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ORDINANCE NO..--..'J:>j<r
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO PROVIDING
FOR THE SAFEGUARDING OF LIFE, HEALTH, AND PROPERTY AND THE PRO-
MOTION OF THE GENERAL WELFARE; CREATING THE POSITION OF SENIOR
HEATING INSPECTOR; ESTABLISHING STANDARDS FOR HEATING, VENTILAT-
lNG, AIR CONDITIONING, REFRIGERATION, AND WATER CONSERVATION
EQUIPMENT AND REQUIRING CONFORMITY THEREWITH; MAKING IT UNlAWFUL
TO UNDERTAKE THE INSTALLATION OF HEATING, VENTILATING, AIR
CONDITIONING, REFRIGERATION AND WATER CONSERVATION EQUIPMENT
WITHOUT A PERMIT THEREFOR, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED;
PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS, REINSPECTION, COLLECTION
OF INSPECTION FEES AND THE ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES; DEFINING
CERTAIN TERMS; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF;
REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 1808 AND ORDINANCE NO. 2259; AND ADOPTING
BY REFERENCE THE UNIFORM HEATING, VENTILATING, AIR CONDITIONING,
REFRIGERATION, AND WATER CONSERVATION CODE.
THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN
BERNARDINO DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
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SECTION ONE: This Ordinance shall be known as the
"UNIFORM HEATING, VENTILATING, AIR CONDITIONING, REFRIGERATION,
AND WATER CONSERVATION ORDINANCE."
SECTION TWO: (A) The position of Senior Heating
Inspector is hereby created to provide for the administration
and enforcement of this Ordinance. Said Senior Heating Inspec-
tor and/or his assistants shall become an integral part of the
Building Department under the administrative authority vested in
the Building Official. It shall be the duty of the Seni~r
Heating Inspector to enforce the provisions of this Ordinance
and Code.
(B) The Building Department shall upon
application grant permits for the installation and/or alteration
of heating, ventilating, air conditioning, refrigeration, and
water conservat\9n appliances and equipment, and shall make
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inspections of all new heating, ventilating, air conditioning,
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refrigeration,
re-inspections
and water conservation installations, and make
and perform other official work in acc~rdance with I
of this Code. The Building Department shall keep I
the provisions
on file an accurate list of inspections made of installations of
the above equipment. The Building Department shall also keep
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2 refrigeration and water conservation equipment which has been
3 approved by the American Gas Association and/or the Underwriters'
4 Laboratories, which list shall be available for public informatio
5 during regular office hours.
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SECTION THREE: Those certain rules and regulations
7 which safeguard life, health, property, and public welfare by
8 regulating the installation and the maintenance of heating,
9 ventilating, air conditioning, refrigeration and water conserva-
10 tion equipment, all as set forth in a certain code entitled
II "UNIFORM HEATING, VENTILATING, AIR CONDITIONING, REFRIGERATION
12 AND WATER CONSERVATION CODE, II also known as the "INLAND EMPIRE
13 HEATING, VENTILATING, AIR CONDITIONING, REFRIGERATION AND WATER
14 CONSERVATION CODE," as promulgated j;Jy the Inland Empire Code
IS Association, Inc., being the same Code adopted by the County of
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San Bernardino on
October 31, 1960
by its Ordinance
No. 942
, excepting therefrom certain deletions, amend-
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942
, three copies of which code have heretofore
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been filed with and are now on file in the office of the City
Clerk of the City of San Bernardino, and which copies are
identified by a certificate attached thereto, reading as follows:
HI, JACK T. FELTON, hereby certify that the
annexed 'UNIFORM HEATING, VENTILATING, AIR
CONDITIONING, REFRIGERATION AND WATER CON-
SERVATION CODE" was filed in my office on
the 17th day of November, 1960, and is a
true, correct, and complete copy of that
certain code referred to in Ordinance No. 23'48
of the City of San Bernardino, and b~ said
ordinance incorporated in full as a 'UNIFORM
HEATING, VENTILATING, AIR CONDITIONING,
REFRIGERATION AND WATER CONSERVATION CODE"
of the City of San Bernardino. JACK T. FELTON,
City Clerk for the City of San Bernardino."
be and the same are hereby established as rules and regulations
which safeguard life, health, property and public welfare by
regulating the installation and the maintenance of heating,
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ventilating, air conditioning, refrigeration and water conserva-
tion equipment and each and every part of said code is hereby
designated and adopted by reference as the "UNIFORM HEATING,
VENTILATING, AIR CONDITIONING, REFRIGERATION AND wATER CONSER-
VATION CODE", also known as the "INLAND EMPIRE HEATING, VEN-
TILATING, AIR CONDITIONING, REFRIGERATION AND WATER CONSERVATION
CODE" and is made a part hereof as fully as though set forth at
length in this Ordinance.
SECTION FOUR: The sections and provisions of said
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Section IE-1240. INSPECTION FEES. (A) Before any
inspection required by this Code is made, the applicant therefor
shall pay to the Department the following fees:
TOTAL VALUATION
Less than $20.00.
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$20.00, to and including $100.00
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$2.00
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More than $100.00, to and including $400.00
More than $400.00, to and including $700.00
More than $700.00, to and including $1,000.00
Each additional $1,000.00 or fraction,
to and including $25,000.00. . . .
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Each additional $1,000.00 or fraction,
to and including $50,000.00. . . .
Each additional $1,000.00 or fraction,
to and including $100,000.00 . . .
Each additional $1,000.00 or fraction,
1IIOUdlhal1 $100,000.00. . . . . . .
