HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance 75-413ORDINANCE NO. 75 -413
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 68 -269 OF
THE CITY OF TEMPLE CITY BY ADOPTING BY REFERENCE
THE LOS ANGELES - COUNTY PLUMBING CODE AND AMEND-
MENTS AS CONTAINED "IN "THE 1975 EDITION: OF THE
LOS ANGELES COUNTY- BUILDING LAWS PUBLISHED BY
,THE BUILDING NEWS, INC. AND INCLUDING APPENDICES
A, B , C , F , AND G,' AND MAKING OTHER AMENDMENTS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMPLE CITY DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS
SECTION 1. Ordinance No. 68 -269 entitled "Plumbing Code"
adopted July 16, 1968, as codified in Section 8300 et seq. of the
Temple City Municipal Code, is hereby amended by adopting by
reference, except as hereafter provided, that certain Plumbing
Code known and designated as the Los Angeles County Plumbing Code
as contained in the 1975 edition of the Los Angeles County Build-
ing Laws published by Building News, Inc._, including Appendices
A,B,C,F and .G of said Los Angeles County Plumbing Code, and such
code shall be and become the Plumbing Code of the City of Temple
City, regulating plumbing and drainage systems, house sewers,
private sewage disposal systems and prescribing conditions under
which such work may be carried on within the City of Temple City
and providing for the issuance of permits and the collection of
fees therefor.
Three copies of said Los Angeles County Building Laws have
been deposited in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Tem-
ple City and shall be at all times maintained by said Clerk for use
and examination by the public.
Said edition of the Los Angeles County Plumbing Code, except
as hereafter provided, is hereby substituted for, and shall take
the place of, the Plumbing Code set forth in Section 8300 et seq.
of the Temple City Municipal Code and such amending ordinances
previously adopted.
SECTION 2. Whenever any of the following names or terms are
used in said Los Angeles County Plumbing Code, each such name or
term shall be deemed and construed to have the meaning ascribed
to it in this section as follows:
"Administrative Authority ", "Chief Plumbing Inspector" or
"Plumbing Inspector" shall mean the County Engineer of the County
of Los Angeles except in Section 4 of said Plumbing Code.
"Board of Examiners of Plumbers, Gas Fitters, and Sewerage
Contractors" Or "Board of Examiners" shall mean the Board of
Examiners of Plumbers, Gas Fitters, Sewerage Contractors of the
County of Los Angeles established by Section 73 of the said Los
Angeles County Plumbing Code.
"City" shall mean the City of Temple City except in Section 3
of said Plumbing Code.
"County ", "County of Los Angeles" or "unincorporated territory
of the County of Los Angeles" shall mean the City of Temple City.
"Gas Fitting Contractor ", "Journeyman Gas Fitter ", "Journey-
man Plumber ", or "Plumbing Contractor" shall mean a person holding
a valid Certificate of Registration issued by the County of Los
Angeles as set forth in Section 72 of said Los Angeles County
Plumbing Code.
SECTION 3. Section 59 of said Los Angeles County Plumbing
Code is amended to read as follows:
Section 59. COST OF PERMIT
Any person applying for a permit shall, at the time the
application is made, pay to the Chief Plumbing Inspector the
fees set forth in this "Section.
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Except as provided herein, a plumbing permit and a sewer
or private sewage disposal permit shall be required for each
building or installation.
EXCEPTION: 1. Where accessory buildings and /or appur-
tenances, such as laundry rooms, guest houses, bath
houses or swimming pools, are used in conjunction with
a single family residence, are located on the same lot
and under the same ownership, and are erected at the
same time as the main building, all plumbing items may
be combined on one plumbing permit. All buildings and
appurtenances regardless of type, located on the same
lot and under the same ownership may, when being con-
nected at the same time to a common house sewer or to
a common or multiple private sewage disposal system,
be combined on one-sewerage permit.
2. Plumbing work related to occupancy inspection cor-
rective work, as defined in Section 306(a) of the
Building Code, is exempted from further fees when the
total valuation for all the corrective work is under
$1,000.00.
Plumbing permit fees shall be as specified in Table
No. 1.
Sewer and private sewage disposal permit fees shall be
as specified in Table No. II.
