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Agenda Bill No. S
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Referred To:
C A R L S B A D, C A L i F•O R N I A
CITY COUNCIL.
Subject: ADOPTION OF THE 1973 EDITION OF'THE
UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE.
Statement of the uatter
Date: March 19, 1974
Submitted By:.
RICHARD S. OSBURN
DIR. OF BUILDING AND
HOUSING
-The-City of Carlsbad has been and is presently working under the
provisions of the 1970 Uniform Plbinbing Code. The 1973 Edition
of the Uniform Plumbing Code reflects some changes iD updating
of material approvals and other technical knowledge regarding -the
installation of•the sanitary facilities, water, etc.
The Building.Inspection Department is anxious .to proceed with the
adoption of this new code.
A copy of the proposed amendments has been reviewed by the Advisory
and Appeals Board of the City of Carlsbad and the other jurisdictions
in San Diego County. These include the San Diego Area Chapter of
the International Conference of Building Officials, the Construction
Industry Coordinating Council, Plumbing Heating and Cooling
Contractors Association
Exhibit
1. Copy of the amendments as'submitted -to the various organizations
*for review.. 017D
2. Ordinance No. &
Staff Recommendations to City Manager
The Building Department recommends proceeding to adopt the 1973 Code.
The City Attorney recommends that if the City Council desires to con-
sider the adoption of the 1973 Uniform Plumbing Code, your.action is
to read the title of the attached ordinance and then by motion set a
public hearing to consider its adoption. The hearing date should be
at least 15 days from the date of this meeting. The City Clerk should .
be directed to publish the required.notices `containing a statement that
copies of the ordinance adopting the Uniform Code and the Code are
on file with the Clerk and are available to the public and containing
a description.of the purposes and subject of the ordinance and Code.
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A$ No. Date: March 19, 1974
City Manager's Recommendation
Concur with staff recommendations.
council*Action
3-19-74 The title to Ordinance #8065 was read, and the Clerk in,tructed
to give legal notice of a-publi'c hearing to beset April 16, 1974.
4-1.6-74 Following the public hearing, Ordinance#8065 was given a first
reading.
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ORDINANCE NO. 8066
AN ORDINANCE Or THE -CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING
TITLE 18, CHAPTER 18.16 OF THE.CARLSBAD
MUNICIPAL CODE BY THE AMENDMENT OF SEC-
TIONS 18.16.010 THROUGH 18.16.120, IN-
CLUSIVE AND BY THE ADDITION OF SECTIONS
18.16.130 THROUGH 18.16.230, INCLUSIVE,
TO ADOPT BY REFERENCE THE 1973 UNIFORM
PLUMBING CODE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CHANGES,
ADDITIONS AND AMENDMENTS AND TO ADOPT A
PROCEDURE FOR ADMINISTERING SAID CODE.
The City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California does
ordain as follows:
SECTION 1: That Title 18, Chapter 18.16.of the Carlsbad
Municipal Code is amended by the amendment of Sections 18.16.010
through 18.16.120, inclusive to read as follows:
"I GENERAL REGULATIONS
1118.16.010 Adoption of Uniform Plumbing Code. The 1973
edition of the Uniform Plumbing Code copyrighted by the Interna-
tional Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials is hereby
adopted by reference as the Plumbing Code of the City of Carlsbad
except for the changes, additions and amendments set forth in this
chapter which shall supersede the provisions of said code.
18.16.020 Application and Scope. The provisions of this
code shall apply to.all the new construction, relocated buildings,
and to any alterations, repairs, or reconstruction, except as
provided for otherwise in this code.
18 16 030 Administrative Authority and Assistants. When-
ever the term "administrative authority" is used in this code it
shall be construed to mean the Director of Building and Housing
or his authorized representatives.
