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AN ORDINANCE ADDING TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DENTON,
TEXAS, A NEW CHAPTER 16 ENTITLED "MECHANICAL CODE" REGULATING THE
INSTALLATION, ALTERATION, REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE OF HEATING, VENTI-
LATING, COOLING, AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS, INCINERATORS AND MIS-
CELLANEOUS HEAT PRODUCING APPLIANCES IN ALL BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES
WITHIN THE CITY, DEFINING ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITY, PROVIDING
FOR PERMITS AND FEES, PROVIDING ALTERNATIVE REQUIREMENTS, ESTABLISH-
ING A MECHANICAL CODE, AND ADOPTING CERTAIN INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS
AND APPENDICES, MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE OF PRIOR ORDINANCES,
REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PROVISIONS OF THE CODE IN CONFLICT HERE-
WITH, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING A PFNALTY, AND PRO-
VIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, HEREBY ORDAINS
PART I
That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton, Texas, is
hereby amended by adding a new Chapter 16 "Mechanical Code", and
it shall hereafter read as follows
"ARTICLE I IN GENERAL
SECTION 16-1 COMPLIANCE WITH UNIFORM MECHANICAL CODE,
1973 EDITION, REQUIRED
The Uniform Mechanical Code, 1973 Edition, copies of which are
on file in the office of the City Secretary, is hereby adopted and
designated as the Mechanical Code of the City of Denton, the same as
though said volume of such code were copied at length herein, subject
to the deletions and amendments enumerated hereafter
SECTION 16-2 AMENDMENTS TO THE UNIFORM MECHANICAL CODE
1973 EDITION
The Uniform Mechanical Code, 1973 Edition, is hereby amended as
follows
(1) SECTION 202 - Amend Paragraph (2) Change amount of fine
from $500 00 to $200 00 and delete "or by imprisonment for no
more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment "
(2) SECTION 203 - Delete as written and amend to read The
Plumbinc and Mechanical Code Board as created by Ordinance No 75-51
is hereby adopted as the Board of Appeals for the Mechanical Code
(3) SECTION 306 - Add to Paragraph (1) The inspection shall
be made within twenty-four (24) hours after such notification,
Saturday, Sunday, and holidays excepted
(4) SECTION 503 - Add to Paragraph (2) The valve shall be
an iron or brass core cock
(5) SECTION 505 - Delete sentence (1) and (2) and add Every
attic or furred space in which a warm air furnace is installed shall
be readily accessible by an opening and passageway as large as the
largest piece of the furnace and in no case less than 30" X 22" con-
tinuous from the opening to the furnace and its controls
(6) SECTION 705 - Add Paragraph (4) Top plates on partitions
shall not be cut unless a 16 gauge X 3" steel header strap having
two nail holes in each end is used to tie the cut plates together
(7) SECTION 710(e) - Delete as written and amend to read
Every appliance on a roof of a building shall be installed on a sub-
stantial level support No appliance shall be installed on a roof
that has a slope greater than 5" vertically to 12" horizontally un-
less an appropriate working platform is installed in compliance
with State Safety Codes
(8) SECTION 1004(a) - Add to Paragraph (1) Piping, wire,
conduit, vent pipes or structural members shall not be within the
air stream of a supply air duct Where vent pipes serving the
plumbing system, vents serving heat producing appliances, natural
gas piping or other piping conveying hazardous materials or ob]ect-
ionable fumes would occur in the return air system they shall be
enclosed in a suitable sleeve at least one inch larger than the pipe
enclosed in the sleeve
(9) SECTION 1004(b) - Add to Paragraph (2) Joints between
non-metallic duct sections other than manufacturer for use without
a reinforcing sleeve, shall be reinforced with galvanized metal
sleeves, extending at least 4" into the ducts
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(10) SECTION 1005 - Add to Paragraph (1) Insulation facing
shall be legibly marked by manufacturer in repeat patterns not over
three feet apart or by retained roll labels indicating his product
identification, density, thickness, and type vapor barrier
(11) TABLE 10E PART II - Amended Delete No 18 gauge steel
wire and add No 14 gauge steel wire
(12) SECTION 1511 - Add to last paragraph or use special
fittings manufactured for the purpose
(13) SECTION 1513 - Delete sentence (1) and amend to read A
stop valve shall be installed at the following locations in refrigerant
piping of every built-up refrigeration system of 5 h p or larger with
accessible type compressors, excluding factory pre -packaged equipment
PART II
That if any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause,
phrase or word in this ordinance, or application thereof to any per-
son or circumstances is held invalid by any court of competent juris-
diction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions of this ordinance, and the City Council of the City of
Denton, Texas, hereby declares it would have enacted such remaining
portions despite any such invalidity
PART III
Any person who violates any provision of this ordinance shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be
punished by a fine not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200 00)
Each day such a violation shall continue or be permitted, shall be
treated as a separate offense
PART IV
That this ordinance shall become effective fourteen (14) days
from the date of its passage, and the City Secretary is hereby
directed to cause the caption of this ordinance to be published
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twice in the Denton Record -Chronicle, the official newspaper of
the City of Denton, Texas, within ten (10) days of the date of
its passage
PASSED AND APPROVED This the 23rd day of November, A D ,
1976
ATTEST
,C WOKS HOLTCITY SEC NARY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
PAUL C I HAM, TY ATTORNEY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
ELINOR HUGHES, MAJOR
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
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