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ORDINANCE NO. . c7;f-) i(
2 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO PROVIDING FOR
THE PROTECTION OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY BY ESTABLISHING
3 MINIMUM REGULATIONS FOR THE INSTALLATION, ALTERATION OR REPAIR OF
PLUMBING, GAS AND DRAINAGE SYSTEMS AND INSPECTIONS THEREOF; DESIG-
4 NATING AN ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIO- I
LATIONS, ADOPTING AND ESTABLISHING RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE
5 INSTALLATION, ALTERATION AND REPAIR OF PLUMBING, GAS AND DRAINAGE
SYSTEMS AND RELATED MATTERS; ADOPTING THE UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE,
6 1973 EDITION, INCLUDING ITS APPENDICES "A" THROUGH "H" INCLUSIVE,
AND TABLES; AND REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 3092.
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THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO
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SECTION 1. This ordinance shall be known as the "Uniform
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SECTION 2. Those certain rules and regulations which pro-
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vide for and govern the installation, alteration and repair of
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plumbing, gas and drainage systems and the inspections thereof in
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the City of San Bernardino; and penalties for violations thereof,
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as set forth in that certain code printed in book form, and
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entitled "Uniform Plumbing Code, 1973 Edition", as prepared and
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promulgated by the International Association of Plumbing and
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Mechanical Officials, three (3) copies of which Code have hereto-
fore been filed with, and are on file in the office of the City
Clerk of the City of San Bernardino, and which copies are identi-
fied by certificates attached hereto, reading substantially as
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"I LUCILLE GOFORTH, hereby certify that
the ann~xed code entitled 'Uniform Plumbing Code,
1973 Edition', was filed in the office of the
City Clerk of the City of San Bernardino on the
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e copy 0 aid code which is sought to be
adop ed by reference by ordinance of the Mayor
and Common Council of said City.
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LUCILLE GOFORTH
City Clerk of the
ci ty of San Bernardino"
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be and the same are hereby established as rules and regulations
and a Code of said City and each and every part of said Code,
and each and every provision therein contained, including its
Appendices "A" through "H" inclusive and Tables, is hereby re-
ferred to and designated as the "Uniform Plumbing Code, 1973
Edition", and is hereby adopted and made a part hereof as though
fully set forth at length in this Ordinance.
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SECTION 3. The following sections and provisions of the
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Uniform Plumbing Code, 1973 Edition, are hereby amended to read
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as follows:
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"section 102.
(c) ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY. Whenever the
12 term "Administrative Authority" is used in this Code it shall be
13 construed to mean the City Superintendent of Building and Safety
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(a) Every house or building which shall
Section 409.
16 hereafter be connected to a public sewer shall be protected from
17 backflow of sewage whenever the finished floor of such house or
18 building is at a lower elevation than the top of the first manhole
19 upstream from point of connection with the public sewer. Protec-
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tion shall be accomplished by installing a backflow preventer
acceptable to the Administrative Authority.
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Section 613. VERTICAL WET VENTING.
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(a) vertical wet venting is limited to sections of vertica
24 drainage piping serving not more than two fixtures set on the
25 same floor level in private living quarters (residential uses
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(b) In each such installation the vertical drain shall be
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lone (1) pipe size larger than the upper fixture inlet, but in no
2 case smaller than the lower fixture inlet, whichever is the
3 larger, and the developed length between any two (2) such inlets
4 shall at no time be greater than five (5) times the diameter of
5 the intervening wet vented section. Identical fixtures, in-
6 stalled back to back, shall have their fixture inlets at the same
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8 (c) The unit load of the common vent serving the two (2)
9 fixtures shall be the sum of the unit values of such fixture.
10 (d) Fixtures that rough-in above the floor shall not be
11 combined with fixtures that rough-in below the floor.
12 Section 702. (c) Each waste outlet for a plumbing fitting
13 that requires roughing-in above the floor shall be immediately in
14 the rear of the fixture trap and no concealed change of direction
15 or offset shall be installed between any such fixture trap and its
16 vent. Any exposed fitting installed between a trap and its vent
17 shall be so located as to be readily removable for cleaning pur-
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19 Section 704. TRAPS PROHIBITED. No form of trap which de-
20 pends for its seal upon the action of movable parts or concealed
21 interior partitions shall be used. Full "s" traps are prohibited.
22 No fixture shall be double trapped. Drum traps without vents may
23 be installed only when permitted by the Administrative Authority
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25 Section 907. (e) SETTING. Fixtures shall be set level
26 and in proper alignment with reference to adjacent walls. No
27 water closet shall be set closer than fifteen inches (15") from
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than twelve inches (12") from its center to any side wall or
partition or closer than twenty-four inches (24") center to
center."
