This chapter shall be known and cited as the "Sacramento County
Mechanical Code" (hereinafter referred to as "this Code").
(SCC 1710 § 14, 2022)
The purpose of this Code is to provide minimum system standards
to safeguard life, limb, health, property, and public welfare by regulating
and controlling the design, construction, installation, quality of
materials, location, operation, and maintenance or use of heating,
ventilating, cooling, refrigeration systems, incinerators, and other
miscellaneous heat-producing appliances within this jurisdiction.
(SCC 1710 § 14, 2022)
The 2022 California Mechanical Code, Title 24, Part 4, of the
California Code of Regulations, a portion of the California Building
Standards Code, as defined in the California State Health and Safety
Code Sections 17922 and 18901 et seq., (hereinafter referred to as
the "Mechanical Code") and Mechanical Code Appendix A (hereinafter
referred to as the "Appendix") and any rules and regulations promulgated
pursuant thereto are hereby adopted as amended and incorporated by
reference herein.
(SCC 1710 § 14, 2022)
As used in this chapter, the word "Code" means the Sacramento
County Mechanical Code.
(SCC 1710 § 14, 2022)
The Mechanical Code is amended as follows:
A.
Chapter
1 Division II Section 104.5 "Fees" is specifically not adopted.
B.
Section
310.1 Condensate Disposal is amended as follows:
Section 310.1 Condensate Disposal. Condensate from
air washers, air cooling coils, fuel burning condensing appliances
and the overflow from evaporative coolers and similar water supplied
equipment or similar air-conditioning equipment shall be collected
and discharged to an approved plumbing fixture or approved disposal
area.
An approved plumbing fixture for the purpose of this section
shall be one of the following:
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An approved trapped and vented receptor connected to a sanitary
sewer;
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A downspout when terminated in an approved disposal area.
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An approved disposal area for the purpose of this section shall
be one of the following:
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A drywell with a rock fill;
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A planting area large enough to accept the discharge wastes;
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A storm drain system.
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The waste pipe shall have a slope of not less than 1/8-inch
per foot or 1 percent slope and shall be of approved corrosion-resistant
material not smaller than the drain outlet size as required in either
Section 312.3 or 312.4 of the Mechanical Code for air-cooling coils
or condensing fuel-burning appliances, respectively.
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Condensate or waste water shall not drain over a public way
or over any improved private walkway, driveway, or improved surface.
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(SCC 1710 § 14, 2022)
