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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance No. 2489-2010the of KENAI. ALASKA Sponsored by: Administration and Building Official CITY OF KENAI ORDINANCE NO. 2489 -2010 AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, AMENDING KMC CHAPTER 4.15.015, LOCAL AMENDMENTS TO THE 2006 UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE, TO DELETE THE LOCAL REQUIREMENT THAT UNDERGROUND WATER SERVICE PIPE LESS THAN TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER MUST BE IN COPPER. WHEREAS, the City has adopted the Uniform Plumbing Code, 2006 Edition, of the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials, including the appendices; and, WHEREAS, as part of the process of adopting the 2006 Uniform Plumbing Code, the City made certain additions, deletions, and amendments to better suit the needs of the City and the unique building and construction circumstances present in a subarctic building and maintenance environment; and, WHEREAS, upon further review, the City's Building Official recommends that the local requirement imposed by the City to requiring that underground water service piping of less than two inches be copper is not a necessary standard in Kenai and that retention of that local amendment could unnecessarily increase building costs in the City while providing no discernable benefit or protection of the public better than the standards already included in the 2006 Uniform Plumbing Code as drafted. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, as follows: Section 1. Form: This is a Code ordinance. Section 2. Amendment of Section 4.25.015 of the Kenai Municipal Code: The Kenai Municipal Code, Section 4.25.015, Local amendments to the 2006 Uniform Plumbing Code, is hereby amended as follows: 4.25.015 Local amendments to the 2006 Uniform Plumbing Code. 413.1 Fixture Count. Revise by deleting "Table 4 -1" and inserting 2006 International Building Code, Chapter 29 and Table 2902.1. 508.5 Relief Valve Discharge. Delete Section 508.5 603.4.8 Water Cooled Compressors, Degreasers. New Text Underlined; [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] Ordinance No. 2489 -2010 Page 2 of 2 Amend section by adding a second paragraph to read as follows: Installation, operation or use of air conditioning or cooling units employing water or other fluid as a cooling agent without a recovery and recirculation unit is prohibited. [604.0 MATERIALS. ADD THE FOLLOWING TO SECTION 604.1: "UNDERGROUND WATER SERVICE PIPING LESS THAN 2" IN SIZE MUST BE COPPER. 604.2 Materials Copper Tube. Delete the words "or underground outside of structures" in the Exception. 608.7 Vacuum relief valves. Add the following after "elevation "more than one story." 701.1.2 Sanitary drainage. Delete the words "Chapter 15, Firestop Protection" and replace "the building code as adopted by KMC." 704.3 Fixture connections (drainage). Delete the second and third sentences. 801.3 Bar and Fountain Sink Traps. Delete the words "5 feet" from the last sentence and substitute the words "15 feet." 811.9 Chemical Wastes Dental Vacuum Systems. Add a new section as follows: 811.9 Vacuum dental systems may be installed with Schedule 40 PVC pipe and fittings, above and below grade. Piping and fittings installed in plenums or penetrating fire rated assemblies shall have a flame spread index of not more than 25 and a smoke- developed rating of not more than 50 when tested in accordance with the test for Surface Burning Characteristics of Building Materials, or to be protected by an approved fire and smoke rated material. 903.1.2 Vents; materials. Delete reference to "Chapter 15 Firestop Protection" and replace with "the Building Code as adopted by KMC." New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] h the words Ordinance No. 2489 -2010 Page 2 of 2 TABLE 10 -1 Horizontal Distance of Trap Arms. Add and after Horizontal Distance of Trap Arms and add the following below Table 10 -1. Trap arms for residential floor drains may be extended beyond the limits of Table 10 -1 to where they pass under the nearest wall before installing the required vent. A maximum of two (2) unvented floor drains may be installed in residential garages. Each drain shall have a two -inch (2 minimum trap and trap arm and two -inch (2 floor drain. The tail piece need not be vented. Both traps must tie into the main building drain separately. 1007.0 Trap Seal Protection. Amend section by adding the following exception: Exception: R -3 occupancies (one- and two- family dwelling units). 1101.5 Subsoil Drains. Amend Section 11.01.5. 1 by adding to the beginning of the paragraph: When required by the administrative authority... 1101.9 Filling Stations and Motor Vehicle Washing Establishments. Amend Section 1101.9 by adding to the beginning of the paragraph: When required by the administrative authority... 1101.11.1 Primary Roof Drainage. Delete the first sentence and replace with the following, to read as follows: Roof areas of a building shall be drained by roof drains, gutters, scuppers, or sheet flow off the edge of the roof. CHAPTER 12 Fuel Piping. Chapter 12 has not been adopted. Refer to the International Fuel Gas Code. The sizing methods in Section 1217 shall be considered acceptable methods of sizing gas piping. 1316.0 Materials Medical Gas Systems. Amend Section 1316.4 by adding a second paragraph as follows: Vacuum dental systems may be installed with Schedule 40 PVC pipe and fittings, above and below grade. Piping and fittings installed in plenums or penetrating fire rated assemblies shall have a flame spread index of not more New Text Underlined' [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] Ordinance No. 2489 -2010 Page 2 of 2 than 25 and a smoke- developed rating of not more than 50 when tested in accordance with the test for Surface Burning Characteristics of Building Materials, or to be protected by an approved fire and smoke rated material. Section 3. Severability: If any part or provision of this ordinance or application thereof to any person or circumstances is adjudged invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall be confined in its operation to the part, provision, or application directly involved in all controversy in which this judgment shall have been rendered, and shall not affect or impair the validity of the remainder of this title or application thereof to other persons or circumstances. The City Council hereby declares that it would have enacted the remainder of this ordinance even without such part, provision, or application. Section 4. Effective Date: Pursuant to KMC 1.15.070(1), this ordinance shall take effect one month after adoption. PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, this 16th day of June, 2010. ATTEST: t pp Nc /��y'' Carol L. Freas, City Clerk �CJ fC..t (iii PAT PORTER, MAYOR New Text Underlined; [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] Introduced: June 2, 2010 Adopted: June16, 2010 Effective: July 16, 2010 of/ KENAI, ALASKA MEMO: Thank you for your attention in this matter. 'Village with a Past, Cc with a Future" 210 Fidalgo Avenue, Kenai, Alaska 99611 77942 o„ Telephone: 907- 283 -7535 FAX: 907- 283 -3014 1 I i TO: City Council p FROM: Rick Koch DATE: May 27, 2010 SUBJECT: Ordinance 2489 -2010 The purpose of this correspondence is to request your approval of the above referenced Ordinance. The effect of your approval will be to delete a local amendment to the Uniform Plumbing Code which requires all water service piping under 2" in size to be copper. There are a number of alternative materials that are allowed under the Uniform Plumbing Code, HDPE (high density polyethylene) piping is one that is commonly used. 1992