HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances_1537_CCv0001.pdf ORDINANCE NO. 1537
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS AMENDING THE RED AND ORDI-
NANCE
I_NANCE CODE_ FOR THE PURPOSE OF UPDATING AND ADOPTING THE LATEST
EDITION OF THE UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE AS PREPARED BY THE INTER-
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PLUMBING AND MECHANICAL OFFICIALS AND
RESCINDING ORDINANCE NO. 1444
THE CI'T'Y COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RED NTS DOES ORDAIN AS FOL-
LOWS :
SECTION ONE: That the Redlands Ordinance Code be amended
and updated by deleting present Article 1 of Chapter 84 of
Division 8, Building, and replacing it with Article 841 as fol-
lows:
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BUILDING UNIFORM CODE rx, 84100
ARTICLE 841
Uniform Plumbing Cade
84100. That certain document on file in the
office of the City Clerk of the City of Redlands which is
marked and designated as "Uniform PlumbingCade, 1973 Edition,
and each and all of the regulations, provisions, conditions,
terms and appendices of said Uniform Plumbing Cade are hereby
referred to, adopted and made a part of this section.. That
there are three copies of the above referred to document and
Cade noir on file in the office o the City Clerk. (1. 37)
The chapters, sections and appendices
are hereby amended by the addition of a .Part One and deletions,
additions, and changes in wording as follows :
84101. PART ONE - ADMINISTRATION shall be
added: asfollows:
This article shall be known as the
Uniform Plumbing Code, may be cited as such and; will be referred
to in this article a "this case. "
Sec. 1 .0 - APPLICATION AND SCOP
The provisions of this code shall apply to all neer construe-
tion,
onstrue-tion, relocated buildings, and to any alterations, repairs,
or reconstruction, except as provided for otherwise in this
cede
Sec. 1:.1 -- ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY
AND ASSISTANTS, Whenever the terra; "administrative authority"
is used in this code it shall be construed to rnr can the
Director oil Building and Safety or his authorized repre ent .-
tive_.
Sec. 1 -- ASSISTANTS . INhenever the
germ "assistants " is used in this code it shall be construed
to mean the Senior Electrical and Plumbing Adviser.
Sec.. 1.3 -- DE 'APTIMENT WIC« JURIS-
DICTION.
UIS-EVICTION. Unless otherwise provided -for by law, the office of
the Administrative Authority shall be a part of the Building
and Safety department .
Sec . 1-4 - DUTIES CE THE ADMINISTRATIVE
AUTHORITY. True Administrative Wye , uthcrity shall maintain public
office hours necessary to efficiently aaminister the provisions
of this cede ,and amendments thereto and shall perform the
following duties
1) Require submission ission o , examine
and check plans and specifications, dra lin >, descriptions,
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and/car diagrams necessary to show clear the character:, kind
and extent of work covered by applications for a permit and:
upon approval thereof shall issue the permit applied for.
( Administerand enforce the pro-
visions of this cede in a manner consistent with the intent
thereof and shall inspect all plumbing and. drainage wear
authorized by any permit to assure compliance with provisions
of this code or amendments thereto, approving or condemning
said work in whale or in part as conditions require.
(3)' issue upon request a Certificate
of Approval for any work approved by him.
(4) Condemn and reject all work done
or being done or materials used or being used which dna not in
all respects comply with the provisions; of this cede and
amendments thereto.
(5) Order changes in workmanship and/
or materials essential; to obtain compliance with all provisions
of this cede..:
(6)' Investigate any construction or
work regulated bythis code and issue such notices and orders
as provided in ,Section. 1. 6.
(7) Keep a complete regard of all
the essential transactions of his Office.
Sec. 1.5 - RIGHT OF ENTRY. The Admin-
istrative Authority and Assistants shall carry proper creden-
tials of their respective office, upon exhibition of which
they shall have the right of entry, during usual business
hours, to inspect any and all buildings andpremises in the;
performance of their duties.
Sec. 1 - DANGEROUS AND INSANITARY
CONSTRUCTION.
