OR 95-733 Adopt the Uniform Plumbing CodeAN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS,
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING ARTICLE 15-
4 TO ADOPT THE UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE, 1991 EDITION, AS THE
CITY OF COPPELL PLUMBING CODE; PROVIDING AMENDMENTS;
PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A
PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE NOT TO EXCEED
THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500.00) FOR EACH
OFFENSE, EXCEPT, HOWEVER, WHERE EVER A DIFFERENT PENALTY
HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED BY STATE LAW FOR SUCH OFFENSE, THE
PENALTY SHALL BE THAT FIXED BY STATE LAW, AND FOR ANY
OFFENSE WHICH IS IN VIOLATION OF PROVISIONS OF LAW WHICH
GOVERNS FIRE SAFETY, ZONING, OR PUBLIC HEALTH AND
SANITATION, INCLUDING DUMPING OF REFUSE, THE PENALTY
SHALL BE A FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($2,000.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF COPPELL, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Coppell, Texas, be, and the
same is hereby, amended in part by amending Chapter 15, Article 15-4 in part to adopt the
Uniform Plumbing Code, 1991 Edition, including Appendix, Ctiapters A, B, C, D, E, H, and
I and installation standards, published by the International Association of Plumbing and
Mechanical Officials with amendments to read as follows:
Sec. 15-4-1.
"Article 15-4. PLUMBING CODE
COPPELL PLUMBING CODE-ADOPTED
There is hereby adopted the Uniform Plumbing Code, 1991 Edition,
including Appendix, Chapters A, B, C, D, E, H and I and installation
standards, published by the International Association of Plumbing and
Mechanical Officials, with amendments and made a part hereof for all
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purposes, the same as if fully copied in full herein, with the exception
of such sections hereof, which are hereafter deleted, modified or
amended. If any conflict exists between or among any of the Codes or
Standards, adopted herein, the Code of Ordinances or any other
Ordinance of the City, most restrictive code, standard, ordinance or
regulation shall apply and the City shall have the authority to resolve
any such conflict or disputes.
Sec. 15-4-2 AMENDMENTS
The following sections of the Uniform Plumbing Code, 1991 Edition
including Appendix, Chapters A, B, C, D, E, H and I and installation
standards, published by the International Association of Plumbing and
Mechanical Officials, is hereby amended to read as follows:
1. Section 20.2(a) is amended to read as follows:
"Section 20.2(a) - DUTIES AND POWERS
(1) The Administrative authority shall have the power to
render interpretations of this Code and to adopt and enforce
rules and regulations supplemental to this Code as he may
deem necessary in order to clarify the application of the
provisions of this Code. Such interpretations, rules and
regulations shall be in conformity with the intent and purpose
of this Code.
(2) The Administrative authority may appoint such assistants,
deputies, inspectors or other employees as are authorized to
carry out the functions of the department in this Code."
2. SCHEDULED FEES
The schedule of Fees, page 4-a is hereby deleted. Fees shall be
established by resolution of the City Council.
3. Section 20.15 is added to read as follows:
"Section 20.15 - LICENSE REQUIRED
(1) Unless specifically exempt by the State Act (Section 3 of
Article 6243-101 V.A.C.S.) as an act permitted to be done
without a state license, no person whether as a master plumber,
journeyman plumber, or otherwise, shall engage in, work at, or
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conduct the business of plumbing in the City unless such person
is the holder of a valid state license as required by the State of
Texas under Article 6243-101 V.A.C.S. It shall be unlawful for
any person, firm or corporation to engage in or work at the
business of installing plumbing and doing plumbing work except
as specifically herein provided unless such installation of
plumbing or plumbing work is under the direct supervision and
control of a plumber licensed under said Act. There shall be
no more than four apprentices working under the direct
supervision of each master or journeyman plumber (direct
supervision shall mean that the apprentice is on the same job
site and within sight of the license holder).
2) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation to
engage in or work at the business of installing irrigation systems
unless such installation of irrigation systems is under the direct
supervision and control of a master or journeyman plumber in
irrigation or installer licensed by the State of Texas under
Article 6243-101 or Article 8751 of V.A.C.S.
