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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 28 (Plumbing) OF THE BUTTE COUNTY CODE.
The Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte do ordain as follows:
Section 28-1 of the Butte County Code is amended to read as follows:
Section 28-1. Plumbing Code - Adopted by reference.
Except as hereinafter provided, that certain plumbing code known
and designated as the Uniform Plumbing Code, 1973 Edition, together
with appendices thereto, as prepared and published by the Interna-
tional Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials is hereby
referred to, adopted, and made a part of this chapter with the same
effect as if fully set forth herein and is hereby declared to be the
plumbing code of the County of Butte, and all-the provisions thereto
shall apply to all of the unincorporated areas of the County of Butte.
Section 28',=2 of the Butte County Code is amended to read as follows:
Section 28-2. Same - Amendments, additions and deletions.
The Uniform Plumbing Code as adopted by Section 28-1 of the
Butte County Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 1.0 -Application and Scope
The provisions of this code shall apply to all new construc-
tion, relocated buildings, and to any alterations, repairs,
or reconstruction, except as provided for otherwise in this
code.
Section 1.1 -Administrative Authority and Assistants
Whenever the term "administrative authority" is used in
this code it shall be construed to mean the Director of
Public Works of the County of Butte or his authorized
representative.
Section 1.2 -Assistants
Whenever the term "assistants" is used in this code it
shall be construed to mean the duly appointed assistants
of the Director of Public Works of the County of Butte.
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Section 1.3 -Department Having Jurisdiction
Unless otherwise provided by law, the office of the Admini-
strative Authority shall be the Department of Public Works
of the County of Butte.
Section 1.4 -Duties of the Administrative Authority
The Administrative Authority shall maintain public office
hours necessary to efficiently administer the provisions of
this code and amendments thereto and shall perform the
following duties:
(1) Require submission of, examine and check plans and
specifications, drawings, descriptions, and/or diagrams
necessary to show clearly the character, kind and extent
of work covered by applications for a permit and upon
approval thereof shall issue the permit applied for.
(2) deep a permanent, accurate account of all fees for
permits issued and other monies collected and received as
provided by this Code, the names of the persons upon whase
account the same were paid, the date and amount thereof,
together with the location or premises to which they relate.
(3) Aduri~stex and enforce the provisions of this code in
a manner consistent with the intent thereof and shall
inspect all plumbing and drainage work authorized by any
permit to assure compliance with provisions of this code
or amendments thereto, approving or condemning said work
in whale or in part as conditions require.
(4) Tssue upon request a Certificate of Apgroval for any
work approved by him.
(5} Condemn and reject all work done or being done or
materials used or being used which do not in all respects
comply with the provisions of this code and amendments
thereto.
(6) Order changes in workmanship and/or materials essential
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1 to obtain compliance with ali provisions of this code.
$ (7) Tnvestigate any construction or work regulated by this
3 code and issue such notices and orders as provided in
¢ Section 1.6.
5 (8) Keep a complete record of all the essential transaction
g of his off ice.
7 (9) Transfer all fees collected by him to the proper
8 authority provided by law to receive such funds.
g Section 1.5 -Right of Entry
10 The Administrative Authority and Assistants shall carry
'13 proper credentials of their respective offices, upon
12 exhibition of which they shall have the right of entry,
13 during usual business hours, to insgect any and alI building
14 and premises in the performance of their duties.
15 Section 1.6 -Dangerous and Insanitary Construction
lg (a) Any portion of a plumbing system found by the Admini-
lq strative Authority to be insanitary as defined herein is
18 hereby declared to be a nuisance.
lg (b) Whenever brought to the attention of the department
20 having jurisdiction that any insanitary conditions exist .
22 or that any construction or work regulated by this code
22 is dangerous, unsafe, insanitary, a nuisance or a menace
23 to life, health or property or otherwise in violation of
24 this code, the said department may request an imrestigation
2g by the Administrative Authority who, upon determining such
26 information to be fact, shall order any person, firm or
27 corporation using or maintaining any such condition or
28 responsible for the use or maintenance thereof to discontinu
29 the use or maintenance thereof or to repair, alter, change,
30 remove or demolish same as ~e may consider necessary for
$1 the proper protection of life, health, or property and in
38 the case of any gas piping or gas appliance may order any
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1 person, firm or corporation, supplying gas to such piping
2 or appliance to discontinue supplying gas thereto until
3 such piping or appliance is made safe to life, health or
~ property.
g Everp such order shall be in writing, addressed to the
6 owner, agent or person responsible for the premises in
q which such condition exists and shall specify the date or
g time for compliance with such order.
g (c) Refusal, failure or neglect to comply with any such
10 notice or order shall be considered a violation of this
11 code.
