That certain document, one copy of which is on file in the office of the city clerk of the city of Manteca, being marked and designated as the 2025 California Plumbing Code, California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Part 5, as published by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials, as now existing, or hereafter amended, regulating and governing the conditions of all properties, buildings, and structures; by providing the standards for facilities and other physical things and conditions essential to ensure that structures are safe, sanitary, and fit for occupancy and use; and the condemnation of such structures; providing for the issuance of permits and collection of fees therefor; and providing penalties for the violation thereof; and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions, and terms of said 2025 California Plumbing Code on file in office of the city clerk of the city of Manteca is hereby referred to, adopted as the plumbing code of the city of Manteca.
(Ord. O2019-15 § 1; Ord. O2022-22 § 1; Ord. O2025-18, 11/4/2025)
California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Part 5, and all other applicable codes shall be enforced by the building official. The building official may appoint inspectors, plans examiners, technicians, officers and other employees. The building official may deputize such employees of the building department or other employees of the city of Manteca as necessary and these employees shall have the duties and powers as delegated by the building official to carry out the functions of the enforcement agency in accordance with California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Part 2, Section 103. The building official shall have the power to render interpretations of this code and to adopt and enforce rules and regulations supplemental to this code as may be deemed necessary in order to clarify the application of the provisions of this code. Such interpretations, rules, regulations, and policies shall be in conformity with the intent and purpose of this code. The building official may authorize the San Joaquin County health department as the city designated enforcement authority. See Section 15.04.020 for definitions of" building official" and " deputize."
(Ord. O2019-15 § 1; Ord. O2022-22 § 1; Ord. O2025-18, 11/4/2025)
A. 
Any portion of a plumbing system found by the administrative authority to be insanitary as defined in the California Plumbing Code is declared to be a nuisance.
B. 
Violations.
1. 
Whenever brought to the attention of the department having jurisdiction that any insanitary conditions exist or that any construction or work regulated by this code is dangerous, unsafe, insanitary, a nuisance or a menace to life, health or property or otherwise in violation of this code, the department may request an investigation by the administrative authority who, upon determining such information to be fact, shall order any person, firm or corporation using or maintaining any such condition or responsible for the use of maintenance thereof to discontinue the use or maintenance thereof or to repair, alter, change, remove or demolish same for the proper protection of life, health or property and in the case of any gas piping or gas appliance may order any person, firm or corporation supplying gas to such piping or appliance to discontinue supplying gas thereto until such piping or appliance is made safe to life, health or property.
2. 
Every such order shall be in writing, addressed to the owner, agent or person responsible for the premises in which such condition exists and shall specify the date or time for compliance with such order.
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Refusal, failure or neglect to comply with any such notice or order shall be considered a violation of this code.
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When any plumbing system is maintained in violation of this code and in violation of any notice issued pursuant to the provisions of this section or where a nuisance exists in any building or on a lot on which a building is situated, the administrative authority may institute any appropriate action or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction to prevent, restrain, correct or abate the violation or nuisance.
(Ord. O2019-15 § 1; Ord. O2022-22 § 1; Ord. O2025-18, 11/4/2025)
Chapter 1, Section 102.4 of the California Plumbing Code is amended to read as follows:
Section 102.4 Violations and Penalties.
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It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, improve, remove, convert or demolish, equip, use, occupy or maintain any building or structure or cause or permit the same to be done in violation of this code.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of the code hereby adopted or fail to comply therewith, or who shall violate or fail to comply with any order made thereunder, or who shall build in violation of any detailed statement of specifications or plans submitted and approved thereunder, or any certificates or permit issued thereunder, and from which no appeal has been taken, or who shall fail to comply with such an order as affirmed or modified by the City Council, Building Board of Appeals or a court of competent jurisdiction, within the time fixed herein, shall severally for each and every violation and noncompliance respectively, be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.00 or by imprisonment in the City Jail of the City of Manteca, or the County Jail of the County of San Joaquin for not more than six months or by both such fine and imprisonment. The imposition of one penalty for any violation shall not excuse the violation or permit it to continue, and all such persons shall be required to correct or remedy such violations or defects within a reasonable time, and when not otherwise specified, each ten days that prohibited conditions are maintained shall constitute a separate offense.
B. 
The issuance or granting of a permit or approval of plans and specifications shall not be deemed to be a permit for, or an approval of, any violation of any of the provisions of this code, or any applicable provision of state law. No permit presuming to give authority to violate or cancel the provisions of this code shall be valid, except insofar as work or use which it authorizes is lawful.
C. 
The issuance of a permit upon plans and specifications shall not prevent the City Building Official from thereafter requiring the correction of errors in the plans and specifications or from preventing construction operations being carried on thereunder when in violation of this code, or any other applicable provision of state law.
(Ord. O2019-15 § 1; Ord. O2022-22 § 1; Ord. O2025-18, 11/4/2025)