(a)
The title of this division shall be "The Beaumont Plumbing Code,"
and may be cited as such, and may be referred to in this division
as "this code."
(b)
The 2021 edition of the Uniform Plumbing Code, excluding appendices,
is hereby adopted and declared operative as the plumbing code of the
city, save and except those portions that are deleted, modified or
amended by this code. Where the requirements within the jurisdiction
have any conflict with the requirements in the International Building
Code or the International Residential Code, the International Building
Code and the International Residential Code shall prevail. A copy
of such code is on file in the office of the city clerk.
(Ordinance 03-080, sec. 8, adopted 10/14/03; 1978 Code, sec. 6-140; Ordinance 10-057, sec. 17, adopted 8/3/10; Ordinance 17-008, sec. 7, adopted 2/7/17; Ordinance 23-035 adopted 4/4/2023; Ordinance
24-011 adopted 3/19/2024)
As used in this code the following definitions shall apply:
Approved by the plumbing inspector, national, state, and
city standards shall be the basis of such approval.
Any person who is employed by a person (who is by training,
experience, and education competent to lay out, design and install
a plumbing system to conform to the UPC) to do plumbing work for wages
and who does not furnish any materials or supplies in the performance
of his work and holds a journeyman plumbing license.
The act of keeping in a state of safe operating condition
any conductor or piece of equipment used inside or outside attached
or connected to any building plumbing system, by replacement of units
or elements thereof, but shall not include extensions of or additions
to an existing system.
A person is not required to be licensed under chapter 1, section 1301.053, of the state plumbing license law.
Any person who is, by training, experience, and education,
competent to lay out, design, and install a system of plumbing and
holds a master plumbing license.
All work and material used in installing, maintaining, or
extending of a plumbing system and all appurtenances, apparatus, and
equipment used in connection therewith, inside of or attached to any
building or structure, lot, or premises.
Any person or firm engaged in the business of providing and
selling plumbing services shall have a permanently established place
of business with a published telephone number. He shall hold a master
plumbing contractors' certificate or shall employ an individual
who does and carry him on his active payroll. A master plumber may
not qualify more than one plumbing contractor. He shall be available
to the inspection authority to answer any questions relating to plumbing
work coming under the jurisdiction of this plumbing inspection authority.
(Ordinance 10-057, sec. 18, adopted 8/3/10; Ordinance
23-035 adopted 4/4/2023; Ordinance 24-011 adopted 3/19/2024)
(a)
Section 101.2 of the Uniform Plumbing Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Section 101.2. The provisions of this
code shall apply to the erection, installation, alteration, repair,
relocation, replacement, addition to, use, or maintenance of commercial
plumbing systems within this jurisdiction.
(b)
Section 102.1 of the Uniform Plumbing Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Section 102.1. Where the requirements
within the jurisdiction of this Plumbing Code have any conflict with
the requirements in the International Building Code or the International
Residential Code, the International Building and International Residential
Code shall prevail.
(c)
Section 102.1.1 of the Uniform Plumbing Code is
hereby added to read as follows:
Section 102.1.1. Where the requirements
within the jurisdiction of the International Building Code or International
Residential Code reference the International Plumbing Code, the International
Plumbing Code shall be used as the Beaumont Plumbing Code.
(d)
Section 104.5 of the Uniform Plumbing Code is amended
to read as follows:
Section 104.5 Fee schedule. See Section 24.01.002, adoption of fee schedule, of the City Code of Ordinances.
(e)
Section 107.1 of the Uniform Plumbing Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Section 107.1 Application for appeal. A person shall have the right to appeal a decision of the Building
Code Official to the Building Board of Appeals. An application for
appeal shall be based on a claim that the true intent of this code
or the rules legally adopted thereunder 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 Building Official within twenty
(20) days after the notice was served.
(f)
Section 402.5 of the Uniform Plumbing Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Section 402.5. Fixtures shall be set
level and in proper alignment with reference to adjacent walls. No
water closet or bidet shall be set closer than 15 inches from its
center to a side wall or obstruction or closer than 30 inches center
to center to a similar fixture. The clear space in front of a water
closet, lavatory, or bidet shall be not less than 21 inches. No urinal
shall be set closer than 12 inches from its center to a side wall
or partition or closer than 24 inches center to center.
(g)
Section 408.4 of the Uniform Plumbing Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Section 408.4. Showers shall have a waste
outlet and fixture tailpiece not less than 1-1/2 inches in diameter.
Fixture tailpieces shall be constructed from the materials specified
in Section 701.2 for drainage piping. Strainers serving shower drains
shall have a waterway at least equivalent to the area of the tailpiece.
(h)
Section 408.6 of the Uniform Plumbing Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Section 408.6. Shower compartments shall
be not less than 900 square inches in interior cross-sectional area.
(i)
Section 422.1 of the Uniform Plumbing Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Section 422.1. Requirements for this
Section can be found in the International Building Code, Table 2902.1.
(j)
Section 508.4.1 of the Uniform Plumbing Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 508.4.1. The distance from the
passageway access to the appliance shall not exceed 20 feet measured
along the centerline of the passageway.
(k)
Section 601.3.2 of the Uniform Plumbing Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 601.3.2. Pipe identification
shall be repeated at intervals not exceeding 25 feet.
(l)
Section 603.4.3 of the Uniform Plumbing Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 603.4.3. Access shall be provided
to backflow preventers as specified by the manufacturer's instructions.
(m)
Section 701.2 of the Uniform Plumbing Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Section 701.2, Drainage Piping. All sanitary
drainage and vent piping for building drain or building-sewer to be
schedule 40 PVC or better, or copper tube.
(n)
Section 707.4 of the Uniform Plumbing Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Section 707.4 Horizontal drains and building drains. Horizontal drainage pipes in buildings shall have cleanouts located
at intervals of not more than 80 feet. Building drains shall have
cleanouts located at intervals of not more than 80 feet except where
manholes are used instead of cleanouts, the manholes shall be located
at intervals of not more than 400 feet.
(o)
Section 718.1 of the Uniform Plumbing Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Section 718.1. Building sewers shall
run in practical alignment and at a uniform slope of not less than
1/4 inch per foot toward the point of disposal, unless otherwise approved
by the authority having jurisdiction.
(p)
Section 908.2.6 of the Uniform Plumbing Code is
hereby added to read as follows:
Section 908.2.6. Horizontal Wet Venting Permitted
excluding the first story.
(Ordinance 03-080, sec. 8, adopted 10/14/03; 1978 Code, sec. 6-142; Ordinance 10-057, sec. 19, adopted 8/3/10; Ordinance 17-008, sec. 8, adopted 2/7/17; Ordinance 23-035 adopted 4/4/2023; Ordinance
24-011 adopted 3/19/2024)
In the actual work of installing, maintaining, altering, or
repairing of any plumbing system or equipment for which a permit is
required by this code, there shall be present and in direct supervision
a qualified plumber of the proper classification. It shall be required
that a master or journeyman, as the case may be, be liable and responsible
for the layout and technical supervision of any work which has required
the securing of permits and a journeyman plumber shall not supervise
at the jobsite more than three (3) unclassified workers. Should it
come to the notice of the chief plumbing inspector or his assistants
that such supervision and control are not being maintained, the inspector
may order the work to be discontinued and the person to whom the permit
has been issued shall discontinue further work until proper supervision
has been employed or supplied.
(Ordinance 10-057, sec. 20, adopted 8/3/10; Ordinance
23-035 adopted 4/4/2023; Ordinance 24-011 adopted 3/19/2024)
