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OR 88-407 Adopts the uniform plumbing code AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS ORDINANCE NO. 88407 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, ADOPTING THE UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE, 1988 EDITION, REGULATING THE INSTALLATION, CONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION, REPAIR, OR REPLACEMENT OF ANY PLUMBING, GAS OR DRAININAGE 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 THEREFOR; PROVIDING CERTAIN AMENDMENTS TO SAID UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE; REPEALING ALL PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT WITH THIS ORDINANCE; SPECIFICALLY REPEALING ORDINANCE No. 87-373 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 OF REFUSE AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED BY SECTION Z.09 OF THE TEXAS LITTER ABATEMENT ACT, ARTICLE 4477-9a, VERNON'S ANNOTATED CIVIL STATUTES, 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. WHEREAS, 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, TEXAS: SECTION 1. TITLE This ordinance shall be known as ' THE CITY OF COPPELL PLUMBING CODEw and Article 15-4 of the City Code shall be amended to reflect its adoption. SECTION Z. 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 Plumbin~ Code,w Including Appendix, Chapters A, B, C, D, E, G, H and I and Installation Standards, 1988 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, therefor; 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 amended as follows: (A) SECTION Z0.Z (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. Z) Deputies. The Administrative Authority may appoint such assistants, deputies, inspectors or other employees as are authorized to carry out the functions of the department and this Code. (B) SCHEDULE OF FEES AMENDED The Schedule of Fees, page 4a is hereby amended and the table of fees attached hereto as Exhibit "A" shall be substituted therefor. No plumbing or sprinkler contractor shall be granted a permit until the master plumber or licensed irrigator, for the company, has paid the license registration fee located in the fee table. (C) SECTION Z0.15 - LICENSE REQUIRED 1) Unless specifically exempt by the State Act (Section 3 of Article 6243-101 V.C.A.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 conduct the business of plumbing in the City unless sdch 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). Z) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, 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 journeyn]an plumber in irrigation or installer licensed by the State of Texas under Article 6Z43-101 or Article 8751 of V.A.C.S. (D) SECTION 10Z (c) - Administrative Authority - The "Building Official," as defined in the Uniform Building Code. (E) 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 in the waste line leading from sinks, drains and other fixtures or equipment in establishments such as restaurants, cafes, lunch counters, cafeterias, bars and dubs, hotel, hospital, sanitarium, factor or school kitchens, or other establishernnts where grease may be introduced into the drainage or sewage system in quantites 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. (F) DELETE SECTION 802 (i). (G) SECTION 80Z (1) - SOLVENT CEMENT PLASTIC I'IPE JOINTS Solvent Cement Plastic Pipe Joints - Plastic pipe and fittings designed to be joined by solvent cementing shall comply with appropriate IAPMO installation standards. Chemical primers must be colored with a dye when used for train, waste and vent material. (H) SECTION 1003 (h) - LAWN SPRINKLING SYSTEMS Lawn Sprinkling Systems shall be equipped with an approved vacuum breaker installed on the discharge side of each of the last valves. The vacuum breaker shall be installed at least six (6) inches (15Z.4 ram) above the surrounding ground and above a sufficient number of heads so at no time will the vacuum breaker be subjected to back pressure or drainage. Vacuum breakers may be omitted provided the entire sprinkler system is isolated from the potable water supply by means of an approved factory-assembled and tested back flow preventer. (I) SECTION lglZ (a) - MATERAIL 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 tinned or equivalently treated copper of iron pipe size. Approved PE pipe may be used in exterior buried piping systems. SECTION 4. REPEALING CLAUSE All parts of ordinance inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed. Ordinance No. 87-373 and all amendments thereto are hereby specifically repealed. However, the repeal of existing ordinances by this ordinance shall not affect or prevent 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. SEVERABILITY CLAUSE If any 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 guilt.v of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a penalty of fine not to exceed the sum of Five Hundred Dollars (S500.00) 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 Z.09 of the Texas Litter Abatement Act, Article 4477-9a, Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes, as amended, the penalty shall be a fine not to exceed the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($Z,000.00) for each offense, and each and every day such offense is continued shall constitute a new and separate offense." SECTION 7. EFFECTIVE DATE This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after the publication of its caption, as the law in such cases provides. SECTION $. SPECIAL HANDLING 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 ph_tocopy 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 14thday of June,1988. APPROVED: Lou Duggan MAYOR ATTEST: Dorothy Timmons, City Secretary APPROVED AS TO FORM: CIT ATTORNEY NEW CONSTRUCT]ON OCCUPANCY BUILDING AREA BUILDING FEE CLASSIFICATION SOUARE FEET SINGLE FAMILY 1,500 or less 401.00 1,50] to Z,000 486.00 Z,00] to Z,500 555.00 Z,501 to 3,000 613.00 3,001 to 3,500 563.00 3,501 tc 4,000 733.00 4,001 to 4,500 798.00 4,501 or more 88Z.00 BANNER SIGN 10.00 ALL OTHER SIGNS 100.00 SIGN REPAIR 50.00 ALL CLASSIFICATIONS SPRINKLERS 35.00 ELECTRICAL LICENSES CONTRACTOR 75.00 MASTER 10.00 JOURNEYMAN 5.00 SPRINKLER LICENSES CONTRACTOR 50.00 MECHANICAL LICENSES CONTRACTOR 50.00 PLUMBING LICENSES CONTRACTOR 50.00 CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY ALL GROUPS EXCEPT R 3 50.00 EXHIBIT "A" -1- OTHER INSPECTIONS AND FEES: 1. Inspections outside of normal business hours (n~in. charge - two hours) 50.00 per hour ~- Reinspection fees assessed under provisions of Section 305 (g) 25.00 3. Inspection for which no fee is specifically indicated (rain. charge - one-half hour) 30.00 per hour 4. Additional plan review required by changes, additions or revisions to approved plans (rain. charge - one-half hour) 50.00 per hour NEW CONSTRUCTION OCCUPANCy BUILDING AREA BUILDING FEES CLASSIFICATION SQUARE FEET GROUP A,B,E,H,I 0 to 50 20.00 51 to 100 25.00 101 to ZS0 30.00 251 to 400 35.00 401 to 500 45.00 501 to 100,000 45.00 + .08/sq. ft. 100,001 to 500,000 1250.00 + .06/sq.ft. 500,001 or more 7500.00 + .05/sq.ft. OCCUPANCy BUILDING AREA MECHANICAL CLASSIFICATION SQUARE FEET PLBG. &ELECT. GROUP A,B,E,H,I 0 to 50 20.00 51 to 100 Z0.00 101 to 250 25.00 251 to 400 25.00 40] to 500 30.00 501 to ]00,000 10.00 + .04/sq.ft. 100,001 To SO0,O00 625.00 + .03/sq.ft. 500,001 or more 6Z5.00 + .03/sq. ft. EXHIBIT "A" NEW CONSTRUCTION OCCUPANCY BUILDING AREA BUILDING FEES CLASSIFICATION SQUARE FEET GROUP B (Div. l&Z) ALL SHELL BUILDINGS 0 to 50 20.00 51 to 100 25.00 101 to 250 30.00 251 to 500 35.00 501 to 5,000 45.00 + .08/sq.ft. 5,001 to 100,000 60.00 + .06/sq.k. 100,001 to 500,000 1315.00 + .05/sq. ft. OCCUPANCY BUILDING AREA MECHANICAL CLASSIFICATION SQUARE FEET PLBG. &ELECT. GROUP B (Div. l&2) ALL SHELL BUILDINGS 0 to 50 Z0.00 51 to 100 Z0.00 101 to 250 25.00 251 to 500 30.00 502 to 5,000 15.00 + .0ZS/sq.ft. 5,001 to 100,000 15.00 + .0ZS/sq.ft. 100,001 to 500,000 625.00 + .0Z/sq.ft. NEW CONSTRUCTION OCCUPANCY BUILDING AREA BUILDING FEES CLASSIFICATION SQUARE FEET APARTMENTS GROUP R-1 DUPLEX, TOWNHOUSE 2,000 to 20,000 250.00 +.25/sq.ft. Z0,001 to 50,000 500.00 +.19/sq.ft. 50,001 to 100,000 2,500.00 + .16/sq.ft. 100,001 to 200,000 5,000.00 + .14/sq.ft. g00,001 or more 7,500.00 + .13/sq.ft. EXHIBIT "A" -3- ADDITIONS, ALTERATIONS AND REPAIRS OCCUPANCY VALUE OF BUILDING FEES CLASSIFICATION PROPOSED WORK ALL GROUPS 0 to 500 Z0.00 501 to 1,000 Z5.00 1,001 to 1,500 30.00 1,501 to Z,000 35.00 Z,00I to 2,500 45.00 Z,50I tO 3,000 50.00 3,001 to 5,000 55.00 5,001 to 10,000 75.00 10,001 or more 75.00 + 1% of value EXHIBIT "A" -4- I International Association of -- :~ Plumbing and Mechanical Officials UNIFORM PLUMBING 1988 EDITION Adopted at the Fifty-Seventh Annual Conference SEPTEMBER, 1986 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PLUMBING AND MECHANICAL OFFICIALS (A Non-Profit O~ganization)