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TEFE WGSTERE3 PLWBING OFFICLALS UNIFQN4 PLUNBING CODE, AN ORDIUNCE PROVIDING POX THB PRQTECTIQN OF TKE PUBLIC €ll3ALTH AND SDTY, AND TIIE lXX3NI-
NATION BEGISWTION LICmSIHG OF BEESONS XNGAGED IN TEE BUSINESS OF PLUNBSNG, aR LABOR- ING AT THE TWE OF PGUMBING; IXEQUIRING h PEBHlT FOR T€B INSTALLATION OR ALTIBA.TIQN OF I?LUE;igIZG AND DRAIXAGZ SYSTEMS; CRFATIEG AN ADYCLNISTRATITd OFFICE AND PWSCRIBING T€BIR DUTIES; DEFINIMG CERTAIN TEENS ; ESTJU~LISHING IIINIl"' FGGUUTIQNS FOB TEE INSTALLATION, ALTIZiiATION OR XEPAIR OF
PbUIMBIXC AHD DWXAGE SYSTENG AND TKE INSPZCTION TI€EBOF; PROVIDING PELXLTBS FOR ITS VIOUTIQN AED WFZffiING COKFLICTING OBDIM.&NCES.
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12 SECTION 1. UNZFQRM COD2 ADOPTED.- The Uniform Plumbing
13 Code, 3.955 Edition, adopted by the 25th Annual Conference of the
14 Western Plumbing Officials in October of 1954, is herewith adopted
15 by the City of Carlsbad, and by referencing thereto is made a part
16 of this Ordinance as if fully set forth herein; two copies of said
17 Uniform Plumbing Code being on file in the office of the City Clerk
The City Council of the City of Carlsbad does ordain as
18 of the City of Carlsbad, which Uniform P1wnbing Code may be cited
l9 and referred to as "this Code*',
20 SECTION 2 . 1 . ADMINISTUTIVE AU'I'ELQRITY ATP ASSISTANTS -
21 Whenever the term *$administrative authority" is used in this Code
22 it shall be construed to mean the Building Inspector.
23 SECTION 2.2, ASSISTmTS - Whenever the term nassistants'g
24 is used in this Code it shall be construed to mean any persan
25 performing duties under the authority of the City Council, City
26 Manager or Building Inspector of the City of Carlsbad.
27 SWTION 2.3. DEPARTPBKT HAVING JURISDICTIOX - Unless other-
28 wise provided for by law, the office of the Administrative Auth-
29 ority shall be a part of the building department.
31 The Administrative Authority shall maintain public office hours
30 SECTION 2.4. DUTIES OF THE .ADNINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY -
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1 and amendments thereto and shall perform the following duties:
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(1) Require submission of, examine and check plans and
specifications, dravings, descriptions, and/or diagrams necessary
to show clearly the character, kind and extent of plumbing work
covered by applications for a permit and upon approval thereof
shall issue the permit applied for.
(2) Collect a11 fees for permits issued as provided by this
Code, issue receipts therefor in duplicate, the duplicate copy of
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which shall be maintained as a record of his office,
(3) 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.
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(4) Issue upon request a Certificate of Approval for any
(5) Condemn and reject a13 work done or being done or
17 materials used or being used which do not in all respects comply
18 with the provisions of this Code and amendments theretoo
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22 Code and issue such notices and orders as provided in Section 2.6,
23 (8) Keep a complete record of all the essential transactions
24 of his office,
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(6) Order changes in workmanship and/or materials essential
to obtain corapliance with all provisions of this Code.
(7) Investigate any construction or work regulated by this
(9) Transfer all fees collected by him to the proper authority
provided by law to receive such funds.
(LO) Maintain an official register of all persons, firms or
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29 ness of plumbing or to labor at the trade of plumbing to whom a
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plumber's Certificate of Qualification has been issued in accord-
ance with provisions of Part Three of this Code,
SECTION 2.5, RIGHT OF EXTRY II The Administrative Authority
Assistants shall carry proper credentials of his office, upon
2 exhibition of which they shall have the right of entry, during
3 usual business hours, to inspect any and all buildings and premises
4 in the performance of their duties.
