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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-1212ORDINANCE NO. NS-1212 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANAAMENDING ARTICLE III OF CHAPTER 8 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE, PERTAINING TO THE ADOPTION OF THE UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE, 1973 EDITION THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: That Section 8-290 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 8-290. Adoption by Reference There is adopted by the City that certain code known ~s the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical 0~ficials Uniform Plumbing Code, 1973 Edition, and the whole thereof',~ inclu- ding the appendices thereto, save and except such portions as are deleted by the amendments set forth in this Article, of which said code not less than ~hree (3) copies have been and are on file in the office of the Clerk of the Council of the City. The said code is adopted and incorporated as fully as if set forth at length herein as provided for in Section 419 of the Charter of the City, and, subject to all amendments set forth in this Article, shall be in effect within the City of Santa Ana from the effec- tive date of this ordinance. Any provision of this Article amending the "Plumbing Code" or "Uniform Plumbing Code" shall be construed as amending the said adopted Code, 1973 Edition, including such provisions enacted prior to the enactment of this ordinance and not thereafter repealed. The said adopted code, 1973 Edition, as thus amended, together with all other provisions of this Article, shall be known as the Plumbing Code of the City of Santa Ana. SECTION 2: That Sections 8-329, 8-330, 8-331, 8-332, 8-333, 8-337, 8-341, 8-342, 8-353, 8-354, 8-355, 8-356, 8-366, 8-398, and 8-420 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code are hereby repealed. SECTION 3: That the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding a Division to be numbered 2 to Article III of Chapter 8, said Division to consist of sections numbered 8-300 through 8-318 inclusive and to read as follows: DIVISION 2. ADMINISTRATION Sec. 8-300 Application and Scope. The provisions of the Plumbing Code of the City of Santa Ana, hereinafter referred to as "this code," shall apply to all new construction, relocated buildings, and to any altera- tions, repairs, or reconstruction, except as provided for otherwise in this code. Sec. 8-301 Administrative Authority and Assistants Whenever the term "administrative authority" is used in this code, it shall be construed to mean the director of build- ing safety of the City or his authorized representative. -1- Sec. 8-302. Assistants Whenever the term "assistant" 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. Sec. 8-303. Department Having Jurisdiction. The office of the administrative authority shall be part of the dePartment Of building safety and housing of the City. Sec. 8-304. Duties of the Administrative Authority. The Administrative Authority shall maintain public office hours necessary to efficiently administer the provisions of this code and amendments thereto and shall perform the following duties: (1) Require, when necessary, submission of, examine and check plans and specifications, drawings, des- criptions, and/or diagrams necessary to show clearly the character,kind and extent of work covered by applications for a permit and upon approval thereof shall issue the permit applied for. (2) Keep a permanent, accurate account of all fees for permits issued and other monies collected and re- ceived as provided by this Code, the names of the persons upon whose account the same were paid, the date and amount thereof, together with the location or premises to which they relate. (3) Administer and enforce the provisions of this code in a manner consistent with the intent thereof and shall inspect all plumbing and drainage work autho- rized by any permit to assure compliance with provi- sions of this code or amendments thereto, approving or condemning said work in whole or in part as condi- tions required. (4) Issue upon request a Certificate of Approval for any work approved by him. (5) Condemn and reject all work done or being done or materials used or being used which do not in all res- pects comply with the provisions of this code and amendments thereto. (6) Order changes in workmanship and/or materials essen- tial to obtain compliance with all provisions of this code. (7) Investigate any construction or work regulated by this code and issue such notices and orders as pro- vided in Section 8-306. (8) Keep a complete record of all the essential transac- tions of his office. (9) Transfer all fees collected by him to the proper authority provided by law to receive such funds. -2- Sec. 8-305. Right of Entry The Administrative Authority and Assistants shall carry proper credentials of their respective office, upon exhibition of which they shall have the right of entry, during usual busi- ness hours, to inspect any and all buildings and premises in the performance of their duties. Sec. 8-306. Dangerous and Insanitary Construction. (a) Any portion of a plumbing system found by the Adminis- trative 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 