[R.O. 2007 § 515.010; Ord. No. 4726 §§ 1—2, 1-26-2007; Ord.
No. 5607 §§ 1—2, 6-23-2011; Ord. No. 6926, 3-8-2018]
The 2015 International Mechanical
Code®, as published by the International Code Council®, Inc.,
as amended, is hereby adopted as the Mechanical Code of the City;
and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions, and
terms of the 2015 International Mechanical Code® are hereby referred
to, adopted and made part thereof, as if fully set out in this Chapter,
with additions, insertions, deletions, and changes prescribed in this
Chapter.
[R.O. 2007 § 515.020; Ord. No. 4726 §§ 1—2, 1-26-2007; Ord.
No. 5607 §§ 1—2, 6-23-2011]
Throughout the Mechanical Code adopted in Section 515.010, wherever the terms "Name of Jurisdiction" or "Local Jurisdiction" appears, it shall be deemed to mean City of St. Peters.
[R.O. 2007 § 515.030; Ord. No. 4726 §§ 1—2, 1-26-2007; Ord.
No. 5607 §§ 1—2, 6-23-2011]
Throughout the Mechanical Code adopted in Section 515.010, whenever the term "Code Official" or "Mechanical Code Official" appears, it shall be deemed to mean the Building Commissioner.
[R.O. 2007 § 515.040; Ord. No. 4726 §§ 1—2, 1-26-2007; Ord.
No. 5607 §§ 1—2, 6-23-2011; Ord. No. 6926, 3-8-2018]
A.
The Code adopted in Section 515.010 is amended as follows:
1.
101.1. Delete.
2.
106.4 Permit issuance. The application,
construction documents and other data filed by an applicant for a
permit shall be reviewed by the Code Official. If the Code Official
finds that the proposed work conforms to the requirements of this
code and all laws and ordinances applicable thereto, and that the
fees specified in Section 106.5 have been paid, a permit shall be
issued to the applicant. The Code Official may issue integrated building,
plumbing, electrical and/or mechanical permits on a single permit
application.
3.
106.5.2 Fee schedule. (See Appendix
A of Title V of the Municipal Code of St. Peters.)
4.
106.5.3.
Amount due or refunds. The Code Official shall authorize the refunding
of money. The collection of fees due to the City and the refunding
of money shall be as follows:
1)
Refund the full amount of any fee
paid hereunder which was erroneously paid or collected.
2)
Refund ninety percent (90%) or collect
ten percent (10%) of the permit fee when no work has been done on
the site and no plan review is required; or considered a "same as"
permit.
3)
Refund eighty percent (80%) or collect
twenty percent (20%) of the permit fee when no work has been done
on the site and application required a plan review to process a permit.
4)
No refund if permit has been voided;
if work has been stopped; or if any work has been done at the site.
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The Code Official shall not authorize
the refunding of any fee paid, except upon written application filed
by the original permittee not later than one hundred eighty (180)
days after the date of fee payment.
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5.
106.6 Licensing. Any contractor wishing
to enter into the mechanical contracting business within the City
of St. Peters, Missouri, shall first be duly examined and successfully
passed and licensed by St. Charles County, Missouri.
6.
106.6.1 Supervisor. Any firm or corporation
in the business of installing mechanical work shall employ a duly
licensed supervisor, under the provisions of this code, who shall
be responsible for installations made by said firm or corporation.
7.
106.6.2
Use of license by other. No person having obtained a license under
the provisions of this code shall allow their license to be used by
another person, either for the purpose of obtaining permits, or for
doing business or work under the license.
Persons excepted from licensing requirement:
1)
Homeowner in an existing building
owned and occupied by them as their place of residence;
2)
Person doing work in an existing
structure owned and occupied by them as their farm;
3)
Person or public entity servicing
or repairing its own HVACR system with its own personnel specifically
trained for such service or repair;
4)
Person who is an HVACR employee employed
by a licensed HVACR contractor.
8.
108.1.1 Change in use/occupancy. It shall be unlawful to make a change in the use/occupancy of any structure which will subject the structure to any provisions of this Chapter applicable to the new use/occupancy without approval by the Code Official. The certificate of occupancy shall be administered in Chapter 505, Building Code.
9.
108.4 Violation, penalties. Any person,
firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this Chapter,
or who shall fail to comply with any of the requirements thereof,
or who shall erect, construct, alter or repair a structure in violation
of an approved plan or directive of the Building Official, or of a
permit or certificate issued under the provisions of this Chapter,
or shall start any work requiring a permit without first obtaining
a permit, or who shall continue any work in or about a structure after
having been served a stop work order, except for such work that person,
firm, or corporation has been directed to perform to remove a violation
of this code, or who maintains any building or premises in which such
violation shall exist shall be guilty of an offense. Each day that
a violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense.
10.
108.5 Stop work order. Upon notice
from the Code Official, work on any plumbing system that is being
done contrary to the provisions of this code or in a dangerous or
unsafe manner shall immediately cease. Such notice shall be in writing
and shall be given to the owner of the property, or the owner's agent
or the person doing the work. The notice shall state the conditions
under which work is authorized to resume. Any person who removes the
stop work order or continues to work, except such work as that person
has been directed to perform by the Code Official to remove a violation
or unsafe condition, shall be guilty of an offense.
11.
109.1 Application for appeal. A person shall have the right to appeal a decision of the Code Official to the Board of Appeals as established in Chapter 410 of the Municipal Code of the City of St. Peters. An application for appeal shall be based on a claim that the true intent of this code or the rules legally adopted hereunder have been incorrectly interpreted, the provisions of this code do not fully apply, or an equally good or better form of construction is proposed. The application shall be filed on a form obtained from the Code Official within twenty (20) days after the notice was served.
12.
109.1.1 — (unchanged).
13.
109.2 — Delete.
14.
109.2.2 — Delete.
15.
109.2.3 — Delete.
16.
109.2.4 — Delete.
17.
109.2.5 — Delete.
18.
109.2.6 — Delete.
19.
109.3 — Delete.
20.
903.5 Required fire separation enclosures.
All pre-fabricated metal chimneys shall be enclosed in a shaft with
one (1) layer of five-eighth (5/8) inch type "X" gypsum board from
the fireplace connector to the underside of the roof sheathing securely
attached to the framing material. This shall work as a shaft and not
require firestops at floor or ceiling lines. When the chimney is located
on the exterior of the structure, it need only be separated by lining
the exterior wall adjacent to the shaft by one (1) layer of five-eighth
(5/8) inch type "X" gypsum board. All joints are to be tight within
one-eighth (1/8) of an inch or taped with joint compound. Required
clearances shall be maintained between chimney and the gypsum board
per chimney manufacturer's specifications.
21.
Appendix B. (Refer to Appendix A
of Title V of the Municipal Code of St. Peters).
[R.O. 2007 § 515.050; Ord. No. 4726 §§ 1—2, 1-26-2007; Ord.
No. 5607 §§ 1—2, 6-23-2011]
Any person violating any of the provisions
of the code adopted in this Chapter shall be deemed guilty of an offense
and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in an amount not exceeding
five hundred dollars ($500.00) or be imprisoned in the City or County
Jail for a period of not exceeding ninety (90) days, or both such
fine and imprisonment. Each day such violation is committed or permitted
to continue shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable
as such hereunder.