(a) Any portion of a plumbing system
found by the Administrative Authority to be insanitary as
defined herein; is hereby declared to be a nuisance .
(b) Whenever brought to the attention
of the department having jurisdiction that any insanitary
conditions exist or that any construction or work regulated;
by this code is dangerous, unsafe, insanitary, a nuisance or
a, menace to life, health or pr perty or otherwise in violation
of this code, the said department may request an investigation
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by the Administrative Authority who, upon deter-mining such
information to be fact, shall order any person, firm or cor-
poration using or maintaining any such condition or responsible
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 the proper pro-
tection of life, health, or property and in the case of any
gas piping or gas appliance may order any person, firm, or
corporation, supplying gas to such piping or appliance to
discontinue supplying gas thereto until such piping or appli-
ance
apl --ance 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 premiss 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 cede.
(d) When any plumbing system is main-
tained in violation of this code and inviolation of any
notice issued pursuant to the provisions of this section or
where a nuisance exists in any building or on a lot on which
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a building is situated, the Administrative Authority shall
institute any appropriate action or proceeding in any court
of competent jurisdiction to prevent, restrain,, correct, or
abate the violation or nuisance.
Sec. 1. - VIOLATIONS ,AND PENALTIES.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of
this code shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be ounishable by a. imine of not to
exceed $500.00 or by imprisonment in the+ county jail for not
to exceed six Months, or by both fine and imprisonment. Each
separate day or anis portion thereof during which any violation
of this code occurs or continues shall be deemed to constitute
a separate offense, and upon conviction io thereof shall be
punishable as herein provided.
The issuance or granting of a ?permit
or approval of dans and specifications shall not be deemed
or construed to be a permit for, or an approval of, any vio-
lation of any of the provisions of this code . No permit
presuming to give authority to violate or cancel the provisions
of this code shall be valid, except insofar as the work or use
which it authorized is lawful.
The issuance or granting of a permit
or approval; of plans shall not prevent the Administrative
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Authority from thereafter requiring the correction of errors
in said: plans and specifications or from preventing construc-
tion
on ruction operations being carried on thereunder when in violation
of this code or of any Cather ordinance or from revoking any
certificate; of approval when issued in error.
Every permit issued by the Administra-
tive
inistra-tie Authority under the provisions of this code shall expire
by limitation and become null and void,_ if the work authorized
by such: Permit is not cor aenced within sixth (60) days from
date 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 one hundred twenty (120) days .
Before such work can be recommenced a new permit shall be
first obtained; so to do, and the fee therefor shall be one-
half the amount required for a new permit for such work, pro-
vided no changes have been made, or y will be trade in the:
original plans and specifications for such ulorkand provided,
further, that such suspension or abandonment has not exceeded
one (1) year.
Sec. 1 . - PERMIT REQUIRED.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any
person to install, remove, alter, repair or replace or cause
to be installed., removed, altered, repaired or replaced any
plumbing, gas or drainage piping work or any fixture or water
heating or treating equipment in a building or premises without
first obtaining a permit to do such work from the Administra-
tive
d inistra-tie Authority.,
(b) A separate permit shall be ob-
tained for each building or structure-.
(c) No person shall allow any other
person to do or cause to be done any work under a permit
secured by a Permittee excerpt persons in his employ.
Sec 1 .9 ,- WORK NOT REQUIRING PERIMIT.
No permit shall be required in the case of any repair work
as follows . The stopping of leaks in drains, soil.:, waste or
vent pipe, provided, however, that should any trap, drainpipe,
soil, waste or vent pipe be or become defective and it becomes
necessary to remove and replace the same with new material in
any part or parts, the sage shall: be considered as such new
work and a pert it shall be Procured and inspection made as
hereinbefore provided. No Permit shall be required for the
clearing of stoppages or the repairing of leeks in pipes,
valves or fixtures, when such repairs; do not involve or re-
quire the replacement or rearrangement of valves, pipes, or
fixtures .
