HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances_1108_CCv0001.pdf ORDINANCE NO. 1108
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS CONCERNING THE BUSINESS OF PLUMBING AND THE IN-
STALLATION, ALTERATION OR REPAIR OF GAS AND DRAINAGE SYSTKIS AND THE INSPECTION THEREOF,
CREATING A BOARD OF APPEAL, ADOPTING A UNIFORM PLUTaING CODE _VVITH APPENDIX A, B, C, D
and E, PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF, AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN
CONFLICT THERKNITH, AND REPEALING ORDINANCE NO1056.
The City Council of the City of Redlands does ordain as follows-.
SECTION ONE-. That Chapter 84 entitled Uniform Plumbing Code, shall be adopted as
follows
ARTICLE 840 GENERAL
84W That certain document on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of
Redlands., which is marked and designated as HUniform Plumbing Code," 1958
Edition, adopted by Western Plumbing officials Association at the Twenty-
eighth Annual Conference, September., 1957,, by Western Plumbing officials
Association, be and the same is hereby adopted as the Plumbing Code of the.
City of Redlands and each and all of the provisions, conditions and terms
of said Uniform Plumbing Code are hereby referred to and are hereby adopted
and are hereby made a part thereof as though fully set out in this ordinance.
That there are three copies of the above referred to document now on file
in the office of the City Clerk.
ARTICLE bbl ADMINISTRATION
6hll That Part One - ADMINISTRATION - be hereby amended by deletions or additions
to read as follows.-
See. 1.1 - ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY AND ASSISTANTS. Insert in the blank space
provided the words "Building Official."
See. 1.2 - ASSISTANTS. Insert in the blank space provided the words "Building
Inspection Departmentell
Sec. 1.3 W DEPARTMENT HAVING JURISDICTION, Insert in the blank space provided
the words "Building Inspection Department."
Sec. 1.4 DUTIES OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY. Delete paragraph (10).
Sec. 1.7 VIOLATIONS L14D PENALTIES. Insert in the first blank space provided
the words "Five Hundred Dollars, (4500.00),« the second blank space the word
IfCauntytl and the third blank space the word. IlSix."
Sec. 1.10 - TO WHOM PER VJTS MAY BE ISSUED be amended by certain changes to read
as follows;
(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 Cement Pipe Laying 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 ail Revenue Fees as required by
Chapter 21 and 22 of Redlands Ordinance Code except when and otherwise hereinafter
provided in this Section.
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(b) Any permit required by this Code may be issued to any person to do any
Plumbing., or work on a Plumbing System, Sewer, Sewage Disposals Drain or
Cement Pipe Laying or work regulated by this Code provided he is the bonafide
owner of such property. In the event any labor or materials are used to
complete said Plumbing, payment of all Revenue Fees if required by Chapters
21 and 22 of Redlands Ordinance Code shall be paid by such person doing the
plumbing.
(c) No Plumbing, or work on a Plumbing System, Sewer, Sewage Disposal, Drain or
Cement Pipe Laying shall be commenced in any building or premises until a permit
and a receipt for payment of all Revenue Fees to do such work shall have first
been obtained.
(d) A violation of this section shall be grounds for the revocation of such
permits by the Department having jurisdiction in addition to other penalties
provided for by this Code.
Sec. 1.12 — COST OF PERMIT. That line 8 under Schedule of Fees, reading "For
each Septic Tank & Seepage Pit or Drainfield" be amended to read, "For each Septic
Tank & Seepage Pit-'$
Sec. 1.15 — BOARD OF APPEAL — CREATION OF BOARD. (a) There shall be and is
hereby created and established., a Board of Appeal consisting of five members
appointed by the Mayor subject to the approval of the Council. The Building
Official shall be an ex—officio member and shall act as Secretary of the
Board. No member shall sit in a case in which he is directly or indirectly
interested. All vacancies occurring on the Board of Appeal for whatever
cause,, shall be filled by the Mayor subject to the approval of the Council
either permanently or temporarily as the case may demand. Any member of
the Board of Appeal may be removed by the Mayor, subject to the approval of
the Council.
(b) BOARD OF APPEAL, SUITABILITY OF ALTERNATE UTERIALS? TYPES OF INSTALLATION
AND REASONABLE INTERPRETATIONS OF THIS CODE. Any request of alternate materials,,
type of installation or a reasonable interpretation of this Code may be served
upon the Building Official and such request shall at once be transferred to the
Board of Appeal. After notice to such parties as the Board may direct, a
hearing shall be had and the Board may by a majority vote, affirm, annul or
modify such request and render all decisions and finding in writing to the
Building Official with a duplicate copy to the appellant and may recommend
to the City Council such action as is consistent therewith.
