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ORDINANCE NO ..-e?-2~rl.
2 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE PUBLIC
HEALTH AND SAFETY, AND THE EXAMINATION, REGISTRATION, LICENSING
3 OF PERSONS ENGAGED IN THE BUSINESS OF PLUMBING, OR LABORING AT
THE TRADE OF PLUMBING, GAS AND DRAINAGE SYSTEMS; CREATING A BOARD
4 OF PLUMBING EXAMINERS AND PRESCRIBING THEIR DUTIES AND THE DUTIES
OF THE PLUMBING INSPECTOR; DEFINING CERTAIN TERMS, ESTABLISHING
5 MINIMUM REGULATIONS FOR THE INSTALLATION, ALTERATION OR REPAIR
OF PLUMBING, GAS AND DRAINAGE SYSTEMS AND INSPECTION THEREOF;
6 PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR ITS VIOLATION, AND REPEALING ORDINANCE
NO. 2065, AND ALL OTHER CONFLICTING ORDINANCES.
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THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO
8 DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
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SECTION ONE: AGoption by Reference - That the rules and
10 regulations providing for and governing the installation of
11 plumbing, and the carrying on of the business of plumbing, as set
12 forth in the plumbing code printed in book form, entitled
13 "Uniform Plumbing Code ," 1958 Edition, said code being prepared
14 by the Western Plumbing Officials Association, three (3) copies
15 of which code have heretofore been filed with and are now on
16 file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of San Bernardino,
17 and which plumbing codes are identified by the certificate attached
18 thereto of the City Clerk of said City, reading as follows:
19 "I, JACK T. FELTON, hereby certify that the annexed plumbing
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code, was filed in the office of the Cit?1Clerk of
San Bernardino on the 9-z;1. day of (&JjlV~.
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JACK T. FELTO~ !
City Clerk of the
City of San Bernardino,"
the City of
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25 be and the same are hereby established as rules and regulations
26 providing for and governing the installation of plumbing, and the
27 carrying on of the business of plumbing in said City; and each
28 and every part of said code, and each and every provision therein
29 contained, except as herein specifically mentioned, is hereby
30 referred to and is hereby adopted and made a part hereof as though
31 fully set forth in this Ordinance, and the provisions of said
32 code are hereby established as rules and regulations providing
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1 for and governing the installation of plumbing, and the carrying
2 on of the business of plumbing in said City.
3 SECTION TWO: Exceptions. The following Sections of said
4 code are hereby amended to read as follows:
5 1.1 ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY AND ASSISTANTS. Whenever the
6 term "administrative authority" is used in this code it shall be
7 construed to mean the Chief Plumbing Inspector or his authorized
8 representative.
~ 1. 2 ASSISTANTS. Whenever the term "assistants" is used
10 in this code it shall be construed to mean the Plumbing Inspectors.
11 1.2(a) QUALIFICATIONS. All inspectors shall be practical
12 plumbers having not less than two (2) years experience as journey-
13 man plumbers.
14 1.3 DEPARTMENT HAVING JURISDICTION. Unless otherwise pro-
15 vided for by law, the office of the Administrative Authority shall
16 be part of the Building Inspection Department.
17 1. 7 VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES. Any person, firm or corpor-
18 ation violating any of the provisions of this code shall be deemed
l~ guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be pun-
20 ishable by a fine of not to exceed Three Hundred Dollars ($-300.00)
21 or by imprisonment in the City Jail fo.r not to exceed three (3)
22 months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. !ach separate day
23 or any portion thereof during which any violation of this code
24 occurs or continues shall be deemed to constitute a separate
25 offense, and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable as
26 herein provided.
27 The issuance or granting of a permit or approval of plans
28 and specifications shall not be deemed or construed to be a permit
29 for, or an approval of, any violation of any of the provisions
30 of this code. No.permit presuming to give authority to violate
31 or cancel the provisions of this code shall be valid, except
32 insofar as the work or use which it authorizes is lawful.
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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 violation of this code or of any other ordinance
or from revoking any Certificate or Approval when issued in error.
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 com-
menced within sixty (60) days from the date of. issuance 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 sixty (60) days. Before such work can be recommenced a new
permit shall be first obtained so to do.
2.4 APPOINTMENT OF BOARD OF EXAMINERS. The Board of
Plumber Examiners shall be under the Department having juris-
diction provided for by law or the charter provisions and unless
otherwise provided for shall consist of five (5) members having
thereon no less than two (2) qualified Plumbing Contractors and
no less than two (2) qualified Journeyman Plumbers and one
member of the Plumbing Department to act as secretary.
The Board shall be appointed by the authority empowered to
appoint such boards upon the taking effect of this Code.
