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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1976-2027 ADOPTING THE UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE. • ORDINANCE NO. o a AN ORDINANCE relating to building regulations; adopting by reference the Uniform Plumbing Code, 1976 Edition, by the Inter- national Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Offi- cials; amending Sections 11.44.010, 11.44.040 and 11.44.050, • all of the City of Yakima Municipal Code. WHEREAS, R. C. W. 35.21.180 authorized cities and towns within the State of Washington to pass ordinances adopting by reference compila- tions and codes relating to the construction of buildings, and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Yakima has heretofore • examined and understands the scope and purpose of the regulations of the Uniform Plumbing Code, 1976 Edition, by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials, and deems it in the best interests of • the City that such Uniform Plumbing Code be adopted as the law of the City of Yakima, and WHEREAS, three copies of such Uniform Plumbing Code have heretofore been filed in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Yakima for use and examination by the public, as required by law, now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA: Section 1. Section 11.44.010 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "11.44.010 Adoption of Uniform Plumbing Code. The Uniform Plumbing Code, 1976 Edition, by the International Association of Plumbing and .Mechanical Officials, together with and including IAPMO installation standards and appendices thereto, consisting of Appendix A, 'Recommended Rules for Sizing the Water Supply System', Appendix B, 'Explaining Notes on Combination Waste and Vent Sys- tems', Appendix C, 'Minimum Plumbing Facilities', Appendix D, . 'Rainwater Systems', Appendix E, 'Mobile Home Parks', Appendix F, 'Medium Pressure Gas Piping Systems' and Appendix G, 'Swimming Pools', of which not less than three copies each have been and now are on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Yakima, is hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out in full ® herein, as the plumbing code of the City of Yakima, except as hereinafter amended, and the provisions and regulations thereof are hereby adopted as the provisions and regulations of the City of Yakima; and the several sections or numbers therein shall consti -. tute, and may be referred to as, the numbers of this chapter." -1- Section 2. Section 11.44.040 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as,follows: "11.44.040 Amendment to Part 1 - Administration Part 1 of the Uniform Plumbing Code, as applied to the City of Yakima is hereby amended to read as follows: 111 A. Administrative Authority. Whenever the term 'Administra- tive Authority' is used in this code, it shall mean the Chief of Code Administration or his authorized representative. • B. Authorized Representatives--Assistants. Whenever the term 'Authorized Representatives' or 'Assistants' is used in this code, it shall mean Deputy Plumbing Inspectors. C. Department Having Jurisdiction. Unless otherwise pro- vided by law, the office of the Administrative Authority shall be the Code Administration Division of the Department of Community Development. D. Duties of Administrative Authority. The administrative authority shall maintain public office hours necessary to effi- 411 ciently administer the provisions of this code and amendments thereto and shall perform the following duties: I. Require submission of, examine and check plans and specifica- tions, drawings, descriptions, 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 received 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 authorized by any permit to assure compliance with provisions of this code or amendments thereto, approving or condemning said work in whole or in part as conditions require. -2- . . , • 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 respects comply with the provisions of this code and amendments thereto. 411 6. Order changes in workmanship and/or materials essential 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 necessary. 8. Keep a complete record of all the essential'transactions of his office. • 9. Transfer all fees collected by him to the proper authority provided by law to receive such funds. 10. Maintain an official register of all persons, firms or cor- porations lawfully entitled to carry on or engage in the business of plumbing or to labor at the trade of plumbing. E. Right of Entry. The Administrative Authority and Author- ized Representatives or Assistants shall carry proper credentials of their respective office, upon exhibition of which they shall have the right of entry, during usual business hours, to inspect any and all, buildings and premises in the City of Yakima in perfor- mance of their duties. F. Dangerous and Insanitary Construction. (1) Any portion of a plumbing system found by the Admin- istrative Authority to be insanitary as defined herein is hereby declared to be d nuisance. • (2) 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 dan- gerous, unsafe, insanitary, a nuisance or a menace to life, 410 health or property or otherwise in violation of this code, the said department may request an investigation by Adminis- trative Authority 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 -3- maintenance thereof to discontinue the use or maintenance thereof or to discontinue the use or maintenance thereof or to repair, alter, change, remove or demolish same as he may considernecessary 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 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. • (3) Refusal, failure or neglect to comply with any such • notice or order shall be considered a violation of this code. (4) When any plumbing system is maintained in violation of this code and in violation of any notice issued pursuant to the provisions of this section or 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 nui- sance. G. Issuance of Permit. (1) 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 provisions 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 authorizes is lawful. (2) 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 specifications or from preventing construction operations being carried on thereunder when in violation of this code or ill any other ordinance or from revoking any Certificate of Appro- . val when issued in error. 1 (3) Every permit issued by the Administrative Authority under the provisions of this code shall expire by limitation -4- • and become null and void if the work authorized by such permit is not commenced within sixty (60) days from the date of issuance of such permit, or if the work authorized by such permit is suspended or abandoned at any time after the work is commenced for a period of sixty (60) days. Before such work may be commenced a new permit shall be first obtained to do 411 H. Permit Required. (1) 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 treat- ing equipment in a building or premises without first ob- taining a permit to do such work from the Administrative Authority. (2) A separate permit shall be obtained for each buil- ding or structure. (3) No person shall allow any other person to do or cause to be done any work under a permit secured by a Permit- ' 110 tee except persons in his employ. I. 