Chapter 15.12
MECHANICAL CODE
Sections:
15.12.020 Future amendments and additions.
15.12.030 Violation – Enforcement – Penalties.
15.12.010 Adopted.
The International Mechanical Code, and the International Fuel Gas Code, 2015 Edition, published by the International Code Council, as amended by the Washington State Building Code Council and published as Chapter 51-52 WAC, are hereby adopted by the city in their entirety as its mechanical code and the code is incorporated in this chapter by reference; except as follows:
The standards for liquefied petroleum gas installation shall be the 2004 NFPA 58 (storage and handling of liquefied petroleum gases) and the 2006 Edition of ANSI Z223.1/NFPA 54 (National Fuel Gas Code).
Section 101.1 shall read:
Title.
These regulations shall be known as the Mechanical Code of the City of Grandview, hereinafter referred to as “this code.”
Section 106.5.2 shall read:
Fee schedule.
The fees for mechanical work shall be as indicated in the Grandview Municipal Code 15.70.020 Exhibit C Table No. 3-A.
Section 106.5.3 shall read:
Fee refunds.
The code official shall authorize the refunding of fees as follows.
1. The full amount of any fee paid hereunder which was erroneously paid or collected.
2. Not more than 50 percent of the permit fee paid when no work has been done under a permit issued in accordance with this code.
3. Not more than 50 percent of the plan review fee paid when an application for a permit for which a plan review fee has been paid is withdrawn or canceled before any plan review effort has been expended.
The code official shall not authorize the refunding of any fee paid, except upon written application filed by the original permittee not later than 180 days after the date of fee payment.
Section 108.4 shall read:
Violation penalties.
Persons who shall violate a provision of this code or shall fail to comply with any of the requirements thereof or who shall erect, install, alter or repair mechanical work in violation of the approved construction documents or directive of the code official, or of a permit or certificate issued under the provisions of this code, shall be punished as set forth in GMC 15.72.010.
Section 108.5 shall read:
Stop work orders.
Upon notice from the code official that mechanical work is being done contrary to the provisions of this code or in a dangerous or unsafe manner, such work shall immediately cease. Such notice shall be in writing and shall be given to the owner of the property, or to the owner’s agent, or to the person doing the work. The notice shall state the conditions under which work is authorized to resume. Where an emergency exists, the code official shall not be required to give a written notice prior to stopping the work. Any person who shall continue any work on the system after having been served with a stop work order, except such work as that person is directed to perform to remove a violation or unsafe condition, shall be liable for a fine of not less than $200 dollars or more than $500 dollars.
(Ord. 2016-18 § 1; Ord. 2013-19 § 1; Ord. 2011-4 § 1; Ord. 2008-3 § 2).
15.12.020 Future amendments and additions.
All future amendments and additions to the 2015 Edition of the International Mechanical Code adopted in GMC 15.12.010, when printed and a copy thereof has been filed with the appropriate department, shall be considered and accepted as amendments and additions to this chapter. (Ord. 2016-18 § 1; Ord. 2013-19 § 2; Ord. 2011-4 § 2; Ord. 2008-3 § 2).
15.12.030 Violation – Enforcement – Penalties.
Violations of this chapter shall be enforced and penalties imposed in accordance with Chapter 15.72 GMC. (Ord. 2016-18 § 1; Ord. 2010-15 § 1; Ord. 2008-3 § 2).