HomeMy WebLinkAboutord1989-077INTRODUCED BY: Consent
PROPOSED BY: Buildings & CodeE
DATE INTRODUCED: 7 -20-89
1 ORDINANCE NO. 89 -77
2 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING WHATCOM COUNTY CODE CHAPTER 15.20
AND ADOPTING, BY REFERENCE, THE 1988 EDITION OF THE
3 UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE, UNIFORM SWIMMING POOL, SPA, AND
HOT TUB CODE AND CERTAIN APPENDICES THERETO EXCEPT AS
4 HEREIN MODIFIED
5 WHEREAS, R.C.W. 19.27 requires counties to enforce the State Building
6 Code; and
7 WHEREAS, the State Building Code Council, pursuant to the authority
8 granted by Chapter 360, Laws of 1988, has amended the State Building Code by
9 adopting by reference the 1988 Edition of the Uniform Plumbing Code; and
10 WHEREAS, the local adoption of the above codes will promote the health,
11 safety and welfare of the general public;
12 NOW, THEREFORE, THE WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL DOES ORDAIN:
13, Ordinance Section 1. Chapter 15.20 W.C.C. Amended Whatcom County Code
14 Chapter 15.20 is hereby amended to read as follows:
15 Chanter 15.20
16 UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE
17 Sections:
18 15.20.010 Purpose- -Code adopted.
19 15.20.020 Copy on file.
15.20.030 Section 20.1 emended -- Administrative authority.
20 15.20.040 Section 20.3 amended -- Violation and penalties.
15.20.050 Section 20.7 amended - -Cost of permit.
15;20.060 Seet #en 20,15 added--^ —
21 15.20.060 Section 20.14 amended - -Board of Appeals.
22 15.20.070 Section 20.16 added -- Connection to public sewer.
,C 20 080 T_1.,_ ..--- _1_11'_ piping: A amended
23 15.20.080 Section 102(c) amended -- Definitions- Administrative authority.
15.20.090 Subsections 1005(b) and (f) amended-- Fullway valve.
15:5.20.100 Subseet#e- '`"�"r> -z 084) ached - - Water a pipes.
24 •_ 20.14o Deletions.
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25 � Seetlen 20.14 amended--Board e!F Appeals
26 15.20.010 Purpose- -Code Adopted. This Chapter is enacted as an exercise
27 of the police power of the County for the benefit of the public at large. It
28 is not intended to create a special relationship with any individual, or
29 individuals, nor to identify and protect any particular class of persons. The
30 purpose of this Chapter is to provide minimum standards to safeguard life or
31 limb, health or property, and public welfare, by regulating and controlling
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1building construction and related work thereto. It is not the intent of this
Chapter to impose liability upon the County for failure to perform any
discretionary act. Rather, it is the intent of this Chapter to place the
obligation of complying with its requirements upon the owner and /or contractor.
Nothing contained in this Chapter shall be construed to relieve from or to lessen
the responsibility or liability of any person or persons for injury or damage
to persons or property caused by or resulting from any defect of any nature in
any construction work performed by said person or any construction equipment
owned, controlled, operated or used by the contractor; nor shall Whatcom County,
or any officer, agent, or employee thereof incur or be held as assuming any
liability by reason or in consequence of any permission, certificate of
inspection, inspection or approval authorized herein, or issued or given as
herein provided, or by reasons or consequence of any things done or acts
performed pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter.
The Uniform Plumbing Gede, 1982 Edit I installation Sta -ft&
certain appefldiees, exeep4 as modified herein, shall be in full f__.._ in ,.,hen m
The Uniform Plumbing Code and appendices. 1988 Edition, and the Uniform
Swimming Pool, Spa, and Hot Tub Code, as published by the International
Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials, except as herein modified and
including the Plumbing Code Standards, are hereby adopted by reference provided,
that the following Chapters and Sections are hereby specifically not adopted:
a) Chapter 11 - all.
b) Chapter 12 - all.
c) Appendix E- Section E -52, E -54, E -57, E -58 and E -72.
d) Appendix I- Section I -1 through I -10 b Tables I -1 through I -5.
15.20.020 Copy on File. Pursuant to R.C.W. 36.32.120(7) one copy of the
code adopted by reference in this Chapter shall be filed for use and examination
by the public in the office of the Whatcom County Auditor prior to the effective
date of this ordinance.
