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ORDINANCE NO. 876
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF VERNON REGULATING THE ERECTION, INSTAL-
LATION, ARRANGEMENT, ALTERATION, ADDITION, REPAIR, RELOCATION,
REPLACEMENT, MAINTENANCE, USE AND OPERATION OF ANY PLUMBING AND
DRAINAGE SYSTEM ON PREMISES WITHIN THE CITY OF VERNON, AND ADOPTING
THE UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE, ITS APPENDICES A THROUGH I AND THE
INSTALLATION STANDARDS, 1976 EDITION, BY REFERENCE
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THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON DOES ORDAIN as follows:
Section 1. Sec. 7.70 of the Vernon City Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 7.70. Uniform Plumbing Code - Adopted by Reference.
The Uniform Plumbing Code, 1976 Edition, its Appendices
A through I and its Installation Standards prepared and
published by the International Association of Plumbing and
Mechanical Officials, except as amended hereinbelow, is
hereby adopted by reference as the Plumbing Code of the
City of Vernon."
Section 2. Sec. 7.71 of the Vernon City Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 7.71. Same - Amendments
The Uniform Plumbing COde, 1976 Edition, as adopted by
the City is hereby amended as follows:
A. Sec. 10.5 is amended to read as follows:
'Authority to Abate
10.5 (a) Any portion of a plumbing system found by the
Administrative Authority to be insanitary as defined
herein is hereby declared to be a nuisance.
(b) Whenever brought to the attention of the
department having jurisdiction that any insanitary condi-
tion exists or that any construction or work regulated
by this Code is dangerous, unsafe, insanitary, a nuisance
or menace to life, health or property, or otherwise in
violation of this Code, the said department may request
an investigation by the Administrative Authority 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 or maintenance thereof or
to repair, alter, change, remove or demolish same as he
may consider necessary for the proper protection of life,
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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 discontinue
supplying gas thereto until such piping or appliance
is made safe to life, health and property.
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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.
(c) Refusal, failure or neglect to comply with
any such notice or order shall be considered a violation
of this Code.
(d) When any plumbing system is maintained in
violation of this Code and in violation of any notice
issued, pursuant to the provisions of this section, or
where a nuisance exists in any building or on a lot on
which a building is situated, the Administrative Authorit
shall institute any appropriate action or proceeding in
any court of competent jurisdiction to prevent, restrain,
correct or abate the violation or nuisance.'
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B. Sec. 20.1 is amended to read as follows:
'Administrative Authority
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20.1 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.'
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C. Sec. 20.2(d) is hereby added to read as follows:
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'(d) The Administrative Authority shall maintain
public office hours necessary to efficiently administer
the provisions of this Code and shall perform the
following duties:
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(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.
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(2) Administer and enforce the provisions
of this Code in a manner consistent with the intent
thereof and shall inspect all plumbing and drainage
work authorized by any permit to assure compliance with
provisions of this Code, approving or condemning said
work in whole or in part as conditions require.
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(3) Issue upon request a Certificate of
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Acceptance for any work approved by him.
(4) Condemn and reject all work done or being
done or materials used or being used which do not, in all
respects, comply with the provisions of this Code.
(5) Order changes in workmanship and/or
materials essential to obtain compliance with all pro-
visions of this Code.
(6) Investigate any construction or work
regulated by this Code and issue such notices and orders
as provided in Sec. 10.5.
(7) Keep a complete record of all the
essential transactions of his office.'
D. Sec. 20.3 is amended to read as follows:
'Violations and Penalties
20.3 Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of
the provisions of this Article shall be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor, and each such person shall be deemed
guilty of a separate offense for each and every day or
portion thereof during which any violation of any of
the provisions of this Article is committed, continued,
or permitted, and upon conviction of any such violation
such person shall be punishable by a fine of not more
than $500 or by imprisonment for not more than six
months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.'
E. Sec. 20.6 is amended to read as follows:
'Application for Permit
20.6 Applications for plumbing permits describing the
work to be done shall be made in writing by a plumbing
contractor, maintenance plumber, or their authorized
representative. Where a license is required by the
State of California, a permit shall not be issued unless
the applicant has such a license.
Applications shall give the location where such
work is to be done, either by street and house number,
by lot, block and tract, or similar description that
will readily identify and definitely locate the propsed
work. The application shall be upon a form specified
by the Administrative Authority of the City of Vernon.
Each such application shall be accompanied by such
plans as may be required by the Administrative Authority.
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F. Sec. 20.7 is amended to read as follows:
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20.7 Every applicant 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.
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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 per-
mitted 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 before the commencement of the work.
In 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.
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When interceptor traps or mobile home site traps
are installed at the same time as a building 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 building sewer by the permittee constructing such I
sewer.