5 SECTION 2.6. DANGEROUS AND INSNiITmY CONSTRUCTION -
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8 tion or work regulated by this
9 or a menace to life, health or
to the attention of the departme having juris-
erous, unsafe, insanitary
is in violation of this
the said department ma
11 Administrative Authority who
12 to be fact, shall order any person, firm or corporation using or
l3 maintaining any such condition or responsible for the use or
such information
rnaintenance thereof to discontinue the use of or maintenance thereof
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alter, change, remove or demolish same as he may
sary for the proper protection of life, health or
ping or gas appliance may ''7 property and in the case of any gas
18 order any person, firm or corporation, s
19 or appliance to discontinue supplying ga
20 or appliance is made safe to life, health or property,
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22 agent or person responsible for the premises in which such condition
23 exists and shall specify the date or time when such order shall be
24 complied with, which time shall allow a reasonable period in which
25 such order can be complied. with by the person, firm or corporation
26 receiving such order but shall never exceed the maximum period for
27 which such construction can be safeSy used or maintained in the
28 judgment of the Administrative Authority,
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plying gas to such piping
thereto until such piping
Every such order shall be in writing, addressed to the owner,
Refusal, failure or neglect to comply with any such notice or
31 SECTION 2.7, VIOUTIBXS AND PZNALTIES - by person, firm
32 or corporation violating any of the provisions of this Code s
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be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall
be punishable by a fine of not to exceed $100.00 or by imprisonment
in the Jail provided by the City of Carlsbad for not to exceed one
(1) month, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
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 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.
Each separate
The issuance of a permit upon plans and specifications 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 of any other ordinance or from
revoking any Certificate of Approval when issued in error.
Xvery 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 com-
menced within 60 days from the date 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 60 days. Before
such work can be recommenced a new permit shall be first obtained
so to do.
SECTIOlq 2.8. PEWiIT R33QUImB -
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person, whether acting 2s
principal, servant, agent or employee, to do, or cause or permit
to be done any plumbing or drainage work without first securing
a permit from the Administrative Authority authorizing him so to do.
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3 (b) A separate permit shall be obtained for each building
2 or structure,
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SECTION 2.9.- WORK NOT RBQUIRING PERMIT - No permit shall
be required in the case of any repair work as follows:
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 stopping
8 the same with new material in any part or parts, the sane shall
9 be considered as such new work and a permit shall be procured and
10 inspection made as hereinbefore provided. No permit shall be re-
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quired for the clearing of stoppages, or the repairing of leaks
in pipes, valves or fixtures, when such repairs do not involve or
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quired for the clearing of stoppages, or the repairing of leaks
in pipes, valves or fixtures, when such repairs do not involve or
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require the replacement or rearrangement of valves, pipes, or
15 SZCTIQM 2.10, TO W€iOI\II PERMITS MY BE ISSUED -
16 (a) No permit shall be issued to any person, to do, or
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Code, except to a person, holding a valid, unexpired and unrevoked
Plumber's Business License as required by Section 3.4 of this Code
except when and as otherwise hereinafter provided in this Section.
done any plumbing or drainage work regulated by this
(bf Any permit required by this Cod ay be issued to any
person to do any plumbing or drainage work regulated by this Code
in a single family dwelling used exclusively for living purposes
including the usual accessory buildings and
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 or designed to be
arters in connection
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purchase all material and shall personally perform all. labor in
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(d) Any permit required by this Code may be issued to any
person to install any House Sewer or Private Sewage Disposal
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System regulated by this Code, provided such person holds a valid,
unexpired and unrevoked sewer contractors Business License as re-
quired by Section 3.4 of this Code,
SXTIQN 2.11. APPLICATION FOR PEWIT - Any person, legally
entitled to apply for and receive a permit shaLl make such appli-
cation on forms provided for that purpose.
description of the character of the work proposed to be done and
the location, ownership, occupancy and use of the premises in
He shall give a
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12 connection, therewith, The Administrative Authority may require
13 plans, specifications, or drawings and such other information as
14 he may deem necessary.