property or otherwise in violation of this code, the said depart- ment may request an investigation by the Administrative Autho- rity who, upon determining such information to be fact, shall order any person, firm or corporation using or maintaining any such condition or responsible for the use or maintenance thereof to discontinue the use or maintenance thereof or to re- pair, alter, change, remove or demolish same as he may consider necessary for the proper protection 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 appliance 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 premises 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 code. (d) When any plumbing system is maintained in violation of this code %nd in violation of any notice issued pursuant to the provisions of this section of where a nuisance exists in any building or on a lot on which 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. 8-307. Violations and Penalties. Any person violating any provision of the Plumbing Code shall be punished as provided in Section 1-8 of the Santa Aha Municipal Code, and in addition all procedures for the correc- tion of illegal condition shall apply. Each separate day or any portion thereof during which any violation of this code occurs or continues shall be deemed to constitute a separate offense, and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable as herein provided. The issuance or granting of a permit or approval of plans and specifications shall not be deemed or construed to be a permit for, or an approval of, any violation of any of the pro- visions 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. -3- The issuance or granting of a permit or approval of plans shall not prevent the Administrative Authority from thereafter requiring the correction of errors in said plans and specifica- tions or from preventing construction operations being carried on thereunder when in violation of this code or of any other ordinance or from revoking any certificate of approval when issued in error. Every permit issued by the Administrative Authority under the provisions of this code shall expire by limitation and be- come null and void, if the work authorized by such permit is not cor~enced within sixty (60) days from date of such permit, or if the work authorized by such permit is suspended or aban- doned at any time after the work is commenced for a period of one hundred twenty (120) days. Before such work can be recom- menced a new permit shall be first obtained so to do, and the fee therefore shall be one-half the amount required for a new permit for such work, provided no changes have been made, or will be made in the original plans and specifications for such work; and provided, further, that such suspension or abandon- ment has not exceeded one (1) year. Sec. 8-308. 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 equip- ment in a building or premises without first obtaining a permit to do such work from the Administrative Authority. (b) A separate permit shall be obtained 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 ex- cept persons in his employ. Sec. 8-309. Work Not Requiring Permit. 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 same shall be considered as such new work and a permit shall be procured and inspection made as here- inbefore provided. No permit shall be required for the clearing of stoppages or the repairing of leaks in pipes, valves or fix- tures, when such repairs do not involve or require the replace- ment or rearrangement of valves, pipes, or fixtures. Sec. 8-310. To Whom Permits May Be Issued. A permit may be issued to any person not acting in violation of any current contractor licensing law. Sec. 8-311. Application for Permit Any person legally entitled to apply for and receive a permit shall make such application on forms provided for that purpose. He shall give a description of the character of the work proposed to be done, and the location, ownership, occu- pancy and use of the premises in connection therewith. The Administrative Authority may require plans, specifications or drawings and such other information as he may deem necessary. If the Administrative Authority determines that the plans, specifications, drawings, descriptions or information furnished by the applicant is in compliance with this code, he shall issue the permit applied for upon payment of the required fee as here- inafter fixed. Sec. 8-312. Cost of Permit. Every applicant for a permit to do work regulated by this code shall state in writing on the application form provided for that purpose, the character of work proposed to be done and the amount and kind in connection therewith, together with such information, pertinent thereto as may be required. Such applicant shall pay for each permit issued at the time of issuance, a fee in accordance with the following schedule, and at the rate provided for each classification shown herein. Any person who shall commence any work for which a permit is required by this code without first having obtained a permit therefor shall, if subsequently permitted to obtain a permit, pay double the permit fee fixed by this section for such work, provided, however, that this provision shall not