[Adopted 11-14-2023 by Ord. No. 9337[1]]
That certain document, one copy of which is on file with the
Community Development Department, being marked and designated as the
International Plumbing Code, 2018 Edition and subsequent versions
thereof, as published by the International Code Council, Inc., and
as currently and subsequently modified by the Oklahoma Uniform Building
Code Commission, is hereby adopted as governing law for regulating
and governing the design, construction, quality of materials, erection,
installation, alteration, repair, location, relocation, replacement,
addition to, use or maintenance of plumbing systems as herein provided;
providing for the issuance of permits and collection of fees therefore;
and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions
and terms of said Plumbing Code are hereby referred to, adopted, and
made a part hereof, as if fully set out in this chapter, with the
additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in
this chapter, and except as to such matters as may be provided for
in other ordinances or in the rules and regulations authorized under
provision of this Code.
The International Plumbing Code adopted in § 142-601 is hereby amended as set forth in the following paragraphs:
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Subsection 101.1 is amended by inserting the phrase, "The City
of El Reno, Oklahoma" in lieu of the phrase, "[name of jurisdiction]."
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Section 103 is amended by inserting the phrase, "Community Development
Department" in lieu of the phrase, "Department of Plumbing Inspection."
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Subsection 103.1 shall be deleted.
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Subsection 103.2 is amended to read as follows: 103.2 Appointment.
The City Manager or his designee(s) and the Community Development
Director shall be responsible for the enforcement of this Code. To
assist in the performance of the responsibilities and duties placed
upon the City, a building official may be designated by the City Manager
and/or Community Development Director.
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Subsection 103.3 is amended to read as follows: 103.3 Deputies.
The City Manager shall have the authority to appoint deputy building
officials, the related technical officers, inspectors, plan examiners
and other employees. Such employees shall have powers as delegated
by the City Manager or Community Development Director.
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Subsection 106.1 is amended by adding the following language
at the end of the subsection: "No new permits shall be issued to a
permit holder who has unpaid fees on any current permit."
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Subsections 106.1.1 and 106.1.2 shall be deleted.
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Section 109.1.1 is amended to read as follows: 109.1 General. Appeals of orders, decisions or determinations made by the building official relative to the application and interpretation of this code shall be heard by the El Reno Board of Adjustment, as established and as prescribed in Article XVIII of Chapter 361 of this Code. The building official and a representative from the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission shall be an ex officio member of said board but shall have no vote on any matter before the board.
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Sections 109.2 through 109.7 shall be deleted.
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Subsection 108.4 is amended to read as follows: 108.4 Violation
penalties. Any person who shall violate any provisions of this code
or shall fail to comply with any of the requirements thereof or who
shall erect, install, alter, repair or do work in violation of the
approved construction documents or directive of the building official,
or of a permit or certificate used under provisions of this code shall
be guilty of an offense and, upon conviction, shall be punished as
provided for by resolution. Each and every day such violation continues
shall constitute a separate offense.
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Subsection 305.6.1 is hereby amended to read as follows: 305.6.1
Sewer depth. Building sewers that connect to private sewage disposal
systems shall be a minimum of 12 inches below finished grade at the
point of septic tank connection. Building sewers shall be a minimum
of 12 inches below grade.
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Subsection 714.1 is hereby amended to read as follows: 714.1
Sewage Backflow. A backwater valve shall be installed on all building
sewers that connect to a public sewer system. Backflow valve, as used
herein, means any permanent mechanical device, or combination of permanent
mechanical devices, of whatever material, which, after installation
acts to prevent a reversal of the normal directional flow of potable
water within the piping system in which it is installed, and shall
include, but not be limited to, metal checkvalves and airgaps, either
naturally or artificially created.
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A.
Any person desiring to engage in the business or activity of Plumbing
or Plumbing Contracting in the City of El Reno, Oklahoma, shall first
obtain a plumbing registration from the Community Development Department.
B.
All applicants for a El Reno Plumbing Registration shall be licensed
to do so under the Plumbing License Law of 1955 (59 O.S. § 1000
et seq.) as administered by the Oklahoma Construction Industries Board.
No person shall do any plumbing, gas fitting, extensions, connection
of fixtures or repairs to any gas fitting, except a state licensed
and locally registered plumber, except as provided in this section.
C.
The City Council, by resolution, shall establish fees associated
with first-time registrants and re-registration. Said fees shall be
paid at the Community Development Department and the registration
shall not be valid unless it has attached to it or written on it,
a receipt or statement showing that the required fee has been paid.
Any registration that has lapsed for longer than one year may apply
for a new registration in the same manner and under the same conditions
as a new applicant.
D.
No registration shall be required for:
(1)
Minor repairs, consisting of repairing or replacing faucets
or minor working parts of plumbing fixtures;
(2)
Farm buildings located outside any city or town unless such
buildings are connected to a public water or sewer system;
(3)
Maintenance work for state institutions and school districts;
(4)
The installation, maintenance, repair, renovation of automatic
sprinkler systems and related mechanical appurtenances beginning at
a point where the pipe or piping system provides water used exclusively
for these automatic sprinklers and their related appurtenances and
to standpipes connected to automatic sprinkler systems;
(5)
The construction, installation, maintenance, repair, renovation,
and/or removal of pipe or piping systems and related mechanical appurtenances
including backflow preventers, appliances and/or equipment used in
connection therewith, directly or indirectly within or without any
building or structure, from a point or location in a source of potable
water supply at which point or location there exists any backflow
preventer, provided that said pipe and/or piping systems are for:
(6)
An individual who performs plumbing work on such individual's
property of residence.
All installations hereafter installed within the corporate limits
of the City of El Reno shall be done in a neat, workmanlike manner
in accordance with the codes and ordinances of the City of El Reno.
All materials shall be approved for the purpose. The Building Official
shall have the right to request data and tests on any and all material
and the installation thereof at any time.
Notwithstanding any provision in this article or in the Code
adopted by this article to the contrary, all outside yard sewer and
water lines serving mobile homes and travel trailers and parks therefor
shall be constructed only with the same material, of the same size
and in the same manner permitted and authorized by this article and
such code for like lines serving permanent residences.
The provisions of this article shall apply to all properties
outside of the City which are connected with the water or sewer system
of the City of El Reno or the El Reno Municipal Authority to the same
extent as if located within the City limits.
