- ity to perform such work. All work shall comply with mini- mum plumbing standards of the City of National City. Section 7. That Section 1.15 is hereby added to the Uniform Plumbing Code adopted by this ordinance to read as follows: 1.15 RE -INSPECTIONS. When It shall be necessary to make an extra inspection trip due to an applicant giving an incorrect ad- dress or wrong location in ob- taining a permit required by this code, or due to faulty or defective installation, an addi- tional fee in the amount of five dollars ($5.00) be charged for each additional inspection. This section shall be inter- preted as requiring re -inspection fees when it, is apparent that the inspector is being used to provide supervision of the work rather than for the performance of his proper inspection duties. In all instances where rein- spection fees have been assessed, no additional inspection of the work will be performed until the required fees have been paid. Section 8. Section 2.4, 2.9, and 2,10 of the code adopted by this ordinance are deleted. Section 9. Section 2.12 is add- ed to ° the Uniform Plumbing Code adopted by this ordinance to read as follows: 2.12 CERTIFICATE OF QUAL- IFICATION IN LIEU OF EXAM- INATION. The Administrative Authority may, at his discretion,. waive the requirements - of an examination and accept, in lieu thereof, a valid Certificate of Qualification issued by the ap- propriate authority of a city within the County of San Diego, or from the County of San Diego Department of Building Inspec- tian. Section 10. Section 323 of the Uniform Plumbing Code adopted by this ordinance 'is deleted. Section 11. Section 401 of the codeadopted by this ordinance is amended to read as follows: 401 (a) Drainage pipe shall be cast Iron, lead, copper, brass or other approved material bearing a smooth and approved uniform bore. (b) Drainage fittings shall be of cast iron, lead, copper, brass or other approved materials hav- iaig a smooth interior waterway of the diameter of the piping served, and all such fittings shall conform to the type of pipe used. (1) Fittings on screwed pipe shall be of a recessed type. Burred ends shall be reamed to the full bore of the pipe. (2) The threads of drainage fittings shall be topped so as to allow one fourth inch (?a") per foot grade. Section 12. Section 405 (a) of the Uniform Plumbing Code adopted by this ordinance is amended to read as follows: 405 (a) Changes in direction of drainage piping shall be made by the appropriate use of ap- proved fittings and shall be of the angles represented by a one - sixteenth (1/16) bend, one -eighth (1/8) bend, one -sixth (1/6) bend, or one -fifth (1/5) bend, or ap- proved fittings of equivalent sweep. Section 13. Section 406 (g) of the Uniform Plumbing Code adopted by this ordinance is amended to read as follows: 406 (g) Each cleanout in pip- ing two inches (2") or less in size shall be installed so that there is a minimum clearance of twelve inches (12") in front of the cleanout. Cleanouts in pip- ing larger than two inches (2") shall have minimum clearance of eighteen inches (18") in front of the cleanout. Cleanouts in underfloor piping shall be ex- tended to, or above the finished floor, or shall extend outside the building when there is less than eighteen inches (18") vertical and thitty inches (30") horizon- tal clearance from the mean or access to such cleanout. Any cleanout that terminates within five feet (5') of any exterior mall shall be extended through the wall and made accessible. No underfloor cleanout in any residential occupancy shall be located more than twenty feet (20') from an access door, trap door, or crawl hole. Section 14. Section 406 (i) of the Uniform Plumbing Code adopted by this ordinance is amended to read as follows: 406 (i) An approved type of cleanout fitting, acceptable to the Administrative Authority, installed outside of a building at the lower end of a building drain and extended accessibly four in- ches (4") above finished grade and adjacent to the foundation may be substituted for an upper terminal cleanout. A maximum extension of twenty-four inches (24") will be allowed on a single riser. For depths requiring a riser in excess of twenty-four inches (24") and approved two- way riser cleanout shall be used. Section 15. The footnote to Table 4-3 of the Uniform Plumb- ing Code adopted by this ordi- nance is amended to read as fol- lows: Table 4-3 NOTE: The diameter of an individual vent shall be not less than one and onetfourth inches (1-1/4"), nor less than one-half (1/2) the diameter of the drain to which it is con- nected. Fixture unit load val- ues for drainage and vent pip- ing shall be computed from Table Nos. 4-1 and 4-2. Section 16. Section 504 (b) of the Uniform Plumbing Code adopted by this ordinance is amended to read as follows: 504 (b) A vent may exceed one-third (1/3) of the maximum horizontal length as limited by Table 4-3, provided the vent is increased one pipe size for its entire length. Section 17. Section 608 ,of the code adopted by this ordinance is amended to read as ,follows: 608 APPLIANCES. Appliances, devices, equipment, or