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 defec- tive 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 hereinbefore provided. No permit shall be required for the clear- , ing or stoppages or the repairing of leaks in pipes, valves or fixtures, when such repairs do not involve or require the replace- ment or rearrangement of valves, pipes, or fixtures. J. To Whom Permits May Be Issued. (1) No permit shall be issued to any person to do or Cause to be done any work regulated by this code, except to a person holding a valid unexpired and unrevoked Certificate of -5- Registration issued by the Washington Department of Labor and Industries as required by Title 18 of the Revised Code of Washington except when and as otherwise hereinafter provided in this section. (2) A permit may be issued to a properly licensed person . not acting in violation of any current contractor licensing law. (3) Any permit required by this code may be issued to any person to do any work regulated. by this code in a single family dwelling used exclusively for living purposes, inclu- ding the usual accessory buildings and quarters in connection with such buildings in the event that any such person is the bona fide owner of any such dwelling and accessory buildings and quarters, and that the same are occupied by said owner, provided, that said owner shall personally purchase all mat- . erial and shall personally perform all labor in connection therewith. K. Application for Permit. (1) 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, occupancy 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 neces- sary. • (2) 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 re- , quired fee as hereinafter fixed. L, Cost of Permit. (1) Every applicant for a permit to do work regulated by this code shall state in writing on the application form 411 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 schedule constituting Subsection (5) of this section, and at the rate provided for each classification shown herein. -6- • • (2) Any person who shall cunmience 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 emergency work when it shall be provied to the satis- faction of the Administrative Authority that such work was urgently necessary and that it was not practical to obtain a permit therefor before the commencement of the work. In all • such cases a permit must be obtained as soon as it is prac- tical to :do so, and if there be an unreasonable delay in obtaining such permit, a double fee as herein provided shall be charged. (3) 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 reconnection and retest of existing plumbing systems in relocated buildings shall be based on the number of plumbing fixtures, gas systems, water heaters, etc., involved. ;4 (4) When a permit has been obtained to connect an exist- ing building or existing work to the public sewer or to con - nect to a new private disposal facility, backfilling of pri- vate sewage disposal facilities abandoned consequent to such connection is included in the building sewer permit. (5) SCHEDULE OF FEES: For issuing each permit • $ 4.00 In addition -- 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 and each Mobile Home Sewer 5.00 Rainwater systems -per drain (inside building) 2.00 III For each cesspool 5.00 For each private. sewage disposal system 10.00 For each water heater and /or vent 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 -7- - • For repair or alteration of drainage or vent piping 2.00 For each lawn sprinkler system on any one meter including backflow protection devices therefore 2.00 For vacuum breakers or backflow protective devices on tanks, vats, etc. or for installation on unpro- tected plumbing fixtures including necessary water piping -- one (1) to five (5) 2.00 111 Over five (5), each .50 M. Notification. It shall be the duty of the person doing the work authorizedg)y the permit to notify the Administrative Authority orally or in writing that said work is ready for inspec- tion. 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 authorized by the permit to make sure that the work will stand the tests prescribed elsewhere in this code, before giving the above notification. N. All Work to be Inspected. All plumbing and drainage systems shall be inspected by the Administrative Authority to insure compliance with all the requirements of this code. Section 3. Section 11.44.050 of the City of Yakima Municipal 410 Code is hereby amended to read as follows: A. "11.44.050 Qualification of Plumbers. A. Side sewer installers license required. • (1) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corpor- ation to engage in the business of installing or contracting to install, repair or alter plumbing or side sewers without first obtaining and being the authorized holder of a current Certificate of Registration issued by the Washington Depart- ment of Labor and Industries pursuant to the provisions of Title 18 of the Revised Code of Washington." . • • (2) It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the businessor trade of plumbing as a journeyman without having a current Certificate of Competency issued by the Washington Department of Labor and Industries pursuant to the provisions of Title 18 of the Revised Code of Washington. A Journeyman Plumber's License permits the holder to work on all types of plumbing including side sewers, only while in the employ of a properly licensed plumbing contractor. -8- • • (3) It shall be unlawful for any person to labor at the trade of side sewer installer in the capacity of journeyman installer without first having obtained and being the author- ized holder of a valid and subsisting Journeyman Sewer Instal- ler's License. A Journeyman Sewer Installer's License permits the holder to perform only such work as is provided for herein in the con- struction and installation of side sewers and such work shall not include any work within the interior of any building line. • B. License Procurement and Fees. (1) All contractors licenses, requiredby this chapter, shall be obtained from the Washington Department of Labor and Industries, Professional Licensing Division, and shall be maintained in accordance with Title 18 of the Revised Code of Washington. (2) All Journeyman Plumbers Certificate of Competency, required by this chapter, shall be obtained from the Washing- . ton Department of Labor and Industries, Building and Con- . struction Safety Inspection Division and shall be maintained 111 in accordance with Title 18 of the Revised Code of Washington. (3) All Journeyman Side Sewer Installers Licenses, required by this chapter, shall be obtained the City Clerk upon presentation of a Certificate of Qualification issued and approved by the Division of Code Administration. License fees shall be paid to the City of Yakima at time of issuance in accordance with the following schedule: Original Renewal Journeyman Side Sewer Installers License $10.00 $10.00 • Licenses expire on December 31st of each year. Section 4. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty days after its passage, approval and publication as provided by law and by the City Charter. • PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this \ day of 19 ATTEST: Mayor City C1211c 9-:A44 1 -e--.Th--" • • -9- •