Ord 069-93 6/15/1993 Ordinance No.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING APPENDIX B, ARTICLE II,
PLUMBING CODE, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE
CITY OF WICHITA FALLS; ADOPTING THE STANDARD GAS
CODE, 1991 EDITION, AS REVISED IN 1992 & 1993 WITH
CERTAIN AMENDMENTS AND DELETIONS
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS,
TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. The publication entitled "Standard Gas Code" , 1991
edition, as revised in 1992 & 1993, a copy of which, authenticated by
the signature of the City Clerk, is on file in the City Clerk's office,
is hereby adopted as the Wichita Falls Gas Code, as fully as if copied
at length herein and the "Standard Gas Code, " 1988 Edition, as revised
in 1989 is hereby repealed in its entirety.
SECTION 2 . The following amendments and deletions are made in the
"Standard Gas Code" as adopted herein:
(1) There shall be added a Subsection 102 .8, which shall read as
follows:
"102 .8. Temporary Gas.
Temporary gas service may be given for construction purposes only.
No clearance for permanent gas shall be given to any building or
premises until a final inspection has been approved by the plumbing
inspector and certificate of occupancy has been issued by the building
inspector. "
(2) Section 105 is hereby amended in its entirety to read as
follows:
"105. Board of Adjustments and Appeals.
105. 1. Board Established; Composition.
The Plumbing and Mechanical Board of Adjustments and Appeals has
been established by Ordinance No. 15-89 and same is hereby incorporated
in this Code as follows:
The Board shall consist of nine (9) members. Such Board shall be
composed of:
One (1) Master Plumber
One (1) Journeyman Plumber
Two (2) Air Conditioning Contractors
One (1) Mechanical Engineer
One (1) Mechanical Contractor
One (1) Lone Star Gas Company Representative
One (1) Representative from Home Building Industry
One (1) Member at large with no direct financial interest in the
construction industry
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105.2 . Terms of Members.
Members shall serve two (2) year staggered terms. Terms shall
expire on December 31, but each member shall continue to serve until
his or her successor is appointed. No member shall serve more than
four (4) consecutive terms.
105. 3. Election of Chairman and Co-Chairman; Duration.
The Board Chairman and Co-Chairman shall be separately selected by
a majority vote of the Board. The Chairman and Co-Chairman shall serve
in such capacity for the duration of their appointed term.
105.4. Appeals.
The Board is authorized to reverse or modify a refusal, order, or
disallowance of the Plumbing and Mechanical Inspector, or vary the
application of any provision of the Plumbing Code or Mechanical Code,
when properly appealed by any aggrieved party. Appeal to the Board
shall be allowed upon the following conditions:
1. Whenever the Plumbing and Mechanical Inspector shall reject or
refuse to approve the manner of installation proposed to be followed or
materials to be used,
2. Or, when it is claimed that the provisions of the Gas Code,
Plumbing Code or Mechanical Code do not apply,
3. Or, that an equally good or more desirable form of
construction can be employed in an specific case,
4. Or, when it is claimed that the true intent and meaning of the
Code or any of the regulations thereunder have been misconstrued or
wrongly interpreted.
5. Notice of appeal shall be in writing upon forms provided by
the Plumbing and Mechanical Inspector and such appeal shall be filed
within thirty (30) days after the decision is rendered by the Plumbing
and Mechanical Inspector or his designee.
105. 5. Decisions of the Board.
105.5. 1. Variances.
A variance of the application of the Gas Code, Plumbing Code or
Mechanical Code may be granted by the Board when, in its opinion, the
enforcement thereof would do a manifest injustice, and would be
contrary to the spirit and purpose of the Gas Code, Plumbing Code,
Mechanical Code or public interest, or when in its opinion, the
interpretation of the Plumbing and Mechanical Inspector should be
modified or reversed.
105.5.2 . Decisions are Final.
A decision of the Board to vary the application of any provision
of the Gas Code, Mechanical Code or Plumbing code or to modify an order
of the Plumbing and Mechanical INspector shall specify in what manner
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such variation or modification is made, the conditions upon which it is
made and reasons therefore. Every decision of the Board shall be
final, subject, however, to such remedy as an aggrieved party might
have at law or in equity. It shall be in writing and shall indicate
the vote upon decision.
105.5. 3 . Recommendations.
In addition to acting on appeals, the Board shall, from time to
time, as may be necessary, submit recommendations to the City Council
for the adoption of new codes or ordinances.
105. 6. Quorum.
Five (5) members of the Board shall constitute a quorum. In
varying any application of the provisions of the Gas Code, Plumbing
Code or the Mechanical Code, or in modifying an order of the Plumbing
and Mechanical Inspector, affirmative votes of the majority present,
but not less than five (5) affirmative votes, shall be required.
105.7. Conflict of Interest.
A board member shall not act in any case in which he or she has a
personal interest.
