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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCES-1971-071-O-71Amended 8-30-71 11 9- 7-71 • 71-0-71 AN ORDINANCE Amending the Code of the City of Evanston, 1957, as Amended, by Adding Article III, Adopting the BOCA Basic Plumbing Code, 1970 Edition BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS: SECTION 1: That Chapter 10 of the Code of the City of Evanston, 1957, as amended, is hereby amended by adding Article III to read as follows: "ARTICLE III. Plumbing Code. Pursuant to authority granted by the Illinois Revised Statutes, 19690 Division 3 of Article 1 of Chapter 24, the City hereby adopts by refer- ence as criteria for the issuance of construction, reconstruction, alteration or installation permits, the provisions of the BOCA Basic Plumbing Code of Building Officials and Code Administrators Inter- national, Inc., 1970 Edition, Sections P-100.1 to P-1803.0 and Appendices A to C, inclusive, pro- vided that the following sections are amended to read as follows: Section P-308.2. Public System Available. A public water supply system and/or public sewer system shall be deemed available to premises used for human occupancy if such premises are within 1000 feet, measured along a street, alley, or ease- ment, of the public water supply or sewer system and a connection conforming with the standards set forth in this code may be made thereto. Section P-313.3. Freezing. Water service piping and sewers shall be installed below recorded frost penetration but not less below grade than five (5) feet for water piping and four (4) • . feet of sewers. Plumbing piping in exterior building walls shall be adequately protected against freezing by insulation or heat or both. • Section P-405.23. Building Sewer. a. In a Trench Separate From Water Service: If the building sewer is installed in a trench separate from the water service, the sewer pipe shall be of cast iron, concrete, vitri- fied clay tile, bituminized fiber, plastic, asbestos cement, copper tube of a weight not less than that of copper water tube Type L, hard temper. Joints shall be watertight and root -proof. b. In Trench With Water Service. If the building sewer is installed in the same trench as the water service, the conditions of Section P-1602.21 shall be met. Section P-1602.1. Size of Water Service. The water service pipe shall be of sufficient size to furnish water to the building in the quantities and at the pressure required elsewhere in this code. It shall in no case be less than one (1) inch nominal diameter. One method for sizing the water service pipe is described in Appendix A. Section 10-15. No plumbing work of any kind shall be done in the City of Evanston except in compliance with the Illinois Plumbing License Law, Ch. 111%0 § 116.36 to 116.75, Ill. Rev. Stats., 1969. Section 10-16. Any reference in said code to "admin- istrative authority" shall be read as meaning the "Director of Inspections and Permits." Section 10-17. No licensed plumber shall perform plumbing work in the City of Evanston except for minor repairs unless prior thereto he shall have on file in the office of the City Clerk, a bond in the sum of $10,000 with sureties conditioned, among other things, that the applicant will indemnify and save harmless the City of Evanston from all claims or damages arising from any negligence and unskill- fulness in the execution or protection of his work and from any unfaithful or inadequate work done by - 2- U virtue of any permit that may be issued to him by the Department of Inspections and Permits, and also if required by the City of Evanston, restore streets, sidewalks and pavements over any piping he may lay, and fill all excavations made by him, so as to leave said streets, sidewalks and pave- ments in as good state and condition as he found them, and will keep and maintain the same in good order for a reasonable time thereafter, to the satisfaction of the Street Department of the City of Evanston, and further conditioned that he will pay all fines that may be imposed upon him for any violation of any ordinance, rule or regulation adopted by the municiplaity, and that he will con- form to all the lawful regulations of the munici- pality pertaining to the business of plumbing. Section 10-18. Regulations of the BOCA Plumbing Code of the City of Evanston and provisions of the ordinance shall apply to all matters concerning design, install- ation, alteration, addition, repair, removal, construc- tion, use, location, and maintenance of plumbing systems., including sanitary and storm drainage, sanitary facil- ities, water supply, storm and sewage disposal in servicing existing or proposed buildings or structures in the City. Three copies of the BOCA Basic Plumbing Code, 1970 Edition, adopted by reference in Section • 10-14 of this ordinance shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk and kept available for public use, inspection and examination. The intention of the City Council is hereby expressed that the provisions of this ordinance are severable and that the invalidity of any section hereof or any portion of any section hereof shall not affect any other section or portion of this ordinance. Section 10-19. Permit Fees. Fees for permits required by the provisions of the Evanston Plumbing Code shall be those established by Ordinance 19-0-71, as amended. Section 10-20. Penalty for Violations. Any person who shall violate any provisions of the BOCA Plumbing Code or any other provisions of this ordinance, or who shall fail to comply with any of the requirements thereof, or who shall design, in- stall, alter, add, repair, remove, construct, use, locate, or maintain any plumbing system in violation -3- • 0 of any approved plan or direction of the Director of Inspections and Permits, of any permit or certificate issued under the provisions of the BOCA Basic Plumbing Code, shall be guilty of an offense punishable by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, and by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars for each and every subsequent offense. Each day that an offense continues shall be deemed a separate offnese." SECTION 2: The Plumbing Ordinance of the City of Evanston, adopted by the City Council on July 16, 1951, as amended, is hereby repealed and all other ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. SECTION 3: That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval and publication in the manner provided by law. Introduced Auaust 30 , 1971 Adopted September 7 , 1971 Attest: /s/ Maurice F. Brown City Clerk ApprovedSentember 7, , 1971 /s/ Ed2ar Vanneman, Jr. Mayor Approved as to form: / s / Jack M. Siegel Corporation Counsel Published: September 23, 1971 Code Page: 103F 0