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HomeMy WebLinkAboutord1984-041O I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 nnALOT TT' INTRODUCED BY: Becker PROPOSED' BY: Public Works Department DATE INTRODUCED: March-1, 1984 ORDINANCE NO. 84 -41 AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE 1982 EDITION OF THE UNIFORM MECHANICAL CODE, APPENDICIES AND STANDARDS THERETO PUBLISHED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF BUILDING CODE OFFICIALS AND THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PLUMBING AND MECHANICAL OFFICIALS, EXCEPT AS HEREIN MODIFIED, AND REPEALING WHATCOM COUNTY ORDINANCE NO. 79 -69. WHEREAS, R.C.W. 19.27.040 provides that the governing body of each county is authorized to amend the State Building Code as it applies within its jurisdiction in all such respects, as shall be not less than the minimum performance standards and objectives enumerated in said chapter; and WHEREAS, the 1982 Edition of the Uniform Mechanical Code, appendicies and standards thereto, meet or exceed the minimum performance standards and objectives of R.C.W. Chapter 19.27; and WHEREAS, adoption of the above code, with certain modifications, will promote the health, safety and welfare of the general public; NOW, THEREFORE, THE WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL DOES ORDAIN: Section 1. Purpose /Adopted. This ordinance is enacted as an exercise of the police power of the County for the benefit of the public at large. It is not intended to create a special relationship with any individual, or indivi- duals, nor to identify and protect any particular class of persons. The purpose of this ordinance is to provide minimum standards to safeguard life or limb, health or property, and public welfare, by regulating and controlling building construction and related work thereto. It is not the intent of this ordinance to impose liability upon the County for failure to perform any discretionary act. Rather, it is the intent of this ordinance to place the obligation of complying with its requirements upon the owner and /or contractor. Nothing contained in this ordinance shall be construed to relieve from or to lessen the respon- sibility 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, ORDINANCE - 1. t- 1 controlled, operated or used by the contractor; nor shall Whatcom County, or any 2 officer, agent, or employee thereof incur or be held as assuming any liability 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 1 28 29 30 31 32 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 ordinance. The Uniform Mechanical Code, 1982 Edition, Installation Standards, and certain appendicies, except as modified herein, shall be in full force in Whatcom County, upon adoption of this ordinance. Section 2. Section 201(a) of the Uniform Mechanical Code, 1982 Edition, is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 201(a). 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 law enforcement officer. Wherever the term "Building Official" is used in this code, it shall be construed to mean the County Building Official /Director of Public Works. Section 3. Section 203 of the 1982 Edition of the Uniform Mechanical Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 203. Board of Appeals. Wherever the term "Board of Appeals" is used in this code, it shall be construed to mean the Whatcom County Appeals and Code Review Board. Section 4. Table 3 -A - Mechanical Permit Fees of the 1982 Edition of the Uniform Mechanical Code, is hereby amended to read as follows: TABLE NO. 3 -A - MECHANICAL PERMIT FEES Permit Issuance 1. For the issuance of each permit ...................... $ 5.00 2. For issuing each supplemental permit ................. 3.00 Unit Fee Schedule 1. For the installation or relocation of each forced - air or gravity -type furnace or burner, including ducts and vents attached to such appliance, up to and in- cluding 100,000 Btu/ h .. ............................... $ 6.00 2. For the installation or relocation of each forced - air burner, including ducts and vents attached to such appliance over 100,000 Btu/h... ....... 0 ...... 0.0 7.50 ORDINANCE - 2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 TABLE NO. 3 -A - MECHANICAL PERMIT FEES (Continued) 3. For the installation or relocation of each floor . furnace, including vent .............................. 6.00 4. For the installation or relocation of each suspended heater, recessed wall heater or floor- mounted unit heater ................ ............................... 6.00 5. For the installation, relocation or replacement of each appliance vent installed and not included in an appliance permit ... ............................... 3.00 6. For the installation, relocation or replacement of each fuel tank ........ ............................... 