(c) BOARD OF APPEAL, BUILDING OFFICIAL, RIGHT OF APPEAL. Any applicant for
a plumbing permit whose application shall have been rejected by the Building
Official or any owner or agent who shall have been ordered by the Building
Official to incur an expense in the alteration, repair or installation of a
p1limbing system, may within fifteen days thereafter appeal from such action by
serving upon the Building Official, notice in writing of such appeal and such
notice or certified copy thereof shall at once be transmitted to the Board of
Appeal. After notice to such parties as the Board may direct, a hearing shall
be had and the Board may by a majority vote, affirm, annul or modify such re—
jection, alteration, repair or installation and render all decisions and findings
in writing to the Building Official with a duplicate copy to the appellant and
may recommend to the City Council such action as is consistent therewith.
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ARTICLE 842 QUALIFICATIONS
8121 That all sections of Part Two - QUALIFICATION OF PLUMBERS be deleted.
ARTICLE 843 DEFINITION`S
8431 That certain paragraphs of Chapter 1 DEFINITIONS be hereby amended by deletions
or additions to read as follows.-
PRIVATE
ollows;PRIVATE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM - Delete the wording 99into a sub-surface disposal
field" from the second and third lines and the wording, "or into a combination
of sub surface disposal field and seepage pit9f from the third and fourth lines.
SEPTIC TANK - A septic tank is a water--tight receptacle which receives the dis-
charge of a drainage system or part thereof, designed and constructed so as to
retain solids, digest organic matter through a period of detention and allow
the liquids to discharge into a seepage pit or pits meeting the requirements of
this code.
ARTICLE 844 GENERAL REGULATIONS
8IJ41 That Chapter 3, GENERAL REGULATIG113'
be hereby amended by adding to Section 303 W
SE11.ER REQUIRED, a subsection designated as (d)e
(d) A1.1 soil and waste piping from a residential building spall be joined to-
gether in cast iron, either leder or outside of the structure to form one system
two to five feet from the building with a cast iron cleanout installed thereon.
ARTICLE 8h5 DRAINAGE MATERIALS
8451 That Chapter 4, DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, be hereby amended by adding to Section 401
MATERIALS, a subsection designated as 3.
3. Fittings for screwed pipe and all screwed pipe are hereby prohibited for use
in any drainage system.
ARTICLE 646 TRAPS AND INTERCEPTORS
d461 That Chapter 7, TRAPS A"aD INTERCEPTORS, be hereby amended by adding to Section 701
TRPS REQUIRED, a subdivision, designated as (e).
(e) Any drainage stub out for clothes washers or similar appliances shall be
complete with trap and a riser with a minimum length of 1894 and a maximum of
21191, fitted with a suitable screw cap at time of final inspection,
ARTICLE 847 WATER DIS`T'RIBUTION
64T1 That Chapter 10, WATER DISTRIBUTION be hereby amended by deletion or additions,
and adding to Seco 1008, a subsection designated as (e) Top Out,
Seca 1007 - (b) EXCESSIVE WATER PRESSURE. Amend the second and fifth line by
inserting the wording,, "one nundred (100)," in place of "one hundred twenty-five
(125)."
Seca 1008 - (e) TOP OUT. No plumbing top out for rough plumging inspection in
any structure shall be given final approval until the cold and hot water piping
has been connected to solid piping from an outside source, and a constant water
pressure can be assured of fifty (50) pounds per square inch during all cnn-
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struction of the structure.
ARTICLE 848 BUILDING SEWERS AND PRIVATE SMAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS
8481 That Chapter 11, BUILDING SEWERS AND PRIVATE SE`u-.AGE tDISPOSAL SYSTEMS, be
a..•nended by deletion or additions to read as follows:
Delete all reference to Disposal. Fields in this Chapter.
Seca 1101 - SEINER REQUIRED. (d) Amend t�-ie third and fourth Lines by inserting
the wording, "one hundred (100)'' in place of 'two hundred (200)x"
ARTICLE 849 FUEL GAS PIPING
8191 That Chapter 12, FUEL GAS PIPING, be amended by additions or deletions and adding
to Sec. 1208, AUTHORITY TO RENDER GAS SERVICE, subsection designated as (c)
Kitchen Stove SnutOff a
Seco 1208 - (c) KITCHEN STOVE SHUT-OFF. There shall be placed on the kitchen
range outlet, a shutoff valve, before final inspection is made by the
Administrative Authority.
SECTION TVIOs 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.
SECTION THREE: That Ordinance No. 1056 and all other ordinances or parts of
Ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION YOUR: This Ordinance snail be in force 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 edlands Daily Facts, a daily news-
paper hereby designated for that purpose.
Mayor of/the City of Redlands., California
ATTEST:
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City- Clerk
APPROVED FOR FORM':
City Attorney
I hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was adopted by the City Councjj of the
City of Redlands, at a regular meeting thereof, held on the `,� `_v� day of Cf ,
1958 by the following vote.
AYES:
NOES: �.✓,fes'
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