SECTION 4. Said Uniform Plumbing Code is hereby amended by
deleting therefrom the following sections, subsections and pro-
visions:
Section 310 (e)
Section 1310 (a)
SECTION 5. said Uniform Plumbing Code is hereby amended by
adding thereto the sections and subsections hereinafter set forth
to read as follows:
"Section 207.
(d) An approved two-way cleanout fitting
shall be installed at the lower end of every building drain and
shall be located two feet (2') outside the dwelling or building
which it serves. Such cleanout shall be extended to the finish
grade and made readily accessible.
Section 306. PERMIT ISSUANCE.
(a) To Whom Permits May be Issued: Any permit required
by this Code may be issued to the following:
(1) Any person holding a valid unexpired and unre-
voked State of California Plumbing Contractors License (Classifi-
cation C-36) as required by Chapter 9 of Division 3, Section 7058
of the Business and Professions Code and enforced by the
Contractors State License Board.
(2) Any person holding a valid unexpired and unre-
voked State of California General Building Contractors License
(Classification B) as required by Chapter 9 of Division 3, Section
7057 of the Business and Professions Code and enforced by the
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Contractors State License Board.
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(3) Any person who is the bonafideowner or bonafide
3 owner's agent of a one family or two family dwelling unit and
4 including the usual accessory buildings used in connection with
5 such dwelling units, provided that said owner or agent is properly
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(b) FEES-VIOLATIONS-PENALTIES. Any person, firm or cor-
9 poration violating or causing or permitting the violation of any
10 of the provisions of this Code or Ordinance shall be deemed guilty
11 of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable
12 by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by
13 imprisonment in the County Jail for not to exceed six (6) months,
14 or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each separate day or any
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portion thereof during which any violation of this Code or
II Ordinance occurs or continues shall be deemed to constitute a
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separate offense and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable
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las herein provided.
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The issuance or granting of a permit or approval of plans
land specifications shall not be deemed or construed to be a permit
for, or an approval of, any violation of any of the provisions of
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,cancel the provisions of this Code shall be valid, except insofar
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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
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requiring the correction of errors in said plans and specifications
or from preventing construction operations being carried on there-
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2 ordinance or from revoking any certificate or approval when
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4 Every permit issued by the Administrative Authority under
5 the provisions of this Code shall expire by limitation and become
6 null and void, if the work authorized by such permit is not
7 commenced within sixty (60) days from the date of issuance of
8 such permit, or if the work authorized by such permit is suspended
9 or abandoned at any time after the work is commenced for a period
10 of one hundred twenty (120) days. Before such work can be
11 recommenced a new permit shall be first obtained to do so.
12 (c) COST OF PERMIT. Every applicant for a permit to in-
13 stall, add to, alter, relocate or replace a plumbing or drainage
14 II system or part thereof, .shall state in writing on the application
15 I form provided for that purpose, the character of work proposed to
16 be done and the amount and kind in connection therewith, together
17 with such information pertinent thereto as may be required.
18 Such applicant shall pay for each permit issued at the time
19 of issuance, a fee in accordance with the following schedule and
20 at the rate provided for each classification shown therein.
21 Any person who shall commence any plumbing work for which
22 a permit is required by this Code without first having obtained a
23 permit therefor, shall, if subsequently permitted to obtain a
24 permit, pay double the permit fee fixed by this section for such
25 work; provided, however, that this provision shall not apply to
26 emergency work when it shall be proven to the satisfaction of the
27 Administrative Authority that such work was urgently necessary
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1 the commencement of the work. In all such cases a permit must be
2 obtained as soon as it is practical to do so and if there be an
3 unreasonable delay in obtaining such permit, a double fee as
4 herein provided shall be charged.
5 For the purpose of this section, a sanitary plumbing outlet
6 on or to which a plumbing fixture or appliance may be set or
7 attached shall be construed to be a fixture. Fees for reconnectio~
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8 and retest of existing plumbing systems in relocated buildings
9 shall be based on the number of plumbing fixtures, gas systems,
10 water heaters, etc. involved.
11 When interceptor traps or house trailer site traps are in-
12 stalled at the same time as a building sewer on any lot, no sewer
13 permit shall be required for the connection of any such trap to an
14 appropriate inlet fitting provided in the building sewer by the
15 permittee constructing such sewer.
16 When a permit has been obtained to connect an existing
17 building or existing work to the public sewer or to connect to a
18 new private disposal facility, backfilling of private sewage
19 disposal facilities abandoned consequent to such connection is
20 included in the building sewer permit.
