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ORDINANCE N0. 566
AN ORDINAICE OF THE CITX OF LYN440OD ADOPTING A
UIUIFORTd PLUT~3ID1G CODE, EXCEPT CERTAIN PORTIONS
OF SAID CODE, S4HICH CODE PROVIDES FOR THE PRO-
TECTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY; REGULATES'
PERMITS FOR THE INSTALLATION OR ALTERATION OF
PLUMBING, GA5, AND DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, AND REGU-
LATES AND DEFINES OTHER MATTERS PERTAINING
THERETO, AND REPEALIArG ORDINANCE N0. 499 OF THE
CITY OF LYNSa00D.
The City Council of the City of Lynwood does ordain as
follows:
Section l: That a certain book, three copies of which are
on file in the office of the City Clerk of the Gity of Lynwood, being
marked and designated as "Uniform Plumbing Code, 1950 Edition, adopted
by t~Testern Plumbing Officials Association at the 20th Annual Conference
October, 1949", be and the same is hereby adopted as the plumbing code
of the City of Lynwood, except that Chapter I and Chapter II and Sec-
tion 303, Subsection (a) of said. code sha.11 be a portion of said code
not hereby adopted.
Section 2; The City Council does hereby find that said afore-
mentioned code regulates the installation of plumbing and- similar work
and that such regulations have been printed as a code in book form as
aforesaid and hereby adopts said code by reference, (except Chapter I
and Chapter IT and. Section 303, Subsection (a) as aforesaid) pursuant
to the authority granted by Government Code 50022 of the State of
California.
Section 3; In lieu of Chapter I and Chapter II of said
Plumbing Code, the following administrative provisions a.re adopted:
a. To provide for the administration and enforcement of
this ordinance, the office of Plumbing Official is hereby created. The
Building Official of the City of Lynwood and his assistant or deputies
shall be deemed- the Plumbing Official of the City of Lynwood and where-
ever in said code reference is made to the Plumbing Official or hie
assistants the same shall be deemed to apply to the Building Official,
and his assistants and deputies.
b. The Plumbing Official shall maintain public office hours
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to efficiently administer the provisions of said code and the amend.-
ments thereto and_ shall perform the following duties and have the
following powers:
(1) Require submission of, examine and check plane and
specifications, drawings, descriptions, and/or
dia.grama necessary to show clearly the character,
kind and extent of plumbing 4vork covered by appli-
cations for a permit and upon approval thereof
shall issue the permit applied for.
(2) Collect a.ll fees for permits issued ae provid_ed by
this code, issue receipts therefor in duplicate,
the duplicate copy of which shall be maintained as
a record of his office.
(3) Inspect all plumbing and drainage work authorized by
.any permit to assure compliance with provisions of
this Code or amendments thereto, approving or con-
demning said work in whole or in part as conditions
require.
(4) Issue a Certificate of Approval for any work approved
by him.
(5) Condemn and re,~ect all work done or being done or
materials used or being used which do not in all
respects comply with tree provisions of this Gode
and amendments thereto.
(6) Order changes in workmanship and/or materials
essential to obtain compliance with all provisions
of this Code.
("]) Investigate any construction or work regulated. by
this code and issue such notices and orders as pro-
vided in Section 4 hereof.
(8) Keep a complete record of all the essential trans-
actions of his office.
(9) Transfer all fees collected by him to the proper
authority provided by law to receive such funds.
(10) Maintain an official register of all persons,
firms, or corporations lawfully entitled to carry
on or engage in the business of plumbing.
Section 4: The Plumbing Official, his assistants and
deputies, shall carry the official badge or credentials of his office
and upon reasonable demand shall present the same. The Plumbing
Official, his assistants and deputies, shall have the right during
usual business hours to enter upon and inspect any and all premises
and buildings in the performance of their duties.
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Section 5: Whenever brought to the attention of the depart-
ment having Jurisdiction that any unsanitary conditions exist or that
any construction or work regulated by this Code is dangerous, unsafe,
unsanitary or a menace to life, health, 'or property or ie in violation
of this Code, the said department may request an investigation by the
Plumbing Official, who upon determining such information to be fact,
shall order any person, firm, or corporation using or maintaining any
such condition or responsible for the use or maintenance thereof to
discontinue the use of or maintenance thereof or to repair, alter,
change, remove or demolish same as he may consider necessary for the
proper protection of life, health or property and in the case of any
gas pipe or piping may order any person, firm or corporation supplying
gas to such pipe or piping to discontinue supplying gas thereto until
such gas pipe or piping is made safe to life, health or property.