18 16 040 Department Having Jurisdiction. Unless otherwise
provided by law, the office of the administrative authority shall
be a part of the Building and Housing Department
18.16.050 Duties of the Administrative Authority. The
administrative authority shall maintain public office hours
necessary to efficiently administer the provisions of this code
and amendments 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 plumbing work
covered by applications for a permit and upon approval thereof
shall issue the permit applied.for. Nothing herein shall prevent
the building official from making microfilm copies of said plans,
specifications and permits and retaining said microfilm copies in
lieu of the plans, specifications and permits. Plans submitted
for checking, for which no permit is issued and on which no -action
is taken by the applicant for 90 days shall be rdturned to the
last known address of the applicant.
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2. 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,
approv4.ng or condemning said work in whole.or in part as condi-
tions require..
3. Issue upon request a Certificate of Approval for any
work approved by him.
4. 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.
5. Order changes in workmanship and/or materials essen-
tial to obtain compliance with all provisions of this code.
6. Investigate any construction or work regulated by this
code and issue such notices and orders as required..
7. Keep a complete record of all the essential transac-
tions of his office for a period of two years.
8. Insure that all -fees required by this chapter are
collected by and transferred to the proper authority provided by
law.
18 16 060 Authority of Administrative Authority.
The administrative authority shall carry proper cred-
entials and have the right during reasonable hours, or at any time
when extreme danger exists, to enter any building in the discharge
of their official duties or for the purpose of making an inspec-
tion, reinspection, or test of the plumbing installations, devices,
fixtures, appliance's and equipment contained therein. The admin-
istrative authority shall have the authority to cut or disconnect
any such installation, in case of emergency, where necessary for
safety of life or property, or where such installations may inter-
tere with the work of fire fighting forces. The administrative
authority is hereby authorized to disconnect or order discontinu-
ance or removal of plumbing installations, fixtures, devices,
applicances, or equipment found to be dangerous to life or property
because they are defective or defectively installed.
18.16.070 Violations and Penalties. Any person, firm or
corporation violating any of the provisions of this code shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall
be punishable by a fine of not less than $5 nor more than $500, or
by imprisonment in the County Jail for not to exceed six months,
or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each separate day or any
portion thereof during which any violations 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
shall not prevent the administrative authority from thereafter
requiring the correction of errors in said plans and specifica-
tions or from preventing construction operations being carried on
thereunder when in violations of this code or of any other ordi-
nance or from revoking any Certificate of Approval, when issued in
error.
18 16.080 Permit Required.
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1. It shall be unlawful for any person to .install, remove,
alter, repair or replace or cause to be installed, removed, al-
tered, 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.
2. A separate permit shall be obtained for each building
or structure except separate permits shall not be required for a
dwelling or duplex and auxiliary buildings or structures on the
same property providing such auxiliary buildings or structures
are being constructed simultaneously with the dwelling or duplex.
18.16.090 Expiration of Permit. 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 120 days from
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 120 days. Before such work can be recommenced, a
new permit shall first be obtained, and the fee therefor shall be
one-half the amount required for a new permit for such work pro-
vided.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 year.
Within the overall one-year life of a permit any failure to com-
mence work or any suspension of work caused solely by delay inci-
dent to securing approval from the California Coastal Zone Con-
servation Commission pursuant to Division 18 of the Public Re-
sources Code shall not constitute part of the respective 120-day
periods presented for expiration of a permit.
18.16.100 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 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 m�Lde as hereinbefore provided. No permit shall be
required for tte clearing or stoppages or the repairing of leaks
in pipes, valves or fixtures, when such repairs do not involve or
require the replacement or rearrangement of valves, pipes, or fix-
tures.
18.16.110 To Whom Permit May Be Issued. A permit may be
issued to any person not acting in violation of any current con-
tractor licensing law.
18.16.120 Application for Permit. Any person legally
entitled to apply for and receive a permit shall make such appli-
cation on forms provided for that purpose. He shall give a des-
cription 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 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."
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SECTION 2: Title 18, Chapter 18.16 of the Municipal Code
is amended by the addition of Sections 18.16.130 through 18.16.180,
inclusive, to read as follows:
1118.16.130 Cost of Permit. Every applicant for a permit
is code shall state in writing on the
to do work regulated by th
application form provided for that purpose, the character of
work proposed to be done and 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 following schedule,
and at the rate provided for each classification shown herein.
