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Home My WebLink AboutORDINANCE 0064-1964CITY OF KEJIAI - ORDINANCE6~ PROVIDING A STANDARD FOR CONSTRUCTION OF PL~ABING INSTALLATIONS ASD DECLARING AN ~tERGENCY Alaska: Be It Ordained By The Council Of The ~:it2 Of Kenai, Section !. The Code of the City of Kenai, 1965, is hereby amended '$o add provisions of law to read as follows: Section ~-17. ~ orders: The building official of the City, or his designated repr~tative, shall have the power to order work stopped on the construction, alteration or repair of any construction permitted pursuant to the ordinances and reg- ulations of the city when such work is being done in violation of any ordinance or regulation. ~ork shall not be resumed after the issuance of such a stop order except on written permission of the building official; provided, that if the stop order is an oral one it shall be followed by a written stop order within one hour. public and private buildings and premises, located within Water and Sewer Improvement District #1 of the City of Kenai. As used in this o~inance, "Reasonably safe to persons and property" as applied to plumbing installations means safe to use in the ser- vice for which the installation or equipment is intended without hazard to life, health or property. Section $-21. Installations - Standards; con~.Qrmit~ with laws. Ail installations' oS Plumbing equipment shall be ~easona---~'~y safe to persons and property and in conformity with the provisions of this Code and the applicable statutes of the State of Alaska, and all orders, rules and regulations issued by authority thereof. Section $-22. Same - Conformity with Codes; evidence of safety. Conformity of"~tall~tiOns of p--~bn~-~quipment' with apPlicable regulations set forth in the American Standard National Plumbing Code as published and cqpyright@d by The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (in 1955), with such appropriate variances as may be recognized by ordinance of the 0ity of Kenai shall be prime facie evidence that such installa- tions are reasonably safe to persons and property. Section $-2~. E~uloment; s~andards, conformit~ with laws and ~odes; evidence of safety; soeciaI e~uloment, Th~''" City may authorize the installation of special equipment, and prepare and publish from time to ti.me a book of supplementary rules to clearly indicate which provisions of the National Plumb- Lug Code, or plumbing provisions of any other safety codes, which h~ove bee~ approved by the Americsn Standards Association, and which deal with plumbing equipment installed or used, and which shall not apply to the city, and which rules shall clearly set out whatever rules as to plumbing equipment installed or used, in addition to such codes, shall apply to the city and install.- ations covered by this ordinance. Section ~-24. Connection; auth,rit~. It shall be un- lawful for any person to make connection of plumbing equipment in violation of the provisions of this ordinance. Violations of the provisions relating to plumbing equipment upon conviction thereof may be punished as provided in Section ~-16 of this Code. Section 4-25. Liabili~[; city's immunity; not affect- lng claims. ~nis ordinance shall not be Construed to~fect the respo~lity or liability of any party owning, operating, con- trollin$ or installing any plumbing equipment for damages to persons or property caused by any defect therein, nor shall the city be held as assuming any liability by reason hereof. Section 2. The American Standard Plumbing Code, 1955 edition, also known as American Standard National Plumbing Code (A.~A A40.S-55) hereinafter called "The Plumbing Code" shall be modified in its respective provisions hereinafter called "Sections" and the page numbers set forth herein shall be those of the aforedescribed edition of the Code: (a) Definition of the term "Administrative Authority" is the City Administrator or his duly designated representative, as such representative may be approved by the Council of the City of Kenai, Alaska, to enforce the provisions of the Code. (b) Section 2.17.1 (page 50) shall read as follows: "2.17.1 Sewers and water-service piping shall be installed below the recorded frost penetration, but in no case less than four feet ($') for sewer and eight feet (8') for water piping below grade. tight" . (c) In Section ~.1.1 (page $1) delete the word "~as- tence: line." (d) Add to Section ~.2.