There is hereby adopted by the city, for the purpose of establishing rules and regulations for air conditioning, heating and ventilating equipment, refrigeration, ducts and duct systems, piping, incinerators, and electrical requirements for same, that certain code known as the International Mechanical Code, being particularly the 2021 edition, including appendix A, of which one (1) copy has been and now is filed in the office of the city clerk and the same is hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein, and from the date on which this division shall take effect, the provisions thereof shall be controlling in the construction of air conditioning, heating, and ventilating equipment, refrigeration equipment, ducts and duct systems, piping, incinerators, and the electrical requirements for same, save and except the portions of the International Mechanical Code which are hereby deleted, substituted, modified or amended as set forth in this division.
(Ordinance 78-52, sec. 1, adopted 5/9/78; Ordinance 89-61, sec. 1, adopted 8/22/89; Ordinance 96-60, sec. 1, adopted 10/15/96; Ordinance 03-080, sec. 9, adopted 10/14/03; 1978 Code, sec. 6-170; Ordinance 10-057, sec. 21, adopted 8/3/10; Ordinance 17-008, sec. 9, adopted 2/7/17; Ordinance 23-036 adopted 4/4/2023; Ordinance
24-011 adopted 3/19/2024)
(a)
Section 106.5.2 of the International Mechanical
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 106.5.2 Fee schedule. See Section 24.01.002, adoption of fee schedule, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Beaumont.
(b)
Section 301.7 of the International Mechanical Code
is amended to read as follows:
Section 301.10 [301.7] Electrical. All
electric connections between fuel-fired appliances, mechanical equipment,
etc., and the building wiring shall conform to N.F.P.A. 70 and the
currently adopted National Electrical Code.
(c)
Sections 301.10.1 and 301.10.2 are added to read
as follows:
Section 301.10.1 For new construction,
a disconnecting means and one hundred fifteen (115) (150) volt outlet
shall be installed within sight and easy reach in the ungrounded leads
of each power circuit to electrically operated components. The disconnecting
means shall in no case be installed farther than six (6) feet from
the service side of the equipment.
Section 301.10.2 For existing construction,
disconnecting means (shall be installed) within sight, not more than
a fifty (50) foot distance from the equipment, and within easy reach
to the ungrounded leads of each power circuit to electrically operated
components.
(d)
Section 306.3 of the International Mechanical Code
is amended to read as follows:
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Section 306.3 Appliances in attics. Attics
containing appliances shall be provided with an opening and unobstructed
passageway large enough to allow removal of the largest appliance.
The passageway shall not be less than 30 inches (762 mm) high and
22 inches (559 mm) wide and not more than 20 feet (6096 mm) in length
measured along the centerline of the passageway from the opening to
the appliance. The passageway shall have continuous solid flooring
not less than 24 inches (610 mm) wide. A level service space not less
than 30 inches (762 mm) deep and 30 inches (762 mm) wide shall be
present at the front or service side of the appliance. The clear access
opening dimensions shall be a minimum of 20 inches by 30 inches (508
mm by 762 mm), and large enough to allow removal of the largest appliance.
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Exceptions:
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The passageway and level service space are not required where
the appliance is capable of being serviced and removed through the
required opening.
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2.
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Where the passageway is unobstructed and not less than 6 feet
(1,829 mm) high and 22 inches (559 mm) wide for its entire length,
the passageway shall be not greater than 50 feet (15,250 mm) in length.
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In all group R occupancies a pull-down stairway shall be installed
for appliance access.
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(Ordinance 78-52, sec. 1, adopted 5/9/78; Ordinance 83-40, sec. 4, adopted 4/19/83; Ordinance 90-16, secs. 1, 2, adopted 3/13/90; Ordinance 92-80, sec. 1, adopted 11/24/92; Ordinance 96-60, sec. 2, adopted 10/15/96; Ordinance 99-46, sec. 1, adopted 6/29/99; Ordinance 03-080, sec. 9, adopted 10/14/03; 1978 Code, sec. 6-171; Ordinance 10-057, sec. 22, adopted 8/3/10; Ordinance 17-008, sec. 10, adopted 2/7/17; Ordinance 23-036 adopted 4/4/2023; Ordinance
24-011 adopted 3/19/2024)