Any person who shale 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
double the permit fee fixed by this section for such work, pro-
vided, however, that this provision shall.not apply to emergency
work when it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the adminis-
trative authority that such work was urgently necessary and that
it was not practical to obtain a permit therefor before the com-
mencement 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 unreason-
able delay in obtaining such permit, a double fee as herein provid-
ed shall be charged.
For the purpose of this section a sanitary plumbing out-
let on or to which a plumbing fixture or appliance may be set or
attached shall be construed to be a fixture. Fees for reconnec-
tion and retest of existing plumbing systems in relocated build-
ings shall be based.on the number of plumbing fixtures, gas systems
water heaters, etc., involved.
For factory -built housing no fixture or water heater
fee shall be charged for those fixtures and water heaters installed
at the factory when tha structure has been manufactured in accord-
ance with the State of California Factory -Built Housing Law.
SCHEDULE OF FEES
For issuing each permit $7.50
In addition: For each plumbing fixture or
trap or set -of fixtures on one trap
(including water, drainage piping and back;. 1.50
flow protection therefor)
For each building sewer and each trailer 5.00
park sewer
For each water heater and/or vent 1.50
For each;,_as piping, system of one to 1.50
five outlets
For each gas piping system of six or .30
more,per outlet
For each industrial waste pretreatment
interceptor, including its trap and vent,
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excepting kitchen type 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 on any
one meter including backflow protection
devices therefor 2.00
For vacuum breakers or,backflow protective
devices on tanks, vats, etc. or for instal-
lation on unprotected plumbing fixtures
including necessary water piping one to five 2.00
Over five, each .50
Reinspection fee 10.00
18.16.140 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.
18.16.150 Notification. It small 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 inspection. Such notification shall be given not less
that. 24 hours before the work is to be inspected.
It shall be'the duty of the person doing the work author-
ized by the permit to make sure that the work will stand the
tests prescribed elsewhere in this code before giving the above
notification.
18.16.160 Reinspections. A reinspection fee may be
assessed for each inspection or reinspection when such portion
of work for which inspection is called is not complete.
This section is not to be interpreted as requiring rein-
spection fees the first time a job is rejected for failure to
comply with the requirements of this code, but as controlling
the practice of calling for inspections before the job is ready
for such inspection or reinspection.
Reinspection fees may be assessed when it is apparent to
the administrative authority that the inspector is being used
to provide supervision of the work rather than for the performance
of his proper inspection duties.
Reinspection fees may be assessed when the permit ^ard
is.not properly posted on the work site or the approved r is are
not readily available to the inspector.
To obtain a reinspection the applicant shall file an
application therefor in writing upon a form furnished for that
purpose, and pay the reinspection fee in accordance with the Sched-
ule of Fees.
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In instances where reinspection fees have been assessed
no additional inspection of the work will be performed until the
required fees have been paid. "
18.16.170 Standards for Installation and Materials. All
installations and materials shall be in ::onformity with the pro-
visions of this code and with approved standards of safety as to
life and property. All installations on any public or private
piers or on the tidelands shall be in conformity with the pro-
visions of this code. The disposal of the effluent must meet
with the approval of the Director of Public Health.
18.16.180 New Permit Required Where Another Plumber
Completes Work. When one contracting plumber obtains a plumbing
permit and completes the rough work in whole or in part on any
plumbing job, and a second contracting plumber is called upon to
complete said plumbing work in whole or in part, a separate per-
mit shall be obtained by'the said second contracting plumber for
which the full fee shall be charged. Each contracting plumber
holding a permit for the installation of such work shall be held
responsible only for the work he installed."
SECTION 3: That Title 18, Chapter 18.16 of the Carlsbad
Municipal Code is amended by the addition of Sections 18.16.190
through 18.16.220, inclusive, to read as follows:
"II MODIFICATIONS
1118.16.190 Section 313 Amended --Deviations. Section 313
-of the Uniform Plumbing Code is hereby amended by the addition of
a second paragraph to the exception to read:
'The administrative authority may grant deviations from
the provisions of -this section for condominiums, planned unit
developments, apartment complexes, schools, governmental agencies,
churches or commercial and industrial complexes, and accessory
buildings, provided the property is under single ownership.'