apply to emer- gency work 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 be- fore the commencement of the work. In all such cases a permit must be obtained as soon as it is practical to do so, and if there be an unreasonable delay in obtaining such permit, a double fee as herein provided shall be charged. For the purpose of this section a sanitary plumbing outlet on or to which a plumbing fixture or appliance may be set or attached shall be construed to be a fixture. Fees for recon- nection and retest of existing plumbing systems in relocated buildings shall be based on the number of plumbing fixtures, qas systems, water heaters, etc., involved. When interceptor traps or house trailer site traps are installed at the same time as a building sewer on any lot, no sewer permit shall be required for the connection of any such trap to an appropriate inlet fitting provided in the building sewer by the permittee constructing such sewer. -5- When a permit has been obtained to connect an existing building or existing work to the public sewer or to connect to a new private disposal facility, backfilling of private sewage disposal facilities abandoned consequent to such con- nection is included in the building sewer permit. SCHEDULE OF FEES For issuing each permit In addition $ 3.00 For each plumbing fixture or trap or set of fixtures on one trap (including water, drainage piping, and backflow protection therefor) 2.00 For each building sewer for the first one hundred (100) feet and the first building drain connec- tion 5.00 For each additional building drain connection on the sewer 2.00 For each additional one hundred (100) feet of sewer or part thereof 2.00 For each cesspool 5.00 For each private sewage disposal system 10.00 For each water heater and/or vent 2.00 For each gas piping system of one (1) to five (5) outlets 2.00 For each gas piping system of six (6) or more outlets per outlet .4O For yard gas piping exceeding two hundred (200) feet of pipe, add for each additional one hundred (100) feet 2.00 For each industrial waste pre-treatment inter- ceptor including its trap and vent, excepting kitchen type grease interceptors functioning as fixture traps 2.00 For installation, alteration or repair of water piping and/or water treating equipment 2.00 For repair or alteration of drainage or vent piping 2.00 For each lawn sprinkler system on any one meter including backflow devices therefor - Group I 2.00 Ail other occupancies - each building 2.00 For vacuum breakers o2 backflow protective devices on tanks, vats, etc., or for installation on un- protected plumbing fixtures including necessary water piping - one (1) to five (5) Over five (5), each additional 2.00 .40 For water service piping or building supply piping, each one hundred (100) feet or part thereof 2.00 For on-site water main piping or water service piping supplying on-site water meters. Each one hundred (100) feet or part thereof 2.00 For buried rainwater piping or storm drain piping. Each one Hundred (100) feet or part thereof 2.00 -6- Sec. 8-313. Plumbing and Plan Check Fee. Whenever plumbing plans are required by the building official, plan check fees shall be in accordance with the following: 1. Large Installations. For plan checking systems where work involves fixtures that discharge more than 180 waste fixture units: A. Complete project: (All systems except fire sprinkler, irriga- tion sprinkler and swimming pool piping) (1) Apartments building, three stories and lower. (a) 15% of the plumbing permit fee. (2) All other buildings. (a) 50% of the plumbing permit fee. B. Individual systems: (1) Potable water and standpipe systems only: (a) 60% of the applicable plan check fee in item A above, $10.00 mini- (2) Conventional waste and vent systems only: (a) 40% of the applicable plan check fee in item A above, $7.50 mini- mum. (3) All other systems: (a) Fee shall be as shown in subsection 2 below. 2. Other installations. For plan checking individual systems not included in plans listed under subsec- tion 1 above: A. Building Sewers, each system $10.00 B. Combination waste and vent piping sys- tems, each system 7.50 C. Drainage pumps and ejectors, each system 10.00 D. Dry standpipes, each building 10.00 E. Fuel gas piping systems 7.50 F. Potable water piping systems: (1) Where building supply is one and one-half (1 1/2) inches or less, each building 10.00 -7- (2) Apartment buildings three stories and less in height where building supply is two inches or larger, each building 15.00 (3) Ail other systems, where build- ing supply is two inches or larger each building 20.00 G. Water heater vents, each system 10.00 H. Plan check fee, for alterations to approved plans, per hour 12.00 I. Minimum charge, per half hour or less 6.00 Sec. 8-314. Refund of Fees. Upon written request from the permittee, refunds of plumb- ing permit fees may be made to the!permittee in an amount equal to eighty percent (80%) of the plumbing permit fee paid; except that no permit fees shall be refunded under any of the following circumstances: 1. If the plumbing permit fee is five dollars ($5.00) or less. 2. After one year has elapsed from the date of the issuance of the permit. · 3. If any inspections have been performed by the Department of Building Safety