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OR 91-519 Adopts Uniform Plumbing Code AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS ORDINANCE NO. 91519 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, ADOPTING THE UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE, 1991 EDITION, REGULATING THE INSTAI.I.ATION, CONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION, REPAIR, OR REPLACEMENT OF ANY PLUMBING, GAS OR DRAINAGE PIPING WORK OR ANY FIXTURE OR WATER HEATING OR TREATING EQUIPMENT IN A BUILDING OR PREMISES WITHIN THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS; PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS AND COLLECTION OF FEES THEREFORE; PROVIDING CERTAIN AMENDMENTS TO SAID UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE; REPEALING ALL PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT WITH THIS ORDINANCE; SPECIFICAI .l .Y REPEALING ORDINANCE NO 88-407 AND AMENDMENTS THERETO; PROVIDING THAT ARTICLE 15-4 OF CHAPTER 15, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF COPPELL BE AMENDED TO REFLECT THE ADOPTION OF THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; ,PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE 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 FIXED BY STATE LAW, AND FOR ANY OFFENSE WHICH IS A VIOLATION OF ANY PROVISION THAT GOVERNS FIRE SAFETY, ZONING, PUBLIC HEALTH AND SANITATION OR DUMPING OR REFUSE AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED BY SECTION 2.09 OF THE TEXAS LITFER ABATEMENT ACT, ARTICLE 4477-9a, VERNON'S ANNOTATED CIVIL STATUES, AS AMENDED, THE PENALTY SHALL BE A FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS ($2,000.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ADOFIING 1991 UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE - Page 1 WtlEREAS, it is deemed necessary to provide minimum standards to regulate the installation, construction, alteration, repair, or replacement of any plumbing, gas or drainage piping work or any fixture or water heating or treating equipment in a building or premises within the City to protect public safety, health and welfare; NOW; THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TLXAS: SECTION 1. TITLE This ordinance shall be known as 'THE UI'IY OF COPPFJ.I. PLUMBING CODE,n and Article 15-4 of the City Code shall be mended to reflect ks adoption. SECTION 2. ADOPTION OF UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE That certain code volume, a copy of which is on file in the office of the City Secretary, being marked and designated as ~Uniform Plumbing Code," Including Appendix, Chapters A, B, C, D, E, H and I and Installation Standards, 1991 Edition, published by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials, be and the same is hereby adopted as the Plumbing Code of the City of Coppell, Texas, for regulating the installation, construction, alteration, repair, or replacement of any plumbing, gas or drainage piping work or any fixture or water heating or treating equipment in a building or premises within the City; providing for the issuance of permits and collection of fees, therefore; except as portions are hereinafter deleted, modified or amended, a copy of said volume being attached hereto as Exhibit "B" and made a part hereof the same as if fully set out at length herein. SECTION 3. SPECIFIC AMENDMENTS TO UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE The Uniform Plumbing Code adopted by this ordinance and attached hereto as Exhibit "B" is mended as follows: (A) SECTION 20.2 (a) - DUTIES AND POWT~RS (1) The Admiuistrative 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 necessaxy 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) Deputies. The Administrative Authority may appoint such assistants, deputies, inspectors or other employees as are authorized to carry out the ADOPTING 1991 UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE - Page 2 functions of the department and this Code. (B) SCHEI~ULE OF FEES The Schedule of Fees, page 4a is hereby deleted. See Chapter 18 of the Coppell Code of Ordinances for fees. (C) 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 othengise, shall engage in, work at, or 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, finn 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, fn-m, or 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 87S1 of V.A.C.S. (D) SECTION 102 (C) - A~lmlnlstrative Authority - the "Building Official," as defined in the Uniform Building Code. (E) SECTION 711 (a) - GREASE TRAPS/LlqTERCEFFORS All food establislunents 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 in the waste line leading from sinks, drains and other fixtures or equipment in establishments such as restaurants, cares, 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 Kne 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 Co) through Section 713 may be accepted by the Administrative Authority. ADOPTING 1991 UNIFORM PLYING CODE - Page 3 (F) 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 (galvanized or black), yellow brass (containing not more than seventy-five (75) percent copper), or internally finned or equivalently treated copper of iron pipe size. Approved PE pipe may be used in exterior buried piping systems. SECTION 4. REPFAI/NG CLAUSE All parts of ordinance inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed. Ordinance No. 88-407 and all amendments thereto are hereby specifically repealed. However, the repeal of existing ordinances by this ordinance shall not affect or prevem the prosecution or the punishment of any person for any act done or committed prior to the effective date of this ordinance in violation of any ordinance hereby repealed; and prosecution for such offenses may be instituted and causes presently pending proceeded with in all respected as if such prior ordinance or ordinances had not been repealed. SECTION 5. SEVERABIIKY CLAUSE lfany article, paragraph or subdivision, clause or provision of this ordinance shall be adjudged invalid or held unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of this ordinance as a whole or any part or provision thereof, other than the part so decided to be invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 6. PENALTY CLAUSE Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a penalty of 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 fixed by state law, and for any offense which is a violation of any provision that governs fire safety, zoning, public health and sanitation of dumping of refuse as that term is defined by Section 2.09 of the Texas Utter Abatement Act, Article 4477-9a, Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes, as mended, the penalty shall be a 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." ADOPTING 1991 UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE - Page 4 SECTION 7. EFFECITV'E DATE From and after its passage and publication of its caption, as the law in such cases provides, this Ordinance shall take effect October 1, 1991. SECTION 8. SPECIAL HANDIANG OF ORDINANCE Due to the size of the volumes attached hereto, it is hereby directed that the original of this ordinance, with attachments, be kept as a separate file in the office of the City Secretary, and that a duplicate original of this ordinance, with a photocopy of the cover sheet of such volumes, be placed in the official ordinance book. DULY PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this the 13th day of August, 1991. APPROVED Mark Wolfe MAYOR ATTEST: Dorothy Timmons CITY SECRETARY APPROVED AS TO FORM: Lawrence W. Jackson CITY ATTORNEY ADOPTING 1991 UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE - Page 5