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Home My WebLink AboutORD 23-035ORDINANCE NO, 23-035 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT ADOPTING THE 2021 UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE, Division 4. Plumbing Code Sec. 24.02.151 Adoption The 2021 edition of the Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC), excluding appendices, is hereby adopted and declared operative as the Plumbing Code of the City, save and except those portions that are deleted, modified, or amended by this Code. A copy of such Code is on file in the office of the City Clerk. (Ordinance 03-080, sec. 8, adopted 10/14/03; 1978 Code, sec. 6-140; Ordinance 10-057, sec. 17, adopted 8/3/10; Ordinance 17-008, sec. 7, adopted 217/17) Sec, 24.02.152 Definitions As used in this Code the following definitions shall apply: Approved or approval. Approved by the Plumbing Inspector. National, State, and City standards shall be the basis of such approval, Journeyman Plumber. Any person who is employed by a person (who is by training, experience, and education competent to lay out, design and install a plumbing system to conform to the UPC) to do plumbing work for wages and who does not furnish any materials or supplies in the performance of his work and holds a Journeyman Plumbing License. Maintenance and repair. The act of keeping in a state of safe operating condition any conductor or piece of equipment used inside or outside attached or connected to any building plumbing system, by replacement of units or elements thereof, but shall not include extensions of or additions to an existing system. Maintenance Plumber. A person is not required to be licensed under Chapter 1, Section 1301,053, of the State Plumbing License Law. Master Plumber. Any person who is, by training, experience, and education, competent to lay out, design, and install a system of plumbing and holds a Master Plumbing License. Plumbing construction. All work and material used in installing, maintaining, or extending of a plumbing system and all appurtenances, apparatus, and equipment used in connection therewith, inside of or attached to any building or structure, lot, or premises. Plumbing contractor. Any person or firm engaged in the business of providing and selling plumbing services shall have a permanently established place of business with a published telephone number. He shall hold a Master Plumbing Contractors' Certificate or shall employ an individual who does and carry him on their active payroll. A Master Plumber may not qualify more than one plumbing contractor. He shall be available to the inspection authority to answer any questions relating to plumbing work coming under the jurisdiction of the Plumbing Inspector's authority. (Ordinance 10-057, sec. 18, adopted 813/10) Sec.24.02.153 Amendments Section 101.2 of the Uniform Plumbing Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 101.2. The provisions of this Code shall apply to the erection, installation, alteration, repair, relocation, replacement, addition to, use, or maintenance of commercial plumbing systems within this jurisdiction. Section 102.1 of the Uniform Plumbing Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 102.1. Where the requirements within the jurisdiction of this Plumbing Code conflict with the requirements in the Building or Residential Code, the Building and Residential Code shall prevail. Section 102.1.1 of the Uniform Plumbing Code is hereby added to read as follows: Section 102.1.1. Where the requirements within this jurisdiction of the Building or Residential Code reference the International Plumbing Code, the International Code shall prevail. Section 104.5 of the Uniform Plumbing Code is amended to read as follows: Section 104.5 Fee schedule. See Section 24.01.002, adoption of fee schedule, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Beaumont. Section 107.1 of the Uniform Plumbing Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 107.1 Application for appeal. A person shall have the right to appeal a decision of the Code Official to the Building Board of Appeals. An application for appeal shall be based on a claim that the true intent of this Code or the rules legally adopted thereunder have been incorrectly interpreted, the provisions of this Code do not fully apply or an equally good or better form of construction is proposed. The application shall be filed on a form obtained from the Code Official within twenty (20) days after the notice was served. Section 402.5 of the Uniform Plumbing Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 402,5, Fixtures shall be set level and in proper alignment with reference to adjacent walls. No water closet or bidet shall be set closer than fifteen (15) inches from its center to a side wall or obstruction or closer than thirty (30) inches center to center to a similar fixture, The clear space in front of a water closet, lavatory, or bidet shall be not less than twenty-one (21) inches. No urinal shall be set closer than twelve (12) inches from its center to a side wall or partition or closer than twenty-four (24) inches center to center. Section 408.4 of the Uniform Plumbing Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 408.4. Showers shall have a waste outlet and fixture tailpiece not less than 1 '/2 inches in diameter. Fixture tailpieces shall be constructed from the materials specified in Section 701.2 for drainage piping. Strainers serving shower drains shall have a waterway at least equivalent to the area of the tailpiece, Section 408.6 of the Uniform Plumbing Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 408.6. Shower compartments shall be not less than nine -hundred (900) square inches in interior cross -sectional area. Section 422.1 of the Uniform Plumbing Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 422.1. Requirements for this Section can be found in the International Building Code, Table 403.1. Section 508.4.1 of the Uniform Plumbing Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 508.4.1. The distance from the passageway access to the appliance shall not exceed twenty (20) feet measured along the centerline of the passageway. Section 601.3.2 of the Uniform Plumbing Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 601.3.2. Pipe identification shall be repeated at intervals not exceeding twenty-five (25) feet. Section 603.4.3 of the Uniform Plumbing Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 603.4.3. Access shall be provided to backflow preventers as specified by the manufacturer's instructions. Section 701.2 of the Uniform Plumbing Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 701.2, Drainage Piping. All sanitary drainage and vent piping for building drain or building -sewer to be schedule 40 PVC or better, or copper tube. Section 707.4 of the Uniform Plumbing Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 707.4 Horizontal drains and building drains. Horizontal drainage pipes in buildings shall have cleanouts located at intervals of not more than eighty (80) feet. Building Drains shall have cleanouts located at intervals of not more than eighty (80) feet except where manholes are used instead of cleanouts, the manholes shall be located at intervals of not more than four -hundred (400) feet. Section 718.1 of the Uniform Plumbing Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 718.1. Building sewers shall run in practical alignment and at a uniform slope of not less than % inch per foot toward the point of disposal, unless otherwise approved by the authority having jurisdiction. Section 908.2.6 of the Uniform Plumbing Code is hereby added to read as follows: Section 908.2.6. Horizontal Wet Venting Permitted excluding the first story. (Ordinance 03-080, sec. 8, adopted 10/14/03; 1978 Code, sec. 6-142; Ordinance 10- 057, sec. 19, adopted 8/3/10; Ordinance 17-008, sec. 8, adopted 2/7/17) Sec. 24.02.164 Supervision of work In the actual work of installing, maintaining, altering, or repairing of any plumbing system or equipment for which a permit is required by this Code, there shall be present and in direct supervision a qualified plumber of the proper classification. It shall be required that a Master or Journeyman, as the case may be, be liable and responsible for the layout and technical supervision of any work which has required the securing of permits and a Journeyman Plumber shall not supervise at the job site more than three (3) unclassified workers. Should it come to the notice of the Chief Plumbing Inspector or his assistants that such supervision and control are not being maintained, the inspector may order the work to be discontinued and the person to whom the permit has been issued shall discontinue further work until proper supervision has been employed or supplied. (Ordinance 10-057, sec. 20, adopted 8/3/10) Secs.24.02.155-24.02.200 Reserved That the statement and findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all things approved and adopted. The meeting at which this ordinance was approved was in all things conducted in strict compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter 551. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the 4th day of April, 2023, T Mayor Robin Mouton -