3) The licensing requirements described in parts (1) and (2) of
this section shall not be required for the testing, certifying, and
repairing of backflow prevention devices by a certified Backflow
Prevention Device Tester, as provided herein."
Chapter 1, Section 102, et. seq, "Definitions of Terms", is hereby
amended to add or revise the following definitions:
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Administrative Authority. The "Building Official" as
defined in the Uniform Building Code.
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Auxiliary Water Supply. Any water supply on or
available to the premises other than the City's water
supply, including water from another public water supply
or any natural source such as well, spring, river, or "used
waters" or "industrial fluids."
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Bacldlow Prevention Device Tester. An individual that
has been certified in accordance with TNRCC rules for
the purpose of testing backflow prevention devices:
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General Testers: "General testers" are qualified
to test and repair backflow prevention devices on
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any domestic, commercial, industrial or irrigation
system.
Fireline tester: "Fireline testers" are approved to
test only devices on firelines, and must be
employed by an approved fireline contractor.
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City. The City of Coppell, Texas, and its duly
authorized representatives.
Chief Building Official. The Chief Building Official of
the City of Coppell.
Confined Space. Means a space that;
Is large enough and so configured that a person
can bodily enter and perform assigned work; and
Has limited or restricted means for entry and exit
(for example, tanks, vaults, pits, and other storage
areas with limited access); and
Is not designed for continuous personnel
occupancy.
Cross-Connection. The term "cross connection" shall
mean any unprotected actual or potential connection or
structural arrangement between a public or a consumer's
potable water system and any other source or system
through which it is possible to introduce into any part of
the potable system any used water, industrial fluid, gas,
or substance other than the intended potable water with
which the system is supplied. Bypass arrangements,
jumper connections, removable sections, swivel or
change-over devices and other temporary or permanent
devices through which or because of which backflow can
or may occur are considered to be cross-connections.
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The term "direct cross-connection" shall mean a
cross-connection which is subject to both
backsiphonage and backpressure.
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The term "indirect cross-connection" shall mean
a cross-connection which is subject to
backsiphonage only.
Cross-Connection Controlled. A connection between a
potable water system and a non-potable water system
with an approved backflow prevention assembly properly
installed and maintained so that it will continuously
afford the protection commensurate with the degree of
hazard.
Environmental Health Officer. The Environmental
Health Officer of the City.
Hazard, Degree of. The term "degree of hazard" shall
mean either a pollutional (non-health contamination) or
health hazard and is derived from the evaluation of
conditions within a system.
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Hazard - Health. The term "health hazard" shall
mean an actual or potential threat contamination
of a physical or toxic nature to the public potable
water system or consumer's potable water system
that would be a danger to human health.
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Hazard - Plumbing. The term "plumbing hazard"
shall mean an internal or plumbing cross-
connection in a consumer's potable water system
that may be a pollutional contamination type
hazard. This includes but is not limited to cross-
connections to toilets.
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Hazard - Pollutional. The term "pollutional
hazard shall mean an actual or potential threat to
the physical properties of the water system or the
potability of the public or the consumer's potable
water system but which would not constitute a
health or system hazard, as defined.
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Hazard - System. The term "system hazard" shall
mean an actual or potential threat of severe
danger to the physical properties of the public or
the consumer's potable water system or a
pollution or contamination which would have a
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protracted effect on the quality of the potable
water in the system.
Industrial Fluids System. Any system containing a fluid
or solution which may be chemically, biologically or
otherwise contaminated or polluted in a form or
concentrations which would constitute a hazard if
introduced into an approved water supply.
Nonpotable Water. Water which is not safe for human
consumption or which is of questionable potability.
OHSA. Is the Occupational Health and Safety
Administration.
Reduced Pressure Principle Device. An assembly of two
independently acting approved check valves together
with a hydraulically operating, mechanically independent
pressure relief valve located between the check valves
and at the same time below the first check valve.
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Service Connection. The connection from the City's
potable water system to the customer's service line.