The members of said Board shall serve for two (2) years,
unless sooner removed for malfeasance in office, neglect of duty
of incapacity.
2.6 APPLICATION FEE. Every person applying for a Plumber's
Certificate of Qualification or Registration shall pay to the
secretary of the Board of Plumber Examiners at the time he makes
such application the following fees:
(a) Journeyman Plumber's Certificate. . . . . . . $3.50
2.9 EXPIRATION OF CERTIFICATES OF QUALIFICATION OR
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REGISTRATION. Every Certificate of Qualification or Registration
shall remain in force and effect until its expiration date unless
cancelled or revoked.
<a) Journeyman Plumber's Certificate of Qualification or
Registration shall expire on December 31st of each year.
2.10 FEES FOR RENEWAL OF CERTIFICATES OF QUALIFICATION OR
REGISTRATION. All Plumber Certificates of Qualification, except
Certificates which have been cancelled or revoked, may be renewed
from year to year upon request and payment of the required renewal
fee. If a renewal of a Certificate by requested and the required
fee paid within 30 days of the expiration date of such Certificate,
the renewal fee shall be $l.OQ. If such renewal be requested and
the required fee paid more than 30 days, but less than 90 days
after the expiration date of such Certificate, the renewal fee
shall be $2.00. If such renewal be requested and the required
fee paid more than 90 days after the expiration date of such
Certificate, the fee shall be $3.50 and the Board of Plumber
Examiners may require the applicant to make out a new application
and take an examination, or the B~dmay at its discretion renew
the expired Certificate.
SECTION THREE: Exceptions. The said Plumbing Code is
hereby amended by adding thereto a new section entitled Section
1.15, reading as follows:
1.15 LIABILITY OF CITY OFFICIAL OR EMPLOYEE. Neither this
Ordinance nor the said Uniform Plumbing Code shall be con-
strued as imposing upon the City of San Bernardino any liability
or responsibility for damage from defective plumbing or drainage
system, or the installation thereof, nor shall the City of San
Bernardino, or any official or employee thereof be held as
assuming any such liability or responsibility by reason of the
inspection authorized thereunder.
SECTION FOUR: Exception. The said Plumbing Code is
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1 hereby amended by adding thereto a new section entitled Section
2 1010, reading as follows:
3 1010. No person shall advertise, sell or offer for use or
4 sale, any water-treating chemical or substance, water-using or
5 water-treating chemical or substance, water-using or water-
6 operated equipment, mechanism or contrivance, if the Health
7 Officer finds that the use of such chemical ot substance equip-
S ment, mechanism or contrivance may cause contamination or pollution
9 of the domestic water system. Such devices may be permitted when
10 equipped with back-flow protection meeting the requirements of
11 the Uniform Plumbing Code.
12 SECTION FIVE: The said Plumbing Code is hereby amended
13 by adding thereto a new section entitled Section 410, reading
14 as follows:
15 410. HOUSE DRAINS SHALL CONNECT TO ONE OUTLET. In a
16 single family dwelling all plumbing drains shall connect to one
17 outlet. Such outlet shall not exceed ninety (900) degrees from
18 the direction of the closest public sewer or if there is no
19 public sewer then from the proposed public sewer. If more than
20 one stub-out is used, the contractor installing the plumbing
21 shall connect all such stub-outs to each other so that there
22 shall be one outlet. The materials used shall be as required
23 elsewhere in this code.
24 SECTION SIX: VALIDITY OF ORDINANCE. If any section,
25 subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is for
26 any reason held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not
27 affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance.
28 The Council of the City of San Bernardino hereby declares
29 it would have passed this Ordinance and each section, sub-section,
30 clause or phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that anyone or
31 more sections, sub-sections, clauses or phrases be declared
32 illegal.
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SECTION SEVEN: REVOCATION. The Mayor and COlIIDon Council
2 of the City of San Bernardino shall have the power, upon recom-
~ mendation of the plumbing inspector, to suspend or revoke the 1icens
4 of any person violating the terms and provisions of said plumbing
5 code, provided that such suspension or revocation shall not be
6 ordered by said Mayor and Common Council without first holding
7 a public hearing thereof and without giving reasonable notice of
8 such hearing to the person, firm or corporation so charged with
9 said violation.
10 SECTION EIGHT: REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES.
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Ordinance No. 2065 and all other Ordinances of the City of San
Bernardino in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was duly
adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San Ber-
nardino i~t a~/.z~/r,tG/~ ,,/ meeufng thereof, held on the ;2{.4-6-
day of }11 ,,"~ ~ , , 1958, by the ol1c;>wing vote: , ~',
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the foregoing Ordinance this;;? ')'?W!day of
/) I hereby approve
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