HomeMy WebLinkAbout023 - 03/01/1994 - AMENDING CITY CODE ADOPTING THE UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE, 1991 EDITION ORDINANCE NO. 23, 1994
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING CHAPTER 5 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS PROVIDING
FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, ESTABLISHING MINIMUM
REGULATIONS FOR THE INSTALLATION, ALTERATION OR REPAIR OF PLUMBING AND
DRAINAGE SYSTEMS AND THE INSPECTION THEREOF, ADOPTING BY REFERENCE
THERETO THE UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION
OF PLUMBING AND MECHANICAL OFFICIALS, 1991 EDITION, SETTING
FORTH CERTAIN AMENDMENTS TO SAID CODE AND REQUIRING PERMITS
AND INSPECTIONS FOR THE INSTALLATION OR ALTERATION OF
PLUMBING AND DRAINAGE SYSTEMS
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS that Chapter 5
of the Code of the City of Fort Collins be amended as follows:
Section 1. That Sections 5-125 and 5-126 are repealed and reenacted to
read- as- follows,
Sec. 5-125. Adoption of standards.
Pursuant to the authority conferred by Article II, Section 7, of
the Charter and Section 31-16-202, C.R.S. , there is hereby adopted
by the city for the purpose of providing for the protection of
public health and safety and for the purpose of regulating the
installation, alteration, or repair of plumbing and drainage systems
in the city that certain code known as the Uniform Plumbing Code,
1991 Edition, as published by the International Association of
Plumbing and Mechanical Officials including the appendices, save and
except such portions as are hereafter deleted, modified or amended
by Section 5-126. The plumbing code is adopted and incorporated as
fully as if set forth at length herein and the provisions shall be
controlling within the city.
Sec. 5-126. Amendments to code.
The Uniform Plumbing Code adopted in Section 5-125 is hereby
amended to read as follows:
(1) Part I, Administration is hereby adopted with the
following amendments:
a. Section 20.2 is amended by adding parts (g) and (h)
to read as follows:
"(g) Whenever the Administrative Authority
disapproves an application or refuses to grant a
permit applied for or it is claimed that the
provisions of the Uniform Plumbing Code do not
apply or that the true intent and meaning of the
code has been misconstrued or wrongly
interpreted, the applicant or party in interest
may appeal such decision to the Colorado
Examining Board of Plumbers as provided for in
Section 12-58-104.5, C.R.S."
"(h) To Whom Permits May Be Issued. No permit
shall be issued to any person to do or to cause
to be done any plumbing or drainage work
regulated by the Code of the city and the Code
adopted hereby except to a person hording a valid
n, cer plumber's license and re .stration as
required by this ordinance or as otherwise
provided in this section. Any permit required by
the Code of the city may be issued to any person
to do any plumbing or drainage work regulated by
the Code of the city 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 and
occupant of any such dwelling and accessory
buildings and quarters. Water supply lines
connected to the city's water mains which serve
only fire protection systems are not water
service lines or building supplies as defined in
the Uniform Plumbing Code. Permits for fire
protection water supply lines may be issued to a
duly licensed specialty contractor (fire
protection) . If the system is designed so that
the domestic water supply is tapped from the fire
line, that portion of the piping from the
property line to the domestic tap is a water
service line. "
"b. Section 20.3(b) (the first sentence of the first
paragraph) is amended to read as follows:
"Any person, firm or corporation who shall
violate any of the provisions of this Code shall
be subject to the penalties and conditions as set
forth in Section 1-15 of the Code of the city."
%. Section 30.1(b) is hereby amended by adding a new
subsection 3. to read as follows:
"3. Permits shall not be required for replacement
of fixtures and their traps, when such
replacement does not require additional
alteration of the drainage or water supply
systems."
"d. Section 30.4(a) , Schedule of Fees, is amended by
adopting the fee schedule as set forth in Table No. 3-A,
Building Permit Fees, of the Building Code of the city,
except that the minimum fee for any permit regulated
herein shall not be less than fifteen dollars ($15) , and
a permit for a lawn irrigation system supplied from a
singly dwelling unit shall befifteen- dffiiarr ($15) ."
(2) Section 102(c) is amended to read as follows:
"(c) Administrative authority - The administrative
authority is the Building Permits and Inspections
Administrator of the city and his or her authorized
representatives."
(3) S, cion 708(b) is amended to read follows:
"(b) Interceptors and clarifiers for sand, oil , grease,
or other contaminants shall be installed in accordance
with the city Water Utility Department specifications
for such devices."
(4) Section 711 is amended to read as follows:
"Grease traps shall be installed in accordance with the
city Water Utility, Department Specifications- for such-
devices."
(-5)- Chapter 9- is- amended bythe addition of a- new- Section
-
913 to read as follows:
"Section 913. Water Saving Devices.
"(a) New Construction - Interior Plumbing.
"All new water consuming fixtures in buildings shall
meet the following requirements:
"(1) Water closets shall not use more than three and a
half gallons per flush except that water closets
and urinals with flush valves may be installed;
"(2) Shower heads shall contain flow control inserts,
valves, devices or orifices that restrict flow to
a maximum of approximately three gallons per
minute;
"(3) Kitchen and lavatory faucets shall have aerators
or laminar flow devices together with flow
control inserts, valves, devices or orifices that
restrict flow to a maximum of approximately two
gallons per minute.
"(b) Existing Buildings - In existing buildings or
premises in which plumbing fixtures are to be replaced,
such fixtures shall comply with all code requirements
for water conservation devices."
Section 2. That Sections 5-127, Violations and penalties; 5-142, Right of
Entry; Section 5-143, Dangerous and unsanitary construction; 5-144, Appeals from
decision of Building Permits and Inspections Administrator; Section 5-181,
(Division 3. Permits) Required; exception; Section 5-182, Requirements for
issuance of permits; Section 5-183, Application for permit and issuance; and
Section 5-184, Inspections, are repealed in their entirety.
Section 3. That the repeal and reenactment of Sections 5-125 and 5-126 and
the repeal of Sections 5-127, 5-142, 5-143, 5-144, 5-181, 5-182, 5-183 and 5-184
shall not make lawful any violation of the ordinances hereby repealed occurring
before the effective date hereof, and provided further that the construction
under any building permit heretofore taken out under the ordinance herein
repealed may be continued in conformance with such repealed ordinance or, if the
owner thereof elects, in conformity with the ordinance herein enacted.
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Introduced, c�. sidered favorably on first read, . nd ordere ublished
in summary form this 15th day of February, A.D. 41 d to re nted for
final passage on the 1st day of March, A.D.
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ATTEST:
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 1 y of March, 1994.
Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
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