Ordinance No. 846
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ORDINANCE NO. 846
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF VERNON REGULATING THE INSTALLATION,
ARRANGEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, USE AND OPERATION OF PLUMBING
AND DRAINAGE SYSTEMS ON PREMISES WITHIN THE CITY OF VERNON.,. AND
ADOPTING THE UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE AND ITS APPENDICES A THROUGH H,
1973 EDITION BY REFERENCE. .
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: The Uniform Plumbing Code and its appendices
7 A through H, 1973 edition, and the installation Standards prepared
8 and published by the International Association of Plumbing and
9 Mechanical Officials is hereby adopted as the Plumbing Code of
10 the City of Vernon.
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SECTION 2: Administration. This Ordinance shall be
12 known as the Uniform Plwnbing Code, may be cited as such and will
13 be referred to in the Ordinance as "this code".
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SECTION 3: Application and Scope. The provisions of
15 this code shall apply to all new construction, relocated buildings
16 portable buildings, commercial coaches, and to any alterations,
17 repairs or reconstruction, except as provided for otherwise in
18 this code.
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SECTION 4: Department having Jurisdiction. The office
of the Administrative Authority is the City Council of the City
of Vernon or whoever may be designated by them by resolution or
minute order from time to time.
SECTION 5: Duties of the Administrative Authority. The
Administrative Authority shall maintain public office hours
necessary to efficiently administer the provisions of this code
a nd shall perform the following duties:
(1) Require submission of, examine and check plans
and specifications, drawings, descriptions, and/or diagrams
necessary to show clearly the character, kind and extent of work
covered by applications for a permit and upon approval thereof
shall issue the permit applied for.
(2) Administer and enforce the provisions of this code
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1 in a manner consistent with the intent thereof and shall inspect
2 all plumbing and drainage work authorized by any permit to assure
3 compliance with provisions of this code, approving or condemning
4 said work in whole or in part as conditions require.
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(3) Issue upon request a Certificate of Acceptance for
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(4) Condemn and rej ect all work done or being done or
8 materials used or being used which do not, in all respects, com-
9 ply with the provisions of this code.
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(5) Order changes in workmanship and/ or materials
11 essential to obtain compliance with all provisions of this code.
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(6) Investigate any construction or work regulated by
13 this code and issue such notices and orders as provided in
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Section 7.
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Keep a complete record of all the essential trans-
16 actions of his office
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SECTION 6: Right of Entry. The Administrative Authority
18 and authorized representatives shall carry proper credentials of
19 their respective office, upon exhibition of which they shall have
20 the right of entry, during usual business hours, to inspect any
21 and all buildings and premises in the performance of their duties.
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SECTION 7: Dangerous and Insanitary Conditions.
(a) Any portion of a plumbing system found by the
24 Administrative Authority to be insanitary, as defined herein, is
25 hereby declared to be a nuisance.
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(b) Whenever brought to the attention of the department
27 having jurisdiction that any insanitary conditions exist or that
28 any construction or work regulated by this code is dangerous,
29 unsafe, insanitary, a nuisance or menace to life, health or pro-
30 perty, or otherwise in violation of this code, the said department
31 may request an investigation by the Administrative Authority who,
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person, firm or corporation using or maintaining any such condi-
tion or responsible for the use or maintenance thereof to discon-
tinue the use 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 piping or gas appliance may order any person, firm or
corporation, supplying as to such piping or appliance to discontinu
supplying gas thereto until such piping or appliance is made safe
to life, health or property.
Every such order shall be in writing, addressed to the
owner, agent or person responsible for the premises in which such
condition exists and shall specify the date or time for compliance
with such order.
14 (c) Refusal, failure or neglect to comply with any such
15 notice or order shall be considered a violation of this code.
16 (d) When any plumbing system is maintained in violation
17 of this code and in violation of any notice issued, pursuant to the
18 provisions of this section, or where a nuisance exists in any
19 building or on a lot on which a building is situated, the Adminis-
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trative Authority shall institute any appropriate action or pro-
ceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction to prevent, restrain,
correct or abate the violation or nuisance.
SECTION 8: Violation and Penalties. Any person, firm
or corporation violating any of the provisions of this Ordinance
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction there-
of shall be fined in an amount not exceeding Three Hundred Dollars
($300.00), or be imprisoned in the County Jail of the County of
Los Angeles, or the City Jail of the City of Vernon, as the com-
mitting magistrate may direct, for not more than ninety (90) days,
or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the
Court. Each day such violation is committed or permitted to con-
tinue, shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable
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as such hereunder.