6.00 7. For the repair or alteration of, or addition to each heating appliance, refrigeration unit, cooling unit, absorption unit, or each heating, cooling, absorp- tion, or evaporative cooling system, including installation of controls regulated by this code...... 6.00 8. For the installation or relocation of each boiler or compressor to and including three horsepower, or each absorption system to and including 100,000 Btu /h..... 6.00 9. For the installation or relocation of each boiler or compressor over three horsepower to and including 15 horsepower, or each absorption system over 100,000 Btu /h and including 500,000 Btu /h .................... 11.00 10. For the installation or relocation of each boiler or compressor over 15 horsepower to and including 30 horsepower, or each absorption system over 500,000 Btu /h and including 1,000,000 Btu /h .................. 15.00 11. For the installation or relocation of each boiler or compressor over 30 horsepower to and including 50 horsepower, or each absorption system over 1,000,000 Btu /h to and including 1,750,000 Btu /h ............... 22.50 12. For the installation or relocation of each boiler or refrigeration compressor or relocation of each boiler or each absorption system over 1,750,000 Btu /h....... 13. For each air - handling unit to and including 10,000 cubic feet per minute, including ducts attached thereto... ..... ... ....... .... NOTE: This fee shall not apply to an air - handling unit which is a portion of a factory-assembled appliance, cooling unit, evaporative cooler or absorption unit for which a permit is required elsewhere in this code. 14. For each air - handling unit over 10,000 cfm........... 15. For each evaporative cooler other than portable type. 16. For each ventilation fan connected to a single duct.. 17. For each ventilation system which is not a portion of any heating or air - conditioning system authorized bya permit ........... ............................... ORDINANCE - 3. 37.50 4.50 7.50 4.50 3.00 4.50 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0 [Toll 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 181 19' 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 TABLE NO. 3 -A - MECHANICAL PERMIT FEES (Continued) 18. For the installation of each hood which is served by mechanical exhaust, including ducts for such hood.... 4.50 19. For the installation or relocation of each domestic - type incinerator ...... ............................... 7.50 20. For the installation or relocation of each commercial or industrial -type incinerator ....................... 30.00 21. For each applicant or piece of equipment regulated by this code but not classed in other appliance cate- gories, or for which no other fee is listed in this code .................. ............................... 4.50 22. When Chapter 22 is applicable (see Section 103), per- mit fees for fuel -gas piping shall be as follows: For each gas - piping system of one to four outlets.. 2.00 For each gas - piping system of more than four out- lets, per outlet .... ............................... .50 23. Free - standing stoves .. ............................... 5.00 Other Inspections and Fees 1. Inspections outside of normal business hours......... 15.00 (minimum charge - two hours) per hour 2. Reinspection fee assessed under provisions of Section 305( f) ....... ............................... 15.00 each 3. Inspections for which no fee is specifically indi- cated. (Minimum charge - one -half hour) ............. 15.00 per hour 4. Additional plan review required by changes, addi- tions or revisions to approved plans ................. 15.00 (Minimum charge - one -half hour) per hour Section 5. Section 506 of the Uniform Mechanical Code, 1982 Edition, is hereby supplemented and amended to read as follows: (a) Stable Pilots. All new or used gas- burning appliances whose rated Btu input is 400,000 Btu's per hour or more shall be equipped with a stabl pilot or pilots capable of providing safe ignition. The flame will be super- vised by a flame safeguard which supervises the pilot at the point of ignition i the main.burner, and it shall have response timing, de- energyzing the gas shut- off device in not to exceed 5 seconds in case of flame failure. Provided, however, in the case of listed equipment the safety pilot system and gas control system used on such equipment will be accepted. ORDINANCE - 4 1 (b) Automatic Control Devices. All heating appliances shall be 2 1equipped with a listed device or devices which will shut off the fuel supply to 3 the main burner or burners in the event of pilot or ignition failure. In addi- 4 tion, liquefied petroleum gas air- burning heating appliances shall be equipped 5 11wi a listed automatic device or devices which will shut off the flow of gas to 6 the pilot in the event of ignition failure. 