22-66622-666ORDINANCE NO
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCESOF THE CITY OF DENTON, BY REPEALING THE 2012 EDITION OF THEINTERNATIONAL PLUMBING CODE IN SECTIONS 28-141 TO 28-211 AND ADOPTING
THE 2021 EDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING CODE. IN SECTIONS 28-56AND 28-57; PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS AND COLLECTION OF FEES;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEALER; PROVIDING FORCONTINUATION OF PRIOR LAW; PROVIDING A PENALTY; PROVIDING FORPUBLICATION AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, upon the recommendation of the Health & Building Standards Commission
at its March 24, 2022 meeting, the City Council now finds it is in the best interests of public health,
safety, and welfare to repeal the 2012 edition of the International Plumbing Code and to adopt the
2021 edition of the International Plumbing Code\ NOW, THEREFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDArNS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 28, Buildings and Building Regulations, Sections 28-141 through
28-211, of the Denton Code of Ordinances are repealed in their entirety and replaced with new
Article VII, Sections 28-56 through 28-57, to read as follows:
Section 28-56. 2021 International Plumbing Code adopted.
The International Plumbing Code , 2021 edition, published by the International Code
Council, a copy of which shall be filed in the office of the city secretary and available
for public inspection, is hereby adopted, the same as if copied at length herein, subjectto the deletions and amendments enumerated in Section 28-57.
Section 28-57. Deletions and Amendments to the 2021 International Plumbing Code.
1. Section 101.1. is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
101.1 Title. These regulations shall be known as the Plumbing Code of the City ofDenton, hereinafter referred to as “this code.”
2. Section 103.1 is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
103.1 Creation of agency. The Building Safety Department is hereby created and the
executive official in charge thereof shall be known as the code official. The function of
the agency shall be the implementation, administration and enforcement of the
provisions of this code.
3. Section 106.5.3 is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
106.5.3 Expiration. Every permit issued by the code official under the provisions of
this code shall expire by limitation and become null and void if the work authorized by
such permit is not commenced within 180 days from the date of such permit, or is
suspended or abandoned at any time after the work is commenced for a period of 180
days.
3 . Section 109.2 is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
109.2 Schedule of permit fees. Where a permit is required, a fee for each permit shall
be paid as required, in accordance with the schedule as established by the applicable
governing authority or ordinance of the City.
4. Section 109.3 is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
109.3 Work commencing before permit issuance. Any person who commences work
requiring a permit on a building, structure, electrical, gas, mechanical or plumbing
system before obtaining the necessary permits shall be subject to the required permit
fees, as set by the current schedule of fees adopted by ordinance of the City.
5. Section 1 12.2 is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
112.2 Required inspections and testing. The code official, upon notification from the
permit holder or the permit holder’s agent, shall make the following inspections and
such other inspections as necessary, and shall either release that portion of the
construction or shall notify the permit holder or an agent of any violations that must becorrected. The holder of the permit shall be responsible for the scheduling of such
rnspectr ons.
1.Underground inspection shall be made after trenches or ditches are excavated and
bedded, piping installed, and before any backfill is put in place. This shall include
testing of the underground plumbing.
2.Rough-in inspection shall be made after the roof, framing, fireblocking, firestopping,
draftstopping and bracing is in place and all sanitary, storm and water distribution
piping is roughed-in, and prior to the installation of wall or ceiling membranes. This
shall include testing of the underground plumbing.
3.Final inspection shall be made after the building is complete, all plumbing fixtures
are in place and properly connected, and the structure is ready for occupancy. This shall
include testing of the underground plumbing.
6. Section 1 13 Means of Appeals, is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
Rl13 HEALTH AND BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION
Rl13.1 General. In order to hear and decide appeals of orders, decisions or
determinations made by the building official, code official, or fire marshal relative tothe application and interpretation of the requirements of this Code and all other
applicable codes of the City of Denton, there shall be a health and building standards
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corrlrrllsslon.
Rl13.2 Limitations on authority. An application for appeal shall be based on a
claim that the true intent of this code or the rules legally adopted thereunder have
been incorrectly interpreted, the provisions of this code do not fully apply or an
equally good or better form of construction is proposed. The health and building
standards commission shall not have authority to waive requirements of this code.
7. Section 1 15.4, Violation Penalties, is deleted in its entirety.
8. Section 305.4.1 Sewer depth, is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
305.4.1 Sewer depth. Building sewers that connect to private sewage disposal systems
shall be installed not less than twelve (12) inches (304.8 mm) below finished grade at
the point of septic tank connection Building sewers shall be installed not less than
twelve (12) inches (304.8 mm) below grade.
9. The following language is hereby added to Section 502.3 as a second paragraph:
As a minimum, for access to the attic space, one of the following shall be provided:
1. A permanent stair.
2. A pull-down stair with a minimum 300 lb. (136 kg) capacity.
3. An access door from an upper floor level.
10. Section 903.1.1 is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
903.1.1 Roof extension unprotected. Open vent pipes that extend through a roof
shall be terminated not less than six (6) inches (152 mm) above the roof.
SECTION 2. If any provision of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person orcircumstance is held invalid by any court, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or
applications, and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are severable.
SECTION 3. All provisions of the ordinances of the City of Denton in conflict with the
provision of this ordinance are hereby repealed. The repeal of any ordinance or any portion thereof
by the preceding text shall not affect or impair any act done or right vested or accrued or any
proceeding, suit or prosecution had or commenced in any cause before such repeal shall take effect
and such shall remain in force for all intents and purposes as if such ordinance or part thereof so
repealed shall remain in force.
SECTION 4. Any person violating any provision of this ordinance shall, upon conviction,
be found guilty of a misdemeanor and fined a sum not to exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000.00)
for each violation. Each day that a provision of this ordinance is violated shall constitute a separate
and distinct offense.
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SECTION 5. Pursuant to Section 2.09(c) of the Charter for the City of Denton and Section
214.218 of the Texas Local Government Code, this ordinance shall become effective on June 1,
2022, and the City Secretary is hereby directed to cause the caption of this ordinance to be
published 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 and approval.
SECTION 6. An offense committed before the effective date of this ordinance is governed
by prior law and the provisions of the Denton Code of Ordinances, as amended, in effect when the
offense was committed and the former law is continued in effect for this purpose.
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Mayor Gerard Hudspeth:
Vicki Byrd, District 1 :
Brian Beck, District 2:
Jesse Davis, District 3 :
Alison Maguire, District 4:P
1/Deb Armintor, At Large Place 5 :
Paul Meltzer, At Large Place 6:
PASSED AND APPROVED this,2022
-GERARD HUDSPETH, MAYOR
ATTEST:
ROSA RIOS, CITY SECRETARY L\\ StIll IIII/
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APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
MACK REINWAND, CITY ATrORNEY
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