HomeMy WebLinkAbout75-1776 ordAMENDMENTS TO PLUMBING CODE
ORDINANCE NO. 75-1776
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 7, AND TABLE 12.1.4 OF THE PLUMBING
CODE OF THE CITY OF PLAINVIEW, SAME BEING ORDINANCE NO. 73-1366, PROVID-
ING FOR THE USE OF PLASTIC PIPE PVC, VPVC, OR ABS AS AN ALTERNATE
METHOD OF PLUMBING RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION. PROVIDING
FOR THE USE OF PLASTIC TUB AND SHOWER UNITS; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR
VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; DIRECT-
ING PUBLICATION OF THE DESCRIPTIVE CAPTION TOGETHER WITH THE PENALTY
PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Plumbing Appeals and Advisory Board of the City of
Plainview has heretofore approved and recommended certain revisions to
the Plumbing Code as more fully set out in the Body of this Ordinance, and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that such revisions are necessary
and essential to the protection of the public health, safety and property,
and in the best interest of the Citizens of the City of Plainview;
NOW THEREFORE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLAINVIEW
SECTION 1. That Section 7 of the Plumbing Code of the City of
Plainview be amended to read as follows, to-wit:
SECTION 7. Table 12.1.4 Materials and Uses Chart shall be amended
to read as follows:
PLASTIC PIPE of any kind, including but not limited to PVC, VPVC
ABS, shall not be used under a slab or in a building exceeding two
stories in height for the following uses:
Building drain, drainage branch, soil, stack, vent stack or
vent branches, and to be used only within the limitations of the
applicable standards as set out in Section 12.1.5 of this Code.
PLASTIC PIPE shall not be used for Acid Waste & Vent, or for water
lines within a structure.
WHEN PLASTIC PIPE is used for water service lines, it shall be not
less than three (3) feet from the City distribution lines or meter-
ing device on the building side to not less than three (3) feet out-
side the structure to be served.
SECTION 2. FIBERGLASS tub and shower units shall not be used in
residential construction over two stories and only when they are not
located one above the other.
SECTION 3. PENALITIES: Any person, either by himself or by agent,
and any firm, corporation or other entity who violates any of the pro-
visions of this Code shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon
conviction of any such violation, shall be fined in any sum not .to ex-
ceed TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00); and each day during which such
violation continues shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
In any case of a violation of any of the terms or provisions of this
ordinance by any corporation, the officers and agents actively in charge
of the business of such corporation shall be subject to the penalty here-
in provided. Any offense defined herein which has been defined by law of
the State of Texas as an offense and for which a penalty has been prescribed
shall be punished as provided in said State law and nothing herein shall be
held as fixing any penalty contrary to a penalty provided by laws of the
State of Texas.
SECTION 4. SEVERABILITY CLAUSE: If any provisions of this ordinance
or of the Code hereby adopted or the application thereof to any person or
circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the Code, and the application
of such provisions to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected
thereby.
SECTION 5. PUBLICATION: The City Secretary is authorized and directed
to cause the publication of the descriotive caption of this Code together
with the penalty provisions for the violation thereof.
This Code shall become effective and be in full force and effect from
and after its passage and publication as required by law.
' D. S~O~EHAM, MAYOR
ATTEST:
M. L. Rea,' Cii~y Secretary
/ A.D., 1975.
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