other ap- paratus not regularly classed as plumbing' fixtures, but which are equipped with pumps, drips or drainage outlets, may be drain- ed by indirect waste pipes dis- charging into an approved -type open receptor. No dishwashing machine shall he directly con- nected to- a drainage system. Section 18, Section 614 (c) of ' the code adopted by this ordi. Hance is amended to read as fol- lows: 614 (c) The unit load on the - common vent serving two (2) fixtures shall be the sum of the unit values of such fixtures. EXCEPTION: A waste food disposer may be installed in a two -compartment sink in resi- dential occupancy. One of the sink compartments may be con- nected to the inlet side of a trappering food waste disposer by means of a continuous waste. Said continuous waste connection shall be below the waste out- let of the grinder and shall be entirely above the water seal of the .trap and shall be installed in the most direct method with a minimum of fittings and shall be immediately over the trap inlet. This section shall apply to both existing and new struc- tures as an alternate. Section 19. Section 615 of the code adopted by this ordinance is amended to read as follows: 615 SPECIAL VENTING FOR ISLAND FIXTURES (a) ISLAND FIXTURE VENTS: Foot vents may be installed where fixtures are located in the center of rooms, or away from walls or partitions, and where continuous venting would be im- practical. (b) REQUIREMENT'S; Where footing is permitted, the hori- zontal section of the waste serv- ing fixtures on such system shall be one pipe size larger than required in Table 4-3. The ver- tical portion of the pipe serving the foot -vented fixture shall extend to a point at least four inches (4") above the flood rim of the fixture served. The pipe shall then be returned down- ward to the horizontal waste line and connected thereto. The waste opening for the fixture trap connection shall be install- ed in the vertical line closest to the end of the horizontal waste line. A vertical relief vent, ex- tending independently through the roof or intersective the vent- ing system shall be placed in the horizontal line on the sew- er side of the foot vent. No oth- er fixture shall be connected to any portion of the waste line between the fixtures being served and the relief vent. (c) LIMITATION: Foot vent- ing shall be limited to not more than two sinks or similar fix- tures on any one foot venting system. Section 20. Section 702 (c) of the Uniform Plumbing Code adopted by this ordinance is amended to read as follows: 702 (c) A trap arm may change direction without the use of a cleanout when such change of direction is accomplished by the use of not more than one (1) forty-five (45) degree fitting. Section 21. Section 911 is add- ed to the TJniform Plumbing Code adopted by this ordinance 'to read as follows: 911 PUBLIC TOILET ROOM REQUIREMENTS. Every toilet room for the use of the pub- lic at a public gathering place, or in food handling establish- n ents, stores, shops, factories, canneries, or other commercial or industrial establishments, or schools, shall have a tile, sealed cement or other approved non - absorbent floor and shall be equipped with a properly in- stalled floor drain. The floor drain shall be supplied with water from the nearest wash basin, drinking fountain, or by some other approved method; connections shall be made to the house side of the trap. If the wash basin or drinking foun- tain is more than ten feet (10') from the floor drain, the fixture shall be properly trapped and vented, otherwise, it need not be vented. Section 22. Section 1004 (e) is added to the Uniform Plumb- ing Code adopted by this ordi- nance to read as follows: 1004 (e) No galvanized steel or galvanized wrought iron wat- er piping shall be installed in or on the ground under any build- ing or structure. Section 23. Section 1107 (f) is added to the :Uniform Plumb- ing Code adopted by this ,ordi- nance to read as follows: 1107 (f) PROPERTY LINE CLEANOUTS. A cleanout shall be installed in each building sewer line at the point of con- nection with the public sewer, at the property line. The cleanout shall be installed at grade, as close to the property line as pos- sible, but not more than three feet (3') inside the property line. Property line cleanouts shall be extended through finished concrete slabs, decks, paved areas, or driveways so that the entire top of the cleanout plug is in plain view. EXCEPTION: Property line cleanouts may be installed up to twelve inches (12") below finished grade of the property, provided, such cleanout is made readily accessible with a meter box and removable cover. Such covers, when located in drive- ways, shall be suported on con- crete and shall be made of cast iron. Section 24. Section 1108 of the Uniform Plumbing Code adopted by this ordinance is amended to read as follows: 1108. Water service pipes, or any underground water pipes, shall not be run or laid in the same trench with any building sewer or drainage piping, except as provided in this section. 