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ORDINANCE NO. 1050 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE PLUMBING CODE OF THE CIE OF SANTA ANA, AS ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE NO. 821 ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINT~ENT OF A PLUMBING INSPECTOR, DEFINING HIS DUTIES AI~D FIXING HIS COMPENSATION; REGULATING THE METHOD OF CONSTRUCT- ING PLUMBING WORK, HOUSE DRAINAGE, AND GAS FITTING, PROVIDING FOR THE INSPECTION THEREOF A~D THE ISSUANCE 0F PER}.~iTS THEREFOR; AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF SAID ORDINANCE." THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION l: That the plumbing code as adopted by Ordinance No. 821 entitled "~--~CE PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A PLUMBING INSPECTOR, DEFINING HIS DUTIES AND FIXING HIS C0~,~NSATION; REGULATING THE METHOD OF CONSTRUC~'- ING PLUMBING WORK, HOUSE DRAINAGE, AND GAS FITTING, PROVIDING FOR THE INSPECTION THEREOF A~D THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS THEREFOH; AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF SAID ORDINANCE", as heretofore amended, be and the same ie hereby further amended in the following particulars, to-wit: SECTION 2: That Section 29 of said plumbing code is hereby amended so as to read'"'as follows: "Sec. 29. REGISTRATIO. N. All Master Plumbers, Journeymen Plumbers and Apprentice Plumbers, shall register their names and addresses in a book kept for that purpose in the office of the Plumbing Inspector, and the Plumbing Inspector sl not issue a permit to any person, firm or eorpSration to do any plumbing, drainage.~ or gas fitting work, unless such person, firm or corporation is registered in the office of the Plumbing Inspector, in such book provided by him, as a Master Plumber, provided however, that the owner of the property upon which any such wor$ is proposed to be done under any application or permit, may obtain such permit if the application for such permit sets forth the name and address of the registered master plumber under whose direction and in whose presence the work to be done under such application or permit will be carried out. Any such permit issued to an owner who is not a registered master or Journeyman plumber shall be valid only if the work is actually done under the immediate supervision and in the presence of the master plumber epecified in such application or permit. If such owner is a registered Journeyman plumber the work may be done by the owner personally. If such application by the owner specifies that the work shall be done in the presence and under the supervision of a master plumber, it shall also contain a statement that such master plumber is an employee of the owner and not a contractor." SECTION 3: That Section V4 of said plumbing code is hereby amended so as to read as "follOWs: "Sec. 74. F~xtra Heavy Soil and Vent Pipes. Ail soil or waste pipes and soil vents shall be of ~ grade known as ~Extra Heav~'exCept that in buildings other than Class One {1) as defined by the Uniform Building Code, where the height of the coil or waste stack or vent does not exceed thirty (30) feet measurdd from the flow line at the foot of the stack, such soll or waste pipes'and soil vents may be of a grade known as 'Standard~. Provided, however, that in Buildings of Class One (l~all vents shall be of Extra Heavy Cast Iron". SECTION 4: That Section VV of said plumbing code is hereby amended so as to read as follOWs: "Sec. VV. Four inch Soil Vent. Except as othe~vise provided in thie ordinance every buildin~ in which there'"'is a plumbing or drainage system ehall be provided with a ventilating stack at least four inches in diameter for each separate weste connection to the main sewer". SECTION ~: That Section 128 of the said plumbing code is hereby amended by the addiction thereto at the end of the present Section 128 and as a part of said secti6n, the following: "No ventilation pipe or stack, however, shall terminate at a height of less than fourteen (14) feet from the natural grade of the highest surrounding ground within a radius or,twenty-five (25) feet of the place where such ventilatin~ pipe or stack is erected, nor shall such ventilating pipe or stack terminate within a distance of five (5) feet in any direction (measured horizontally) of any eaves or outside walls unless such eaves or outside walls are not less than fourteen (14) fe~t in height from the natural grade of the highest surrounding ground within a radius of twenty-five (25) feet. Provided, however, that a ventilating pipe er stack shall not terminate lower than the highest point of the wall against which it is erected". SECTION 6: That Section 139 of said plumbing code be and the same is hereby repealed. ~EC~ION ?: That Section 154 ef said plumbing code is hereby amended so as to read as follows: "Sec. 154: Water softeners and ot~er s~milaE, fixtures. A plumbing permit ehall be requir~"for all water ~ofteners, water operated, ~uual, or automatic water pumps or lifts, gas operated water cooled refrigerators, hydraulic