21 SCHEDULE OF FEES
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Permit
$ 3.00
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Plumbing fixture or trap or set of fixtures on one
trap including water, drainage piping and backflow
protection therefor
2.00
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House sewer
Cesspool
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Private sewage disposal system
10.00
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Water heater and/or vent
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1 iRepair or alteration of drainage or vent piping
2 Gas piping system of one to five outlets
3 'Gas piping system of six or more, per outlet
$ 2.00
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4 Industrial Waste, pretreatment interceptor including
its trap and vent excepting type grease interceptors
5 functioning as fixture traps
2.00
6 Installation, alteration or repair of water piping
and/or water treating equipment
2.00
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Lawn sprinkler system on anyone meter including
backflow protection devices therefor
2.00
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Vacuum breakers or backflow protection devices on
tanks, vats, etc. or for installation on unprotected
plumbing fixtures including necessary water piping -
one to five
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Shower pan
2.00
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Garbage disposal (when added to existing construction)
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(d) WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT. Where work for which a permit
15 is required by this Code is completed prior to the issuance of
16 said permit, an additional fee of ten percent (10%) of the cost
17 of the project, or the sum of two hundred dollars ($200.00), which
18 ever is less, shall be paid and it shall be the duty of the
19 Administrative Authority to levy and collect said additional
20 fees. The payment of such fee shall not relieve any persons or
21 firms from fully complying with other provisions of this Code or
22 from the payment of any other penalties or fees prescribed herein.
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Section 318.
(3) LIABILITY OF CITY OFFICIAL OR EMPLOYEE.
24 This Ordinance and said Uniform Plumbing Code shall not be con-
25 strued to impose upon the City of San Bernardino or its employees
26 or agents any liability or responsibility for damages caused by
27 defective plumbing or drainage systems on the installation thereof
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1 employees shall not be held as assuming any such liability or
2 responsibility by reason of any inspection required or authorized
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Section 403.
(c) The minimum size of the building drain
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Section 410. HOUSE DRAINS SHALL CONNECT TO ONE OUTLET.
7 In a single family dwelling, all plumbing drains shall connect to
8 one outlet. Such outlet shall not exceed ninety degrees (900)
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from the direction of flow of the closest public sewer or if there
is no public sewer then from the proposed public sewer. If more I
than one stub-out is used, the person installing the plumbing shalll
connect all such stub-outs to each other so that there shall be
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section 1002.
(e) No person shall advertise, sell or
16 offer for use or sale, any water treating chemical or substance,
17 water using or water treating chemcial or substance, water using
18 or water operated equipment, mechanism or contrivance, if the
19 County Health Officer finds that the use of such chemical or
20 substance, equipment, mechanism or contrivance may cause contam-
21 ination or pollution of the domestic water system. Such devices
22 may be permitted when equipped with backflow protection meeting
23 the requirements of the Uniform Plumbing Code.
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Section 1009.
(n) All horizontal water piping, including
25 lawn sprinkler systems, installed underground, shall have not
26 less than six inches (6") of earth cover.
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Section 1102.
(c) The following are the only materials
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Wedge Lock
Pacific Clay Products
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Speed Seal
Gladding McBean Co.
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Band Seal
Mission Clay Products
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Transite
Johns-Manville
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Acrylonitrile-Butadine-Styrene (A.B.S.) as
approved by International Association of
Plumbing and Mechanical Officials."
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SECTION 6. The word "City" in the aforesaid sections and
9 Code shall be deemed to refer to and designate the City of San
10 Bernardino, and any reference to any act or legislative enactment
11 therein referred to shall be deemed to designate and embrace the
12 statutes of the State of California and amendments thereof dealing
13 with the subject matter thereby and therein referred to.
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SECTION 7. REVOCATION. The Mayor and Common Council of
15 the City of San Bernardino shall have the power, upon recommenda-
16 tion of the Administrative Authority to suspend or revoke the
17 business license of any person, firm or corporation violating the
18 terms and provisions of said Plumbing Code, provided that such
19 suspension or revocation shall not be ordered by said Mayor and
20 Common Council without first holding a public hearing thereon and
21 without giving reasonable notice of such hearing to the person,
22 firm or corporation so charged with said violation.
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SECTION 8. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause
24 or phrase of this Ordinance or said Code is for any reason held
25 to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court
26 of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the
27 validity of the remaining portions of said Ordinance or Code.
28 The Mayor and Common Council of the City of San Bernardino hereby
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1 declare that they would have passed said Ordinance and Code, and
2 each section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof,
3 I irrespective of the fact that anyone or more other sections,
4 subsections, clauses or phrases be declared invalid or uncon-
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SECTION 9. Ordinance No. 3092 is hereby repealed.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was duly
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adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San
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Bernardino at a~ '~/
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meeting thereof,
, 1974, by the following
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