TNRCC: "TNRCC" means the Texas Natural Resource
Conservation Commission.
Used Water. Any water supplied by Coppell Water
Utilities from the potable water system to a consumer's
water system after it is passed through the point of
delivery and is no longer under the sanitary control of
the Coppell Water Utilities Division.
Water Utilities Superintendent. The Water Utilities
Superintendent of the City of Coppell."
Section 1002.5 should be added to read as follows:
"Section 1002.5 - UTILITY SYSTEM
The Coppell Utility System shall consist of the source facilities
and the distribution system and shall include only those
facilities of the water system under the complete control of the
City, to the point where the customer's system begins. That
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point shall be the first connection beyond the meter union or
the discharge union of the meter setter, if a mater setter is
present.
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The source shall include all components of the facilities utilized
in the production, treatment, storage and delivery of water to
the distribution system.
The distribution system shall include the network of conduits
used for the delivery of water from the source to the customer's
system.
The customer's system shall include those parts of the facilities
beyond the termination of the utility distribution system which
are utilized in conveying utility-delivered domestic water to
points of use."
Section 1003 shall be amended by deleting the first four paragraphs in the
section and adding the following paragraphs in their place:
"Section 1003 - CROSS CONNECTION CONTROL
No water service connection to any premises shall be installed or
maintained by the City unless the water supply is protected as required
by state law, state regulation and this article. Service of water to any
premises shall be discontinued by the Utility if a backflow prevention
device required by this article is not properly installed, tested, or
maintained. Additionally, service will be discontinued if it is found
that a backflow prevention device has been removed, bypassed, or if
an unprotected cross-connection exists on the premises. Service will
not be restored until such conditions or defects are corrected.
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The customer's system shall be open for inspection at all reasonable
times to authorized representatives of the Water Utilities Department,
Environmental Health, or Building Inspection Divisions of the City
to determine whether cross-connections or other structural or sanitary
hazards (including violations of these regulations) exist. When such a
condition becomes known, the Water Utilities Superintendent or
Environmental Health Officer shall deny or immediately discontinue
service to the premises depending on the extent of the hazard, by
providing for a physical break in the service line until the customer has
corrected the condition(s) in conformance with state law and City
ordinances relating to plumbing and water supply as well as the
regulations adopted pursuant thereto. Any cost of such disconnection
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and the estimated cost of re-connection must be paid by the customer
before service shall be restored.
No cross-connection shall be permitted between any system of piping
supplied by water from the mains of the Water Utilities Division and
any other source of supply, either public or private, or any secondary
supply known to be unsafe for drinking water, such as shallow wells,
reused industrial supplies, raw service water or swimming pools,unless
approved by the Utilities Superintendent and properly protected.
A customer Service Inspection Certificate must be completed prior to
providing continuous (permanent) water service to new construction,
when the Water Utilities Superintendent or designee has reason to
believe cross connections or other unacceptable plumbing practices
exist or after any material improvement, correction, or addition to the
private plumbing facilities. On all new and transferred (transfer of
occupancy or ownership) water services, the customer must sign a
Water Service Agreement. If this transferred service is non residential,
a customer service inspection certification must be completed. These
customer service inspections shall be conducted by Building Inspections
staff (for all new plumbing or plumbing improvements requiring a
building permit) and Water Utilities staff (on plumbing systems
requiring inspections not affected by building permits). Permanent
water service can not be supplied unless the required inspections are
completed. Fees for these inspections will be established by resolution
of the City Council.
The Water Utilities Superintendent shall administer an inspection
program to assure that backflow devices on City property are properly
maintained and operated.
All presently installed backflow prevention devices which do not meet
the requirements of this article but were approved devices for the
purposes described herein at the time of installation and which have
been properly maintained, shall, except for the inspection and
maintenance requirements, be exempt from the requirements of this
article so long as the Water Utilities Superintendent, Chief Building
Official, and the Environmental Health Officer are satisfied that the
devices will satisfactorily protect the City and/or customers systems.