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BU LDING " UNIFORM COD 84101 Cant'd.
,Sec 1. 10 y- TO WHOM PERMITS MAY BE
ISSUED.
(a) No 'permit shall be issued to
any person, firm or corporation to do, or cause to be done,
any plumbing, or work on a plumbing system, sewer, sewage
disposal, drain or work regulated by this code except to a
person, firm or corporation holding a valid unexpired and
unrevoked license as issued, by the State of California and
a receipt for payment of all revenue fees as required by
Chapters 21 and 22 of Redlands Ordinance Code except when
and otherwise hereinafter provided in this section.
(b) ,A permit may be issued to a
property licensed person not acting in violation of any cur-
rent contractor licensing law,
(c) Any permit required by this code
may be issued to any person to do any work regulated by this
code in a single fami
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Such applicant shall pay to the City
Treasurer for each permit issued, at the time of issuance,
fee in accordance with the following schedule, and at the
rate provided for each classification .shove herein.
Any person who shall commence any work
for which a permit is required by this code without first
haying obtained a pernit therefor shall, if subsequently per-
mitted to obtain a pewit, pay double: the permit fee fired by
this section for such work provided, however, that this pro-
vision shall not apply to emergency usore when it shall be
proved to the satisfaction of the Administrative Authority
that such work was urgently necessary and that it was not
practical to obtain a permit therefor before the commencement
of the work. In all such cases a permit must be obtained as
soon as it is practical, to do s , and if there be an unreason-
able delay in obtaining such permit, a double fee as herein
provided shall be charged.
For the purpose of this 'section a
sanitary plugnbing outlet on or to which a pluiribing fixture or
appliance mai, be set or attached shall be construed to be a
fixture. :fees for reconnection and retest of existing
pluming, systems in relocated buildings shall be based of
the number of pluming fixtures, gas systems, water heaters,
etc. , involved.
When interceptor traps or house trailer
site trans are installed at; the same time as a building sewer
on any lot, no sewer permit shall be required for the connec-
tion of any such trap to an appropriate inlet fitting provided.
in the building sewer by the permittee constructing such sewer.
When a ex it has been obtained to
connect an existing building or existing work to the public
seer or to connect to a, new private disposal facility, back-
filling of private sewage disposal facilities abandoned con..--
sequent to, such connection is included in the building sewer
permit
SCHEDULE OF FEES
l For each plumbing fixture or trap
(including water, drainage piping and
backflo-w protection therefor) . . . . . , . 2 .00
( ) For each building sewer and/or each
mobil.ehome park sewer . . . .. . . . , . .CSC
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(3) For each private sewer line with over
5 building sewer connections . . . . . . $15.00'
Over 10 building sewer connections, each 2 .50
(4) For each private sewage lift station
or sump pump, rated up to 1 hp . . $ 3 .00
Over 1 hp add per rated horsepower . . $ .50
(5) For each cesspool . . . . . . . . . . . $ 6.00
(6) For each septic tank . . . . . . .. . . 6.0
( ) For each complete private
sewage disposal system . . . . . . . . . $12.00
( ) For each water heater and/or vent . . . . $ 2.0
(g) For each gas piping system
1 to 5 cutlets . . . . . . . . . . $ '2.0
For each gas piping system of
6 or more outlets, per outlet . . . . . . . $` .40
(10) For each industrial waste pre--treatment
interceptor, including its trap and vent,
excepting kitchen-type ruse interceptors
functioning as fixture traps . . . . ., .. . $ 6.00
(11) For installation alteration or repair
of water piping and/or water treating
equipment, each . . . ., . . . $ 2 . 50
(12) For each water distribution system
n private property, with over
connections . . . . . . . $1.5 .0
over 10 connections, each . 2.0
(13) For each swimming pool,
including all _necessary piping
Public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .; . . $20 .00
Private . . . ,. . .<
$10 .00
(14) For repair or alteration of
drainage or went piping . . . . . . $ 2 .00
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(15) For each lawn sprinkler system on
any one meter, including backflow
protection devices therefor . . . . . . . . . . $ 3 .00
(16) For vacuum breakers or backflow
protective devices on tanks, vats, etc. ,
or for installation on unprotected
plumbing fixtures, including necessary
water piping:
1 to 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 3 .00
Over 5, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ .60
(17) Minimum total fee for any permit . . . . . . . . $ 5 .00
(18) Reinspection fee and special
inspector approvals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10 .00
(1 9) Plan-checking Fees. Where no construction plan-
checking fee is charged and a plumbing plan is
required to be submitted, a plan-check fee of
one-half (1/2) the plumbing permit fee shall be
paid at the time of submitting plans and specifi-
cations for checking.
