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Home My WebLink About1980-05-06 OrdinanceORDINANCE N0. 80-2995 ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 28-3 AND SECTION 28-36 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCE OF IOWA CITY, IOWA. Be it enacted by the City Council of Iowa City, Iowa: SECTION I. PURPOSE. The purpose of this ordinance is to amend the 1976 edition of the Uniform Plumbing Code by adding requirements for apprentice plumbers and regulating minimum sized vent pipes and waste pipes. SECTION II. AMENDMENT. Section 28-3 of the Code of Ordinance is hereby amended to read as follows: (1) Part 1, Administration is deleted. (2) Section 310(c) is deleted. (3) Section 401(a)1 is amended by addition of the following: The requirements of Section 409(a) shall apply only when it is determined necessary by the administrative authority or the engineers of the governing body, based on local condition. (4) Section 409 is amended to read as follows: No PVS or ABS shall be used under the floor. (5) Section 505(d) is amended to read as follows: All vent pipes shall extend undiminished in size above the roof or shall be reconnected with a soil or waste vent of proper size. No vent pipe smaller than 3" shall extend through the roof. i (6) Section 505 is amended by adding the following: (9) In all new residential construction with a basement, an unused minimum 2" vent shall be dropped into the basement and capped for future use. MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES 9L? i l i i `I i ORDINANCE N0. 80-2995 ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 28-3 AND SECTION 28-36 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCE OF IOWA CITY, IOWA. Be it enacted by the City Council of Iowa City, Iowa: SECTION I. PURPOSE. The purpose of this ordinance is to amend the 1976 edition of the Uniform Plumbing Code by adding requirements for apprentice plumbers and regulating minimum sized vent pipes and waste pipes. SECTION II. AMENDMENT. Section 28-3 of the Code of Ordinance is hereby amended to read as follows: (1) Part 1, Administration is deleted. (2) Section 310(c) is deleted. (3) Section 401(a)1 is amended by addition of the following: The requirements of Section 409(a) shall apply only when it is determined necessary by the administrative authority or the engineers of the governing body, based on local condition. (4) Section 409 is amended to read as follows: No PVS or ABS shall be used under the floor. (5) Section 505(d) is amended to read as follows: All vent pipes shall extend undiminished in size above the roof or shall be reconnected with a soil or waste vent of proper size. No vent pipe smaller than 3" shall extend through the roof. i (6) Section 505 is amended by adding the following: (9) In all new residential construction with a basement, an unused minimum 2" vent shall be dropped into the basement and capped for future use. MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES 9L? 2 n (7) Section 506(a) is amended to read: Each vent pipe or stack shall extend through its flashing and shall terminate vertically not less than one foot above the roof and not less than one foot from an vertical surface. (8) Section 608 is amended as follows: After the word "machine" in the last Paragraph substitute a comma for the Period and add "or by looping the discharge line of the dishwasher as high as possible near the flood level of the kitchen sink." (9) Section 615 is amended by adding the following: (h) In lieu of the conventional combina- tion waste and vent system, a loop system consisting of a drain sized one pipe size larger than the trap may be used provided that such drain Pipe continues upward beyond the trap arm connection as high as Possible and returns to the top of the drain system, below the floor, downstream on the horizontal drain. Loop systems must be approved by the Plumbing Inspector prior to installation and shall be limited to sinks and lavatories in islands or in remodeling work. (10) Table 7-1 is amended by deleting the trap to the vent distances and substituting the following: Distance Trap to Trap Arm Vent_ 13,11 5 All 6 2" 8 311 12 4" and larger 12 (11) Section 1105 is amended to read as follows: Size of Building Sewers. The minimum size of any sewer shall be four (4) inches. MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB i, CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOVIES i _I I 2 n (7) Section 506(a) is amended to read: Each vent pipe or stack shall extend through its flashing and shall terminate vertically not less than one foot above the roof and not less than one foot from an vertical surface. (8) Section 608 is amended as follows: After the word "machine" in the last Paragraph substitute a comma for the Period and add "or by looping the discharge line of the dishwasher as high as possible near the flood level of the kitchen sink." (9) Section 615 is amended by adding the following: (h) In lieu of the conventional combina- tion waste and vent system, a loop system consisting of a drain sized one pipe size larger than the trap may be used provided that such drain Pipe continues upward beyond the trap arm connection as high as Possible and returns to the top of the drain system, below the floor, downstream on the horizontal drain. Loop systems must be approved by the Plumbing Inspector prior to installation and shall be limited to sinks and lavatories in islands or in remodeling work. (10) Table 7-1 is amended by deleting the trap to the vent distances and substituting the following: Distance Trap to Trap Arm Vent_ 13,11 5 All 6 2" 8 311 12 4" and larger 12 (11) Section 1105 is amended to read as follows: Size of Building Sewers. The minimum size of any sewer shall be four (4) inches. MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB i, CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOVIES i ■ M 3 n Section 28-36 of the Code of Ordinance is amended by adding the following: C. All apprentices shall be registered by the City of Iowa City. The fee for such registration shall be set by resolution. SECTION III. REPEALER. All ordinances and parts Of ordinances in conflict with the provision of this ordinance are hereby repealed. SECTION IV. SEVERABIany provisioLITY. If section, Sion or part of the Ordinance shall be adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such ajudication shall not affect the validity of the Ordinance as a whole or any section, provision or part thereof not adjudged invalid unconstitutional. or SECTION V. EFFECTIVE DAT publication as E. This Ordinance shall be in effect after its final passage, approval and required by law. Passed and approved this 6th day of May, 1980. ATTEST: MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LA6 CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES Retoivod & Approved By Tho Legal Deportment 939 1 „ I i M 3 n Section 28-36 of the Code of Ordinance is amended by adding the following: C. All apprentices shall be registered by the City of Iowa City. The fee for such registration shall be set by resolution. SECTION III. REPEALER. All ordinances and parts Of ordinances in conflict with the provision of this ordinance are hereby repealed. SECTION IV. SEVERABIany provisioLITY. If section, Sion or part of the Ordinance shall be adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such ajudication shall not affect the validity of the Ordinance as a whole or any section, provision or part thereof not adjudged invalid unconstitutional. or SECTION V. EFFECTIVE DAT publication as E. This Ordinance shall be in effect after its final passage, approval and required by law. Passed and approved this 6th day of May, 1980. ATTEST: MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LA6 CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES Retoivod & Approved By Tho Legal Deportment 939 1 n It was moved by Vevera , and seconded by Neuhauser that the Ordinance as read be adopted and upon roll call there were: AYES: NAYS: ABSENT: Abstain BALMER x ERDAHL x LYNCH x NEUHAUSER x PERRET x ROBERTS x VEVERA First consideration 4/22/80 Vote for passage: Ayes: Erdahl, Neuhauser, Perret, Roberts, Vevera. Nays: None. Abstain: Balmer, Lynch. Second consideration 4/29/80 Vote for passage: Ayes: Roberts, Vevera, Erdahl, Lynch, Neuhauser, Perret. Nays: None. Abstain: Balmer. Date Published 5/14/80 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR¢LAB CEDAR RAPIDS •DES MDINES 2 i I i, .I ?I