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Home My WebLink About0458 Ord (Adopting Plumbing Code)0.2 • I `RL L' fly( ORDINANCE NO. 458 AN. ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE MINNESOTA PLUMBING CODE OF JUNE, 1969 AS THE PLUMBING CODE OF THE CITY OF STILLWATER BY REFERENCE. Section 1. Adoption of Minnesota Plumbing Code. Except as hereinafter specifically amended, the City Council of the City of Stillwater, for the purpose of prescribing regulations governing the installation, maintenance and repair of plumbing systems in the City of SLillwater, hereby adopt that certain code known as the Minnesota Plumbing Code, including appendixes A thru E, filed with the Secretary of State, Department of Administration of the State of Minnesota, June, 1969, by the Minnesota State Board of Health, of which Code one copy there of marked as the official copy has been filed for the use and examination by the public in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Stillwater. Said Code is hereby adbpted & incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein and from the date on which this Ordin- ance shall take effect the provisions thereof shall be controlling within the limits of the City of Stillwater, Washington County, Minnesota. Section 2. Amendments to State Code. The following provisions of the Minnesota Plumbing Code are hereby amended as follows: 1. MHD 122 (g) is amended to read as follows: Where either a public sewer or water supply system or both are not available,an individual water supply or sewage disposal system, or both, may be installed if approved by the City Council. Such approval shall be granted only if extensions of city facilities are not reasonably practical. If authority for such installation of individual facilities is granted, the installation shall conform to standards determined by the City. 2. MUD 123 (d) (2) entitled "WATER SERVICE PIPE" is amended by deleting paragraphs (bb), (ee), (gg), and (ii). 3. MHD 123 (d) (4) entitled "Building Sewers" is amended by deleting paragraphs (cc) and (gg). 4. MHD 130 (d) (1) entitled "WATER SUPPLY CONTROL VALVES" is amended by amending paragraph (gg) to read as follows: (gg) Valves for Sill Cocks: All sill cocks and wall hydrants shall be separately controlled by a valve inside the building unless frost proof sill cocks and wall hydrants are used. 5. MHD 131 (a) (5) is amended to read as follows: (5) PROVISION FOR FUTURE FIXTURES. When provision is made for future installation of fixtures, those provided for shall be considered in determining the required sizes of drain and vent pipes. "Where waste outlets for future fixtures are provided, the vents for same shall be connected to the stack or vent stack and the waste openings plugged or capped." "In the basement of every building, if no fixtures are being installed, there shall be provided at least one two (2) inch vent properly connected to the main vent stack for any future fixtures." ,in the dwellings a waste open- ing, properly vented, must be provided for laundry facilities. 6. MHD 132 (f) entitled "WET VENTING" is amended by adding a new para- graph to read as follows: (4) A 2" vent from a water closet drain may br a wet vent with the drainage of a maximum of Two (2) fixtures units provided that the fixture is on the same floor and a distance from the trap to vent conforms to table 132 (1) (1). et et • 4 7. MHD 134 (d), the first paragraph is amended to read: (d) METHOD OF TESTING. The plumbing system shall be subjected to an air or water pressure test and to a final inspection in such a manner as will disclose all leaks and imperfections in the work. The tests shall be applied to the plumbing drainage system in its entirety or in sections. Sections which are found satisfac- tory need not be retested after completion of the entire system unless considered necessary by the proper administrative authority, Section 3. Enforcement. The Building Inspector of the City of Stillwater shall enforce the Code hereby adopted. Wherever the designation "administrative authority" is used in said Code, it shall be held to mean the City Council of the City of Stillwater and its agents and employees, including but not limited to the Building Inspector of said City. Section 4. Permits. No person shall proceed with installation or repair of any plumbing system in the City of Stillwater without obtaining from the Building Inspector of the City of Stillwater a permit for the same. Permit fees shall be computed on the basis of the actual cost to the owner of the proposed work. The person making application for a plumbing permit shall be responsible for correctly reporting the actual cost to the owner. Fees for plumbing permits shall be as follows: 1. For work up to and including $100.00, the fee shall be $2.00. 2. For work costing in excess of $100.00 and up to $50,000.00, the fee shall be $2.00 plus $.75 for each $100.00 of cost, or fraction thereof, in excess of $100.00. 3. For work costing in excess of $50,000.00 up to and including $100,000.00, the fee shall be $376.25 plus $.50 for each $100.00 of cost, or fraction thereof, in excess of $50,000.00. 4. For work costing in excess of $100,000.00, the fee shall be $626.25, plus $.25 for each $100.00 of cost, or fraction thereof, in excess of $100,000.00 If the final cost to the owner of the proposed plumbing work cannot be d4tarmined at the time of application, an initial permit for a reasonable estimated cost shall be issued. Upon final determination of the cost to the owner, the permit fee shall be corrected to reflect the actual cost and an additional fee shall be paid or a refund made. Application for such permits shall be made on such form and containing such information as shall be required by the Building Inspector. Section 5. Appeals. Whenever the Building Inspector of the City of Stillwater shall disapprove an application or refuse to grant a permit applied for or when it is claimed that the provisions in the Code do not apply or that the true intent and meaning of the Code have been misconstrued or wrongfully interpreted, the applicant may appeal from the decision of the City Building Inspector to the City Council of the City of Stillwater within 30 days from the date of the decision of appeal. Section 6. Plumber's License Required. No person shall engage in or work at a business of a master plumber in the City of Stillwater unless licensed to do so by holding a State of Minnesota Master Plumber's License. Section. Penalties. 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 there- under, or any certificate or permit issued thereunder, and from which no appeal (continued on page 322) • • has been taken, or who shall fail to comply with such an order as affirmed or modified by the City Council or by a court of competent jurisdiction, within the time fixed herein, shall severally for each and every such violation and non-compliance respectively, be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than $300 or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days, 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 day that prohibited conditions are maintained shall constitute a separate offense. The application of the above penalty shall not be held to prevent the enforced removal of prohibited conditions. Section 8. Repeal of Conflicting Ordinances. Ordinance No. 341 and all other former ordinances or parts thereof conflicting or inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance or of the code hereby adopted are hereby repealed. Section 9. Date of Effect. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication according to law. Adopted by the City Council of the City of Stillwater this 8th day of September, 1970. Published: September 11, 1970 Attest: City Clerk Mayor hdt G�9 et r •