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ORDINANCE NO. 762
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A PLUMBING CODE FOR THE CITY OF '<
ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, DOES
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: '.l:hat a certain document, three copies of which are
on file for use and examinatidn by the public, in the office of the
City Clerk of the City of Arcadia, being marked and designated as
"Uniform PlUI)1bing Code, 1948 Edition, adopted by Western Plumbing
Officials AssI,ciation at the Eighteenth Annual Canference, October
1947", consis.ting of 85 pages, together with the Index portion of
said Code to be found on Pages 86 to 101, both inclusive, be and the
same is hereby adopted as the Plumbing Code of the City of Arcadia, t;o
provide for the protection of the public health and safety, and the EIXtt
amination, registration and licensing of persons engaged in the business
of plumbing or laboring at the trade of plumbing; requiring a permi 1;
for the installation or alterationof plumbing, gas and drainage systems;;
creating the Office of Plumbing Official and the Board of Plumbing &~-
aminers, and prescribing their duties; defining certain terms; es-
tablishing minimum regulations for the installation, alteration or rl3pair
of plumbing, gas or drainage systems, and the inspection thereof; anli
providing penalties for its violation; and each and all of the regu-
lations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of such "Uniform
Plumbirg Code, 1948 Edition, adopted by Western Plumbing Officials
Association at the Eighteenth Annual Conference, October, 1947", includ-
ing said Index thereto, heretofore referred to as being adopted, on f:ile
in the office of the City Clerk as ~foresaid, are hereby referred to,
adopted and ~ade a part hereof as if fully set out in this Ordinance, pro
vided, however, that certain Sections of said Uniform Plumbing Code
snallbe and t.he same are hereby amended as hereinafter set forth in
this Ordinance.
SECTION 2. Section 102 of said Uniform Plumbing Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
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"SEGTION 102. PLUMBING OFFICIAL AND ASSISTANTS.
To provide for the administration and enforcement of this
Ordinance, th3 Office of Plumbing Official is hereby created. The City
Council shall appoint the Plumbing Official and may appoint assistants
to the Plumbing Official to aid him in the discharge of the duties of
his office. Any person orpersons appointed under the provisions of t;his
Section shall hold office at the pleasure of the City Council".
SECTION ~ Section 103 of said Uniform Plumbing Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"SECTION 103. PLUMBING OFFICIAL'S QUALIFICATIONS.
"The Plumbing Officials and/or all Assitant Plumbing
Officials hereafter appointed shall be familiar with all of the pro-
visions of this Code, and qualified to enforce tthe same".
SECTION 4: Section 104 of said Uniform Plumbing Code is hereby
amended by inserting in the blank space provided in said Section 104
the word, IIBuildingll.
SECTION 5: Section 108 of said Uniform Plumbing Code is hereby
amended by inserting in the first paragraph of said Section the words,
"Five Hundred Dollar s"; and in the second blank space provided in said
Section, the words, "Six months ".
SECTION 6: Section202 of said Uniform Plumbing Code is hereby
amended to road as follows:
IISECTION 202. APPOINTMENT OF A BOARD OF PLUMBER EXAMINER~.
liThe Board of plumber Examiners shall be appointed by and.
under the jurisdiction of the City Council, and shall consist of three
members, one of whom shall be a licensed Master Plumber, one shall be
a certified Journeyman Plumber, and one a licensed architect. The
members of said Board shall be appointed for, and shall serve for,
three years, provided that any member or members of s aid Board may be
sooner removed at the pleasure of the City Council. The Plumbing
Official shall act a s Secretary to said Board".
SECTION 7: Section 209 of said Uniform Plumbing Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
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lIi:mcTION 209. RENEWAL OF CERTIFICATES.
"l~very Plumber I s Certificate of Competency shall be issued
for the unexpired portion of the calendar year, shall bear the date of
issuance, and shall remain in force and effect from said dalte to Decem-
ber 31 of th(l year of issuance, unless sooner cancelled or revoked.
Each such Certificate may be renewed from year to year upon payment
of a renewal fee which shall be the same as the fees set forth in
Section 205 of this Code, without any further examination unless the
previous Certificate has been cancelled or revoked. Each such re-
newal shall be applied for and shall be made within 30 days from the
date of expiration of the Certificate, and any Certificate which is not
so renewed shall becone null and void".