15 If the Administrative Authority determines that the plans,
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28 SECTIQN 2.3.2, COST OF PEBMIT - Every applicant for a
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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-
permit to install, add to, alter, relocate or replace a Plumbing
or Drainage System, or part thereof, shall state in writing on
the application fom provided for that purpose, the character of
24 work proposed to be done and the amount and kind in connection
25 therewith, together with such information pertinent thereto as
26 may be required,
27 Such applicant shall pay for each permit issued at the time
28 of issuance, a fee in accordance with the following schedule, and
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at the rate provided for each classification shown therein,
Any person who shall comience any plumbing work for which
a perrait is required by this Code without first having obtained
a permit therefor shall, if subsequently permitted to obtain a 32
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2. permit, pay d0ubJ.e the permit fee fixed by this section for such
2 work, provided, however, that this provision shall not apply to
f4 emergency work when it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the
4 Adninistrative Authority that such work was urgently necessary and
5 that it was not practical to obtain a pemit therefor before the
6 commencenent of the work. In all such cases a permit must be
obtained as oon 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.
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11 For Issuing Each Permit . . . . . .......... *$s.oo In Addition
12 For each Plumbing Fixture or Tra set of Fixtures 1.00 13 For each Iiouse Sewer ................... 1.00 For each Cesspool .................... 2.00 3.4 For each Septic Tank aC Seepage Pit or Drainfield . . For each Water Heater and/or Vent .......... 15
For each Gas Piping System of 6 or more, per outlet 16 For installation, alteration or repair of water piping
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For Vacuwn Breakers or backflow prot
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on one trap (including Water and Drainage Piping) ...
For each Gas Piping System of 1 to 5 outlets
For repair or alteration of Drainage or Vent Piping ...
Overfive,each. . 20
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piping or equipment served -- One to five ....... 1.00
and/or water treating equipment ............
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ini s t rat ive Authority
all the requirements of this Code,
NOTIFICATIQN - It shall. be the duty of the
o notify the
at said work is
shall be given not less
to be inspected,
the work authorized
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1, SECTION 3.1. DZFINITION OF PLUMBERS -
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3 a Plumber$ Contractors License from the State of California,
(a) d Master Plumber is any person who has had issued to him
4 (b) A Journeyman Plumber is any person who has had issued to
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him a valid Journey" Plumber's Certificate of Qualification from
the County of San Diego.
(c) An Apprentice Plumber is any person who has had issued
ificate of Qualification to him a valid Apprentice Plumberts Ce
from the County of San Piego,
10 SECTION 1.2. CLASSIFICATION OF PLlIKBa -
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1'7 at the trade of plumbing as an employee of a Master plumber, under
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l9 or Journeyman Plumber.
(a) A Master Plumber is a person who may conduct, carry on
or engage in the business of plumbing, or work or labor at the
Journeyman Plumber is a person who works at the trade
(6) An Apprentice Plumber is a person who works or labors
20 SECTIOM ?*3. GI3&%2UL PROVISIONS -
21 (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct, carry
22 on or engage in the business of plumbing or act in the capacity
23 of a Master Plumber, without first having had issued to him a
24 valid Plumber Contractors License by the State of California,
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26 at the trade of plumbing in the capacity of a Journeyman Plumber
27 without first having had issued to him a valid Naster Plumber's
28 or Journeyman Plumber's Certificate of Qualification by the
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(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to work or labor
30 (c> It shall be unlawful for any person to york or labor
31 at the trade of Plumbing in the capacity of an Apprentice Plumber
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er's Certificate of Qualification by the County of San Diego.
SETION 3.4. BUSIMESS LICENSE l?l.%JUI~B -
(a)' Before any person, firm, partnership or corporation
shall. carry on or engage in the business of Plumbing he or it
shall. first procure a Business License and pay to the Department
having jurisdiction, the annual license fee imposed on such
business.
