HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #1937 ORDINANCE NO. 1937
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
AMENDING THE HUNTINGTON BEACH ORDINANCE CODE
BY REPEALING ARTICLE 841 AND ADDING NEW ARTICLE
841 ENTITLED, "HUNTINGTON BEACH PLUMBING CODE"
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does
ordain as follows :
SECTION 1. Article 841 of the Huntington Beach Ordinance
Code is hereby repealed.
SECTION 2. The Huntington Beach Ordinance Code is hereby
amended by adding thereto new Article 841 entitled, "Huntington
Beach Plumbing Code, " to read as follows :
8410 . ADOPTION OF THE UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE, 1973 EDITION.
There is hereby adopted by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach that certain code known as the Uniform Plumbing
Code, compiled by the International Association of Plumbing and
Mechanical Officials , being particularly the 1973 edition thereof,
and the whole thereof including the appendices thereto, of which
code not less than three (3) copies have been and now are filed
in the office of the Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach. Such
code , and amendments thereto , is hereby adopted and incorporated,
pursuant to Sections 50022 . 2 et seq . of the California Government
Code , as fully as though set out at length herein for the purpose
of prescribing regulations governing the installation, alteration,
repair and maintenance of plumbing and drainage systems. From the
date on which this article takes effect , the provisions of said
code , together with amendments thereto, shall be controlling
within the corporate limits of the city of Huntington Beach.
8411. TITLE. This article shall be known as the "Huntington
Beach Plumbing Code" , may be cited as such, and will be referred to
herein as "this Code . "
8412 . DEFINITIONS. As used in this article, the following
words and phrases , unless otherwise indicated from the context,
shall have the following meanings :
(a) Administrative Authority shall mean the Director of
Building and Community Development or his authorized representative .
(b ) Department Having Jurisdiction shall mean, unless other-
wise provided by law, the Department of Building and Community
Development .
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8413. APPLICATION AND SCOPE. The provisions of this Code
shall apply to all new construction, relocated buildings, and
to any alterations , repairs , or reconstruction, except as pro-
vided for otherwise in this Code .
8414 . DUTIES OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY. The Admin-
istrative Authority shall maintain public office hours necessary
to efficiently administer the provisions of this Code and amend-
ments thereto and shall perform the following duties :
(1) Require submission of, examine and check plans and
specifications , drawings , descriptions , and/or diagrams necessary
to show clearly the character, kind and extent of work covered
by application 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 condi-
tions require .
(4) Order changes in workmanship and/or .materials essential
to obtain compliance with all provisions of this Code .
(5) Investigate any construction or work regulated by this
Code and issue such notices and orders as provided in Section 8416.
8415 . RIGHT OF ENTRY. Whenever necessary to make an inspec-
tion to enforce any of the provisions of this Code, or whenever
the Administrative Authority has reasonable cause to believe that
there exists in any building or upon any premises, any violation
of this Code , the Administrative Authority may enter such building
or premises at all reasonable times to inspect the same or to per-
form any duty imposed upon the Administrative Authority by this
Code; provided that if such building or premises be occupied, he
shall first present proper credentials and demand entry ; and if
such building or premises be unoccupied, he shall first make a
reasonable effort to locate the owner or other persons having
charge or control of the building or premises and demand entry .
If such entry is refused, the Administrative Authority shall have
recourse to every remedy provided by law to secure entry .
No owner or occupant or any other person having charge, care
or control of any building or premises shall fail or neglect,
after proper demand is made as herein provided, to promptly
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permit entry therein by the Administrative Authority or his
authorized representative for the purpose of inspection and
examination pursuant to this Code. A violation of this section
is a misdemeanor, and upon a conviction thereof shall be pun-
ishable by a fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500) or
by imprisonment not to exceed six (6) months , or by both such
fine and imprisonment .
8416 . DANGEROUS AND INSANITARY CONSTRUCTION.
(a) Any portion of a plumbing system found by the Admin-
istrative Authority to be insanitary as defined in this Code
is hereby declared to be a nuisance .
(b ) Whenever brought to the attention of the department
having jurisdiction that any insanitary condition exists 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 de-
partment may request an investigation by the Administrative
Authority who, upon determining such information to be fact,
sha11 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 condi-
tion 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 is maintained in violation of this
Code and in violation of any notice issued pursuant to the pro-
visions of this section or where a nuisance exists in any build-
ing 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 .