15.20.030 Section 20.1 amended -- Administrative Authority. Section 20.1
of the Uniform Plumbing Code, 1982 1988 Edition, is hereby amended to read as
follows:
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Section 20.1. The Building Official is hereby authorized and directed to
enforce all provisions of this code. For such purpose, he shall have the powers
of a Inv enfdreement officer.
Whenever the term Administrative Authority is used in this code, it shall be
construed to mean the County Building Official /Director of Public Works.
15.20.040 Section 20.3 amended -- Violations and Penalties. Section 20.3
of the Uniform Plumbing Code, 1982 1988 Edition, is hereby amended to read as
follows:
Section 20.3. Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of
this code shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof,
shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed 9500.00 or by imprisonment in the
County jail for a period not to exceed three months, or both fine and
imprisonment. Each separate day or any portion thereof, during which any
violation of this code occurs or continues, shall be deemed to constitute a
separate offense and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable as herein
provided. The issuance or granting of a permit or approval of plans and
specifications shall not be deemed or construed to be a permit for, or an
approval of, any violation of any of the provisions of this code. No permit
presuming to give authority to violate or cancel the provisions of this code
shall be valid, except insofar as the work or use which it authorizes is lawful.
The issuance or granting of a permit or approval of plans shall not prevent
the Building Official /Director of Public Works from ? thereafter requiring the
ion of errors in said plans and specifications or from preventing
ction operations being carried on thereunder when in violation of this
or of any other ordinance or from revoking any certificate of approval when
in error.
Every permit issued by the Building Official under the provisions of this
e shall expire by limitation and become null and void, if the work authorized
such permit is not commenced within 180 days from the date of
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issuance of such permit, or if the work authorized by such permit is suspended
or abandoned at any time after the work is commenced for a period of 180 days.
Before such work can be recommenced, a new permit shall be first obtained to do
, and the fee therefore shall be one -half the amount required for a new permit
r such work, provided no changes have been made, or will be made in the
iginal plans and specifications for such work; and provided, further that such
spension or abandonment has not exceeded one year.
9 15.20.050 Section 20.7 amended - -Cost of Permits. Section 20.7 of the
10 Uniform Building Code, 41982 1988 Edition, is hereby amended to read as follows:
11 Section 20.7 Cost of Permit. Every applicant for a permit to do
12 work regulated by this Code shall state in writing, on the application form
13. provided for that purpose, the character of work proposed to be done and the
14 amount and kind in connection therewith, together with such information,
15 pertinent thereto, as may be required.
16 Such applicant shall pay for such permit, at the time of issuance,
17 a fee in accordance with the following schedule, and at the rate provided for
18 each classification shown herein.
19 Any person who shall commence any work for which a permit is required
20 by this Code, without first having obtained a permit therefor, shall, if
21 subsequently permitted to obtain a permit, pay double the permit fee fixed by
22 this section for such work in order to cover additional administrative expenses
23 incurred therefore; provided, however, that this provision shall not apply to
24 emergency work when it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the Administrative
25 Authority that such work was urgently necessary and that it was not practical
26 to obtain a permit therefor before commencement of the work. In all such cases,
27 p permit must be obtained as soon as it is practical to do so, and if there be
28 n unreasonable delay in obtaining such permit a double fee as herein provided
29 hall be charged.
30 For the purpose of this section, a sanitary plumbing outlet on or
31 to which a plumbing fixture or appliance may be set or attached shall be
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2 construed to be a fixture. Fees for reconnection and retest of plumbing systems
3 in relocated buildings shall be based on the number of plumbing fixtures, gas
4 systems, water heaters, or similar fixtures, systems, or appliances involved.
5 When interceptor traps or mobile home site traps are installed at
6 the same time as a building sewer on any lot, no sewer permit shall be required
7 for the connection of any such trap to an appropriate inlet fitting provided in
8 the building sewer by the permittees constructing such sewer.
9 When a permit has been obtained to connect an existing building or
10 existing work to the public sewer or to connect to a new private disposal
11 facility, backfilling of private sewage disposal facilities abandoned consequent
12 t such connection is included in the permit.