105.8. Absence of Board Members.
Continued absence of any member from regular meetings of the Board
shall, at the discretion of the City Council, render any such member
liable to immediate removal from office.
105.9 . Records.
The Plumbing and Mechanical Inspector or his designee shall act as
secretary of the Board and shall make a detailed record for all Board
proceedings, which shall set forth the reasons for its decisions, the
vote of each member, and any failure of a member to vote. Such written
record, so taken in form of Board Minutes, shall be reviewed and
approved by the Board at the next regularly scheduled meeting. Such
approved minutes, along with any decisions of the Board, shall be
submitted to the City Council for acceptance.
105. 10. Procedure.
The Board shall establish rules and regulations for its own
procedure not inconsistent with the provisions of this Code. The Board
shall meet at regular intervals, to be determined by the Chairman, or
in any event, the Board shall meet within 10 days after notice of
appeal has been received. Every decision shall be promptly filed in
writing in the office of the Mechanical Official and shall be open to
public inspection. A certified copy shall be sent by mail or otherwise
to the appellant and a copy shall be kept publicly posted in the office
of the Mechanical Official for two (2) weeks after filing.
105. 11. Decisions.
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The Plumbing and Mechanical Board of Adjustments and Appeals
shall, in every case, reach a decision without unreasonable or
unnecessary delay. If a decision of the Plumbing and Mechanical Board
of Adjustments and Appeals reverses or modifies a refusal, order, or
disallowance of the Mechanical Official, or varies the application of
any provision of this Code, the Mechanical Official shall immediately
take action in accordance with the decision. "
(3) Amend Section 106 to read as follows:
"106. Severability Clause.
If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause phrase,
word or words of this Code is for any reason held to be
unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this Code. It is the intention of the City
Council in enacting this chapter that the provision are separable, and
no provision hereof shall be inoperative or fail by reason of the
invalidity of any other provision. "
(4) Section 107 is hereby amended to read as follows:
"107. Enforcement, Legal Procedure and Penalties.
It shall be the duty of the Building Administrator or his designee
to enforce this ordinance. Any person, firm, corporation or agent who
violates, disobeys, omits, neglects or refuses to comply with or who
resists the enforcement of any of the provisions of this ordinance
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor offense punishable by a fine not less
than Fifty ($50.00) Dollars nor to exceed Five Hundred ($500.00)
Dollars. The imposition of one penalty for a violation shall not
excuse the violation nor permit it to continue, and each day that the
violation is maintained shall constitute a separate offense. The
application of such penalty shall not be held to prevent the enforced
removal of prohibited conditions. "
(5) There shall be added Section 108, which shall read as
follows:
"108. Licensing and Bonding of Plumbers.
108. 1. License required.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or
agent to engage in the practice of gas installation in Wichita Falls
without first securing from the State of Texas a proper license issued
by the State Board of Plumbing Examiners at Austin, Texas, pursuant to
The Plumbing License Law, Vernon's Ann. Civ. STat. , ARt. 6243-101, as
it may be amended from time to time.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or
agent to represent themselves as a registered and licensed plumber of
any class set out in this code, or to use falsely the words, plumbing
contractor, journeyman plumber, or plumber, or words of similar import
or meaning on signs, cards, stationery, or by other misleading manner
whatsoever within the City of Wichita Falls, unless said person, firm
or
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corporation is, in fact, registered and holds a valid license within
the meaning of the word used and as provided in this code.
(c) No person, firm, corporation or agent shall be able to apply
or pay for any inspection fee, permit fee, or excavation fee without
presentation of the proper bond and a valid state master plumber's
license. "
(6) There shall be added a Subsection 108.2, which shall read as
follows:
"108.2. Registration required.
Any person, company, firm, partnership or corporation desiring to
engage in the business of gas installation within the corporate limits
of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, shall register with the City of
Wichita Falls, in the plumbing inspector's office, the correct name,
address and telephone number under which they will be doing business. "
(7) There shall be added a Subsection 108. 3 , which shall read as
follows:
"108. 3 . Bond Requirements.
(a) All persons, firms, corporations or agents before engaging in
the gas installation business, shall execute and deliver to the City of
Wichita Falls a surety bond in the sum of Two Thousand ($2, 000.00)
Dollars, payable to the City of Wichita Falls and executed by a company
authorized to do business in the State of Texas. All bonds shall meet
the requirements stated herein.
(b) Bonds shall be conditioned that all gas work shall be done so
that it complies with all the provisions and requirements of this
ordinance and other ordinances of the City relating to gas. The bonds
shall be further conditioned that the City of Wichita Falls will be
fully indemnified against all loss and damage resulting from or in any
way growing out of any negligence of the principal, their agents or
employees. All bonds shall contain the further provision that the
principal will restore, or cause to be restored, in the same manner as
before any portion of any street or alley that was in any way disturbed
for the purpose of making any connection with any water, sewer or gas
pipe in the City.