8417. 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 equipment in a building
or premises without first obtaining a permit to do such work from
the Administrative Authority .
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(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 except
persons in his employ .
(d) 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 author-
ity to violate or cancel the provisions of this Code shall be
valid, except insofar as the work or use which it authorized
is lawful.
(e ) The issuance or granting of a permit or approval of
plans shall not prevent the Administrative Authority from there-
after requiring the correction of errors in said plans and speci-
fications or from preventing construction operations being carried
on thereunder when in violation of this Code or any other Huntington
Beach Ordinance Code provision, or from revoking any certificate
of approval when issued in error.
(f) Every permit issued by the Administrative Authority
under the provisions of this Code shall expire by limitation and
become null and void, if the work authorized by such permit is
not commenced within one hundred twenty (120) days from date
of such permit, or if the work authorized by such permit is sus-
pended or abandoned at any time after the work is commenced for
a period of one hundred twenty (120) days . Before such work can
be recommenced a new permit shall be first obtained to do so, and
the fee therefor 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 abandonment has
not exceeded one (1) year.
8418. WORK NOT REQUIRING PERMIT. No permit shall be required
for the following repair work: 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 hereinbefore
provided. No permit shall be required for the clearing or stop-
pages or the repairing of leaks in pipes , valves or fixtures , when
such repairs do not involve or require the replacement or rearrange-
ment of valves , pipes , or fixtures .
8419 . TO WHOM PERMITS MAY BE ISSUED.
(a) 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 California Plumbing Contractor' s
License .
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(b ) A permit may be issued to a properly licensed person
not acting in violation of any current contractor licensing law.
(c) 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 , including 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 purchase all material and shAl personally perform
all labor in connection therewith .
8420 . APPLICATION FOR PERMIT. Any person legally entitled
to apply for and receive a permit shall make 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, owner-
ship, 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 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.
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 in-
formation pertinent thereto as may be required.
8421. INVESTIGATION FEE. 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 an investigation fee in the manner and
amount set forth in the Huntington Beach Building Code, provided,
however, that this provision shall not apply to emergency 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 before 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, an investigation fee as required by this
section shall be charged.
8422. FEES. Every applicant shall pay for each permit at
the time of making application, a fee in accordance with the
following schedule, and at the rate provided for each classifi-
cation shown herein:
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SCHEDULE OF FEES
For issuing each permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 3 . 00
For new residential construction
For total dwelling and garage area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 .01 sq. ft .
For each building sewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 .00
For each cesspool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00
For each private disposal system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 .00
For each lawn sprinkler system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. 00
For each gas meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 .00
For all other construction
For each plumbing fixture or trap or set of fixtures
on one trap (including water, drainage piping and
backflow protection therefor) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.50
For each building sewer and each trailer park sewer . . . . 5 .00
Rainwater systems - per drain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. 00
For each cesspool 5.00
For each private sewage disposal system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 .00
For each water heater and/or vent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.50
For each gas piping system of one (1)
to five (5) outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.50
For each gas piping system of six (6) or more
outlets , per outlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
For each industrial waste pretreatment interceptor,
including its trap and vent, excepting kitchen
grease interceptors functioning as fixture traps 1. 00
For installation, alteration or repair of water
piping and/or water treating equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.50
For repair or alteration of drainage or vent piping . . . . 1 .50
For each lawn sprinkler system of 50 heads or less
or any one meter including backflow protection
devices therefor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 .00
For vacuum breakers or backflow protective devices
on tanks , vats , etc . , or for installation on
unprotected plumbing fixtures including necessary
water piping - one (1) to five (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 .00
Over five (5) , each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Gas meter ( for each separately metered unit) . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 00
(a) 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 re-
connection and retest of existing plumbing systems in relocated
buildings shall be based on thenumber of plumbing fixtures, gas
systems , water heaters, etc . , involved.
(b ) 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 connection shall
be included in the building sewer permit.
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(c) The fee for any law sprinkler system of more than
fifty (50) heads , storm drain system, water, distribution system
or on-site sewer system shall be based on the value of the proposed
work and shall be as provided in Table No. 3-A, Huntington Beach
• Building Code .