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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, back-
filling of private sewage disposal facilities abandoned
consequent to such connection is included in the permit.
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A fee for each plumbing permit shall be paid to
the City Clerk as set forth by resolution of the City
Council. '
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G. Sec. 20.8 is amended to read as follows:
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'All Work to be Inspected
20.8 All plumbing and drainage systems shall be inspect-
ed by the Administrative Authority to insure compliance
with all the requirements of this Code.
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Reinspection. A reinspection fee may be assessed
for each inspection or reinspection when such portion
of work for which inspection is called is not complete
or when corrections called for are not made. The fee
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for each reinspection shall be $10.00.
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This paragraph is not to be interpreted as requir-
ing reinspection fees the first time a job is rejected
for failure to comply with the requirements of this
Ordinance, but as controlling the practice of calling
for inspections before the job is ready for such
inspection or reinspection. Reinspection fees may be
assessed when the permit card is not properly posted on
the work site, the approved plans are not readily
available to the inspector, for failure to provide access
on the date for which inspection is requested, or for
deviating from the plans requiring the approval of the
Administrative Authority. To obtain a reinspection the
applicant shall file an application therefor, in writing,
upon a form furnished for that purpose, and pay the
reinspection fee as shown above. In instances where
reinspection fees have been assessed, no additional
inspection of the work will be performed until the
required fees have been paid.'
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'ALLOWANCE OF VARIANCE OR EXCEPTION FROM REQUIREMENTS
OF CODE.
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Sec. 20.14 Whenever the Administrative Authority shall
find that changes or modifications in the requirements
contained in this Code are necessary because of local
conditions, he may, in his discretion and subject to
such conditions and limitations as he may impose, relieve
an applicant for a plumbing permit from one or more of
the requirements of this Code, and, without limiting the
foregoing, may authorize the substitution of materials,
types of construction, installation and safety equipment
or devices. No change or modification in the require-
ments contained in this Code shall be authorized as to
any hotel, lodginghouse, motel, apartment house or
dwelling, or portion thereof, or any building or struc-
ture accessory thereto, unless the City Council shall
first make a written finding that such modifications or
changes are needed; make such findings available as a
public record and transmit a copy thereof, together with
the modification or change, to the Department of Housing
& Community Development. The Administrative Authority
shall, prior to 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.
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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, may request
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a hearing before the City Council for the purpose of
obtaining a new or different decision with respect to
said request for a variance or exception. Such request
for a hearing must state the following:
1. The name and mailing address of the applicant
for the purposes of the requested hearing.
2. A method of identification of the application
or applications involved, and the previous decision of
the Administrative Authority or of the City Council, if
any, with respect to each such application.
3. The specific ruling which the applicant re-
quests be made by the City Council with respect to each
such application.
4. A brief summary in non-technical language of
the points or contentions to be made by the applicant
at the requested hearing, which summary shall be suffici-
ent to inform any interested person who may wish to meet
or refute applicant's presentation at the hearing.
The City Council shall set a time and place for
a hearing on such application provided it shall comply
with the foregoing requirements, which hearing shall
take place not more than thirty (30) days after receipt
of the applicant's request. In the event that the
request for hearing does not comply with the foregoing
requirements, no hearing shall be set and the City Clerk
shall advise the applicant of the City Council's findings
and that no hearing shall be set until such requirements
are met. Such latter notice shall be mailed by the
City Clerk to the applicant by United States mail,
postage prepaid, to the address shown on the request
for hearing, and if no adequate address is shown thereon,
the City Clerk shall make a reasonable effort to locate
an address for the applicant, to which the notice may
be mailed and, failing to find such address, no notice
shall be sent.'"
Section 3. Sec. 7.72 of the Vernon City Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 7.72 Work to be Done, Re~orts to be Made, in
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Any person regularly employing one or more plumbers for
the purpose of installation, alteration, maintenance or
repairs on his or its own premises shall make periodic
reports covering all installations, additions or alterations
and shall pay for each thereof the permit fees provided for
in this Ordinance. All such work shall be installed and
done in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance
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and such work shall be subject to inspection by the Adminis-
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Section 4. Sec. 7.73 of the Vernon City Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
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IISec. 7.73 Compliance
Where a building or structure, or a portion thereof, has I
its occupancy changed to a different group, or a different
division of the same group, as defined in the Uniform
Building Code as adopted by ordinance of the City of Vernon,
the plumbing installation in the affected building or
structure or portion thereof shall be made to comply with
the requirements of this Ordinance."
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Section 5. Sec. 7.74 of the Vernon City Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 7.74 Ordinance repealed. All other ordinances or
parts of ordinances thereof in conflict with this Ordinance
are hereby repealed."