18.16.200 Section 409(a) Amended --Backwater Valve. Sec-
tion 409(a) of the Uniform Plumbing Code is amended to read as
follows:
'(a) In drainage piping an approved backwater valve may
be installed for protection against the back flow of sewage.'
18 16 210 Section 912 Added --Toilet Room Requirements.
Section 912 is hereby added to the Uniform Plumbing Code to read as
follows:
'Section 912: Toilet Room Requirements.
(a) DRAINS: Every -toilet room in food handling estab-
lishments normally accessible to the public shall be equipped
with an approved floor drain. This drain shall be supplied with
water from the nearest lavatory, drinking fountain, or by some
other approved method; connections shall -be made to the house
side of the trap. Such lavatory or drinking fountain shall be
trapped and vented if more than 10 feet from the floor drain;
otherwise, they need not be vented.
. (b) ACCESS: Where there are two or more places of
business within a single building, with the exception of food
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handling establishments, common restroomn one for each sex,
may be pkovided. The entrance for sL,., restrooms shall open on
a common accessway.'
18.16.220 Standards. The plumbing standards both product
and installation shall be a part of the Plumbing Code fox the
City of Carlsbad."
EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be ef`.ective thirty
days after its adoption, and the City Clerk shall ,,artify to the
adoption of this ordinance and cause it to be published at least
once in the Carlsbad Journal within•fif teen days after its adop-
tion.
INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a regular meeting of the
Carlsbad City Council held on the 16th day of April , 1974,
adjourned
and thereafter PASSED AND ADOPTED at a/regular meeting of said
City Council held on the gth day of May 1974, by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen Frazee, Chase, McComas and Lewis
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ROBERT C. FRAZEE'
Mayor
I ATTEST:
MARG� E. ADAMSr Y Cit Clerk �1J
(SEAL ORA K. GARDINER, Deputy City Clerk
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Affidavit of Publication
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
County of San Diego ss.
............. _.... � _ .. __ _..._..._...._....., says that she is the Principal Clerk
of The Carlsbad Journal, a weekly newspaper of general circulation, printed and published in the
City of Carlsbad, County of San Diego, and State of California, and that the notice of which the
annexed is a true cop
y, was published ..... ______...times in said newspaper, commencing on the...4..__...
day of ...... ................:.. i�..........._...._.........._....., A.D. 19 a'.'w., namely on the following dates:
Legal Decree No. 172342
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Signed at Carlsbad, California this ..... _....
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day of ..........._. 19
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I hereby declare under penalty of perjury
that the foregoing is true and correct.
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING RE:
ADOPTION BY REFERENCE OF THE
UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE - 1973
EDITION.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of
Carlsbad will hold a Public Hearing on April 16, 1974, in the City
Council Chambers, 1200 Elm Avenue, Carlsbad, California at 7:30 P.M.
to consider adoption of an Ordinance which adopts by reference the 1973
Edition of :the Uniform Plumbing Code, subject to certain changes,
additions and amendments and to adapt a procedure for administering
said Code. ;The purpose and subject matter of said Ordinance is providing
for the protection of the public health and safety,`and the qualification
and registration of persons engaged in the business of plumbing, or laboring
at the trade of plumbing `requiring a permit and inspection for the in-
stallation or alteration of plumbing,�Isanitary facilities, water, etc./
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procedure for administering said code, setting fees, enforcing penalties
for violation and repealing conflicting ordinancesq;
Copies of the Uniform Plumbing Code, 1973 Edition and of the Ordinance
adopting said Uniform Plumbing Code are on file in the Office of the City
Clerk of the City of Carlsbad, 1200 Elm Avenue, Carlsbad, California, and
are open to public inspection.
CARLSBAD CITY COUNCIL
Publish: April 4, 1974