7 EXCEPTION: The listed shutoff devices shall not be required on range or cooking tops, log lighters, lights or other open - 8 burner manually operated appliances, or listed appliances not requiring such devices and specific industrial appliances as 9 approved by the Building Official. 10 All heating appliances whose manual fuel controls are not readily 11 accessible from the main portion of the building being heated shall be equipped 12 with remote controls. 13 All forced -air and gravity -type warm -air furnaces shall be equipped 14 with a listed air - outlet temperature limit control which cannot be set for tem- 15 peratures higher than 25O0F. Such controls shall be located in the bonnet or 16 plenum, within 2 feet of the discharge side of the heating element of gravity 17 furnaces or in accordance with the conditions of listing. 18 Electric duct heaters shall be equipped with an approved automatic 19 reset air outlet temperature limit control that will limit the outlet air tem- 20 perature to not more than 2000F. The electric elements of the heater shall be i 21 equipped with fusible links or a manual reset temperature limit control that 22 will prevent outlet air temperature in excess of 25O0F. 23 Section 6. Subsection.7O4(6) of the Uniform Mechanical Code, 1982 24 Edition, is hereby supplemented and amended to read as follows: 25 Subsection 704(6). In any room used or designated to be used as 26 a bedroom, bathroom, closet or in any confined space with access only to such 27 room or space. The access to any furnace located in an attic or under -floor 28 crawl space may be through a closet. Exception: gas and heating appliances, 29 other than electrical heating appliances or fireplaces with adequate combustion, 30 11 shall not be installed in bedrooms, bathrooms, closets or confined spaces or 31 areas. Fuel- burning heating equipment with sealed combustion systems or 32 enclosed furnaces with a separate supply of combustion air will be allowed. ORDINANCE - 5. I Section 7. Subsection 2211(f) of the Uniform Mechanical Code, 1982 2 Edition, is hereby amended to read as follows: 3 Subsection 2211(f). A meter location shall be provided by the 4 consumer for the building or premises to be served. Said meter location to be 5 the exterior of the building on all buildings constructed after the effective 6 date of this ordinance and wherever possible in all existing buildings. The 7 location shall be such that the meter connections are easily accessible in order 8 that the meter may be read or changed. Where a gas meter must be located inside 9 a building, it shall be enclosed in a room or vault separate from any source of 10 ignition and this room or vault shall be vented to the outside air and subject 11 to approval of the inspector before installation. No gas meter shall be 12 hereafter installed under a stoop, stairway, show window, or porch or in an 13 unventilated or confined space. 14 Section 8. Section 204 of the Uniform Mechanical Code, 1982 Edition, 15 is hereby amended to read as follows: 16 Violations and Penalties. Any person, firm or corporation i7 violating any provision of this ordinance or the code adopted by reference, i8 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be i9 punishable by a fine not to exceed $500.00 or by imprisonment in the County jail 20 for not to exceed three months, or both fine and imprisonment. Each separate 21 day or any portion thereof, during which any violation of this code occurs or 22 continues, shall be deemed to constitute a separate offense and, upon conviction 23 thereof, shall be punishable as herein provided. 24 Section 9. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, 25 clause, phrase, or portion of this code or ordinance adopted herein is for any 26 reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of a court of com- 27 petent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the 28 remaining portions of this ordinance or the code. 29 Section 10. Adoption by Reference. Pursuant to R.C.W. 36.32.120(7) 30 one copy of the code adopted by reference herein shall be filed for use and 31 examination by the public in the office of the Whatcom County Auditor prior to 32 the effective date of this ordinance. Section 27. Ordinance No. 79 -69 and amendments thereto are hereby repealed. ORDINANCE - 6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 /` 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 PASSED this 19th day of April , 1984. WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL - 1TIEST Cler of the Council APPROVED 6S TO FORM: Deputy Prosecuting Attorney . ( ✓) APPROVED ( ) VETOED AL. L, Y01.1 SHIRLEY VAN ZAN N County Executive Date: 4/20/84 Published 3/21/84, : 4 -25 -84 and 5 -16 -84 This Ordinance becomes effective on April 30, 1984 ORDINANCE - 7.