Chapter 15.45 PLUMBING CODE

Chapter 15.45
PLUMBING CODE

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Prior legislation: Ords. 1664, 1765 and 1775.

15.45.010 Adoption of Plumbing Code.

The International Plumbing Code, 2018 Edition, including Appendix Chapter C, is hereby adopted by reference as the Plumbing Code of the City of Gardner, Kansas, and not less than one copy marked or stamped in the manner provided by K.S.A. 12-3010, with all sections or portions thereof intended to be omitted clearly marked and showing portions that are amended and to which shall be attached a copy of amendments, shall be filed with the City Clerk and shall be open to inspection and available to the public at reasonable business hours. Official copies of such code shall be supplied at the cost of the City to the officials and agencies in the manner listed and set forth in K.S.A. 12-3010. Subsequent references to the “Plumbing Code” shall mean the International Plumbing Code, 2018 Edition, published by the International Code Council. (Ord. 2674 § 7; Ord. 2423 § 2; Ord. 2225 § 2; Ord. 2087 § 2. Code 1990 § 4-201)

15.45.020 Amendments to the Code.

The “Plumbing Code,” as adopted by GMC 15.45.010, is hereby amended and changed to read as follows:

A. Section 101.1 of the International Plumbing Code, 2018 Edition, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Title:

Replace the words “Name of Jurisdiction” with the words “City of Gardner, Kansas.”

B. Section 103.1 of the International Plumbing Code, 2018 Edition, is hereby deleted.

C. Section 103.2 of the International Plumbing Code, 2018 Edition, is hereby deleted.

D. Section 106.6.2 of the International Plumbing Code, 2018 Edition, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Fee Schedule – The Governing Body shall establish permit fees by resolution.

E. Section 106.6.3 of the International Plumbing Code, 2018 Edition, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Fee Refunds. The Code Official shall authorize the refunding of fees as follows:

1. The full amount of any fee paid hereunder that was erroneously paid or collected.

2. Not more than seventy-five (75%) percent of the permit fee when no work has been done under a permit issued in accordance with this code.

The Code Official shall not authorize the refunding of any fee paid except upon written application filed by the original permittee not later than 60 days after the date of fee payment.

F. Section 106.7 shall be added to the end of Section 106 of the International Plumbing Code, 2018 Edition, and shall read as follows:

Contractor Licensing. Licensing shall be required as noted in Chapter 15.05 section 105.1.3.

G. Section 108.4 of the International Plumbing Code, 2012 Edition, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Violation Penalties:

Penalties: The violation of any provision of this Code shall be deemed to be a misdemeanor; and any person, firm, association, partnership or corporation convicted thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100.00 or greater than $500.00 per offense; and the City shall further have the authority to maintain suits or actions in any court of competent jurisdiction for the purpose of enforcing any provisions of this Code and to seek civil penalties in the amount of not less than $100.00 or greater than $500.00 per offense and to abate nuisances maintained in violation thereof, and in addition to other remedies, institute injunction, mandamus, or other appropriate action or proceeding to prevent such unlawful erection, insulation, alteration, addition, repair, relocation, replacement, maintenance, or use of any plumbing system or to correct or abate such violation, or to prevent the occupancy of said building, structure or land. Each day a violation of this Code shall continue shall constitute a separate offense.

H. Section 108.5 of the International Plumbing Code, 2018 Edition, is hereby amended as follows:

Replace the words “Amount” with the number “One Hundred (100)” and “Five Hundred (500)” respectively.

I. Section 109.1 of the International Plumbing Code, 2018 Edition, is hereby amended as follows:

Means of Appeal:

The same board as appointed to act as a Board of Appeals for the building code shall act as Board of Appeals for the plumbing code.

J. Section 305.4.1 of the International Plumbing Code, 2018 Edition, is hereby amended as follows:

Building sewers that connect to private sewage disposal systems shall be a minimum eighteen (18") inches below finished grade at the point of septic tank connection. Building sewers shall be a minimum of eighteen (18") inches below grade or at a depth approved by the Building Official.

K. Section 701.3 of the International Plumbing Code, 2018 Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:

All residential duplex units and or condominium units shall have installed separate sanitary sewer service lines to each living unit, from the main line to the living unit.

L. Section 702, Table 702.3 of the International Plumbing Code, 2018 Edition, is hereby amended by removing the following pipes from the approved material list:

Vitrified clay pipe

M. Section 903.1 of the International Plumbing Code, 2018 Edition, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Insert the number twelve (12) in the space that says [NUMBER].

(Ord. 2674 § 7; Ord. 2423 § 2; Ord. 2349 § 4; Ord. 2267 § 4; Ord. 2225 § 2; Ord. 2087 § 2. Code 1990 § 4-202)

15.45.030 Application of other laws.

The provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed to nullify any provisions of the zoning law or any other ordinance of the City of Gardner pertaining to the location, or type of construction of plumbing systems except as may be specifically required by the provisions of this Code. (Ord. 2674 § 7; Ord. 2423 § 2; Ord. 2225 § 2; Ord. 2087 § 2. Code 1990 § 4-203)