1. The bottom of the water piping at all points shall be at least twelve inches (12") above the top of the sewer piping. 2. The water piping shall rest on a solid shelf at one side of the common trench. Section 25. Section 1206 (c) of the Uniform Plumbing Code adopted by this ordinance is amended to read as follows: 1206 (c) The Administrative Authority shall make the fol- lowing inspections, and either approve that portion of the work as completed, or shall notify the permit holder wherein the same fails to comply with this code. 1. ROUGH PIPING INSPEC- TION: This inspection shall be made after all gas piping au- thorized by the permit has been installed, and before such piping has been covered or concealed, or any fixture or appliance has been attached thereto. This in- spection shall include a deter- mination that the gas piping size, material, and installation meet the requirements of this code. This inspection shall in- clude an air pressure test, at which time the gas piping shall stand a pressure of not less than ten (10) pounds per square inch gauge pressure. The gas piping shall hold the required pressure for a length of time satisfactory to the Administrative Authority, but in no case for less than fifteen (15) minutes, with no perceptible drop in pressures. Welded pipe and piping two and one-half inches (2-1/2") or larger in diameter, carrying gas pressures in excess of fourteen inches (14") water column pres- sure, shall be tested in accord- ance with Subsection (c). All necessary apparatus for conduct- ing tests shall be furnished by the permit holder. 0. RECORDING GAUGE TEST: When recording gauge tests are required they shall be made at pre-ssures of not less than sixty (60) pounds per square inch. The tests shall continue for a period of time acceptable to the inspector. Recording gauge tests shall be started and comple-ted in the presence of the inspector. Charts shall be identified in a manner acceptable to the De- partment of Building and Hous- ing, and shall contain, but not be limited to, the following in- formation: (1) Date and time test was started, (11) Name of the permittee and permit number, (111) Date and time test was completed, (1V) Identity of plumbing con- tractor and journeyman responsible •for the test, (V) Identity of the Inspector. Section 26. Section 1310 (a) of the Uniform Plumbing Code adopted by this ordinance is amended to read as follows: 1310 PROTECTION FROM DAMAGE. (a) Water heaters generating a glow, spark or flame capable of igniting Ham - able vapors may be installed in a residential garage provided the pilots, burners, or heating ele- ments and switches of such heaters stand on a platform the surface of which is at least eighteen inches (18") from the finished floor. Section 27. Appendix C of the Uniform Plumbing Code adopted by this ordinance is amended to read as follows: Appendix C: MINIMUM PLUMBING FACILITIES. To "theatres, auditoriums" a d d "public parks, every place of amusement or public assembly, stadium, athletic field, church, or establishment where alcoholic beverages are sold for on -prem- ises consumption." Section 28. Footnote. 11 is added to Appendix C'of the Uni- form Plumbing Code adopted by this ordinance to read as follows: Footnote 11. Where there are two or more places of business in a single building, common rest rooms, one for each sex, may be provided. The entrances for such rest rooms shall open on a common hallway. EXCEPTION: In food handling establishments, the ratio of plumbing fixtures shall be de- termined from Appendix C. un- der "Office or Public Buildings" Section 29 Penalty. A violation of any part of this ordinance shall be a misdemeanor, punish- able by imprisonment for six months and, or, a fine of $500.00. Section 30 Severability. - If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such de- cision shall not affect the valid- ity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Coun- cil hereby declares that it would have adopted this code and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion there- of irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, sub- sections, clauses, phrases, or por- tions be declared invalid or un- constitutional. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of National City, California, this 29th day of October, 1968, by the following vote, to -wit: AYES: Councilmen Camacho, Colburn, Reid, Morgan NAYS. Councilmen None ABSENT: Hogue Kile Morgan Mayor of the City of National City, California ATTEST: Ione Minogue City Clerk I hereby approve the forego- ing Ordinance this 2,9th day of October, 1968. Kile Morgan, Mayor of the City of National City, California I hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a full and true copy of Ordinance No. 1209 of the Ordinances of the City of National Cit, C ifornia, as a...e..•y City ouncil of .aid City, a-d approv d by the day ayor of d City, o he 2'9th do • c ;'. 1?"i4 -o - (Sig ed) Ione Minogue (Sea,) City Clerk of the City of National City, California. NC-3959, 11/7/68 AND I HEREBY CERTIFY that the same has been duly published aco ding to law. ity Clerk, City of ational City, California/