Ord 83-2006 10/17/2006 .
ORDINANCE NO. g3" 0�
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WICHITA
FALLS, TEXAS, AMENDING PART II OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES AT CHAPTER 22, BUILDINGS AND BUILDING
REGULATIONS, AT ARTICLE IV, PLUMBING CODES; FINDING AND
DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE
WAS PASSED WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY
LAW.
WHEREAS, Building and Code Administration recommends the change in the
2000 International Plumbing Code, as amended herein; and
WHEREAS, the City Council concurs with such adoption.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. The existing language of Section 22-482 of the Code of Ordinances
is hereby amended to read as follows:
P312.2 Drainage and vent water test. A water test shall be applied to the
drainage system either in its entirety or in sections. If applied to the entire system, all
openings in the piping shall be tightly closed, except the highest opening, and the
system shall be filled with water to point of overflow. If the system is tested in sections,
each opening shall be tightly plugged except the highest openings of the section under
test, and each section shall be filled with water, but no section shall be tested with less
than a 5-foot (3048 mm) head of water. In testing successive sections, at least the
upper 10 feet (3048 mm) of the next preceding section shall be tested so that no joint or
pipe in the building, except the uppermost 10 feet (3048 mm) of the system, shall have
been submitted to a test of less than a 5-foot (3048 mm) head of water. The water shall
be kept in the system, or in the portion under test, for at least 15 minutes before
inspection starts. The system shall then be tight at all points.
SECTION 2. It is the intention of the City Council of the City of Wichita Falls,
Texas, that the provisions of this ordinance shall become a part of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, and that sections of this ordinance may
be renumbered or re-lettered to accomplish such intention.
SECTION 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby
repealed.
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SECTION 4. Should any word, phrase, paragraph, section or portion of this
ordinance or the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, be held to be void or
unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of said
ordinance or the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, which shall remain in full
force and effect.
SECTION 5. It is officially found and determined that the meeting at which this
ordinance was passed was open to the public and required by law."
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 17th day of October, 2006.
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