Whenever the existing device is moved from its present location, or
when the Water Utilities Superintendent and/or Chief Building
Official find that the continued use of the device would constitute a
hazard, the unit shall be replaced by an approved backflow prevention
device meeting the requirements of this article at the owner's expense.
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If a cross-connection/backflow contamination situation arises, the
Water Utilities Superintendent may recommend to the City Manager
a Boil Water Order. The time for said Order shall be determined by
the City Manager in consultation with staff, after verification by
laboratory analysis.
All cases of cross-connection/backflow contamination shall be reported
to the Environmental Health Officer. Information on such cases shall
also be submitted to the University of Southern California Foundation
for Cross-Connection Control and Hydraulic Research as informational
data only. Each backflow incident shall also be reported to the Texas
Natural Resource Conservation Commission.
Any water hauling apparatus taking water from the city's system must
do so with a city approved meter with a double check device attached.
Type of apparatus used must be noted on temporary construction
meter application.
No connection shall exist that allows water to be returned to the public
drinking water supply system.
The City of Coppell Water Utilities Division shall be responsible for
the inspection and testing of all Backflow Prevention devices installed
or existing on City property or in a City right-of-way that supply water
to City owned or City maintained facilities. Backflow Prevention
devices installed downstream of the water meter, or those installed in
a building shall be the responsibility of the property owner.
Inspections and testing shall be conducted when a device is
installed,repaired or at reasonable intervals but in no event shall the
inspection be conducted less than every year on all backflow
prevention devices except those devices installed for irrigation systems
(unless the irrigation system has been designated as a health or system
hazard by Utilities Superintendent, Chief Building Official or the
Environmental Health Officer). It is highly recommended by the City
all backflow prevention devices be tested on at least an annual basis
for the safety and well being of the owner or user of the device.
For each backflow prevention device on private property except
irrigation double checks the owner of such device shall register said
device with the City annually. The Utilities Division shall keep a
current inventory of all devices except irrigation devices. It will be
required that the testing of these devices be conducted annually and
copies of Backflow Prevention Device Test and Maintenance Reports
be maintained by the owner for at least five years and a copy provided
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to the Water Utilities Division. The fee for this registration will be
established by resolution of the City Council.
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All certified backflow prevention device testers installing, repairing or
testing devices within the City of Coppell shall be registered with the
City of Coppell Utilities Division. All certified testers wanting to test
devices within the City must pass a practical testing examination
administered by the Utilities Division prior to being registered with the
city. This exam will be administered, and must be taken by testers,
each year of registration. There will be an annual registration fee
established by resolution of the City Council from time to time for this
registration.
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Testers must show proof of liability insurance each year when renewing
registration. The coverage amount shall be one million dollars.
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Testers must follow the strict safety precautions and follow OHSA
guidelines when entering confined spaces to test backflow prevention
devices. A copy of the confined space entw permits must be submitted
with the backflow prevention device test sheet (if applicable).
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Testers must have test gauges tested for accuracy on an annual basis
and calibrated in accordance with the University of Southern
California's Foundation of Cross Connection Control and Hydraulic
Research and/or the American Water Works Association Manual of
Cross Connection Control (Manual M-14). Test gauge serial numbers
must be included on each Backflow Prevention Device Test and
Maintenance Report submitted. Accuracy_ tests will be conducted by
the city at no charge to the tester."
Section 1003.5 should be added to read as follows:
"Section 1003.5 -
BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE
INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS
A. Residential Water Service
The minimum service size for a residential lot shall be a one
inch service line with a 5/8" or one inch diameter yoke. The
meter yoke for a 5/8" or one inch service shall be equipped
with a dual check system as detailed in the City of Coppell
Standards Construction Details. Larger size residential water
services shall be equipped with a separate cross-connection
control device as detailed in the City of Coppell Standards
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Construction Details. If the service is installed for irrigation
only, it shall be equipped with a separate cross-connection
control device regardless of size.
Regardless of size, all commercial, retail and industrial water services
shall be equipped with a separate cross-connection control device as
detailed in the City of Coppell Standards Construction Details.