(d) The fee for any plumbing installation for which a permit
is required but for which no fees are specified herein shall be
based on the value of the proposed work and shall be as provided
in Table No. 3-A, Huntington Beach Building Code .
(e) A food waste disposer installed at the time of the ori-
ginal sink installation shall be considered as part of the sink.
Dishwashers discharging into a food waste disposer or a separate
trap shall require a separate fee .
) 8423 . REFUND OF FEES. When construction authorized by a
permit is not begun and no inspections have been made, the Admin-
istrative Authority shall, upon written request from the permittee,
make refund of fees subject to the following limitations :
(a) No refund shall be made of the basic issuing fee of
Three Dollars ($3) .
(b) No refund of fees or any part thereof shall be made for
any permit which has expired as provided in Section 8432 hereof.
8424 . ALL WORK TO BE INSPECTED. All plumbing and drainage
systems shall be inspected by the Administrative Authority to in-
sure compliance with all the requirements of this Code .
8425 . ` NOTIFICATION. It shall be the duty of the person doing
the work authorized by the permit to notify the Administrative
Authority, orally or- in writing, that said work is ready for in-
spection. 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
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by the permit to make sure that the work will stand he pre-
scribed ribed elsewhere in his Code before giving the above notification.
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8426 . BOARD OF APPEALS. The Board of Appeals shall be that
Board of Appeals as established by the Huntington Beach Building
Code and shall have the authority, powers and duties as set forth
therein.
8427 . Section 1007 (g) of the Uniform Plumbing Code is
amended to read as follows :
"Sec. 1007 (g) All water heaters shall have an approved
combination temperature and pressure relief valve installed
on the hot water outlet of the water heater and the drain
shall terminate as listed in subsection (e) .
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"EXCEPTION. When approved by the Administrative Author-
ity water heaters installed as replacements
for existing water heaters inside existing
buildings may be installed with an approved
type temperature gas shut-off valve in lieu
of temperature and pressure relief valve where
it is impracticable to comply with section
1007 (e) . This valve is in addition to the
regular thermostat. "
8428 . Section 1008 (c) of the Uniform Plumbing Code is
amended to read as follows :
"Sec . 1008 (c) Ferrous piping shall not be installed with-
in a building in or under a concrete floor slab resting
on the ground.
"Ferrous piping installed underground in exterior locations
shall be protected from corrosion by approved coatings or
wrapping materials , machine applied, and conforming to
recognized standards (as approved for gas piping) and all
such horizontal piping shall have at least twelve (12)
inches of earth cover or other equivalent protection.
Risers shall be wrapped to a point at least six (6) inches
above grade .
"Copper tubing installed within a building and in or under
a concrete floor slab resting on the ground shall be in-
stalled without joints where possible. Where joints are
permitted, they shall be brazed and fittings shall be
wrought copper. "
8428 . Section 1009 (h) of the Uniform Plumbing Code is
amended to read as follows :
"Sec. 1009 (h) Size of Meter and Building Supply Pipe
Using Table 10-2. Knowing the available pressure at the
water meter or other source of supply, and after subtract-
ing one half (1/2) pound per square inch pressure for each
foot of difference in elevation between such source of supply
and the highest water supply outlet in the building or on
the premises, use the 'Pressure Range ' group within which
this pressure will fall . Select the ' length ' column which
is equal to or longer than the required length. Follow
down the column to a fixture unit value equal to or greater
than the total number of fixture units required by the in-
stallation. Having located the proper fixture unit value
for the required length, sizes of meter and building supply
pipe will be found in the two left-hand columns .
"No building supply pipe shall be less than three quarter
(3/4 ) inch in diameter and no building supply line for a
new residential structure shall be less than one (1) inch
diameter. Each main building shall have a minimum of two (2)
three-quarter (3/4) inch hose bibbs one of which shall be
readily accessible to the rear yard."