and Housing. If permit has been issued for a project located in an area outside of the jurisdiction of the City, one hundred per- cent (100%) of the plumbing permit fee may be refunded. If a duplicate permit has been erroneously issued, one hundred per- cent (100%) of the duplicated permit fee and plan checking fee may be refunded. In no other case shall any part of any plan checking fee be refunded. Sec. 8-315. Reinspection Fee. When any reinspection is required due to the negligence of the permit holder, his agent or other responsible persons, or due to the failure of said parties to comply with previous correction instructions, a fee of five dollars ($5.00) may be charged by the building official pricr tc each such rein- spection. Sec. 8-316. Violation Investigation Fee. Whenever any work for which a permit is required under the provisions of tkis Code has been commenced without the authorization of such permit, an investigation may be required before a permit will be issued for such work. In addition to the regular permit fee and any penalty fee, an investigation fee which may be collected is as follows: When the Permit Fee is Investigation Fee $10.00 or less More than $10.00 $10.00 25.00 -8- Sec. 8-317. Ail Work to be Inspected Ail plumbing and drainage the Administrative Authority to the requirements of this code. systems shall be inspected by insure compliance with all Sec. 8-318. Notification It shall be the duty of the person doing the work autho- rized by the permit to notify the Administrative Authority orally or in writing, that said work is ready for inspecticn. 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 the person doing the work autho- rized by the permit, to make sure that the work will stand the tests prescribed elsewhere in this code, before giving the above notification. SECTION 4: That the Santa Aha Municipal Code is hereby amended by renumbering the division of Art'icle III of Chapter 8 entitled "Division 2. Amendments" so that the said section reads "Division 3. Amendments". SECTION 5: That the Santa Aha Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding a section to be numbered 8-370, to Division 3 of Article III of Chapter 8, which said section reads as follows: Sec. 8-370. Vertical Wet Venting (Section 613) Section 613 of the Uniform Plumbing Code is amended to read as follows: (a) Vertical wet venting is limited to sections of vertical drainage piping serving not more than two fixtures set on the same floor level in private living quarters (residential uses only) and having a discharge rating of not more than two (2) units each. (b) In each such installation the vertical drain shall be one (1) pipe size larger than the upper fixture inlet, but in no case smaller than the lower fixture inlet whichever is the larger, and the developed length between any two (2) such inlets shall at no time be greater than five (5) times the diameter of the inter- vening wet vented section. Identical fixtures installed back to back shall have their fixture inlets at the same level. (c) The unit load on the common vent serving the two (2) fixtures shall be the sum of the unit values of such fixtures. (d) Fixtures that rough in above the floor shall not be combined with fixtures that rough in below the floor. SECTION 6: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the deci- sion of any court of competent ~urisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, clauses, phrases or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional. -9- SECTION 7: Neither the adoption of this ordinance nor the repeal hereby of any ordinance shall in any manner affect the prosecution for violation of ordinances, which violations were committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed as affecting any of the provisions of such ordi- nances relating to the collection of any such license or penalty or the penal provisions applicable to any violation thereof, nor to affect the validity of any bond or case de- posit in lieu thereof, required to be posted, filed or depo- sited pursuant to any ordinance, and all rights and obliga- tions thereunder appertaining shall continue in full force and effect. SECTION 8: The Clerk of the Council shall certify to the passage of this ordinance and cause the same to be published in some daily newspaper printed and published in the City of Santa Ana. SECTION 9: This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days from and after the date of its adoption. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana at its regular meeting held on the 1st day of Suly , 1974. ATTEST: THE COUNCIL STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE 1 ss CITY OF SANTA ANA ) I, FLORENCE I. MALONE, do hereby certify that I am the Clerk of the Council of the City of Santa Ana; that the fore- going Ordinance was introduced to said Council at its regular meeting held on the 17th day of June , 1974, and was again considered by said Council at its meeting held on the 1st day of July , 1974, and was at said meeting passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit: AYES, COUNCILMEN: Griset, Garthe, Markel, Yamamoto, Evans, Ward NOES, COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: Patterson CLERK OF THE COUNCIL