SECTION 8: Section 213 of said Uniform Plumbing Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"S~CTION 213. LICENSE Fl!.'E.
"Bl9fore any Master Plumber I s Certificate shall be issued c.r
renewed, prol)f shall be made to the Board of Plumber Examiners that
the applicant has secured and paid for any business license or licenses
required by '~he City of Arcadia under any Ordinance of said City".
SECTION 9: Section 214 of said Uniform Plumbing Code is hereby
amended to r'9ad as follows:
IIS:E:CTION 124. BOND.
"Every person, firm or corporation (a) before carrying on or
engaging in the business of plumbing, or (b) laboring at the trade of
plumbing, or (c) performing plumbing work that is not under the imme-
diate supervision of a licensed Master Plumber, shall, before procuring
a permit for the performance of such work, deposit with the Plumbing
Official a cash deposit of $100.00 or a surety bond of $500.00. Said
cash deposit or bond shall befor the benefit of the City of Arcadia, to
assure full and faithful compliance with all of the provisions of this
Ordinance or any amendments thE!' eto.
"Said bond shall be held for the duration of the plumbing
license of the depositor thereof, and, if deposited by someone othe1'
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than a licensl3d plumber, shall be held until the final approval by the
Plumbing Offil~ial of the plumbing work performed. Upon the expiratic-n
or termination of such license, or final approval of the work, such cash
deposit or so much thereof as still remains unappropriated shall be re-
paid to the dl~pos i tor thereof.
"In the event thSlt any plumbing work performed by the de-
positor of any cash deposit or bond does not fully comply with the pro-
visions of thts Ordinance, and if upon five days' notice the said
depositor fails or neglects to remedy such defective work or non-com-
pliance, the said Plumbing Official may have such defective work cor-
rected and out of such cash deposit pay the amount required to remedy
such defective work, or in case of a bond, proceed to enforce the p ro-
visions thereof. In the event that a portion of said cash d eposi t i 8 use.
to correct defective work, no permit to do plumbing work shall be iSllued
to the depositor thereof until said cash bond is restored to the ori--
ginal amount of $100.00".
SECTION 10: Section 303 of said Uniform Plumbing Code is hereby
amended by adding thereto a new paragraph to be known as paragraph
lI(d)", to I'ead as follows:
"SECTION 303. TO WHOM PERMITS MAY BE ISSUED.
"(d) Before issuing any permit under this Section 30:3, thl3
Plumbing Official shall require an affidavit from the person who pro-.
poses to do the work, which affidavit shall set forth all pertinent
facts which by this Section are required to exist before a permit here-
under is issued".
SECTION 11: The Schedule of Fees under Section 305 of said Uniform
Plumbing Code is hereby amended to read ~s follows::
"SECTION 305. SCHEDULE OF FEES.
"For each plumbing fixture and waste discharing device..$
For each House Sewer...................................
.50
2.00
For each Cesspool...................................... 2.00
For each Septic Tank................................... 2.00
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For each Water Heater................$ .50
For' each Water Distribution System... .50
For Plumbing piping without fixtures. 1.00
For each Gas Piping System of
1 t.o 10 outlets...................... 1.00
For each Gas Piping System of
10 outlets or more, per outlet....... .10
For each Swimming Pool:
Pub lie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 20.00
Private....................... 10.00
For each piece of water treating
or water using equipment.............
.50
For Vacuum breakers or back-flow
protective devices installed sub-
sequent to the installation of the
piping or equipment served:
One to five...................
Over five, each...............
1.00
.10
Minimum fee for any permit or work
requiring inspection.................
2.00
For each Furnace..................... 2.00
For each additional Furnace over 0 De.
.50
For each Water Softener..............
.50
For each Garbage Disposal............
.50 "
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SECTION 12: Table No.1, under Section 702 of said Uniform Plumb-
ing Code, Item 19 under "Kind of Fixture" - Water closets or
sinks:
Trap size 3'"
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"KIND OF FIXTURE
TRAP SIZE
Water closets
Clinic Sinks
4"
3"
UNITS
6
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~st~\..t\)1~~ SECTION 13: The first paragraph of Section 707 of
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"SECTION 707. CLEANOUTS.