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 pro-
visions 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 authorized is lawful 0
The issuance or granting of a permit or approval of
plans shall not prevent the Administrative Authority from there-
after requiring the correction of errors in said plans and speci-
fications or from preventing construction operations being carried
on thereunder when in violation of this code or of any other
ordinance or from revoking any certificate of acceptance when is-
sued in erroro
Every permit issued by the Administrative Authority
under the provisions of this code shall expire by limitation and
become null and void, if the work authorized by such permit is not
commenced within one hundred twenty (120) 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 one hundred twenty (120) days. Before such work can be recom-
menced, a new permit shall be first obtained so to do, and the
fee therefor shall be one-half (1/2) the amount required for a new
permit for such work, provided no changes have been made, or will
be made, in the original plans and specifications for such work;
and, provided further, that such suspension or abandonment has not
exceeded one (1) yearo
SECTION 9: Permit required.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to install,
remove, alter, repair or replace, or cause to be installed,
removed, altered, repaired or replaced, any plumbing, gas or
drainage piping work or any fixture or water heating or treating
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1 equipment in a building or premises without first obtaining a per-
2 mit to do such work from the Administrative Authority 0
3 (b) A separate permit shall be obtained for each
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5 (c) No person shall allow any other person to do or
6 cause to be done any work under a permit secured by a Permittee
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8 SECTION 10: Work not requiring Permit.
9 No permit shall be required in the case of any repair
10 work as follows: the stopping of leaks in drains, soil, waste or
11 vent pipe, provided, however, that should any trap drainpipe, soil,
12 waste or vent pipe be or become defective and it becomes necessary
13 to remove and replace the same with new material in any part or
14 parts, the same shall be considered as such new work and a permit
15 shall be procured and inspection made as hereinbefore provided.
16 No permit shall be required for the clearing of stop-
17 pages or the repairing of leaks in pipes, valves or fixtures, when
18 such repairs do not involve or require the replacement or rear-
19 rangement of valves, pipes or fixtures.
20 SECTION 11: Application for Permit.
21 Applications for plumbing permits describing the work
22 to be done shall be made in writing by a plumbing contractor,
23 maintenance plumber, or their authorized representative. Where a
24 license is required by the State of California, a permit shall not
25 be issued unless the applicant has such a license.
26 Applications shall give the location where such work is
27 to be done, either by street and house number, by lot, block and
28 tract, or similar description, that will readily identify and
29 definitely locate the proposed work. The application shall be
30 upon a form specified by the Director of Public Works of the City
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plans as may be required by the Director of Public Works of the
City of Vernono
SECTION 12: Cost of Permit.
Every app licant for a permit to do work regulated by
this code shall state in writing on the application form provided
for that purpose, the character of work proposed to be done and
the amount and kind in connection therewith, together with such
information, pertinent thereto, as may be required.
Any person who shall commence any work for which a
permit is required by this code, without first having obtained a
permit therefor, shall, if subsequently permitted to obtain a
permit, pay double the permit fee fixed by this section for such
work, provided, however, that this provision shall not apply to
emergency work when it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the
Administrative Authority that such work was urgently necessary
and that it was not practical to obtain a permit therefor prior
to the commencement of the work. In all such cases, a permit
must be obtained as soon as it is practical to do so, and if
there be an unreasonable delay in obtaining such permit, a double
fee as herein provided shall be charged.
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, the backfilling or private
sewage disposal facilities abandoned consequent to such connec-
tion is included in the building sewer permito
A fee for each plumbing permit shall be paid to the
City Clerk as set forth by resolution of the City Council.
SECTION 13: All Work to be Inspected. All plumbing
and drainage systems shall be inspected by the Administrative
Authority to insure compliance with all the requirements of
this codeo
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1 SECTION 14: Notification.
2 It shall be the duty of the person doing the work
3 authorized by the permit to notify the Administrative Authority
4 orally,or in writing, that said work is ready for inspection.
5 Such notification shall be given not less than twenty-four (24)
6 hours before the work is to be inspected.
7 It shall be the duty of the person doing the work
8 authorized by the permit to make sure that the work will stand the
9 tests prescribed elsewhere in this code, before giving the above
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11 SECTION 15: Any person regularly employing one or more
12 plumbers for the purpose of installation, alteration, maintenance
13 or repair on his or its own premises shall make periodic reports
14 covering all installations, additions or alterations and shall pay
15 for each thereof the permit fees provided for in this Ordinance.
