[Ord. No. 2468 § 1, 6-18-2007; Ord. No. 2683 § 1, 4-16-2012; Ord.
No. 2773 § 1, 6-16-2014; Ord. No. 2951, 3-19-2018]
A certain document, one (1) copy of which is on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Centralia, Missouri, being marked and designated as the "International Fuel Gas Code — 2015 Edition," as published by the International Code Council, Inc., be and is hereby adopted as the Fuel Gas Code of the City of Centralia, Missouri, for the control of buildings and structures as provided herein; and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of such "International Fuel Gas Code — 2015 Edition," published by the International Code Council, Inc., on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Centralia, Missouri, are hereby referred to, adopted and made a part hereof as if fully set out in this Chapter, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes as hereinafter prescribed in Section
5-42 and Section
5-43.
[Ord. No. 2468 § 1, 6-18-2007; Ord. No. 2683 § 1, 4-16-2012; Ord.
No. 2773 § 1, 6-16-2014; Ord. No. 2951, 3-19-2018]
A. Wherever (name of jurisdiction) appears in this code, it shall read
"City of Centralia, Missouri."
B. Wherever "Department of Inspection" appears in this code, it shall
read "Department of Resource Management of Boone Country, Missouri."
C. Wherever "Chief Appointing Authority of the Jurisdiction" appears
in this code, it shall read "Mayor of the City of Centralia, Missouri,
with the advice and consent of a majority of the members of the Board
of Aldermen of the City of Centralia, Missouri."
[Ord. No. 2468 § 1, 6-18-2007; Ord. No. 2683 § 1, 4-16-2012; Ord.
No. 2773 § 1, 6-16-2014; Ord. No. 2951, 3-19-2018]
The International Fuel Gas Code — 2015 Edition is amended
by additions, deletions, and changes including the changing of Articles,
Sections, Subsections, Subsection Titles, and the addition of new
Sections and new Subsections to read as follows:
1. Section 101.2 Add Exception 2:
Exception 2: As an alternative to the provisions of this code,
fuel-gas piping systems, fuel-gas utilization equipment and related
accessories in existing buildings that are undergoing repairs, alterations,
changes in occupancy or construction of additions shall be permitted
to comply with the International Building Code or other applicable
codes.
2. Section 101.3 Delete in its entirety and add:
Section 101.3 Appendices: Appendices A, B, and C are adopted
as part of this code.
3. Section 103 is retitled to read:
Section 103 Resource Management Department.
4. Section 103.1 Delete in its entirety and add:
Section 103.1 General. The Resource Management Department previously
created by the Boone County Commission is the enforcement agency for
this code and the executive official in charge thereof shall be known
as the Building Official or the Code Official.
5. Section 103.2 Delete in its entirety and add:
Section 103.2 Appointment. The Director of Resource Management
shall be appointed by the Boone County Commission.
6. Section 103.3 Delete in its entirety and add:
Section 103.3 Deputies. In accordance with the prescribed procedures
of Boone County and with the concurrence of the Boone County Commission,
the Director of Resource Management shall have the authority to appoint
a Deputy Building Official, and related technical officers, inspectors,
plan examiners and other employees. Such employees shall have the
powers as delegated by the Building Official.
7. Section 106.3.1 Construction documents: Add to Exception:
Buildings or structures exempt from these requirements are as
follows:
c. Commercial or industrial buildings having less than one thousand
two hundred (1,200) square feet of floor area, or which provides for
the employment, assembly, housing, sleeping or eating of not more
than nine (9) persons; or
d. Any structure containing less than twenty thousand (20,000) cubic
feet, except as provided above.
e. Any building or structure used exclusively for farm purposes.
8. Section 106.5.2 Delete in its entirety and add:
Fee Schedule. The fees for fuel gas system work shall be as set forth in Section
5-27 of the Centralia City Code.
9. Section 106.5.3 Delete in its entirety and add:
Fee Refunds. The Code Official shall authorize the refunding
of fees according to City of Centralia policies under the following
additional circumstances:
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a.