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Section 6. Sec. 7.75 of the Vernon City Code is hereby
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"Sec. 7.75 Effect of Permit
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 Article. No permit presuming to give
authority to violate or cancel the provisions of this
Article shall be valid, except insofar as the work or use
which it authorized is lawful.
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
specifications or from preventing construction operations
being carried on thereunder when in violation of this
Article or of any other ordinance or from revoking any
certificate of approval when issued in error."
Section 7. Sec. 7.76 of the Vernon City Code is hereby
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IISec. 7.76 Expiration of Permit
Every permit issued by the Administrative Authority under
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the provisions of this Article 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 date of issuance of such permit, or if the work
authorized by such permit is suspended or abandoned at a.ny
time after the work is commenced for a period of one-hundred
twenty (120) days. Before such work can be recommenced,
a new permit shall be first obtained, and the fee shall be
one-half 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) year."
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Section 8. Sec. 7.77 of the Vernon City Code is hereby
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"Sec. 7.77 Expiration of Application
Applications for which no permit is issued within 180
days following the date of application shall expire by
limitation and plans submitted for checking may thereafter
be returned to the applicant or destroyed by the Administra-
tive Authority. The Administrative Authority may extend
the time for action by the applicant for a period not
exceeding 180 days upon written request by the applicant
showing that circumstances beyond the control of the appli-
cant have prevented action from being taken. In order to
renew action on an application after expiration, the appli-
cant shall resubmit plans and pay a new plan-check fee.1I
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Section 9. Sec. 7.78 of the Vernon City Code is hereby
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"Sec. 7.78 Violatiomand Penalties
Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the
provisions of this Article shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and each such person shall be deemed guilty of
a separate offense for each and every day or portion thereof
during which any violation of any of the provisions of this
Article is committed, continued, or permitted, and upon
conviction of any such violation such person shall be
punishable by a fine of not more than $500 or by imprison-
ment for not more than six months, or by both such fine
and imprisonment."
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Section 10. Sec. 7.79 of the Vernon City Code is hereby
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"Sec. 7.79 Violations of Article a Nuisance
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Every violation of this Article is declared to be a
public nuisance."
Section 11. Sections 7.80 through 7.88, inclusive, of the
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Section 12. Public Hearing
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March 15, 1977, at 2:00 o'clock p.m., or as soon thereafter as
A public hearing shall be convened by the City Council on
8 the matter may be heard, at the (temporary) Council Chambers of
9 the Vernon City Council located at 4305 Santa Fe Avenue, Vernon,
10 California, for the purpose of considering adoption of the 1976
11 Edition of the Uniform Plumbing Code. The City Clerk shall post
12 I a notice of said hearing, in the same manner as provided for the
13 posting of ordinances, stating that said hearing shall be conducted
14 the purpose of said hearing, and the copies of said Code are on
15 file with the City Clerk and are available for public inspection.
16 Such notice shall also be published in accordance with Government
17 Code Section 6060 in the LOS ANGELES DAILY JOURNAL which the City
18 Council finds to be a newspaper of general circulation nearest to
19 the City most appropriate for this purpose.
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Section 13. Posting of Ordinance
21 There being no newspaper printed, published and circulated
22 in the City of Vernon, the City Clerk is hereby directed to certify
23 to the passage of this Ordinance and shall post the same, or cause
24 the same to be posted, in three of the most public places in the
25 City of Vernon, to wit: The northwest corner of 38th Street and
26 Santa Fe Avenue, the northeast corner of Leonis Boulevard and
27 Pacific Boulevard, and on the bulletin board in the lobby of the
28 City Hall of said City, located at 4305 Santa Fe Avenue, all in the
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1 City of Vernon, County of Los Angeles; that this Ordinance shall
2 be in full force and effect thirty (30) days from and after the
3 final passage of the same.
4 ADOPTED AND APPROVED this 15th day of March, 1977.
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4 I, F. A. ZIEMER, City Clerk of the City of Vernon, do
5 hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance, being Ordinance No.
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, was duly and regularly introduced at a regular meeting
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7 of the City Council of the City of Vernon, held on Februarv 15,
8 1977
, and thereafter finally adopted at a regular meeting
March 15, 1977
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9 of said City Council held on
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11 AYES: Councilmen: Gonzales, Kaeser, Malhurg, McCormick,
Ybarra
12 NOES: Councilmen: None
13 ABSENT: Councilmen: None
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AFFIDAVIT OF POSTI~G
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I, F. A. ZIEMER, City Clerk of the City of Vernon, do
8 hereby certify that I did, on the
day of
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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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Signed this 16th
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