There is adopted and incorporated by reference herein as the City plumbing code for the purpose of prescribing regulations in the City of Santee for the construction, alteration, moving, demolition, repair and use of all plumbing, gas or drainage piping and systems or water heating or treating equipment in or on any building or structure or outdoors on any premises or property, the 2022 California Plumbing Code, Part 5, Title 24 of the
California Code of Regulations, a portion of the
California Building Standards Code, as defined in the California
Health and Safety Code, Section 18901 et seq. based on the Uniform Plumbing Code 2021 Edition. Except as otherwise provided by this Chapter and Chapter
11.02 of the City of Santee Municipal Code, all construction, alteration, moving, demolition, repair and use of all plumbing, gas or drainage piping and systems or water heating or treating equipment within the City of Santee shall be in conformance with 2022 California Plumbing Code, published by the California Building Standards Commission.
(Ord. 605 § 4, 2022)
Deletions and additions to the 2022 California Plumbing Code, shall be as set forth in Sections
11.12.020 and
11.12.030
A. Section
104.1.1 of the California Plumbing Code is added as follows to read:
Section 104.1.1 Solar Water Heaters Pre-Plumbing And Storage
Tank Space Requirement.
1. Any
other provisions on this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding,
no permit shall be issued by the administrative authority for a new
residential building unless said building includes plumbing and adequate
space for installation of a solar storage tank specifically designed
to allow the later installation of a system which utilizes solar energy
as the primary means of heating domestic potable water. No building
permit shall be issued unless the plumbing required pursuant to this
section is indicated in the building plans. Pre-plumbing and storage
tank configuration shall be designed and installed to the satisfaction
of the administrative authority. This section shall apply only to
those new residential buildings for which a building permit was applied
for after the effective date of the ordinance amending this section.
2. The
administrative authority is hereby authorized to exempt those applications
from the provisions of this section which the administrative authority
determines do not have feasible solar access due to shading, building
orientation, construction constraints, or configuration of the subdivision
parcel.
B. Section
104.1.2 of the California Plumbing Code is added as follows to read:
Section 104.1.2 Swimming Pool Heaters.
1. Any
other provisions of this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding,
no permit shall be issued for a new or replacement fossil swimming
pool heater unless a solar system with a collector area a minimum
of fifty percent of the surface area of the swimming pool being heated
is also installed as the primary heat source for the swimming pool.
2. A
fossil fuel swimming pool heater is defined as one which uses nonrenewable
fuel including but not limited to natural gas, propane, diesel and
electricity.
3. As
used in this section a swimming pool means any confined body of water
exceeding two feet in depth, greater than one hundred fifty square
feet in surface area, and located either above or below the existing
finished grade of the site, designed, used or intended to be used
for swimming, bathing or therapeutic purposed.
EXCEPTION: A separate spa and a spa built in conjunction with
a swimming pool may be heated by fossil fuels, provided the heating
source cannot be used to heat the swimming pool.
4. Other
provisions of this section notwithstanding, the owner of a swimming
pool may request of the administrative authority a waiver of all,
or a portion, of the requirements contained in this section when topographic
conditions, development, or existing trees on or surrounding the swimming
pool or probable location of the solar collection system preclude
effective use of the solar energy system due to shading; or the swimming
pool is located in a permanent, enclosed structure.
5. An
applicant dissatisfied with a decision of the administrative authority
relating to modification or waiver under this section may appeal said
decision to the City Council by filing a written appeal with the City
Clerk within ten days of the issuance of the written decision. The
decision of the City Council in the case of any such appeal shall
be final.
(Ord. 605 § 4, 2022)
Appendix Chapters A, B, D, G and I of the 2022 California Plumbing
Code, are adopted.
(Ord. 605 § 4, 2022)