For the purpose of this Section, a sanitary plumbing out-
let on which or to which a plumbing fixture or appliance may
be set or attached shall be construed to be a fixture. Built -
in dishwashers shall be construed fixtures whether individually
trapped or not. Fees for reconnection and retest of existing
plumbing systems in relocated buildings shall be based on the
number of plumbing fixtures, gas systems, water heaters, etc.
involved.
When interceptor traps or house trailer site traps are
installed at the same time as a house sewer on any lot, no
sewer permit shall be required for the connection of any such
trap to an appropriate inlet fitting provided in the house
sewer by the permittee constructing such sewer.
When a permit has been obtained to connect an existing
building or existing work to the public sewer, or to connect
to a new private disposal facility, backfilling of private
sewage disposal facilities abandoned consequent to such con-
nection is included in the house sewer permit.
Plumbing permit fees shall be as follows:
TABLE NO. I
For issuing each permit $ 4.50
In addition:
For each plumbing fixture or trap or set of fixtures
on one trap (including drainage, vent, water piping
and btckflow prevention devices therefor)
3.00
For each permanent type dishwasher whether individually
trapped or not 3.00
For each industrial waste pretreatment interceptor
including its trap and vent, excepting kitchen type
grease interceptors functioning as fixture traps 3.00
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For each swimming pool drainage trap and receptor
whether connected to a-building drain or a
building sewer (water: supply for pool not included) - - -$ 3.00
For each gas piping system of one to five outle_ta --
,.::or alteration or retest of. existing gas piping system -- 3.00
For each additional outlet over five .45
For each gas pressure regulator other than appliance
regulators •45
For each water heater and /or vent 3.00
For repair or alteration.of drainage and /or vent piping 3.00
For each piece Of, water - treating equipment and /or water
piping installed without accompanying plumbing 3.00
For lawn sprinkler systems on any one meter including
backflow prevention devices therefor 3.00
For backflow prevention devices on unprotected water
supplies, pools, tanks, vats, etc., (including
incidental water piping)•one to five 3.00
For each additional device over five. .45
For each building drain installed without accompanying
plumbing 3.00
TABLE'NCL II
For issuing each permit 4.50
In addition:
For the connection of a house sewer to a public sewer
or for the extension of a house sewer lateral onto
a lot for future use (separate permit required for
each such connection-or-extension)
For each house sewer manhole
10.50
10.50
For the installation of a. section of house sewer for
future use 4.50
For the connection of each additional building or
additional work to a house sewer 4.50
For the connection of a house .sewer to a private
sewage disposal system 4.50
For each private sewage disposal system (septic . tank
and seepage pit or pits and /or drainfield 15.00
For each cesspool, overflow seepage pit, percolation
test pit, swimming pool drywell, or drainfield
extension or replacement 7.50
For disconnection, abatement, alteration or repair of
any house sewer or private sewage disposal system
or part thereof. 4.50
SECTION 4. Section 324 of the Plumbing Code of the City of Temple
City shall read as follows:
SECTION 324. Violation and Penalties. Every person who
violates any of the provisions of this Code is guilty of a mis-
demeanor and each such person shall be deemed guilty of a
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separate offense for each and every day or portion thereof
during which any violation of any of the provisions of this
Code is committed, continued; or permitted, and upon con-
viction is punishable by a.fine not exceeding $500 or by
imprisonment in the County Jail for a period not exceeding
six months or by both such fine and imprisonment.
SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of
this Ordinance and to its approval by the Mayor and shall cause
the same to be published in the Temple City Times, a newspaper of
general circulation, printed, published and circulated in the City
of Temple City.
APPROVED and ADOPTED this 5th
ATTEST:
G4,21te-ki
Deputy City C er
day of August, 1975.
I, Chief Deputy City Clerk, do hereby certify that the fore-
going Ordinance, being Ordinance No. 75 -412, was introduced at a
regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Temple City
held on the 15 day of July , 1975, and was duly passed, approved
and adopted by said Council, approved and signed by the Mayor and
attested by the City Clerk, at a regular meeting of the said City
Council held on the 5th day of August , 1975, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen- Dennis, Merritt, Tyrell, Gilbertson
NOES: Councilmen-None
ABSENT: Councilmen- Greenberg
Deputy p ut Cit Cler y y Clerk
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