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Permit Issuance
1. For the issuance of each permit .............................. 5 5.00
2. For the issuance of each supplementary permit ................ 3.00
3. In addition, for each plumbing fixture or trap or set of fixtures
on one trap,including water, drainage, pipe, backflow protection
therefore .......................... ...........................3.00
4. For each industrial waste pretreatment interceptor including its
trap and vent, except kitchen -type grease interceptors functioning
as a fixture trap ............. ............................... 3.00
5. For installation, alteration or repairs or water pipe or water
treatment equipment ........... ............................... 3.00
6. For water heaters ............. ............................... 3.00
7. For repairs or alterations of drainage or vent piping........ 3.00
8. For each lawn sprinkler system or any one meter, including backflow
and protection devices therefor .............................. 3.00
9. For vacuum breakers or backflow protective devices on tanks, vats,
etc., or for installation on unprotected plumbing fixtures including
necessary water piping
(one to five) ................. ............................... 3.00
(over five) each .............. ............................... .50
10. For each reinspection made necessary by defective workmanship or
materials .......................... ..........................30.00
(minimum charge- one - hour) .......... .........................per /hr
11. For each swimming pool:
Public ............................. ..........................30.00
Private ............................ ..........................20.00
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12. For each item regulated by this code, but not classified in this
category, or for which no other fee is listed in this code, fee will
be ............................ ............................... 3.00
15.20.060 Section 20.14 amended - -Board of Appeals. Section 20.14 of the
Uniform Plumbing Code, 1988 Edition, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 20.14. Whenever the term Board of Appeals appears in this
code it shall be construed to mean the Whatcom County Appeals Board.
15.20.070 Section 20.15 added -- Connection to public sewer. The Uniform
Plumbing Code, 1982 1988 Edition, is hereby amended by adding thereto a new
Section 20.15 to read as follows:
Section 20.15. The public sewer may be considered as not being
available when such building or any exterior drainage facility connected thereto
is located more than 150 feet from any proposed building or exterior drainage
facility on any lot of premises which abuts and is served by such public sewer.
It shall be the duty of the Health Officer to enforce connections
to available public sewer. In no event shall a building sewer be less than 4
inches in diameter. Building sewer or drainage pipe shall not be run or laid
in the same trench with water service pipes or any underground water pipes unless
both of the following requirements are met: The bottom of the water pipe at all
points shall be at least 12 inches above the top of the sewer line. The water
pipe shall be placed on a solid shelf excavated on one side of the common trench.
Bituminized fiber sewer pipe and fittings shall not be allowed for building
sewers.
15.20.080 Section 102(c) amended -- Definitions - Administrative Authority.
Section 102(c) of the Uniform Plumbino Code. 1988 Edition. is hereby amended to
read as follows:
(c) Administrative Authority - Administrative authority shall mean the
Building Official of Whatcom County.
15.20.090 Subsection 1005(b) and (f) amended - -Full way valve.
Subsections 1005(b) and (f) of the 1982 1988 Edition of the Uniform Plumbing
e are hereby amended to read as follows:
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1005(b). A fullway valve controlling all outlets shall be installed
on the discharge side of each water meter and on each unmetered water supply.
Water piping supplying more than one premises shall be equipped with a separate
fullway valve to each building, so arranged that the water supply can be turned
on or off to any individual or separate building; provided, however, that supply
piping to a single family residence and building accessory thereto, may be
controlled on one valve. Such shut -off valves shall be accessible at all times.
Accessible shall mean that the shut -off valve shall be located no farther than
two feet away from the crawl space opening, or shall be located in the occupied
part of the premises or by a fullway '0' ring seal shut -off valve located no
farther than two feet from the outside of the foundation line. A fullway valve
shall be installed on the discharge piping from water supply tanks at or near
the tank. A fullway valve shall be installed for each apartment or dwelling of
e than one (1) family. In addition to the main supply shut -off in each
rtment, individual shut -off valves shall be provided at each fixture.
15.20.095 Uniform Swimming Pool, Spa, and Hot Tub Code, 1988
tion as published by International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical
ficials accept as herein modified are herein adopted by reference except
pter 5, all.
Add Chapter 3 Section 320 - Fencing all Private and Public Pools and
shall be provided with suitable protective enclosures. Enclosures can be
means of fencing with locking gates or secure buildings. Fences shall be a
nimum of 6' 0" high and may be constructed using metal, masonry, or wood of
ch construction which would prevent or discourage climbing by children.
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Ordinance Section 2. Severability. If any section, subsection,
sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this code or ordinance adopted herein
is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by decision of a court
of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaininc portions of this ordinance or the code.
PASSED this 7th day of
ATTEST:
September
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WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHIN ON
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Donald G. Ban sey �.�C..
Chairman
( -"') APPROVED ( ) VETOED
Ramona Reeves
Clerk of the Council
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
David C. tingham
Civil D.0 Prosecuting Attorney
Shirley Van Zanten
County Executive
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