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8430 . Table 10-2 of the Uniform Plumbing Code is amended
to read as follows :
TABLE 10.2
FIXTURE UNIT TABLE FOR DETERMINING WATER
PIPE AND METER SIXES FOR FLUSH TANK SYSTEMS
PRESSURE RANGE--30 to 45 psi
Mew god Wilding
WOO Supply i MnxMwm ANow" LoviVO in Foo
so"ke &sndws 40 i0 so too ISO M
V4„ 1/2„** 6 5 4 4 3 2
,%" 3/4" 18 16 14 12 9 6
3/4" V, 29 25 23 21 17 15
1•• 1" 36 31 27 25 20 17
1" 11/4 54 47 42 38 32 28
11/2 11/4 90 68 57 48 38 32
11/2 11/2 151 124 105 91 70 57
2" 11/2 210 162 132 110 80 64
11/2" 2" 220 205 190 176 155 138
2" 2" 372 329 292 265 217 185
2" 21;/2 445 418 390 370 330 300
PRESSURE RANGE-46 to 40 psi
'V4' 1/2"** 9 6 7 6 5 4
Ulf 4/4" 27 23y, 19 17 14 11
V4„ 71,0 44 40 36 33 28 23
1.7 #!•, 60' 47 41 36 30 25
1" 11/4" 102 87 76 67 52 44
11/2" 1114 168 130 106 89 66 52
11/12 1 Vill 270 225 193 167 128 105
2" 11/2" 360 290 242 204 150 117
11/2" 2'" 380 360 340 318 272 240
2" 2" 570 510 470 430 368 318
2" 21/2" 680 +640 610 580 535 500
PRESSURE RANR3E—Ovor 60 VO
3A" 1/2„** 11 9 8 7 6 5
1%#' 3/4" 34 28 24' 22 17 13
'V4„ V, 63 53 47 42 35 30
V, 1 o, 87 66 55 48 38 32
1"' 11/4" 140 126 108 96 74 62
11/2" 11/4 237 183 150 127 93 74
1)A"` 11/2" 366 311 273 240 186 154
2" 11/2 490 395 333 275 220 170
11/2" 2" *380 *380 *380 *380 370 335
2 2" *690 670 610 560 478 420
2" 21/2" *690 *690 *690 *690 *690 650
*Maximum Allowable Load on Meter
**Building Supply -- 3/41/ minimum - 111 minimiun
for each residential structure .
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8431. Section 1107 (f) of the Uniform Plumbing Code is
amended to read as follows :
"Sec. 1107 (f) Approved manholes may be installed in lieu
of cleanouts when first approved by the Administrative
Authority.- All on-site sewer lines 8" or larger shall be
served by an approved manhole. The maximum distance be-
tween manholes shall not exceed 300 feet. "
8432 . VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES. Any person, firm or cor-
poration violating any provision of this Code shall be deemed
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 a period of time not
to exceed six (6) months , or by both fine and imprisonment. 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 punish-
able as herein provided.
SECTION 3. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase or portion of this ordinance , or any future amendments or
additions hereto, is for any reason held to be invalid or un-
constitutional by the decision of any court of competent juris-
diction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the re-
maining portion of this ordinance , or any future amendments or
additions hereto . The City Council of the City of Huntington
Beach hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance
and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion
or any future amendments or additions thereto, irrespective of
the fact that any one or more sections , subsections , clauses ,
phrases , portions or any future amendments or additions thereto
be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 4 . The provisions of this ordinance insofar as
they are substantially the same as existing provisions of the
Huntington Beach Ordinance Code relating to the same subject
matter shall be construed as restatements and continuations
and not as new enactments .
SECTION 5 . This ordinance shall take effect thirty days
after its adoption. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage
of this ordinance and cause same to be published within fifteen
days after adoption in the Huntington Beach News , a weekly news-
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paper of general circulation, printed and published in Huntington
Beach, California.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 3rd
daySeptember,of 1974.
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ATTEST: D AS TO FORM-
City Clerk :TC City ttorney
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
City Administrator
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Ord. No. 1937
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, ALICIA M. WENTWORTH, the duly elected, qualified City
Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of the said City, do hereby certify that the whole number
of member$ of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven;
that the foregoing ordinance was read to said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 19th day of August
19 74 , and was again read to said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 3rd day of September , 19 74 , and
was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of more than a majority of
all the members of said City Council.
AYES: Councilmen:
Shipley. Bartlett Gibbs, Matney, Wigdgr, Duke, Coen
NOES Councilmen:
None_
ABSENT: Councilmen:
None
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City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California
t, Alicia M. Wentworth CITY CLERK of the City of
Huntington 9each and ex-officio Clerk of the City
Council, & Mieby certify that this ordinance has
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