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"Every horizontal soil or waste-pipe or pipings shall be
provided with a cleanout at its upper terminal, and every such run
of piping, wh:lch is more than fifty (50) feet in length, shall be
provided with a cleanout for each fifty (50) feet, or fraction thereof,
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in the length of such piping, and a cleanout shall be installed directly
at the upper end of everyone-quarter (t) of ninety degree (900) elbow
or bend in any soil or waste piping, provided, however, that a cleanou'~
shall not be required on any such concealed or completely enclosed pipl~
or piping which is above the first floor of the building.
"The property owner shall be responsible, and the City shall
not be responsible, for the maintenance, repair or replacement of housl~
laterals back of the point of connection thereof with the main trunk silwer.
"All cleanouts which would be ordinarily located within five
feet of exterior walls shall be carried to and shall be located outsidEl
of the exterior wall. All structures shall have installed a cleanout
"T", which shall be located on the house sewer at a point not less than
4 feet and not more than 6 feet from the exterior wall".
SECTION 14: A new Section is hereby added to s aid Uniform Plumbing
Code to be known as "section 803", which shall read as follows:.
"SECTION 803. CONNECTION VUTH MAIN SEVr.ER.
"Whenever it is found necessary to connect a lateral sewer tel
a main sewer line, such connection shall be made only by the person in
charge of City :3ewers. A fee of $2.00 shall be charged for the labor
of making such connection, the necessary materials to be furnished and
excavation done by the plumber constructing such lateral. It shall be
unlawful for an:r person other than a City employee in charge of sewers
to make such connection."
SBCTION 15: The second paragraph of Section 1210 of said Uniform
Plumbing Code iB hereby amended to read as follows:
"SECTION 1210. PROHIBITED FIXTURER.
"Pan and valve plunger, offset washout, long hopper, or other
type of water closet h3ving invisible trap seals or unventilated spaces
or surfaces not thoroughly washed at each flush, shall not be installed.
No dry or chemical closet shall be installed in any building used for
human habitation, provided, however, that in the mountainous area in
the northerly section of the City of Arcadia, where at present there
are no existing sewers. chemical closets may be permitted, with the
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approval of the Health Department of the City of Arcadia, in the dis-
cretion of the Plumbing Official".
SECTION 16: Section 1309 of said Uniform Plumbing Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"SECTION 1309. MAIN SHUTOFF VALVE.
"A readily accessible main, fullway gate valve, controlling
all outlets, shall be installed on the discharge side of the water metElr,
and a similar valve, readily accessible, shall be installed on the out..
side of the exterior wall at the point where the water piping enters
the structure. All valves used as main shutoff valves on a cold water
supply pipe shallbe gate valves or full-opening cocks or stops."
SECTION 17: Ordinance No. 126, adopted and approved September 19~
1923; Ordinance No. 185, adopted and approved November 3, 1926;
Ordinance No. 365, adopted and approved October 26, 1947; Ordinance
No. 379, adopted and approved June 21, 1938; Ordinance No. 459, adopteld
and approved April 22, 1941; Ordinance No. 483, adopted and approved
May 19, ~942, and all other ordinances or parts of ordinances in confli,ct
herewith are hereby repealed, provided that any such repeal shall not
affect or prevent the prosecution and punishment 0 f any person for any
act heretofore done or committed in violation of any ordinance which is
repealed hereby.
SECTION 18: The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this
Ordinance and i1;s approval by the Mayor of said City, and shall cause
the same to be pUblished once in the Arcadia Tribune and Arcadia News,
a newspaper of general circulation, within fifteen (15) days after the
date of its passage. and sa!. d Ordinance shall becoDEl effective and in
full force and Ilffect thirty (30) days from and after the date of its
final passage.
INTRODUCED this 19th day of April, 1949.
SIGNED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 3rd day 0 f May, 1949.
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STATE OF CALH'ORNIA:
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES:
I, RICHARD C. EWING, City Clerk of the City of Arcadia.
California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 762
was duly and regularly adopted, passed and approved by the City Council.
of the City of Arcadia, California, at a regular meeting of s aid City
Council held at the regular meeting place thereof, on the 3rd day of
May, 1949, by the following vote:
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C')uncilmen, Boucher, Klomp, Libby, Nugent and Russell
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ABSENT: None
DATED: 3rd day of May, 1949.
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