16 All such work shall be installed and done in accordance with the
17 provisions of this Ordinance and such work shall be subject to
18 inspection by the Director of Public Works in accordance with
19 Section 318 of the Uniform Plumbing Code.
20 SECTION 16: Where a building or structure, or a portion
21 thereof, has its occupancy changed to a different group, or a
22 different division of the same group, as defined in the Uniform
23 Building Code as adopted by ordinance of the City of Vernon, the
24 plumbing installation in the affected building or structure or
25 portion thereof shall be made to comply with the requirements of
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27 SECTION 17: Allowance of Variance or Exception From
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29 find, upon the basis of reliable evidence, information or opinion
30 placed before him that the public health, safety, and welfare will
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conditions and limitations as he may see fit to impose, relieve
an applicant for a plumbing permit from one or more of the require-
ments of this Code, and, without limiting the foregoing, may autho-
rize the substitution of materials, types of installation and
safety equipment or devices. All requests seeking the allowance
of a variance or exception fmm the requirements of this Code shall
be presented to the Chief of the Fire Department for recommenda-
tions if applicable, for allowance or rejection and for the terms,
conditions and limitations, if any, which said Fire Chief and said
Director of Public Works recommend be imposed upon such permit, if
granted. The Director of Public Works shall, prior to his making
his findings, solicit and include therein the recommendations of
other departments of the City, which may be affected by the request
for a variance or exception from the requirements of this Code.
Any applicant for a plumbing permit seeking a variance
or exception from the requirements of this Code, which variance or
exception has been denied or granted subject to the conditions or
limitations, pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this SECTION
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of obtaining a new or different decision with respect to said
request for a variance or exceptiono Such request for a hearing
must state the following:
10 The name and mailing address of the applicant for
the purposes of the requested hearing.
20 A method of identification of the application or
applications involved, and the previous decision of the Director
of Public Works or of the City Council, if any, with respect to
each such application.
3. The specific ruling which the applicant requests
be made by the City Council with respect to each such application.
40 A brief summary in non-technical language of the
points or contentions to be made by applicant at the requested
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1 hearing, which summary shall be sufficient to inform any interest
2 person who may wish to meet or refute applicant's presentation at
3 the hearing.
4 The City Council shall set a time and place for a
5 hearing on such application providing it shall comply with the
6 foregoing requirements, which hearing shall take place not more
7 than thirty (30) days after receipt of the applicant's request.
8 In the event that the request for hearing does not comply with
9 the foregoing requirements, no hearing shall be set and the City
10 Clerk shall advise the applicant of the City Council's findings
11 and that no hearing shall be set until such requirements are met.
12 Such latter notice shall be mailed by the City Clerk to the
13 applicant by United States mail, postage pnepaid, to the address
14 shown on the request for hearing, and if no adequate address is
15 shown thereon, the City Clerk shall make a reasonable effort to
16 locate an address for the applicant, to which the notice may be
17 mailed and, failing to find such address, no notice shall be sent.
18 SECTION 18: If any section, sentence, clause, phrase, or
19 portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or
20 unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent juris-
21 diction, such decisions shall not affect the validity of the
22 remaining portion or portions of this Ordinance.
23 SECTION 19: Every violation of this Ordinance is hereby
24 declared to be a public nuisance.
25 SECTION 20: There being no newspaper printed. published
26 and circulated in the City of Vernon, the City Clerk is hereby
27 directed to certify to the passage of this Ordinance and shall
28 post the same, or cause the same to be posted, in three of the
29 most public places in the City of Vernon, to wit: The northwest
30 corner of 38th Street and Santa Fe Avenue; the northeast corner
31 of Leonis Boulevard and Pacific Boulevard; and on the bulletin
32 board in the lobby of the City Hall of said City, located at
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1 4305 Santa Fe Avenue, all in the City of Vernon, County of Los
2 Angeles; that this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect
3 as of April 15) 1974.
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ADOPTED AND APPROVED this 5th day of
March
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, F. A. ZIEMER, City Clerk of the City of Vernon, do
hereby
certify that the foregoing Ordinance, being Ordinance No.
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, was duly and regularly introduced at a regular meetingd!J
February 5,
Ci ty Council of the City of Vernon, held on }l'Acp1riclcxkiJ . I
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of said City Council held on
March 5 , 1974
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fOllowing vote:
AYES: Councilmen: Gonzales, Malburg, Taverne11i, Ybarra
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT: Councilmen: Anderson
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AFFIDAVIT OF' POSTING
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I, F. A. ZIEMER, City Clerk of the City of Vernon, do
8 hereby certify that I did, on the
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6th
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ORDINANCE NO. 846
one in each of the following
11 places, to wit: At the northwest corner of 38th Street and Santa
12 Fe Avenue, at the northeast corner of Leonis Boulevard and Pacific
13 Boulevard, and on the bulletin board in the lobby of the City Hall
14 of the City of Vernon, located at 4305 Santa Fe Avenue, all in
15 said City, there being no newspaper of general circulation printed
16 and published in the City of Vernon.
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