Every such order shall be in writing, addressed to the oomer,
agent or person responsible for the premises in which such condition
exists and shall specify the date or time when such order shall be com-
plied. with, which time shall allow a reasonable period in which such
order can be complied with by the person, firm, or corporation receiving
such order but shall never exceed the maximum period for which such
construction can be safely used or maintained in the Judgment of the
Plumbing Official. Refusal, failure or neglect to comply with any
such notice or order shall be considered a violation of this Code.
Section 5: It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or
corporation to carry on or engage in the business of plumbing in the
City of Lynwood unless such person, firm or corporation is duly licensed
to carry on the business of a plumbing contractor by the State of Cali-
fornia and ha.s obtained a business license to do business in the City
of Lynwood as provided. by the ordinances of the City of Lynwood.
Section 7: No person shall do any plumbing work or labor at
the trade of plumbing unless employed by or engaged by a person, firm
or corporation meeting the requirements of Section ~ hereof, aubJect
to the further exceptions provided in Sectio~i 302 and Section 303 of
said Uniform Plumbing Code.
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Section $: Section 303, Subsection (a.) of said Uniform
Plumbing Code shall read ae follows: "No permit shall be issued to
any person, firm, or corporation to do or cause to be done any con-
struction or work regulated by said Plumbing Code except to a person,
firm, or corporation qualified to do business as a plumbing contractor
in the City of Lynwood, pursuant to Section 5, or authorized to do
plumbing work pursuant to Section 6 hereof, subject to the exceptions
provided in Subsections (b) and (e) of Section 303 of said Code".
Section ,9: The issuance or granting of a permit or approval
of plans and specifications shall not be deemed or construed to be a
permit for,. or an approval of, any violation of any of the provisions
of this Code. No permit presuming to give authority to violate or
cancel the provisions of this Code shall be valid, except insofar as
the work or use which it authorizes is lawful.
The issuance of a permit upon plans and specifications shall
not prevent the Plumbing Official from thereafter requiring the cor-
rection of errors in said plans and specifications or from preventing
construction operations being carried on thereunder when in violation
of this Code or of any other ordinance of the City.
Every permit issued by the Plumbing Official under the pro-
visions of this Code shall expire by limitation and become null and
void, if the work authorized by such permit is not commenced within 60
days from the date of such permit, or if the work authorized. by such
permit is suspended or abandoned at any time after the work is commenced
for a period of 60 days. Before such work can be recommenced, a new
permit shall be first obtained so to do.
Section '10: Section 305 of said Uniform Plumbing Code shall
be amended by adding to "Schedule of Feea" a,s follows:
• For ground sprinkling systems and fire protective
sprinkling systems, minimum fee, one to five outlets $y 2.00
Additional outlets:
Ground, each .05
Fire protective, each .10
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Section 11: Any person, firm, or corporation violating any
of the provisions of this code shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not to
exceed X500.00 or by imprisonment in the City or County Jail for not
to exceed 6 months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each
separate day or any portion thereof during which any violation of this
Code occurs or continues shall be deemed to consu iahable asp herein
offense, and upon conviction thereof shall be p
provided. of Lynwood is
Section 12: Ordinance No. X99 of the City
hereby repealed..
.Section 13: The City Clerk is hereby ordered and directed
to certify to the passage of this ordinance and to cause the same to
be published once in the Lynwood Press, a newspaper of general
circulation printed and circulated in the City of Lynvrood.,
First read at a regular meeting of the City Council of
said City held on the 15th day of May, 1951, and finally adopted
and. ordered published at a regular meeting of said Council held
on the 6th day of June, 1951, by the following vote:
Councilmen Bruner, Daetweiler, Sneddon and
AYES:
Willard.
Noes: None.
Absent: Councilman Stroh.
ATTEST:
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA ~
CCUNTY OF LOS ANGELESo ss,
CITY OF LYNWOOD ~
I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the City
of Lynwood, and ex~offieio olerk of the Counoil of said
City, do hereby certify that the above is.a true and
correct copy of Ordinance No. 566 adopted by the
City Council of the City of Lynwood and that same was
passed on the date and by the vote therein stated.
Dated this 8th day of June , 191
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