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The full amount of any fee paid hereunder which was erroneously
paid or collected.
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b.
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When no work has been done, the permit fee, less a processing
fee of twenty-five percent (25%) of the original fee, may be refunded
to the original permittee.
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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 fee was paid.
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10. Section 108.4 Delete in its entirety and add:
Violation penalties. Any person who shall violate a provision
of this code or shall fail to comply with any of the requirements
thereof or who shall erect, construct, alter or repair fuel gas system
equipment or systems in violation of an approved plan or directive
of the Building Official or of a permit or certificate issued under
the provisions of this code, shall be guilty of an ordinance violation
and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of from one dollar
($1.00) to not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00). Each day
that a violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense.
11. Section 108.5 Delete last sentence and add:
Any person who shall continue any work on the system after having
been served with a stop work order, except such work as that person
is directed to perform to remove a violation or unsafe conditions,
shall be guilty of an ordinance violation and, upon conviction, shall
be punished by a fine of from one dollar ($1.00) to not more than
five hundred dollars ($500.00). Each day that a violation continues
shall be deemed a separate offense.
12. Section 109.2 Delete in its entirety and add:
Section 109.2 Membership of the board. The Board of Appeals
as established in Section 113 of the International Building Code — 2015
Edition shall serve as the Board of Appeals for the International
Fuel Gas Code.
13. Section 109.2.1 Delete in its entirety.
14. Section 109.2.2 Delete in its entirety.
15. Section 109.2.3 Delete in its entirety.
16. Section 109.2.4 Delete in its entirety.
17. Section 109.2.5 Delete in its entirety.
18. Section 109.2.6 Delete in its entirety.
19. Section 109.3 Delete in its entirety.
20. Section 109.4 Delete in its entirety.
21. Section 109.4.1 Delete in its entirety.
22. Section 109.5 Delete in its entirety.
23. Section 109.6 Delete in its entirety.
24. Section 109.6.1 Delete in its entirety.
25. Section 109.6.2 Delete in its entirety.
26. Section 403.4.3 Delete in its entirety and add:
Section 403.4.3 Copper and brass. Copper and brass tubing shall
not be used if the gas contains more than an average of three-tenths
(0.3) grains of hydrogen sulfide per one hundred (100) standard cubic
feet of gas (0.7 milligrams per 100 liters). Natural gas supplied
by Ameren UE in Boone County exceeds this level, therefore copper
or brass shall not be used with natural gas. Copper and brass tubing
shall not be used. Threaded copper, brass and aluminum-alloy pipe
shall not be used with gases corrosive to such metals.
27. Section 403.5.2 Delete in its entirety and add:
Section 403.5.2 Copper and brass tubing. Copper tubing shall
comply with standard Type K of ASTM B 88 or ASTM B 280.
Copper and brass tubing shall not be used if the gas contains
more than an average of three-tenths (0.3) grains of hydrogen sulfide
per one hundred (100) standard cubic feet of gas (0.7 milligrams per
100 liters). Natural gas supplied by Ameren UE in Boone County exceeds
this level, therefore copper or brass shall not be used with natural
gas. Copper and brass tubing shall not be used. Threaded copper, brass
and aluminum-alloy pipe shall not be used with gases corrosive to
such metals.
28. Section 404.12 Piping Underground Beneath Buildings. Add last sentence
to paragraph to state: "Any underground gas piping allowed by this
Section shall only be approved for gas that is less dense than the
atmospheric pressure and shall be installed in accordance with Section
404.12.1 and shall always terminate or vent to the outside.
29. Section 404.14.2 Delete in its entirety.
30. Section 406.4.1 Delete in its entirety and add:
Section 406.4.1. Test pressure. The test pressure to be used
shall not be less than one and one-half (1 1/2) times the proposed
maximum working pressure, but not less than thirty (30) psig, irrespective
of design pressure.
31. Section 408.4 Sediment trap. Change "any length" to "three and one-half
(3 1/2) inch minimum length."