All backflow/backsiphonage prevention assemblies shall be installed
in accordance with the City of Coppell Standards Construction Details.
All devices in City rights-of-way or easements dedicated to the City
shall be inspected by the Coppell Water Utilities Division upon
completion of said installation. All devices installed on private
property shall be inspected by the Building Inspection Department
upon completion of said installation.
Test valves shall be required on all devices.
Identification, including the size, model number, and serial number
shall be placed on the actual unit at least 1/4 inches in height and of
durable marking material.
A plumbing permit must be obtained for installation of all backflow
prevention devices on private property or on irrigation systems.
All approved backflow devices shall be nonremovable and installed in
such a manner that removal of a device would prohibit water flow.
All backflow prevention devices shall be tested by a certified backflow
prevention device tester upon installation.
Anytime a backflow prevention device is installed in a piping system
with a water heater of any type, the property owner shall be informed
by the person or persons installing the device that thermal expansion
will occur in a closed loop system. With a backflow device in the loop
a closed system is created, not allowing any return flow (backflow) into
the city's system.
All backflow prevention devices installed in the City of Coppell must
comply with the City of Coppell Specification No. 0700, as follows:
Summary: The Specification #0700 is designed to allow backflow
prevention devices of the reduced pressure and double check valve
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types. The sizes included in this specification are 3/4", 1", 2", 3", 4", 6",
8", and 10" devices. The devices furnished under this specification shall
meet or exceed AWWA Standard, unless stated otherwise in the
specific requirements listed below. Additionally, any device furnished
under these specifications shall meet University of Southern California
Foundation for Cross-Connection Control and Hydraulic Research
requirements.
(1) Specific Requirements
Main Case:
The main case shall be constructed in such a manner as to
allow removal of the check mechanisms from the top of the
device.
Test Valves:
The device shall be equipped with test valves so that the device
can be tested in the field. All test valves and fittings shall be
made of a copper alloy and the valves shall be of the ball valve
type.
In Line Valves:
The in line valves furnished under this specifications shall be all
bronze for 3/4" through 2" devices and the OS & Y resilient
seat type for 3" and above and shall meet AWWA Standard
#510-92 and #511-92 or any revision thereafter and shall be
OS&Y. The valves shall be assembled one on each end of the
double check housing.
Factory Testing:
The device manufacturer shall supply factory test tag with each
assembly furnished under this specification.
Identification Markings:
The device shall be marked with dry stamp or metal stamped
tag, identifying the following items:
1. Brand Name
2. Type (RP or DC)
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Size
Model Number
Direction of Flow
Serial Number
Maximum Operating Pressure
Maximum Operating Water Temperature
NOTE:
Any device furnished to or installed in the City
shall meet the specifications listed above. Any
deviations from the specifications must be set
forth in detail and the City shall be the sole judge
as to whether such deviations constitute
unacceptable variances from the standards
established in these specifications.
A reduced pressure principal backflow device shall be installed
above ground or in a facility, if any of the following applications
are utilized in the structure being supplied water by the City of
Coppell Water System:
1. Aircraft
2. Amusement Parks
3. Automotive Plants
4. Automated Film Processor
5. Autopsy Facilities
6. Auxiliary Water Systems
7. Beverage Bottling Plants
8. Boilers (large)
9. Breweries
10. Buildings with Sewer Ejectors
11. Building with Water Storage Tanks, or Non-Potable
Water Sources
12. Canneries
13. Car Wash Facilities
14. Carbonated drink fountain
15. Centralized Heating and Air Conditioning Plants
16. Chemical Plants Using a Water Process
17. Chemical Plants Manufacturing, Processing,
18. Compounding or with Treatment
19. Chemical treatment lawn application system.
20. Chemically treated fire sprinkler system.
21. Cold Storage Plants
22. Colleges
23. Commercial Laundries
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Convalescent Homes
Cooling system.
Creameries
Dairies
Dental Buildings
Dry Cleaning Processing
Dye Works
Fabricating Plants
Film Laboratories
Food Processing or canning operation
Gas Production Properties, Storage
or Transmission Facilities
Gravel Plants
Holding Tank Reservoir
Hospitals
Industrial process where water is used to
clean or manufacture products.