Sec. 1.13 - ALL WORIX TO BE INSPECTED.
All plumbing and drainage systems shall be inspected by the
Ad.ministrativ'e Authority to insure compliance with all the
requirements of this code.
Sec. 1.14 - NOTIFICATION. it shall
be the duty of the person doing the work authorized by the per-
mit to notify the Administrative Authority orally or in writing,
that said work is ready for inspection. Such notification shall
be given not less than twenty-four (24) hours before the work
is to be inspected.
It shall be the duty of theP erson
doing the work authorized by the permait, to make sure that
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the work will stand the tests prescribed else-where in this
code, before giving the above notification .
Sec. 1.15 - BOARD OF APPEALS .
The Board of Anneals and, the t)roce-
dures concerning its operation as stated in Section 84002 of
Article 840 of the Redlands Ordinance Code shall also apply
to all appeals resulting from the ad:ministration of this code.
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Sec. 1.16 - ANNUAL PERMITS .
Where any person, firm or corporation
proposes to install, alter, or repair any plumbing, drainage
system, septic tanks, seepage pits, or leaching lines, and for
which work said person., firm or corporation is able to and does
in fact, furnish; inspection service which meets the require-
ments of the Administrative Authority and the ordinances and
adopted codes of the City of Redlands, and whose operations
are (1) ,subject to the jurisdiction of the California Division
of Industrial ,Safety and (2) conducted under the continuous
supervision of an inspector approved by the Redlands director
of Building and ;;Safety, such person, firm or corporation shall
be required only to obtain. an Annual Permit.
The fee for such Annual Permit shall-
be as follows, based on the number of plumbers, pipe fitters
or maintenance mien doing plumbing word
1 to 10 . . . $186 .00
11 but not more than 7 . , $200 #00
In any instance where the inspection
service ;rendered by any persona, firm or corporation as provided
in this section is not in accordance with the rules and regu-
lations of the Director of Building and Safety, and with the
requirements of the Uniform, Plumbing Code, the director of
Building and Safety is hereby authorized to cancel said Annual
Permit, by giving -written notice, and said person, fig or
corporation shall then be required to pave the regular permit
fee and to submit plains and specifications before .vrork can be
allowed to proceed . Plans and specifications for all new work:
to be done by contract will still: be required: to be submitted
for approval and permit fees paid prior to initiation of the
work. A quarterly inspection ,«rill be made by the Director of
Building and Safety to review compliance with this code.
§ 64102 . CHAPTER 3 . GENERAL REGULATIONS --
GENERAL INTSTRUCTIONS AND R.EQUI.REMENIT
Sec. 303 - SEWER REQUIRED. An addi-
tional paragraph shall be added as follows
" (d) All soil and waste piping from a
structure shall be joined together either under or outside of
the structure to fort one building drain system from a point
two or more .feet outside the buildingor structure. The sail
and waste piping shall be cast iron or ABS to the point orhere
the lines are joined or to thc required two--way cleanout if
it is beyond the point of joining.
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84183CHAPTER 5. VENTS AND VENTING.
Sec:. 503 -- MATERIALS. The last word,
"ground"', shall be deleted from paragraphs (a) and (b) and
the words "finish floor elevation" added.
