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Home My Public Portal AboutORD 177-08-13_Back Flow Prevention_08202013ORDINANCE NO. 177-08-13 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 8-2-43 AND 8-2-46 OF THE CITY OF IONA CODE, RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS FOR BACK -FLOW PREVENTION DEVICES OR ASSEMBLIES AND FOR LAWN SPRINKLER SYSTEMS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR PRESERVATION OF PRIOR ORDINANCE, ESTABLISHING METHODOLOGY AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF IONA, IDAHO, THAT: Section 1. Amendment of Section 8-2-43, Iona City Code. Section 8-2-43 of the City Code of Iona, Idaho, is amended as follows: 8-2-43: BACK -FLOW PREVENTION ASSEMBLIES AND DEVICES: (A) It shall be unlawful to install, relocate or remove a back -flow prevention assembly without a permit, as provided in this section. Back -flow prevention assemblies shall be installed by the proper owner, tenant, occupant, lessee or other user of City water where the nature and extent of the activities conducted or the materials used or stored on the premises would present a hazard to the public health or be deleterious to the quality of the City water supply should a cross -connection occur. Even though cross -connections may not exist at the time, back -flow prevention assemblies shall be installed under circumstances including, but not limited to the following: 1. Premises having an auxiliary water supply; 2. Premises having internal cross -connections that are not correctable, or having intricate plumbing which make it impracticable ascertain whether or not cross -connections exist; 3. Premises where entry is restricted so that inspections for cross -connections cannot reasonably be made; 4. Premises having a history of cross -connections being established or re-established; 5. Premises on which any substance is handled under pressure so as to permit the entry of substance into the public water supply; (B) "Exhibit D" 6. Premises having pumps or devices which may affect the pressure within any line connected to the City water supply. (C) All back -flow prevention assemblies shall be installed in accor nce with the Uniform Plumbing Code, as is presently adopted by the City or may be amended hereafter. All such assemblies shall also be installed in accor ance with the Cross - Connection Control Manual, 7th Edition, published in Nove ber2012 by the Pacific Northwest Section, American Water Works Association Cross -Connection Control Committee. The City Clerk shall at all times maintain a copy of such Cross - Connection Control Manual in the offices of the City Clerk. Such copy shall contain a certification issued by the City Clerk that such copy has been filed for use and examination by the public. (D) All back -flow prevention assemblies or devices shall be installed by the property owner at his/her expense and shall be of a type commensurate with the degree of hazard which exists or which could exist. An air -gap separation or a reduced pressure principle back -flow prevention assembly shall be installed where the public water supply may be contaminated with sewage, industrial waste of a toxic nature, or other contaminant which could cause a public health hazard. In all other cases where the contaminant may be objectionable but not hazardous to the public health, a double check valve assembly, an air -gap separation, or a reduced pressure principle back -flow prevention assembly shall be installed. All back -flow prevention assemblies or devices and the installation thereof shall be approved by the City Plumbing Inspector or his or her designated representative. (E) All back -flow prevention assemblies and devices installed pursuant to this Chapter, except atmospheric vacuum breakers, shall be inspected and tested by a certified tester at the time of initial installation and annually thereafter, or more often if deemed necessary by the City. Whenever a back -flow prevention assembly is found to be defective, it shall be repaired, overhauled, replaced and re -tested at the owner's expense. The City shall retain adequate records of all inspections, tests or repairs made pursuant to this Chapter. (F) If a back -flow prevention assembly is found to be necessary, the owner, tenant, occupant or lessee of the property shall apply in writing to the City Clerk for an installation permit, specifying the type and location of such assembly or assemblies. It shall be unlawful to install, relocate or remove a back -flow prevention assembly or device without a permit. Section 2. Amendment of Section 8-2-46, lona City Code. Section 8-2-46 of the City Code of lona, Idaho, is amended as follows: 8-2-46 PERMIT REQUIRED FOR LAWN SPRINKLER SYSTEM: No person shall install, construct or connect any lawn sprinkler system, pump or device to the City water system, without first obtaining a permit therefore from the City Clerk. Such person shall complete an application for such installation, the name, address and telephone of the professional installer, if any, and a detailed description of the system, including the specific location and configuration of all back -flow prevention assemblies and devices installed in conjunction therewith. Prior to the issuance of such permit, the applicant shall pay a permit fee in the amount of Forty -Five Dollars ($45.00). Section 3. Severability. The sections and subsections of this Ordinance are severable. The invalidity of any section or subsection shall not affect the validity of the remaining sections or subsections. Section 4. Methodology. For the purpose of this Ordinance, text that is underlined in the preceding sections means new text added to the former Ordinance or City Code Section, and text that is stricken through means text that is being deleted from the former Ordinance or Code Section. Text that is moved from one location in the former Ordinance to another is similarly shown as underlined text. Section 5. Preservation of Prior Ordinance. The sections of the City Code repealed or amended by this Ordinance shall be preserved to the extent necessary to allow the arrest, prosecution and punishment of any person who violates such provisions prior to the effective date hereof. Section 6. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become effective on its passage, execution and publication in the manner provided by law. PASSED BY THE COUNCIL AND APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this,.- 'day of , 2013. Brad Andersen Mayor 3 ATTEST: Juli- ammond Clerk IDAHO ) )ss. of Bonneville ) I, JULIE HAMMOND, CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF IONA, IDAHO, DO HEREBY CERTIFY: That the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of the Ordinance entitled: "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 8-2-43 AND 8-2-46 OF THE CITY OF IONA CODE, RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS FOR BACK -FLOW PREVENTION ASSEMBLIES AND DEVICES AND FOR LAWN SPRINKLER SYSTEMS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR PRESERVATION OF PRIOR ORDINANCE, ESTABLISHING METHODOLOGY AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE." GAWPDATAIDWS12708 City d bna1ORD1Permla.Spnnkler.ORD.v3.wpdsm r Julie = mmond City lerk 4 CITY OF IONA PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The City of Iona's Council has scheduled a Public Hearing on the evening of August 20, 2013 at the Iona Community Center, which is located at 3548 N Main St, Iona, ID. The purpose of the hearing is to consider issuance of permits for back -flow prevention devices or assemblies and for lawn sprinkler systems. Written comments will be accepted up to seven days prior to the hearing. The public is invited to attend and public comment is encouraged. Any person needing special accommodations to participate in the above noticed meeting should contact the City Office the day before the meeting at 523-5600 Published: July 31, 2013 333 Northgate Mile CITY OF IONA PO BOX 487 PR Post Register Idaho Falls, ID 83401 July 31, 2013 IONA ID 83427 Account #: 00050110 Legal Notice: PUBLIC HEARINGBACK-FLOW PREVENTION Published 1 Days between 07/31/2013 and 07/31/2013 Please refer to Ad #: 582954 Total Cost: $24.23 (208) 522-1800 Please include Ad # and Account # with payment. If you have questions concerning this bill, please contact Staci @ extension 1164. THANK YOU! Proof of Publication The Post Register State of Idaho Bonneville County: I, -Hilary—NV-In or Staci Dockery, first being duly sworn, depose and say: That I am the Cla anager or Legal Notice Representative of the Post Company, a corporation of Idaho Falls, Bonneville County, Idaho, publishers of The Post Register, a newspaper of general circulation, published Tuesday through Sunday at Idaho Falls, Idaho; said Post Register being a consolidation of the Idaho Falls Times, established in the year 1890, The Idaho Register, established in the year 1880, and the Idaho Falls Post, established in 1903, such consolidation being made on the First day of November 1931, and each of said newspapers have been published continuously and uniterruptedly, prior to consolidation, for more than twelve consecutive months and said Post Register having been published continuously and uninterruptedly from the date of such consolidations up to and including the last publication of notice hereinafter referred to. That the notice, of which a copy is hereto attached and made a part of this affidavit, was published in said Post Register under this ad number: 582954, for 1 consecutive (days) weeks, between 07/31/2013 and 07i31/2013, and that the said notice was published in the regular and entire issue of said paper on the respective dates of publication, and that such notice ,s published in the ewspaper and not in a supplement. SubscrNktolitili Usiwir to before me, this 31 day of July 2013 Itz..'NOTA `;%-%%= Ry � PLiBLIC 1� v‘` '11!ifflflFiUV1 STATE OF IDAHO COUNTY OF BONNEVILLE attached jurat SS. Notary Public My Commission expires: 7/3 U2013 Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 31 day of July 2013, before me, the undersigned, a Notary public for said state, personally appeared IIihuy Wittor Staci Dockery, known or identified to me to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument, and being by me duly sworn, declared that the statements therein are true, and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same, IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have herunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written. 2 Za126- - 0/e/45 Notary Public for The ost Company Residing at: Idaho Falls My Commission expires: 7/31/2013 CITY OF IONA PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The City of lona's Council has scheduled ya Public Hearing on the evening of_August 20, 2010 at the Iona Community Center, which is located-fif 3548 N Main St, Iona, ID. The purpose of the hearing is to consider issuance of permits fbr back -flow prevention devices or assemblies and for lawn sprinkler systems. Written comments will be accepted up to seven days prior to the hearing. The public is invited to attend and public comment is encouraged. Any person needing special accommodations to participate in the above noticed meeting should contact the City Office the day before the meeting at 523-5600. Published: July 31, 2913 (582954)