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Home My WebLink About1999-119F \shared\dept\LGL\Our Documents\Ordmances\99\Wmf1crm Plumbing Code Ordinance doc ORDINANCENO. !�//9 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE TV OF CHAPTER 28 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, ("PLUMBING CODE") BY REPEALING THE 1985 UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE WITH CERTAIN AMENDMENTS AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE 1997 UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE WITH CERTAIN DELETIONS AND AMENDMENTS, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY IN THE AMOUNT OF $2000 00 FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS SECTION I That Section 28-144 of Article IV of Chapter 28 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows Sec. 28-144 Adoption of plumbing code. The 1997 Uniform Plumbing Code, and appendices A through L thereto, as published by The International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials, a copy of which shall be filed with the office of the City Secretary and available for public inspection, is hereby adopted and designated as the plumbing code of the city, the same as though that edition of such code were copied at length herein, subject to the deletions and amendments enumerated in Section 28- 145 SECTION II That Section 28-145 of Alicle IV of Chapter 28 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton is hereby amended to read as follows Sec. 28-145. Deletions and Amendments The following Sections of the plumbing code adopted by Section 28-144 are amended to read as indicated below (1) 103 41, Permit Fees 103 4 1 is amended to read as follows The applicant shall submit the applicable permit fee as set forth by City Council by separate ordinance, available for public inspection at the offices of the Building Official and the City Secretary (2) Table 11, Plumbing Permit Fees Table 1 1 is deleted (3) Section 405 2, Connections Section 405 2 is deleted (4) Section 5141 Section 514 1 shall be amended to read as follows Connectors used for gas water heaters having draft hoods may be constructed of noncombustible materials having resistance to corrosion not less than that of galvanized sheet steel and shall be,of Type B or Type L vent material (5) Section 514 2 Section 514 2 shall be deleted (6) Section 514 3 Section 514 3 shale be deleted (7) Section 516 5 Section 516 5 shall be deleted (8) Section 603 4 4, Heat Exchangers, Section 603 4 4 is amended by adding a paragraph 603 4 4 3 to read as follows It shall be unlawful for any person to connect or allow a heat exchanger to remain connected to any potable water system if the heat exchanger returns water to the public or private water system (9) Section 6041 Section 604 1 shall be amended to read as follows Water pipe and fittings shall be brass, copper, cast iron, galvanized malleable iron, galvanized wrought iron or galvanized steel Schedule 40 PVC and AWWA C900 piping having the national Sanitation Foundation seal followed by the letters "PW" may be used for cold water distribution systems outside of buildings All materials used in the water supply system, except valves and similar devices, shall be of a like material, except where otherwise approved by the building official (10) Section 608 5 Section 608 5 shall be amended to read as follows Relief valves located inside a building shall be provided with a dram not smaller than the relief valve outlet, of galvanized steel, or hard drawn copper piping and fittings, and shall extend from the valve to the outside of the building, not less than three (3) feet to any paved surface, with the end of the pipe not more than two (2) feet nor less than six (6) inches above ground and pointing downward Such drains may terminate at other locations when approved by he administrative authority No part of such drain pipe shall be trapped and the terminal end of the drain shall not be threaded (11) Section 612, Shut -Off Valve Section 612 shall be amended by adding the following paragraph to read as follows A shut off valve shall be installed in an approved box located adjacent to each building The shut off valve shall, not be placed in any paved area and may not be located in the public nght-of-way (12) Section 7191 Section 719 1 shall be amended to read as follows PAGE 2 Cleanouts shall be placed inside the building near the connection between the building drain and the building sewer or installed outside the building at the lower end of the building dram and exte ded to grade One (1) additional cleanout shall be installed at the property line and connected to the building sewer in such a manner that it will facilitate downstream access of the soil or waste (13) Section 10141 Section 10141� shall be amended by adding the following paragraphs to read as follows Minimum construction standards for food service establishments are required when A new building is constructed and occupied Prior to the issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy for an existing building which has not been previoµsly used as a food service establishment within the last six (6) months Heavy Food Preparation shall mean any area in which foods are prepared utilizing a grill, griddle, deep -fat (fryer, commercial type ovens, and/or any similar food preparation equipment, or any area subject to flooding type or wet cleaning procedures due to the cutting or processing of meat, poultry, fish or pork Heavy food preparation includes but is not limited to cafeterias, fast food restaurants, full service restaurants, pizza preparation, donut preparation, meat and fish markets, (et cetera) A minimum 1000 gallon grease interceptor is required for a heavy food preparation establishments Light Food Preparation. shall mean any area in which foods are prepared exclusive of the use of fryers, grills, or other similar equipment Light food preparation is usually limited to the preparation of hot dogs, sandwiches, salads, or other similar foods and fountain -type cold drinks Light food preparation includes, but is not limited to, sandwich shops, limited menu concession stands, (et cetera) A minimum 200 gallon grease interceptor is required for a light food preparation establishments No Food Food Preparation shall mean any area in which foods are provided prewrapped, from an approved source, with microwave oven type heating being the maximum handling involved � No food preparation is limited to pre -packaged sandwiches or similar foods, undies and containenzed beverages A grease interceptor is not required for a no food preparation establishments (14) Section 1014 4 Section 1014 4 shall be amended by deleting paragraphs one and two in their entirety (15) Table 10-2 Table 10-2 is deletes( (16) Section 1206 3 Section 1206 3 is amended by adding the following paragraph to read as follows PAGE It shall be unlawful for the gas service to be turned on in any building which has been damaged by fire without first obtaining a plumbing permit and testing the gas piping in accordance with this code SSE,CTION III That if any provision of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such nvalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications, and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are severable SECTION IV That all provisions of the ordinances of the City of Denton in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed, and all other provisions of the ordinances of the City of Denton, not in confl�ct with the provisions of this ordinance, shall remain in full force and effect SECTION V That any person violating any provision of this ordinance shall, upon conviction, be fined a sum not to exceed two i thousand dollars ($2000 00) Each day that a provision of this Ordinance is violated shall constitute a separate and distinct offense SECTION VI 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 twice in the Denton �ecord-Chromcle, the official newspaper of the City of Denton, Texas, within ten (10) days of the date of its passage PASSED AND APPROVED this the (a�— day of a W 1999 ATTEST JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY BY APP OVED AS TO LEGAL FORM HERBERT L PROUTY, CITY ATTORNEY BY , l J MILLER, MAYOR PAr 4 i_