Laboratories
Landscape nursery.
Laundromat
Laundromat.
Manufacturing Plants
Meat processing or packaging operation.
Medical clinic
Metal Plating Industries
Metal Processing
Metal Manufacturing, or Cleaning Facilities
Metal Fabricating Plants
Missile Plants
Morgue
Mortuaries
Motion Picture Studios
Nursing Homes
Petroleum Processing Operation
Sanitarium
Sewage lift or grinder station
Steam generating operation
Solar energy system.
Veterinary clinic
In some applications not listed above, a reduced pressure
principle device may be required by the Water Utilities
Superintendent and/or Chief Building Official.
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All fire lines shall utilize a double check/detector check, unless
required otherwise by the Water Utilities Superintendent.
The City shall establish a program to educate the public on the
hazards associated with cross connections and backflow, by use of
educational bulletins and brochures."
8. Section 71l(a) is amended to read as follows:
"Section 711(a) - GREASE TRAPS/INTERCEPTORS
All food establishments having a food waste disposal or a discharge of more
than fifty gallons per minute shall discharge into a Figure 1 oil and grease
interceptor as shown in Exhibit "C". Establishments with a discharge of fifty
gallons per minute or less shall discharge into at least a 100 lb. size grease
trap. An approved grease interceptor or grease trap complying with the
provisions of this section shall be installed int he waste line leading from
sinks, drains and other fixtures or equipment in establishments such as
restaurants, cafes, lunch counters, cafeterias, bars and clubs, hotel, hospital,
sanitarium, factor or school kitchens, or other establishments where grease
may be introduced into the drainage or sewage system in quantities that can
effect line introduced into the drainage or sewage system in quantities that
can effect line stoppage or hinder sewage treatment or private sewage
disposal. A grease trap is not required for individual dwelling units or for any
private living quarters. The following less restrictive measures from Section
711(b) through Section 713 may be accepted by the Administrative Authority."
9. Section 1212(a) is amended to read as follows:
"Section 1212(a) - MATERIAL FOR GAS PIPING
All pipe used for the installation, extension, alteration, or repair of any gas
piping shall be standard weight wrought iron or steel (black only), yellow
brass (containing not more than seventy-five (75) percent copper), or
internally tinned or equivalently treated copper of iron pipe size. Approved
PE pipe may be used in exterior buried piping systems."
SECTION 2. That all ordinances and provisions of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Coppell, Texas in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance be, and the same are
hereby, repealed, and all other provisions not in conflict with the provisions of this
Ordinance shall remain in full force and effect.
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SECTION 3. That should any word, phrase, paragraph, section or portion of this
ordinance, or of the Code of Ordinances as amended hereby, be held to be void or
unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of said
ordinance, or of the Code of Ordinances as amended hereby, which shall remain in full
force and effect.
SECTION 4. An offense committed before the effective date of this ordinance is
governed by the prior law and the provisions of the Code of Ordinances as amended, in
effect when the offense was committed and the former is continued in effect for this
purpose.
SECTION 5. That any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of
this ordinance or the Code of Ordinances as amended hereby, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon conviction in the Municipal Court of the City of Coppell, Texas shall
be subject to a fine not to exceed the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each
offense, except where a different penalty has been established by state law for such offense,
the penalty shall be that f/xed by state law, for any offense which is a violation of any
provision of law that governs fire safety, zoning or public health and san/tation, including
dumping of refuse, the penalty shall be and fine not to exceed the sum of Two Thousand
Dollars ($2,000.00) for each offense; and each and every day such offense is continued shall
constitute a new and separate offense.
SECTION 6. That this ordinance become effective immediate from and after its
passage and publication of the caption as the law and charter in such cases provide.
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DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, on this the
/~-~ day of ¢:~J~.F'~' ~/ ,*~ 1995.
APPROVED:
TOM MORTON, MAYOR
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LINDA GRAU, CITY' SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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(PGS/JM/ttl 12-07-95)
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