12 (d) When any plumbing system is maintained in violation
13 of this code and in violation of any notice issued pursuant
14 to the provisions of this section of where a nuisance exists
15 in any building or on a lot on which a building is situated,
16 the Administrative Authority shall institute any appropriate
17 action or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction
lg to prevent, restrain, correct, or abate the violation or
19 nuisance.
20 Section 1.7 -Violations and Penalties
21 The issuance or granting of a permit or approval of plans
22 and specifications shall not be deemed or construed to be
23 a permit for, or an approval of, any violation of any of
2¢ the provisions of this code. No permit presuming to give
2g authority to violate or cancel the provisions of this code
26 shall be valid, except insofar as the work or use which it
27 authorized is lawful.
2g The issuance or granting of a permit or approval of plans
29 shall not prevent the Administrative Authority from there-
30 after requiring the correction of errors in said plans and
31 specifications or from preventing construction operations
32 being carried on thereunder when in violation of this code
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1 or of any other ordinance or from revoking any certificate
2 of approval when issued in error.
3 Every plumbing permit issued under this code shall expire
4 by limitation and become null and void after one (1} year
6 from the date of issuance of said permit; provided, however,
if said plumbing permit is issued in conjunction with a
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7 building permit, said plumbing permit will remain active
as long as the building permit is active.
9 Section 1.8 -Permit Required
ld (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to install,
11 remove, alter, repair, or replace or cause to be installed,
12 removed, altered, repaired, or replaced any plumbing, gas,
'Z3 or drainage piping work or any fixture or water heating or
14 treating equipment in a building or premises without first
obtaining a permit to do such work from the Administrative
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, (b) A separate permit shall be obtained for each building
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18 or structure.
19 (c) No person shall allow any other person to do or cause
to be done any work under a permit secured by a Permittee
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21 except persons in his employ.
22 Section 1.9 -Work not Requiring Permit
No permit shall be required in the case of any repair work
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as follows: The stopping of leaks in drains, soil, waste
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25 or vent pipe, provided, however, that should any trap,
26 drainpipe, soil, waste or vent pipe be or become defective
27 and it becomes necessary to remove and replace the same
28 with. new material in any part ar parts, the same shah. be
29 considered as such new work and a permit shall be procured
30 and inspection made as hereinbefore provided. No permit
31 shall be required for the clearing of stoppages or the
32 repairing of leaks in pipes, valves or fixtures, when such
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repairs do not invalve or require the replacement or
rearrangement of valves, pipes, or fixtures.
No permits shall be required for any agricultural building
Agricultural buildings are defined as follows: 'Agricul-
tural building is a building located on agricultural pro-
perty and used to shelter farm implements, hay, grain,
poultry, livestock, or other farm produce, in which there
is no human habitation, is not used commercially, and
which is not used by the public.`
No permits shall be required for detached structures which
have a total net area, including additions, of not more
than two hundred (200) square feet, which would have an
occupancy classification of Type J as defined in the
Uniform Building Code, and which would be detached a mini-
mum of six (6) feet from any building requiring a building
permit. This exemption shall apply to tool sheds, wood
sheds, and pump houses. This exemption shall not apply to
carports and garages.
Section 1.10 -Application for Permit
Any person legally entitled to apply for and receive a
permit shall make such application on forms provided for
that purpose. He shall give a description of the characte
of the work proposed to be done, and the location, owner-
ship, occupancy and use of the premises in connection
therewith. The Administative Authority may require plans,
specifications, or drawings and such other information as
he may deem necessary.
Zf the Administrative Authority determines that the plans,
specifications, drawings, descriptions or information
furnished by the applicant is in compliance with this coy
he shall issue the permit applied for upon payment of the
required fee as hereinafter fixed.
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Section 1.11 -Cost of Permit
Every applicant for a permit to do work regulated by this
code shall state in writing on the application form pro-
vided for that purpose, the character of work proposed to
be done and the amount and kind in connection therewith,
together with such information, pertinent thereto as may
be required.
Such applicant shall pay for each permit issued at the
time of issuance, a fee in accordance with the following
schedule, and at the rate provided for each classification
shown herein.
