The 2015 edition of the International Plumbing Code, along with
amendments as adopted by the city, is hereby adopted by the city and
is maintained on file in the office of the city secretary.
(Ordinance 1196, sec. 1.E, adopted 1/17/19)
The following acts, work and conduct shall be expressly permitted
without a license:
(1) Plumbing
work done by a property owner in a building owned or occupied by him
as his home.
(2) Plumbing
work done by anyone who is regularly employed as or acting as a maintenance
man or maintenance engineer, incidental to and in connection with
the business in which he is employed or engaged, and who does not
engage in the occupation of a plumber for the general public; construction,
installation and maintenance work done upon the premises or equipment
of a railroad by an employee thereof who does not engage in the occupation
of a plumber for the general public; and plumbing work done by persons
engaged by any public service company in the laying, maintenance and
operation of its service mains or lines and the installation, alteration,
adjustment, repair, removal and renovation of all types of appurtenances,
equipment and appliances; appliance installation and service work
done by anyone who is an appliance dealer or is employed by an appliance
dealer, and acting as an appliance installation man or appliance service
man in connecting appliances to existing piping installations. Provided,
however, that all work and service herein named or referred to shall
be subject to inspection and approval in accordance with the terms
of all local valid city or municipal ordinances.
(Ordinance 611 adopted 12/7/59)
(a) Wastewater
from residential clothes washing machines, otherwise known as laundry
graywater, may be discharged directly onto the ground surface under
the following conditions:
(1) The disposal area shall not create a public health nuisance.
(2) Surface ponding shall not occur in the discharge area.
(3) The disposal area shall support plant growth or be sodded with vegetative
cover.
(4) The disposal area shall have limited access and use by residents
and pets.
(5) Laundry graywater that has been in contact with human or animal waste
shall not be discharged on the ground surface and shall be treated
and disposed of in accordance with the SBCCI Plumbing Code or the
International Plumbing Code.
(6) Laundry graywater shall not be discharged to the area if the soil
is wet.
(7) The use of detergents that contain a significant amount of phosphorus,
sodium or boron should be avoided.
(8) A lint trap shall be required at the outlet end of the discharge
line.
(b) Laundry
graywater discharge must be permitted by the local plumbing inspector
as follows:
(1) A permit must be applied for and approved prior to discharging any
laundry graywater. The cost for this permit will be at the standard
permit fee.
(2) The discharge area must be inspected and approved by the local plumbing
inspector prior to discharging any laundry graywater.
(3) The discharge area will be inspected annually by the local plumbing
inspector. A written record of all permits and inspections will be
maintained in the office of the local plumbing inspector.
(4) Any violations noted at this inspection will be cause for immediate
rectification or termination of discharge.
(5) Permits must be applied for by the homeowner living there, or a licensed
master plumber.
(6) All plumbing material installed to be used in the discharge of laundry
graywater must meet the standards of either the SBCCI Plumbing Code
or the International Plumbing Code and be installed by the homeowner
or a licensed master plumber.
(c) Every person who shall omit or refuse to comply with or who violates any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in accordance with the general penalty provision set forth in section
1.01.009 of this code.
(Ordinance 985 adopted 8/2/01)