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EXCEPTION: A supplemental inspection application may
be issued upon payment of a fee which shall be the difference
between the fee paid for the original inspection application and
the fee which would have been required had the original inspection
included the entire installation, repair, relocation, or
alteration.
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Section IE-3480. COMFORT HEATING APPLIANCES
covered by this Section shall be connected to a flue vent or
chimney complying with Part 5 of this Division.
EXCEPTION: Gas heating appliances other than those
in Group D, H, I, and F2 occupancy need not be vented if
designed without a vent collar and so listed and approved for
use without a flue vent or chimney by the Department.
SECTION FIVE: Said Code is hereby amended by deleting
therefrom the following sections, divisions, and provisions:
Section IE-21190-FIREPLACES; Division 25 - WATER HEATERS;AND
VENTS; Division 27 - FUEL GAS PIPING.
SECTION SIX: Said Code is hereby amended by adding
thereto the sections hereinafter set forth to read as follows:
Section IE-32211. Inconsistent provisions of Chapter
51 - HEAT-PRODUCING APPLIANCES - of the Uniform Building Code
of the City of San Bernardino which are in conflict with, the
provisions of said Code, to the extent of their inconsistency
are hereby repealed but other provisions of said Chapter 51 not
directly in conflict with, or inconsistent with, this Code
shall supplement and be additional to the provisions of this
Code.
SECTION SEVEN: The Senior Heating Inspector is hereby
authorized to determine the intent and meaning of any provis~on
of this Code. Such determinations shall be made in writing and
a record kept thereof, which record shall be open to public
inspection. Any determination or decision reached by the Senior
Heating Inspector and concurred in by the Building Official upon
matters which are in dispute, are subject to review and final
decision by the Board of Building Commissioners.
SECTION EIGHT: No permit shall be required for the
installation, repair, or replacement of controls to each heating
appliance or heating, ventilation, air conditioning, or
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refrigeration system installed by a recognized incorporated public
utility or for use of such corporation in the distribution,
generation, transmission, metering of gas or electricity, or for
temporary testing equipment.
SECTION NINE: The provisions of this ordinance apply
but are not limited to each machine, apparatus, and equipment whic
requires a supply of water from a public or private water system
for the purpose of cooling or condensing. Such machine, apparatus,
and equipment when using water in excess of three (3) gallons per
minute shall be equipped with an approved water conservation
device which shall effectively prevent the waste of such water.
Said device shall be approved by the Senior Heating Inspector.
SECTION TEN: The provisions of this ordinance shall
not repeal any provision of Ordinance No~ .151. Ordinance No.
1808 and Ordinance No. 2259 are hereby repealed.
SECTION ELEVEN: It is hereby declared unlawful for
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any person, firm, or corporation, either as owner, agent, or
otherwise, to construct or maintain any ditch, canal, drain,
drain pipe, waste pipe or other recepticle, land or thing,
whether natural or artificial, for the conveyance of water other
than rain water, so that the same discharges or flows over or
upon any sidewalk, or into or upon the public streets or other
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public places, and causes interference with or a hazard to public
travel or use on, or injury to, said streets or other public places.
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SBCTION TWELVE: PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION. Any person,
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firm, or corporation whether as principal, agent, employee, or
otherwise, violating or causing or authorizing the violation of
any of: the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable
by imprisonment for a period of not more than six (6) months, or
by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by
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both such fine and imprisonment, provided that no suspension of
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sentence or probation shall be granted to any such violator
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2 violator shall comply with the provisions which he has been con-
3 victed of violating, and shall abate and correct the illegal
4 conditions, if any, which he has brought about by the erection,
5 construction, enlargement, alteration, repair, movement, improvemen
6 conversion, or other act of which he has been convicted. The con-
7 viction and punishment of any violator shall not relieve him of
8 liability to be compelled in appropriate civil or criminal proceed-
9 ings to correct prohibited conditions or remove prohibited installa-
10 tions. Each such person, firm, or corporation shall be deemed
II guilty of separate offense for each day, or portion thereof,
12 during which any violation of any of the provisions of this
13 ordinance is committed, continued, permitted, or maintained by such
14 person, firm, or corporation, and shall be punishable therefor as
15 herein provided.
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SECTION THIRTEEN: It is unlawful for any person, firm,
17 or corporation, either as owner, architect, contractor, artisan,
18 or otherwise, to do knowingly, or to cause or permit to be done any
19 work as defined in this ordinance in such manner that the same shall
20 not conform to each of the provisions of this ordinance.
21 SECTION FOURTEEN: All ordinances or parts of ordinances
22 which are in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are
23 hereby repealed, except as otherwise specifically provided herein.
24 SECTION FIFTEEN: If any section, subsection, sentence,
25 clause, or phrase of this ordinance is, for any reason, held by a
26 court to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not
27 affect the validity of the remaining portions of the ordinance, nor
28 its application to other persons or circumstances. The Mayor and
29 Common Council hereby declare that they would have passed and
30 adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, clause or
31 phrase hereof irrespective of the fact tha.t anyone or more
32 sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, and phrases be declared
invalid or unconstitutional.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT the foregoing Ordinance was duly
adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San
Bernardino at 8J"t'/?-;/fi//-f-n<L/ ~yvh-,o meeting thereof held
on the /r1'""CZ-- day of ~A-n/: , 1961,
by the following vote, to wit: -' _ /) /
AYES: ~C.A""~ ~L~> (j,;n~':);:~?7.?L? ;>61~<.(~
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ordinance is hereby approved this
day of ryA-// ,
1961.
The foregoing
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