Any person who shall commence any work for which a permit
is required by this code without first having obtained a
permit therefor shall, if subsequently permitted to obtain
a permit, pay triple the permit fee fixed by this section
for such work, provided, however, that this provision shat
not apply to emergency work when it shall be proved to the
satisfaction of the Administrative Authority that such wor
was urgently necessary and it was not practical to obtain
a permit therefor before the commencement of the work. In
all such cases, a permit must be obtained as soon as it is
practical to do so, and if there be an unreasonable delay
in obtaining such permit, a triple fee as herein provided
shall be charged.
For the purpose of this section, a sanitary plumbing out-
let on or to which a plumbing fixture or appliance may be
set or attached shall be construed to be a fixture. Fees
for reconnection and retest of existing plumbing systems
in relocated buildings shall be based on the number of
plumbing fixtures, gas systems, water heaters, etc.,
involved.
Glhen interceptor traps or house trailer site traps are
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1 installed at the same/as a building sewer on any lot, no
2 sewer pexruit shall be required for the connection of any
3 such trap to an appropriate inlet fitting provided in the
¢ building sewer by the permittee constructing such sewer.
5 rrlhen a permit has been obtained to connect an existing build
g ing or existing work to the public sewer or to connect to a
7 new private disposal facility, backfilling or private sewage
$ disposal facilities abandoned consequent to such connection
g is included in the building sewer permit.
10 A plumbing permit may be transferred from the original
11 permittee to another person due to change in ownership or
12 contractor and the transfer fee shall be three dollars
13 ($3.00).
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SCHEDULE OF FEES
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lg For issuing each permit ---------------------------- $ 3.00
17 Tn addition --
For each plumbing fixture or trap or set of
lg fixtures on one trap (including water, drainage
piping and backflow protection therefor) ------ $ 1,50
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For each building sewer and each trailer
20 Park sewer ---------------......___--------------- $ 5.00
21 Rainwater systems - per drain ----------------- $ 2.00
22 For each cesspool ----------------------------- $ 5.00
23 For each private sewage disposal system ------- $10.00
24 For each water heater and/or vent ------------- $ 1.50
2g For each gas piping system of one (1) to
five (5) outlets ------_--_-------------------- $ 1.50
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For each gas piping system of six (6) or more,
27 per outlet ----_°---------------------------...... $ .30
28 For each industrial waste pre-treatment
interceptor, including its trap and vent,
29 excepting kitchen type grease interceptors
functioning as fixture traps ------------------ $ 1.00
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For installation, alteration or repair of
31 water piping and/or water treating equipment -- $ 1.50
32 For repair or alteration of drainage or vent
piping ---------------------------------------- $ 1.50
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1 SCHEDULE OF FEES (continued)
2 For each lawn sprinkler system on any one
meter including backflow protection devices
3 therefor -------------------------------........--------- $ 2.00
4 For vacuum breakers or backflow protective devices
on tanks, vats, etc, or for installation on unpro-
5 tected plumbing fixtures including necessary water
piping -- one (1) to five (5) ---------~------------- $ 2.00
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Over five (5) each ---------------------------------- $ .30
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8 Section 1.12 -All Work to be Inspected
g A11 plumbing and drainage systems shall be inspected by the
10 Administrative Authority to insure compliance with all the
I1 requirements of this code.
12 Section 1.13-Notification
13 It shall be the duty of the person doing the work authorized
],,¢ by the permit to notify the Administrative Authority orally
15 or in writing, that said work is ready for inspection. Such
16 notification shall be given not less than twenty-four (24)
],7 hours before the work is to be inspected.
18 It shall be the duty of the person doing the work authorized
lg by the permit, to make sure that the work will stand the
20 tests prescribed elsewhere in this code, before giving the
21 above notification.
22 Sections 28-3 and 28-4 (as enacted by'Butte County Ordinance 888) shall
23 remain in effect.
2¢ This ordinance shall take effect and be in force at the expiration of
25 thirty (30) days from and after its passage and before the~expiration of
26 fifteen (15) days after its passage shall be published once with the names
2'7 of the members voting for and against the same in a newspaper of general
28 circulation printed and published in the County of Butte.
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1 PASSED AND ADOPTED this 17th day of ~.: December ,
2 19 7~ by the following vote:
3 Ayes: Supervisors Cameron, Gilman, Zadd, McKillop and Chairman Madigan
¢ Noes: None
6 Absent: None
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q airman of the Boar of Supervisors,
County of Butte
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ATTEST:
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Clark A. Nelson, County Clerk and
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