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Home My WebLink About71-15 - 1970 Edition of Uniform Plumbing Code and AmendmentsORDINANCE NO. 71-15 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE 1970 EDITION OF THE UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE INCLUDING THE APPENDIXES THERETO, AND ADOPTING MODIFICATIONS AND AMENDMENTS TO SAID 1970 EDITION OF THE UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Costa Mesa hereby finds and declares that Volume and the Supplement of the Uniform Plumbing Code for the year 1970 has been published. Council further finds and declares that in order to conform with current building practices, it is in the best interest of the health, safety and welfare of the city that said Uniform Plumbing Code be adopted. Council further finds and declares that certain amendments to said Plumb- ing Code as compiled and published are necessary to conform special circumstances in the City of Costa Mesa. Accordingly, Section 8300 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: SECTION 2. Section 8300 is hereby amended to substitute the Volume and 1970 Supplement of the Uniform Plumbing Code for any reference in said section to the 1967 Uniform Plumbing Code. SECTION 3. Certain portions of said Uniform Plumbing Code, 1970 Edition, are hereby amended or deleted as follows: "Sec. 1.1. ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY. 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 Building Safety Director of the City of Costa Mesa or his authorized representative. "Sec. 1.2. 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 Costa Mesa. "Sec. 1.3. DEPARTMENT HAVING JURISDICTION Section 1.3 is amended to read as follows: Unless otherwise provided for by law, the office of the Admin- istrative Authority shall be part of the Department of Building Safety and Housing of the City of Costa Mesa. "Sec. 1.4. DUTIES OF ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY. Section 1.4 is amended by deleting sub -section 1.4 (10). "Sec. 1.7. 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 provi- sions of this 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) or by imprisonment in the County Jail for not to exceed six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. "Sec. 1.15. REINSPECTION FEES. Part One is amended by adding Section 1.15 to read as follows: Section 1.15. 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 correc- tion instructions, a fee of $5.00 may be charged by the Build- ing Official prior to each such reinspection. "Sec. 1.16. REFUND OF PERMIT FEE. Part One is amended by adding Section 1.16 to read as follows: Section 1.16. Refund of Fees. When construction authorized by a plumbing permit is not begun and no inspections have been made, the Administrative Authority shall, upon written request from the permittee, make refund of fees subject to the following limitations: The Administrative Authority shall not make any refund of fees collected amounting to $2.00 or less. In case a refund is made, the amount of such refund shall not be more than 85% of the amount of the fee paid. No refund of such fee or part thereof shall be made unless applied for within one year from the date of the issuance of the permit. When fees are erroneously collected by duplication of permits or for construction outside the jurisdiction of the City of Costa Mesa, 100% may be refunded. Secs. 2.1 through 2.11. QUALIFICATION OF PLUMBERS. Part Two is amended by deleting Sections 2.1 through 2.11, both inclusive. -2- "Sec. 1008(c). FERROUS WATER PIPING. Section 1008(c) is amended to read as follows: (c) Water piping installed in or under a concrete floor slab resting on the ground within a building shall be installed in accordance with the following requirements: (1) Ferrous piping shall not be used. (2) Copper tubing shall be installed without joints where possible. Where joints are permitted, they shall be silver brazed or equal and fittings shall be wrought copper. "Sec. 1009(h). BUILDING SUPPLY PIPE AND HOSE BIBBS. Section 1009(h) is amended by changing the second paragraph to read as follows: No building supply pipe shall be less than one (1) inch in size and shall continue undiminished in size to the first fixture branch. Hose bibb at the point where service enters the build- ing may be considered as the first fixture branch. Not less than three-quarter (3/4) inch hose bibb supplied by three-quarter (3/4) inch piping shall be installed at the front and rear of all build- ings which normally require water piping. "Sec. 1119. ABANDONED SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL FACILITIES. Section 1119 is amended by adding sub -section (f) to read as follows: (f) No such excavation shall be left unattended at any time unless the permittee shall have first provided a suitable and adequate barricade to assure public safety. SECTION 4. This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force thirty (30) days from and after its passage and shall, prior to the expira- tion of fifteen (15) days from its passage, be published once in the Orange Coast Daily Pilot, a newspaper of general circulation, printed and published in the City of Costa Mesa, together with the names of the members of the City Council voting for and against the same. PASSED AND ADOPTED thisoR� day of tA. 1971. Mayor of the City of Costa Mesa ATTEST: az�p® Cr Clerk of the City of Cos esa -3- STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS CITY OF COSTA MESA ) I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa and ex - officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and foregoing Ordinance No. 71-15 was introduced and con- sidered section by section at a regular meeting of said City Council on the 7th day of June, 1971, and thereafter passed and adopted as a whole at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the V/4 day of, 1971, by the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmen W v NOES: Councilmen , 'AA-M� ABSENT: Councilmen �-^•-��?`� — IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the City of Costa Mesa this as day of *Le� , 1971. S4L C Gam_ City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk the City Council of the City of Co Mesa S4L STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS. CITY OF COSTA MESA) I am a citizen of the United States and a resident of the County aforesaid; I am over the age of eighteen years, and not a party to or interested in the below entitled matter. I am a principal clerk of the ORANGE COAST DAILY PILOT, a newspaper of general circulation, printed and published in the City of Costa Mesa, County of Orange, State of Cal- ifornia, and I certify that City Ordinance "umbar 71-1C of which the copy attached hereto is a true and complete copy, was printed and published in the regular issue(s) of said newspaper on June 28 r 1c)71 I declare, under penalty of perjury, that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on June 28 1971 at Costa Mesa, California. y7- l&a�ewr.) STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS. CITY OF COSTA MESA ) I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that Ordinance No. 71-15 was introduced and con- sidered, section by section, at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, held on the 7th day of _ June 197-i-, and thereafter passed and adopted as a whole 21st June at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the day of 19 , by the following roll -call vote: AYES: COUNCILMEN- Wilson, Jordan, Pinkley, St.Clair None NOES: COUNCILMEN - ABSENT: COUNCILMEN Ha ett I FURTHER CERTIFY that said Ordinance No. 71-15 was published in the ORANGE COAST DAILY PILOT, a newspaper of general circulation, printed and published in the City of Costa Mesa, on the 28th day of June 197--:--. City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City C ncil of the City of Costa Mesa