(c) The bond shall be for the use and benefit of the City and any
person having a cause of action arising out of the gas work done, by
reason of failure to comply with plumbing regulations of the City by
the principal. Once the plumbing inspector has disapproved the work,
the inspector shall notify the principal of the changes necessary for
compliance. Any failure or refusal by the principal to rectify the
work so as to make it comply, then after three (3) days from the time
notice was given, it shall be the duty of the sureties on the bond to
make the required changes. In default of the principal or the sureties
on the bond performing the same, the owner or the City for the owner's
benefit, may have recourse against the principal and sureties on the
bond.
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•(d) All bonds shall run the calendar year and be renewed on
January 1, and no gas work shall be done and no permits issued to any
contracting plumber unless they have a bond in force for the ensuing
year. "
(8) There shall be added Subsection 108.4, which shall read as
follows:
"108.4 . Homeowner.
A plumbing permit may be issued to a homeowner to do gas work
provided that the person applying for the permit resides at the address
to which the permit is issued, he is solely responsible for the
completion of that work, and it passes City and State Codes. "
(9) There shall be added a Section 109, which shall read as
follows:
"109. Lettering of Equipment.
No person, firm, corporation or partnership shall operate plumbing
trucks of any kind in the City of Wichita Falls without the person's or
firm's name painted in a prominent place on such equipment. "
(10) Subsection 306.4.2 is amended to read as follows:
"306.4.2 . Plastics.
Plastic pipe, tubing and fittings shall be joined by heat fusion
method, or by means of compression couplings or flanges. The joining
method used shall be compatible with the materials being joined. The
recommendation of the manufacturer shall also be taken into
consideration when determining which method is to be used. The
following shall be observed when making such joints:
1. Plastic pipe or tubing shall not be threaded.
2. Heat-fusion joints shall be made in accordance with qualified
procedures which have been established and proven by test to produce
gas-tight joints at least as strong as the pipe or tubing being joined.
3 . Heat-fusion joints shall not be made between different kinds
of plastic.
4. Heat-fusion or mechanical joints shall be used when joining
polyethylene (PE) pipe, tubing or fittings. Joints made with
compression couplings shall be assembled in accordance with compression
couplings designed for the use with plastic pipe in natural gas service
shall be used.
5. Flanges or special joints may be used providing they are
properly qualified by the manufacturer and utilized in accordance with
manufacturer's recommendations. Polyethylene (PE) pipe and tubing
shall not be flared. Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe and tubing shall
not be flared unless recommended by manufacturer and only where flared
joints are underground.
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6. When compression type mechanical joints are used, the gasket
material in the fitting shall be compatible with the plastic piping and
with the gas distributed by the gas company. An internal tubular rigid
stiffener shall be used in conjunction with the fitting and the
stiffener shall be flush with end of the pipe or tubing and extend at
least to the outside end of the compression fitting when installed.
The stiffener shall be free of rough or sharp edges and shall not be a
force fit in the plastic. A split tubular stiffener shall not be used.
7. The joint shall be designed and installed to effectively
sustain the longitudinal pull-out forces caused by contraction of the
piping or by external loading. "
(11) Subsection 309. 12 . 1 is deleted.
(12) There shall be added Section 316, which shall read as
follows:
"316. Materials.
(a) Above Ground - Materials for gas distribution pipes, nipples
and fittings shall meet Standard Specification ASTM A-120.
1. Black Steel Schedule 40 pipe and black Schedule 40
nipples.
2 . Black malleable 125 PSI screwed fittings.
3 . Outside gas stops will be black iron body brass core.
(b) Under Ground - Materials.
1. Polyethylene pipe with approved risers and connections.
Plastic pipe and fittings shall conform to ASTM D2513
C.D. SDR11.
2 . Black steel pipe shall be protected against soil
corrosion with approved type coating. Coating shall
extend six (6) inches above finished grade. Couplings
shall be long recessed type. "
(13) Subsection 403 . 1.2 is amended to read as follows:
"403 . 1.2 .
All gas appliances shall have accessible gas shutoff A.G.A.
approved brass lever handle ball valves located no farther than six (6)
feet from the appliance, installed upstream from the union or connector
they serve and in the same room as the appliance. "
(14) Subsection 504 .2.2 is amended to read as follows:
504.2 .2 .
All water heaters installed in attics shall rest in pans of
minimum 0. 0276-inch (24 ga) galvanized sheet steel or approved plastic
pan, with a minimum depth of 1-1/2 inches and of a sufficient size to
receive all drippings or condensation from such water heaters. All
drain pans shall have a minimum 1-inch drain.
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(15) Subsection 507. 11 is deleted.
(16) Subsection 511.8 is deleted.
(17) Chapter 10 is deleted.
(18) Appendix D is adopted.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS THE / SAY OF .-ti�� 1993.
M A Y O R
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
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ORDINANCES WITH RESPECT TO COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PLACING CURB AND GUTTER WICHITA FALLS AMENDING
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