84104. CHAP'T'ER 10 . WATER DISTRIBUTION.
Sec. 1008 -- INSTALLATION, INSPECT
AND TESr"TNG shall be amended by adding a sentence: to paragraph
(e) TESTING, reading as follows:
"Full pressure of water from the street
main or an air pressure of not less than fifty (50) pounds per
square inch shall be maintained on the system at all tunes
during construction operations . "
84105 . P'I'ER 11. BUILDING SEWERS AND
PRIVATE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTFIvIS.
Sec. 1101 - SEWER REQUIRED. Paragraph
(d) shall be amended by changing the wording to mead as fol-
lows :
11 (d) A public seder shall be cyan-
sid red as not being`_ available when such public sueris more
than: one hundred ( -00) feet from the nearest paint of the pro --
erto to such nublic sewer. In addition, if other difficulties,
such as .insu��7ici. nt elevation differential to ne ait gravity*
flow to the sewer, are present, the Administrative Authority
shall investigate the situation and make a ddetermnination as to
whether unreasonable difficulties exist to making connection to
the public sewer:. His decision may be appealed through the
Appeals Board as outlined in Section 1. 1KI.
Sec. 1183 - BUILDING SEWER MATERIALS.
Paragraph (a) shall be changed by adding an additional sentence
reading ,as follows :
"Bitumini ed fiber sewer pipe or fit-
tings shall not be considered an acceptable material in any
building drain or building sewer. "
Sec. 1107 - CLEANOUTS. Paragraph (a)
shall be changed by adding two additional sentences reading
as follows:
"The cleanout located- at the junction
of the building drain and the building sewer shall be a two-
way directional fitting. The cleanout shall be extended t
finish grade. "
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Sec. 1111 -- PRIVATE SEWAGE DISPOSAL
(GENERAL) An additional sub-paragraph shall be added as fol-
lows :
" (h) All seepage pits and septic tanks
shall be locatedin the front yard area setbacks ,as defined in
Redlands Zoning Ordinance 1000 If this is not possible, the
Administrative Authority shall make a determination of an
alternate location . "
Sec. 1116 -- DISPOSAL FIELDS An addi-
tional sub-paragraph (i) shall be added reading as follows,
" (i) disposal Fields shall be used
only when a determination has been made by the Administrative
Authority that no other procedure is feasible .
84106 CHAPTER 13 . WATER HEATERS AND VENTS.
See 130 - GAS FIRED WATER HEATER
APPROVAL REQ 'IR MENTS . This section shall be anerded by adding
a sentence to sub--paragraph (c) reading as follows :
"Relief vents shall be carried dvv.,rn:
ward to within six ( ) inches of the floor or ground or to the
exterior of the building and turned down. The end of relief
vents shall not be threaded. "
Sec. 1366 - CIL BURNING AND OTHER WATER
HEATERS- This section shall be amended by adding a sentence to
sub=-paragraph (c) reeding as follows
"Relief vents shall be carried down-
ward to within six ( ) inches of the floor or ground or to the
exterior of the building and turned down. The end of relief
vents shall not be threaded. "
84107. APPENDIX G shall be amended by deletion
of paragraph G9. (1537)
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SECTION TWO : Each provision of this ordinance shall be
separate and severable and in the event any specific provision
is declared void, or invalid, no other section, otherwise legal
and valid, shall be affected thereby.
SECTIO REE: Ordinance No. 1444 and all ether ordinances
or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION FOUR: This ordnance shall be in farce and take
effect as provided by law.
SECTION FIVE: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage
of this ordinance and shall cause: the same to be published once
in the Redlands Daily Facts, a newspaper of general circulation
printed and published in the Cityof Redlands,.
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M c-r of the City of Piiidlands
ATTEST:
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APPROVED FOR FORM
A ern
I, Peggy A. Moseley, City Clergy of the City of Redlands, hereby
certify that the foregoing ordinance was duly adopted by the City
Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 16th day of July,
1974 by the following vete:
AYES : Councilmembers Miller, DeMirjyn, Knudsen, Grace, Mayor
Cummings
NNE None
ABSENT: None
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