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ORDINANCE NO. 8040
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SECTION 1. SECTION 1 OF ORDINANCE NO. 8025 AMENDED.
Section 1 of Ordinance No. 8025 is hereby amended to read as follows:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD AMENDING ORDINANCE NO, 8025 BY ADOPTING
THE 1961 EDITION OF THE UNIFORM PLUMBING
CODE, WITH CHANGES,
The City Council of the City of Carlsbad does ordain as follows:
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II Section 1. Uniform Plumbing Code Adopted. The Uniform
Plumbing Code, 1961 Edition, copyrightedand published by the
Western Plumbing Officials Association, is by this reference in-
corporated herein, and adopted, except as follows:
(a) Paragraph (a) of Section 401 thereof shall read as follows:
I! (a) Drainage pipe shall be cast iron, lead, copper, or
brass, having a smooth and uniform bore. rr
(b) Paragraph (f) of Section 802 thereof shall be deleted.
(c) Paragraph (g) of Section 802 thereof shall read as follows:
“g” Cement mortar joints. Except for repairs and
connections to existing lines constructed with such joints,
cement mortar joints are prohibited.
Where permitted, cement mortar joints shall be made
in the following manner:
A layer of jute or hemp shall be inserted into the base
of the annular joint spaced and backed tightly to prevent mortar
from entering into interior of the pipe or fitting.
twenty-five (25) percent of the annular space shall be used for
jute or hemp. The remaining space will be filled in one con-
tinuous& operation with a thoroughly mixed mortar composed
of one (I) part cement, two (2) part sand, with only sufficient
water to make the mixture workable by hand.
of the same composition shall then be applied to form a one (1)
to one (I) slope with the barrel of the pipe. The bell or hub of
the pipe shall be left exposed and when necessary the interior
Not more than
Additional mortar
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of the pipe shall be swabbed to remove any mortar or other
material which may have found its way into such pipe.
(d) Section 1103 thereof shall read as follows:
"Section 1103. Building Sewer Materials. When the
building sewer is connected to the public sewer system, the
building sewer shall be of cast iron or vitrified clay with
mechanical joints or equal from a point two (2) feet from any
rr building or structure to the public sewer system.
(e) Subsection (e) shall be added to Section 1107 thereof, which
section shall read as follows:
(e). Cleanouts located at the property line and connected If
to^ the public sewer system shall be constructed of cast iron only.
In the event a cleanout riser located on the property line is less
than twenty-four (24) inches in height, said riser shall be encased
over its entire length with an encasement of concrete having a
minimum of six (6) inches as measured from
the interior to the exterior circumference of said encasement.
(f) Section 1313 thereof shall read as follows:
"Section 131 3. Pressu Valves .
(a) All water heating appliances which are installed in a
closed system of water piping, or any water heater connected
to a separate storage tank and having valves between said
heater and tank, shall be provided with a water pressure
relief 3 valve set at a pressure of not more than fifty (50)
pounds per square inch guage pressure above the pressure
of the water supply.
(b) All water heaters shall be provided with an approved
pressure relie% valve and temperature relief valve, a combina-
tion pressure and temperature relief valve, or a pressure relief
valve and a high temperature energy device.
(c) No pressure relief valve shall be set ,at a pressure
setting which exceeds the tank working pressure.
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SECTION 2. SECTION 2.12 OF ORDINANCE NO, 8025 AMENDED.
iection 2.12 of Ordinance No. 8025 is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 2.12. Cost of permit. Every applicant for a permit to
install, add to, alter, relocate or replace a drainage or plumbing system,
or part thereof, 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
appurtenant 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 therein.
Any person who shall commence any plumbing 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
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 commencement of the work. 331 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.
plumbing systems in relocated buildings shall be based on the number
of plumbing fixtures, gas systems, water heaters, etc., involved.
Fees for reconnection and retest of existing
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 conversion of any such trap to an appropriate inlet
fitting provided in the building sewer by the permittee constructing such
sewer.
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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, back filling of private disposal facilities abandoned
consequent to such connection is included in the building sewer permit.
If for any reason it becomes necessary for the Building Inspector
to reissue to the permit holder or his agent a duplicate inspection
record card, a fee of one dollar ($1.00) shall be paid to the Building
Inspector for each said reissuance.
SCHEDULE OF FEES
For issuing each plumbing permit. ................ $2.00 For issuing each sewer permit. .................. 2.00
In Addition - For each plumbing fixture or trap or set of fixtures on one trap
(including water and drainage piping and back flow protec-
tion therefor). ........................ 1.25 For each house sewer connected to the public sewer system ... 3.00
For each Cesspool. ........................ 5.00 For each private disposal system ................. IO. 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, per outlet .... .30 For each industrial waste pretreatment interceptor, including
For installation, alteration or repair of water piping and/or
its trap and vent, excepting kitchen type grease interceptor
functioning as fixtur traps. ................. 1.00
water treating equipment. .................. 1.50 For repair or alteration of drainage or vent piping ....... 1, 50
back flow protection devices therefor ............ 2.00
including necessary water piping in one (1) to five (5) .....
For each lawn sprinkler system on any one meter, including
For vacuum breakers or backflow protective devices, tanks,
2. 00
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SECTION 3. SECTION 4 OF ORDINANCE NO, 8025 AMENDED,
vats, etc. or for installation on unprotected plumbing fixtures
Section 4 of Ordinance No. 8025 is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 4. Permit to connect to public sewer. Prior to the It
connection of any plumbing to the public sewer system, a permit
shall be obtained from the City Engineer or the City Building Inspector
of the City of Carlsbad, approving the materials used and the manner
of connection.
SECTION 4. SEVERABILITY, I€ any section, subsection, sentence,
clause, phrase or portion hereof is for any reason held to be invalid or uncon-
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stitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision
shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions thereof.
SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall take effect
and be in force on the thirty-first day after the date of its adoption.
SECTION 6. PUBLICATION. The City Clerk of the City of Carlsbad is
hereby directed to cause this Ordinance to be published once in the Carlsbad
Journal, a newspaper published and of general circulation in said City of
First read at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 15th day
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of October, 1963, and finally passed, approved and adopted at a regular meeting
of the City Council held on the 5th day of November, 1963, by the following vote,
to wit:
AYES: Councilmen McPherson, Bierce, Guevara, Neiswender and Hughes.
NOES: None I
ABSENT: None
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