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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2348 10 11 ]2 13 ]4 ]5 ]6 17 18 ]9 20 2] 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 3] 32 ] -J ;/ ORDINANCE NO..--..'J:>j<r 2 5 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: 6 7 8 9 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 , " i ( , I inspections of all new heating, ventilating, air conditioning, \ 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 ,,1- I on file a list of heating, ventilating,air conditioning, 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. 6 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 16 17 San Bernardino on October 31, 1960 by its Ordinance No. 942 , excepting therefrom certain deletions, amend- 19 18 ments, and additions made to said Code by said Ordinance 942 , three copies of which code have heretofore 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 No. 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, -2- 1 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 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Code are hereby amended to read as follows: 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 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. FEE . . . . . No Fee o . . ~ . . 0 0 . . $20.00, to and including $100.00 . . . $2.00 3.00 5.00 6.00 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. . . . 3.00 . . " :0 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. . . . . . . . . . . 2.50 . ., .. .. L50 . g .. . LOO 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. -3- I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 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 -4- 1 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 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 15 16 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 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 public places, and causes interference with or a hazard to public travel or use on, or injury to, said streets or other public places. 24 25 26 SBCTION TWELVE: PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION. Any person, 27 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 28 29 30 31 both such fine and imprisonment, provided that no suspension of 32 sentence or probation shall be granted to any such violator -5- I unless there is included in the terms thereof conditions that the 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. 16 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. 6 I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 II I- 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 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~<.(~ / . 1-/ NOES: ~~ ABSENT: ~~ aJa4itfJi~ ordinance is hereby approved this day of ryA-// , 1961. The foregoing //TL Approved as to form: ~~itMJi0ardino ~~ ~ ~77~*..~ t ttorney 7 ! /~, /i <I :.~. / i v