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CHAPTER 2 - PLUMBING CODE SECTION 8200. Adoption of the Uniform Plumbinq Code. 1964 Edition. There is hereby adopted by the City that certain code known as the WESTERN PLUMBING OFFICIALS UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE - 1964 EDITION and the whole thereof, including Appendices A through F, except such portions as are hereinafter amended, of which Code not less than three (3) copies have been and now are on file in the office of the Clerk of the Council of the City of Santa Ana, and said Plumbing Code is hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set forth at length herein as provided for in Section 419 of the Charter of the City of Santa Ana, and from the date on which this Chapter shall take effect the provisions thereof, subject to the amendments hereinafter set forth, shall be in effect within the City Limits, and this Code shall be known as the PLUMBING CODE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA. SECTION 8201. Administrative AuthoNitv. Section 1.1 is amended to read as follows: Whenever the term "administrative authority" is used in this Code, it shall be construed to mean the Director of Building Safety of the City of Santa Aha or his authorized representative. SECTION 8202. Assistants. Section 1.2 is amended to read as follows: Whenever the term "assistants" is used in this Code it shall be construed to mean the Senior Plumbing Inspector, Plumbing Inspector, or other inspector of the Department of Building Safety and Housing of the City of Santa Aha. SECTION 8203. Department Havinq Jurisdiction. Section 1.3 is amended to read as follows: Unless otherwise provided for by law, the office of the Administrative Authority shall be part of the Department of Building Safety and Housing of the City of Santa Ana. SECTION 8204. Duties of Administrative Authority. Section 1.4 is amended by deleting subsection 1.4(10). SECTION 8205. Violations and Penalties. Section 1.7 is amended by changing the first sentence of the first paragraph to read as follows: Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of thus code shall be deemed to be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in the County Jail for not to exceed six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. SECTION 8206. To Whom Permits May Be Issued. Section 1.10 is amended to read as follows: (a) No permit shall be issued to any person to do or cause to be done any plumbing or drainage work regulated by this code except when and as hereinafter provided in this section. (b) A permit may be issued to any properly licensed person not acting in violation of any current contractor licensing law for the installation, alteration, or repair of water piping, water treatment equipment, private sewage disposal systems and building sewers connecting thereto. (c) Any permit required by this code may be issued to any person to do any plumbing or drainage work regulated by this code in a single family dwelling used exclusively for living purposes, including the usual accessory buildings and quarters in connection with such buildings, in the event that any such -7-