(b) IYo Business License shall be issued to any person, to
engage in the business of Plumbing, unless such person possesses
Business License may be issued to any person,
a valid Plumbers Contractors License, provided, however, that a
firm, partnership
or corporation who makes application for such license by or
through a bona fide member or authorized agenu thereof, who
possesses a valid Kaster Plumber Contractors License,
(6) Whenever a Business License has been issued to any
person, firn, partnership or corporation who applied for such
license, to engage in the business of Plumbing by or through a
bona fide member or authorized agent thereof, pursuant to the
provisions of subsection (b) hereof, such member or authorized
agent, or sone other member or authorized agent or employee
possessing a valid Master Plumber Contractors License shall at
all. times be in actual charge and control of all plumbing done
or to be done by such person, firm, partnership or corporation,
(d) Before any person, firm, partnership or corporation
shall carry on, or engage in business as a Sewer Contractor,
he or it shall first procure a Business License and pay to the
Department having jurisdiction, the annual license fee imposed
on such business.
SECTION 3.5. REVOCATION OF BUSINESS LICB?SE - No person
hold.ing a Business License shall lend or transfer such license
to ,wy other person or allow any other person to do any plumbing
or drainage work under any permit secured by such license,
Z except Journeyman and Apprentice Plumbers in his employ possessing
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3 A violation of this section shall be grounds for the revoca-
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5 jurisdiction in addition to other penalties provided for by this
6 Code.
7 DISPLAY OF SIGN - 1% shal1 be unlawful for
8 my person not in legal possession of a valid Business License
9 to engage in, or carry on, or represent himself, itself, or
n's Business License by the Departnent having
10 themselves as engaged in or carrying on the Business of plumbing
11 or to use the words Waster Plwaberrt, V1ubingttf or Vlumber!f,
12 in any advertising or to display or expose a sign having similar
13 import For the purpose of inplying the advertiser to be so engaged.
14 SECTION k. CF~.JUTC;ES &iD/OR AivfEXDKEXTS IN TB3 PiJ.t3LISIBD EDITION
15 OF TFE UXIFON4 PLDPBING CODE 1955 EDITION. - Changes in the Uniform
16 Plumbing 55 Edition are herewith made by the City Council of
17 the City sbad, with the sections hereinafter referenced to
18 read as hereinafter provided;
19 (a) Section k01(a) shall read as ws:
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27 (b) Section 1004(a) shall read as follows:
28 "Water pipe and fittings sliall be of brass, copper, cast
29 iron, galvanized wrought iron or steel, asbestos cenent
30 Mater piping or lead.
31 Sections lllL, 1112, 1213, 11x4, IUS, 1116, 1117 and
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"Drainage pipe shall be cast iron, galvanized steel,
galvanized wrought iron, lead, copper or brass except
that no galvanized wrought iron or galvanized steel
pipe and no copper tubing, except type *lLsr copper tubing
shall. be used underground and shall be kept at least
six (6") inches above ground.
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113-8 is herewith repealed and deLeted from the Uniform
Plumbing Code 1955 Editipn--/
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3. If any sect
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subsection, sentence
s for any reason held
, clause
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25 invalid or unconstitutiongl by the decision of any court of * coapetent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity
of the remaining portions.of this Code,
6 SECTION 6. EFFECTFV3 DATE - This Ordinance shall take
effect and be in force on the thirty-first day after the date
of adoption,
SECTION 7, The City Clerk of the City of CarLsbad is here- 9
lo by'directed to cause this Ordinance to be published once in the
arlsbad Journal, a newspaper published and of general circula-
l2 tion in said City of Carlsbad,
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14 First read at a regular meeting of the City Cotuzcil of
15 said City held on the 7th day of %"her -9 1956, and
16 finally pa d, approved and adopted at a regular meeting of the
17 City Council held on the 20th day of Hove&er 7 1956,
18 by the following vote, to wit:
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AYES : ayor Castorsna, C and Ledgemod IWES t Eone
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Carlsbad, California
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