$ (page $1) the following sen- "This type of joint shall not be used on an underground (e) Section ~.2.12 (page ~) shall be deleted and Bituminized Fiber Pipe shall not be considered a material that qualifies pursuant to the standards established hereby. -2- (f) Section 10.10.1 (page 78) shall be augmented by the addition of the following sentence to the end of the para- ~raph: "Copper ~ater tube used for underg~o~ud ~ater services s~--~ll be of type "K" and for distribution system shall be of type "L". (g) Section 11.1.~ (page ~) shall be amended to read as follows: "Ail drains within buildings, when under~o~ud, shall be of cast-iron soil pipe with a minimum size of four inche6, unless such other special authorization may be approved by the City Administrator." (h) Section 12.5.2 (page 95) shall be changed to read as follows: "Ail vent terminals shall be enlarged one size, ex- cept four ($) inch or larger size vent terminals, by use of a long increaser at least one foot below the roof." (i) Section 12.21.6 (page 102) shall be added to read as follows: "The diameter of an individual vent for a single closet shall be a minimum of two inches." Section 5. ~ERG~¢¥ DECLARED. An emergency is hereby declared to exist and the rules governing the introduction, read- Lug, passage and approval of this ordinance are hereby suspended and th~s ordLnance s~all be effective i~ediately upon its passage. ~nergency declared ~ day of ~une, 1~. Passed ~day of ~une, Attest: ,~/. Jame.s G. D~e JAI~S G. DYe, ~ayor Frances ~orkils~n,,, F~ances Torkilsen, City Clerk 1 ~Cop o~dor ~copt ~ wl~ten 9a~laot~ oi Ch~ buildin~ oitic~l; p~ided, ~hlC if ~he atop order by · ~tt~en atop order ~/thin <e ho~. becCion 4-20. .A~lceClon og o~dlrmn..~c~;_ het~l~C~ ~ot~rred.-~ .o~ "pithing ecuimp~oc,." ~-ithin.. or ~ p~l/c and private build,naa and pre~looe, located persia and propo~y" an applied ~o pl~b/n~ ins~al~Cl, ono r~an$ eended ~ehout ~z~'ed Co life, health or property, ~$. All ino~ll~i.~o Of pl~bin~ equl~en~ a~ll be ~o~bly all orders, ~uXes and r~gulattona iaa~d by auttto~ty thereof, ~ocCton 4-22. f~am~.Z, Conioem~y ~i~ .~.~d~ ev.kdence O~ ~. Confo~niCy of i~enl~iona of pl~nbing equl~en~ with appli- cabl~ ~eau~elon~ 0o~ fo~h in ~he a~rtcan ~eandard Nst~o~l ini CO~ i~ ~abltahad and c~yri~d by The i~r~car: Society of ~y bo recognized by ordt.~nce of tho City of Kenai ~11 be pr~- flet~ evidence ChoC Such tnatollaciono av~ reasonably safe Co porao~ and pzopor~y. ~uthorLze the install~tion of apec£~l equ£p~ent, and propsre a,d pub- cleo ~.:~h pr~lsin8 of cbs ~mC~l Pl~iflg C~e~ ~ pl~b~s pro- ~tn ~to~rds Assoe~C~on, and ~hich d~l ~tCh pl~i~ ~ rant !naCal~d or ~ed, 8~11 nec ~pply co c~ city, and ~/ch r~el or ~Id, tn a~/Ct~ co such codes, ~helZ apply Co th~ city and /no~ll* mtt~ c~erod by thi~ ordt~nce. Section 4-24. _.Connectioni auChor£CZ. Ic 91~ll be ~la~iul for any ~roon to ~ co~eccton et pl~btn~ eq~nc in vtoh~lon et Ch~ p~ov~ton9 et th.Lo ord~nce. Vtolactoaa et the provisi~ aS provided in 5action 4-16 of Chis Code. Section 4-25. L~abtliCy3_.ckiC_~v'a c~la.~. Thio ordlr~nce shell not be conserved co afteeC the responsi- bility or lt~biXicy of any percy o~fli~.$, operactns, c~Cgo11~ LnI~XXN6 any pl~btn$ equt~anc for ~5es ~o pero~s or pr~rcy ~ by any defect chere~, nor any l~biliCy by roa~on 5eeCLon 2. The American Scan~L~rd Plwnbiz~. Code, 1955 edt~ion~ also 1~ aa Al~rtca~},i~an~rd Nacto~l PX~b~ C~e (A6A A40.~55) h~rei~/ter celled ~'f~Co~" ~ll be n:~/fted ~etpecttve pr~ston9 horo~n~fce~ coiled "~ecCi~a" and'~h~ '~se of the C~e: A~8~, Co enforce Che prevLaLono of (b) ~e~Cion 2.12.1 (~ 30) ~11 read a8 "2. X~.I ~e~0 and ~a~ez-gorvlce p/ping 8hell be /n~a/led beX~ the recorded froot peneCr~tion, buc in ~ c~e ~8~ Chgn ~o~ feet (4*) tOF ~ 8~d eight /mot (8') fo~ ~-t~r pip/,,5 h~l~ ~de. (c) In '=-ecl;£o,, 4.1. l (paGe 41) delete the ~ord (d) Add Co ~ect£on 4.2.4 (p~'..~ 41) Che toXlow£n[t senCeflee: "l~/o typo of jo~nc snell nec 1>~ u~ed aa an u~dor~iround line." -3-