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Home My WebLink About890 08-26-1986ORDINANCE NO. 890 AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE 1985 EDITION OF THE UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE & APPENDICES WITH AMEND- MENTS, REPEALING THE EXISTING PLUMBING CODE AND ALL AMENDMENTS THERETO, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND EFFECTIVE DATE. Whereas, it is deemed necessary to provide minimum standards to regulate the design, construction, materials, use and occupancy location and maintenance of buildings and structures, and certain equipment thereof, within the city to protect and promote the public safety, health and welfare. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EULESS, TEXAS: I. ADOPTION OF STANDARD CODE The 1985 edition of the Uniform Plumbing Code & appendices, as adopted by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Official's with pro- visions is hereby adopted. One copy of said Uniform Plumbing Code and amendments have been filed in the office of the City Secretary for permanent record and inspection. II. AMENDMENTS TO THE UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE Part I - Administration - Section 20.7 Cost of Permit - Amend to read: A. The fee for each permit shall be as set forth in the City of Euless Schedule of Fees, Ordinance #807. There shall be a re- inspection fee of $15.00 where it is necessary for the plumbing inspector to re- inspect any phase of a plumbing installation. B. Registration of Plumbing Contractors The master plumber shall be required to maintain a registration with the City before performing any type of plumbing work. Each contractor shall furnish the plumbing department with a written notice of contractor's permanent business and residential address, telephone numbers, proof of current state license, and if actively engaged in the plumbing contracting business a list of journeyman plumbers and other plumbing helpers employed by contractor. C. Registration Fees For a business registration a fee shall be paid in addition to the other provisions provided herein. The fee for initially establishing registration data shall be $50.00. The annual renewal fee for continuing the validity of registration data shall be $25.00. D. Registration Renewal The registration may be renewed for the calendar year by filing of a new registration and the payment of a renewal fee as set forth herein. No refund will be paid in the event of the revocation or surrender of any such certificate of license. D. Insurance Every registrant shall carry contractor's public liability insurance in not less than the following amounts: Bodily Injury - $300,000 each occurrence Property Damage - $100,000 each occurrence Chapter 2 - Table A - Plumbing Material Standards, delete the following items: Asbestos cement -non pressure sewer pipe Absestos cement non - pressure small diameter sewer pipe Asbestos cement pressure pipe Asbestos cement pressure pipe for water and other liquids Asbestos cement pressure pipe for water service and yard piping (installation) Chlorinated poly )vinal Chloride (cpvc) plastic hot water distribution systems. Estra strength and standard strength clay pipe and perforated clay pipe Fittings for joining polyethylene pipe for water service and yard piping Non - metallic building and house sewers Homogenous bitumized fiber drain and sewer pipe to Polybutylene (pb) hot and cold water distribution systems Polybutylene (pb) hot and cold water distribution systems using insert fittings (installation) Polybutylene (pb) cold water building supply and yard piping (installation) Chapter 4, Section 401 (c) Add: (c) Building Sewers shall be of the same materials as the building drain. Chapter 10, Section 1004, Delete and amend to Read: All cold and hot water piping fittings shall be of copper. All materials used in the water supply system, except valves and similar devices shall be of a like material, except where otherwise approved by the administrative authority. Copper tubing and piping shall not be less than type "M ". III. ORDINANCES REPEALED Ordinances 141, 199, 502, 616, 716 and all ordinances amendatory there- to are expressly superseded by the terms of this ordinance. Plumbing permits heretofore issued under existing ordinances shall be valid for the time for which they were issued under the existing building code; however, upon expiration of such date, the same shall become void. All pending litigation and existing violations, both civil and criminal whether pending in courts or not, under the building code and amendments therefore superseded by this ordinance, shall not be affected by this ordinance. ORDINANCE NO. 890, PAGE TWO OF THREE ORDINANC IV. SEVERABILITY CLAUSE That it is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of the ordinance are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the in- corporation in this ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section. V. PENALTY FOR VIOLATION Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the terms and pro- visions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in an amount not to exceed $1,000.00. Each such violation shall be deemed a separate offense and shall be punishable as such hereunder. VI. EFFECTIVE DATE This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication as provided by the Euless City Charter and the laws of the State of Texas PRESENTED AND GIVEN FIRST READING at a regular meeting of the Euless City Council on the e` day of �' , 19 g � by a vote of ayes, nays, and 0 abstentions; GIVEN SECOND READING AND APPROVED at a regular meeting of the Euless City Council on the 26th day of August 1986 _; by a vote of 5 ayes, 0 nays, and 0 abstentions. ATTEST: APPROVED: MAYOR APPROVED AS TO FORM: