The “standard code” as referred to herein shall be the Uniform Plumbing Code, 2006 Edition, as published by the International Association of Plumbing & Mechanical Official, 5001 E Philadelphia St, Ontario CA, 91761-2816, and as amended herein. The standard code shall include all appendices and codified supplements to the Uniform Plumbing Code, 2006 Edition, with the exception of Table 1-1, Chapter 7, Part II Building Sewers, Section 414.5, Table 4-1, Section 609.4, Section 908.0, Section 1014.0, Section 1015.0, Section 1209.5.2.3, Section 1209.5.2.4, Section1209.5.3.2, Section 1209.5.3.3, Appendix F, Appendix K, Appendix L 6.0, Appendix L 7.0. The standard code is hereby adopted as the plumbing code for Park City, Kansas, and is incorporated by reference herein as if fully set out in this section.
Section 102.1 of the standard code is amended to read as follows:
Section 102.1 Authority Having Jurisdiction. The administrative authority duly appointed to enforce the standard code shall be the director of the department of code enforcement and that official’s designee(s). The terms “administrative authority,” “building official,” and “department director of the department of code enforcement” are synonymous. The administrative authority and the “code enforcement officers” as defined in K.S.A. 19-101d(b)(2), shall have the power to sign, issue and execute uniform complaints and notices to appear as set out by K.S.A. 19-101d. The administrative authority shall make decisions as are necessary to administer and enforce the standard code. The administrative authority shall have the authority to promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the purpose of the standard code and such rules and regulations shall be effective upon approval by the City Council. The administrative authority shall have the authority to refer to the board of examiners and appeals any matter that relates to the approval of plumbing material and methods as the same relate to the standard code.
Section 102.3 of the standard code is amended to read as follows:
Section 102.3 Violations, Enforcement and Penalties.
102.3.1 Violations. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, improve, remove, convert, demolish, equip, use or maintain any plumbing system or equipment, or cause or permit the same to be done in violation of the standard code.
102.3.1. Service of Notice of Violation(s) and Order(s) to Comply. Whenever the building official or any code enforcement officer authorized under this article has probable cause to believe that a person, firm, or corporation is committing or has committed a violation of any provision of the standard code, the building official or such code enforcement officer may first cause a notice of violation(s) and order(s) to comply to be served upon any person, firm, corporation, or other entity, responsible therefore. Such notice shall:
1. Be in writing;
2. Include a description of the real estate and /or street address sufficient for identification;
3. Specify the violation(s) which exists and the correction(s) ordered; and
4. Allow a reasonable time for the performance of any act it requires.
Such notice shall be deemed to be properly served upon such alleged violator if a copy thereof is delivered to such alleged violator personally, or, if not found, a copy thereof is left at such alleged violator’s place of abode or business with a person of suitable age and discretion who shall be informed of the contents thereof. Such notice shall also be deemed to be properly served upon the alleged violator if a copy thereof is sent by mail to such alleged violator’s last known address, or, if the letter with the copy is returned showing it has not been delivered, a copy thereof is posted in a conspicuous place in, on, or about the building or structure affected by the notice.
Section 102.3.2 of the standard code is amended to read as follows:
Section 102.3.2.1 Issuance of Uniform Complaint and Notice to Appear. Whenever the building official or a code enforcement officer authorized under this article has probable cause to believe that a person, firm, or corporation is committing or has committed a violation of any provision of the standard code, the building official or such code enforcement officer may serve upon such accused person a uniform complaint and notice to appear.
Section 102.3.2.2 Classification of Violations and Schedule of Fines. An accused person who shall be convicted for violation of any provision of the standard code or this article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to payment of a fine which shall be fixed by the court at a sum not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00).
Section 102.3.2.3 Separate Offense. Each day that any violation of the standard code or of this article occurs after the passage of the reasonable time for performance of any act required by a notice of violation(s) and order(s) to comply has been served in accordance with the terms and provisions hereof shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as a separate violation.
Section 102.3.2.4 Authority to Permit. The issuance of granting of a permit or approval of plans shall not be deemed or construed to be a permit for, or an approval of, any violation of any of the provisions of the standard code or of this article. No permit presuming to give authority to violate or cancel the provisions hereof shall be valid.
Section 102.3.2.5 Effect of Permit. The issuance or granting of a permit or approval of plans shall not prevent the building official from thereafter requiring the correction of errors in said plans or from preventing construction operations being carried on thereunder when in violation of the standard code or of this article.
Section 102.3.3 of the standard code is amended to read as follows:
Section 102.3.3 Enforcement. In case any notice of violation(s) and order(s) authorized herein is not complied with, the building official or such code enforcement officer may request the city attorney to institute an appropriate action or proceeding against the person, firm, or corporation responsible for the violation(s):
1. To restrain, correct, or remove the violation or to compel such person, firm, or corporation to refrain from any further execution of work;
2. To restrain or correct the erection, construction, enlargement, alteration, repair, movement, improvement, removal, conversion, demolition, equipping, use, or maintenance of such plumbing system or equipment;
3. To require the removal of work in violation;
4. To prevent the use of the plumbing system or equipment or any part thereof, which is erected, constructed, enlarged, altered, repaired, moved, improved, removed, converted, demolished, equipped, used, or maintained in violation of the standard code or in violation of a plan or specification under which an approval, permit or certificate was issued.
In addition, or in the alternative, the building official or a code enforcement officer may proceed with the penalties provision.
Section 103.4 of the standard code is amended to read as follows:
Section 103.4.1 Permit fees. The fee for each plumbing permit shall be as set forth in Table No. 1-1 below and shall accompany each application made for such a permit.
EXCEPTION: Installations for new one-and two-family dwellings shall not be required to obtain an individual plumbing permit or fee because the applicable Building Permit and Fee are inclusive of the plumbing installation.
Table 1-1 of the standard code is amended to read as follows:
Table No. 1-1--PLUMBING PERMIT FEES
For issuing each permit $25.00
For each plumbing fixture or trap or set of fixtures on one trap (including water, drainage piping, and backflow protection therefore) $3.50
For each water heater and/or vent $10.00
For each gas piping system of one (1) to four (4) outlets $10.00
For each gas piping system of five (5) or more, per outlet $1.00
For each industrial waste pre-treatment interceptor, including its traps and vent, excepting kitchen type grease interceptors functioning as fixture traps $10.00
For installation, alteration or repair of water piping and/or water treating equipment $10.00
For repair or alteration of drainage or vent piping $10.00
For each lawn sprinkler system or any one (1) meter, including backflow protection devices therefore $10.00
For vacuum breakers or backflow protective devices on tanks, vats, etc., or for installation on unprotected plumbing fixtures, including necessary water piping, one (1) to four (4) $10.00
Five (5) or more, each $1.00
Section 104 is hereby created to read as follows:
Section 104.1 Plumbing Inspector: Qualifications; Appointment. There is hereby created the position of plumbing inspector. More than one plumbing inspector may be appointed at the discretion of the building official. Plumbing inspector(s) shall be appointed by the building official. Person(s) chosen to fill the position(s) of plumbing inspector(s) shall be possessed of such executive ability as is requisite for the performance of assigned duties, have a thorough knowledge of the standard materials and methods used in the installation of plumbing equipment, be well-versed in approved methods of construction for safety to persons and property, the statutes of the state of Kansas relating to plumbing work and any orders, rules, and regulations issued by authority thereof, and the standard code, have at least five (5) years experience as a certified master and/or journeyman plumber in the installation of plumbing equipment, and hold a current master plumber’s certificate, or, in lieu of such experience and certification, shall hold a current and valid plumbing inspector certificate issued by the international conference of building officials and have two (2) years experience in plumbing inspection.
Section 104.2 Current City Employees Holding Certificates. Any person who is in the employ of the City and who holds a current and valid combination inspector certificate or a plumbing inspector certificate issued by the International Conference of building officials shall also be qualified as a plumbing inspector for the inspection of installations in one and/or two-family dwelling units.
Section 313.10.1 of the standard code is amended to read as follows:
Section 313.10.1 Exception: Sleeves shall not be required where openings are drilled or bored, or on plumbing fixture risers and outlets that are embedded in the concrete slab of the floor that serves the fixture outlet.
Section 316.1.6 of the standard code is amended to read as follows:
Section 316.1.6 Solvent Cement Plastic Pipe Joints. Plastic pipe and fittings designed to be joined by solvent cementing shall comply with appropriate IAPMO Installation Standards.
ABS pipe and fittings shall be cleaned and then joined with solvent cement(s).
CPVC pipe and fittings shall be cleaned and then joined with listed primer(s) and solvent cements(s).
EXCEPTION: Listed solvent cements that do not require the use of primer shall be permitted for use with CPVC pipe and fittings, manufactured in accordance with ASTM D2846, ½ inch through 2 inches in diameter.
PVC pipe and fittings shall be cleaned and joined with primer(s) and solvent cement(s). PVC primers must conform to ASTM F656 and may be clear or purple in color.
Non-pressure PVC pipe and fittings may be joined without primer by using a medium body cement that meets the requirements of ASTM D2564-96a, including section 5.3.2, and is blue in color. Such one-step cements must be approved by the cement manufacturer for use without primer and so stated on the label.
Section 319 of the standard code is amended to read as follows:
Section 319. Test Gauges. In performing the prescribed piping tests as required elsewhere in this code, a spring type gauge may be used provided: the maximum capacity of the gauge used for the ten (10) psi for fifteen (15) minutes test shall be thirty (30) psi and the maximum capacity of the gauge used for the sixty (60) psi for thirty (30) minutes test shall be one hundred (100) psi.
Section 413 of the standard code is amended to read as follows:
Section 413 ADA Standards. Plumbing fixtures and fixture fittings for persons with disabilities shall conform to the appropriate State of Kansas ADA standards.
Section 505.1 of the standard code is amended to read as follows:
Section 505.l Location. Water heater installations in bedrooms and bathrooms shall comply with one of the following:
(a) Fuel-burning water heaters may be installed in a closet located in the bedroom or bathroom provided the closet is equipped with a listed, gasketed door assembly and a listed self-closing device. The self-closing door assembly shall meet the requirements of Section 505.1.1. The door assembly shall be installed with a threshold and bottom door seal and shall meet the requirements of Section 505.1.2. All combustion air for such installations shall be obtained from the outdoors in accordance with Section 507.4. The closet shall be for the exclusive use of the mechanical equipment.
(b) Water heater shall be of the direct vent type.
(c) Water heater shall be of electric type.
Section 603.4.6.1 of the standard code is amended to read as follows:
Section 603.4.6.1 Backflow Device. Potable water supplies to systems having no pumps or connections for pumping equipment, and no chemical injection or provisions for chemical injection, shall be protected from backflow by one of the following devises:
(1) Pressure vacuum breaker
(2) Spill-resistant pressure vacuum breaker
(3) Reduced-pressure backflow preventer
Section 603.4.6.3 of the standard code is amended to read as follows:
Section 603.4.6.3 Downstream Backflow Device. Where systems have a backflow device installed downstream from a potable water supply pump or a potable water supply pump connection, the device shall be one of the following:
(1) Pressure vacuum breaker
(2) Spill-resistant pressure vacuum breaker
(3) Reduced-pressure backflow preventer
Section 603.4.16.3 of the standard code is amended to read as follows:
Section 603.4.16.3 Fire Supply Contaminant Chemicals. Where contaminant chemicals (ethylene glycol, corrosion inhibitors, or other chemicals) are added to a fire protection system supplied from a potable water supply, the potable water system shall be protected by one of the following:
1. Reduced pressure backflow preventer
2. Reduced pressure detector assembly
Fire protection systems using low hazard materials must be protected with appropriate protection and clearly labeled per NFPA requirements with MSDS documentation. Devices approved for low hazard potable water system protection include the following:
1. Double check backflow preventer
2. Double check detector assembly
Section 604.1 of the standard code is amended to read as follows:
Section 604.1 All pipe, tube and fittings carrying water used in potable water systems intended to supply drinking water shall meet the requirements of NSF 61 as found in Table 14-1. All materials used in the water supply system, except valves and similar devices, shall be of a like material, except where otherwise approved by the Authority Having Jurisdiction.
Materials for building water piping and building supply piping shall be in accordance with Table 6-4 and the standards in Table 14.1.
EXCEPTION: All listed building water supply piping may be extended inside the building to the point of the building master shut off valve provided there are no branches taken off ahead of the building master shut off valve and the master shut off valve is within 5’ of the point of entrance of the structure.
Section 701.1.6 is hereby created to read as follows:
Section 701.1.6 Restrictions on Use of Vitrified Clay Pipe. No vitrified clay pipe or fitting shall be allowed inside a building or structure. Vitrified clay pipe and fittings may be used for repairs to existing clay pipe building sewers.
Section 703.3 is hereby created to read as follows:
Section 703.3 Battery Drainage System. A horizontal branch, soil or waste pipe, to which two or more water closets (except blow-out type), pedestal urinals, shower stalls or floor drains are connected in a battery, may be vented by a circuit or loop vent. When lavatories or similar fixtures discharge above such branches, each vertical branch shall be provided with a continuous vent which may be connected to the circuit or loop vent of the battery. The circuit or loop vent of a battery drainage system shall be installed vertically in front of the last upstream fixture. In addition, lower floor branches serving more than three water closets shall be provided with a relief vent taken off vertically in front of the first fixture connection. No more than eight water closets may be connected to a battery drainage system. The fixture unit value for all fixtures shall be as listed in Tables 7-3 and 7-4 of the Uniform Plumbing Code. The horizontal branch for its full length to the furthest fixture shall be uniformly sized as listed in Table 7-5 of the Uniform Plumbing Code, based on the total number of fixtures. The vent of a battery drainage system shall be sized for a fixture unit demand of the battery system according to Table 7-5 of the Uniform Plumbing Code based on the total number of fixtures. The relief vent may be wet vented with a fixture drained vertically in the battery drainage system. Such vent shall be the same size as the circuit vent it intersects. All vents shall rise vertically to six inches (152.4 mm) above the flood level of the highest fixture on the system.
Section 707.8 is hereby created to read as follows:
Section 707.8 Interceptors Clean Out. Each clean-out for an interceptor shall be outside of such interceptor. There shall be an approved clean-out installed in the inlet pipe and outlet pipe, within two (2) feet of the interceptor, and each shall be of the twin or two-way pattern design. The clean-out opening shall be extended to finish grade.
Section 712.1 of the standard code is amended to read as follows:
Section 712.1 Media. The piping of the plumbing, drainage, and venting systems shall be tested with water or air. The Authority Having Jurisdiction may require the removal of any cleanouts, etc., to ascertain whether the pressure has reached all parts of the system. When the temperature within the building wherein the drainage system is located is above twenty degrees (20º) Fahrenheit, a water test as set forth in Section 712.2 may be made. After the plumbing fixtures have been set and their traps filled with water, they shall be submitted to a final test.
Section 804.1 of the standard code is amended to read as follows:
Section 804.1 Indirect Waste Pipe Requirements. All plumbing fixtures or other receptors receiving the discharge of indirect waste pipes shall be approved for the use proposed and shall be of such shape and capacity as to prevent splashing or flooding and shall be located where they are readily accessible for inspection and cleaning. No indirect waste receptor shall be installed in any toilet rooms, closet, cupboard or storeroom. Not in any other portion of a building not in general use by the occupants thereof, except standpipes for clothes washers may be installed in toilet and bathroom areas when the clothes washers is installed in the same room. Clothes washers shall not be installed so as to discharge into any gravity line higher than sixty above its base. The clothes washer standpipe shall be a minimum length of eighteen (18) inches above the trap and the inlet of the standpipe no higher than sixty inches above the floor. In any structure where drains are to be installed in or flush with the floor, thy may be floor sinks, or floor drains and be readily accessible, provide, floor drains used as indirect waste receptors shall meet the following requirements:
(1) Have a reservoir capacity a minimum of four (4) inches in diameter and two (2) inches deep.
(2) Have a perforated cover equal in area to the diameter of the drain.
(3) Have a minimum trap and waste line size of two (2) inches in diameter.
Section 908 of the standard code is amended to read as follows:
Section 908. Wet Venting. Groups of fixtures on the same floor may be wet or stack vented; provided that the maximum distance from the vent intersection with the waste or soil pipe to the dip of the trap shall be in accordance with Table 10-1.
A fixture may be wet vented when not more than one fixture unit wastes into a one and one-half (1 ½) inch diameter wet vent. Not more than four (4) fixture units shall waste into a two (2) inch diameter (excluding urinals) or nine (9) fixture units into three (3) inch or larger diameter wet vent. Excepting floor drains, no fixtures shall waste into such stack below the closet fixture opening without a proper re-vent. The limit of a horizontal wet vent shall be to (10) feet developed length.
Table 10-1 is hereby amended to read as follows:
Table 10-1
Horizontal Distance of Trap Arms
(Except for water closets and similar fixtures)*
slope one fourth (1/4) inch per foot
Trap Arm Distance Trap to Vent
Feet Inches
1 ¼ 2 6
1 ½ 3 6
2 6 0
3 6 0
4 and larger 10 0
Provided that the distance for floor drains shall be within fifteen (15) feet of a ventilated line and the distance for bathtubs with one and one-half (1 ½) inch waste shall be within five (5) feet of a vent.
For trap arms three (3) inches in diameter and larger, the change of direction shall not exceed one hundred and thirty-five (135) degrees without the use of a cleanout.
* The developed length between the trap of a water closet or similar fixture (measured from the top of the closet ring (flange) to inner edge of vent) and its vent shall not exceed six (6) feet.
Section 1204.3.1 of the standard code is amended to read as follows:
Section 1204.3.1 Gas Piping Inspection. This inspection shall be made after all gas piping authorized by the permit has been installed, and before any such piping has been covered or concealed, or any fixture or appliance has been attached thereto. This inspection shall include a determination that the gas piping size, material and installation meet the requirements of this code.
When installing any gas opening for a future gas burning appliance in residential gas piping systems, it shall be sized and located according to the following requirements:
1. The future appliance shall be assigned a minimum fifty-five thousand BTU value for sizing the gas distribution piping system;
2. For future solid fuel burning fireplaces, the gas opening shall be run to within four feet of the fire box and be controlled by an accessible approved shut-off valve outside the hearth and be properly capped or plugged;
3. For future gas fired appliances, the gas opening shall be run to within three feet of the appliance and be controlled by a readily accessible approved shut-off valve outside the hearth and be properly capped or plugged;
4. The approved required shut-off valve shall be outside of each appliance or fireplace and ahead of the union connection and in addition to any valve on the appliance;
5. When creating a new opening all gas piping must be tested;
6. When extending an existing gas opening, only that branch must be tested; when making gas opening at meter loop, only that branch must be tested. Exception: When approved by the administrative authority, above procedures may be waived and a soap test administered.
Section 1211.1.2(A) of the standard code is amended to read as follows:
Section 1211.1.2(A) Cover Requirements. Underground piping systems shall be installed with a minimum of 18 inches (460 mm) of cover. Where external damage to the pipe is not likely to result, the minimum cover shall be 12 inches (300 mm). Where a minimum of 12 inches (300 mm) of cover cannot be provided, the pipe shall be installed in conduit or bridged (shielded). [NFPA 54:7.1.5]
EXCEPTION: Service pipe shall be laid at a depth of not less than twelve (12) inches except plastic gas lines shall be laid at a depth of eighteen (18) inches, and shall be laid in a ditch separated from the ditches of water, sewer or other underground pipes or conduits by not less than eighteen (18) inches of solid undisturbed earth. A gas service line laid parallel to a foundation wall shall be laid on a line not less than two (2) feet from such foundation wall and on solid undisturbed earth. In no case shall a service line be laid parallel to the building in the backfill along the foundation wall. Where a service or supply line passes through a foundation wall, except where such wall is on a property line, the same shall enter the building above grade.
Section 1211.1.5 of the standard code is amended to read as follows:
Section 1211.1.5 Piping Through Foundation Wall. Underground piping, where installed through the outer foundation or basement wall of a building, shall be encased in a protective pipe. The space between the gas piping and the building shall be sealed to prevent entry of gas or water. [NFPA 54:7.1.5]
No gas piping shall be installed in or on the ground under any building or structure, and all exposed gas piping shall be kept at least six (6) inches above grade and enter or exit the structure above the exterior finish grade. Concealed unprotected gas piping may be installed above grade in approved recesses or channels.
Section 1214.1.8 is hereby created to read as follows:
Section 1214.1.8 Leak Testing Required for Dormant Systems. All liquefied petroleum gas and or natural gas piping systems that have been out of service for a period of six months shall be required to have the system pressure tested to check for leaks prior to the installation of gas into the system. This testing is to be conducted by a city licensed plumber. The test is to be conducted at a minimum pressure of 10 p.s.i. for a time period of at least 15 minutes.
Not less than three (3) copies of the standard code incorporated by reference shall be filed with the city clerk. Said copies shall be marked or stamped “Official Copy as Incorporated by Reference in Ordinance No. 812-2007” with all sections or portions thereof intended to be omitted clearly marked to show any such omissions. Said copies shall have attached a copy of this resolution and shall be open to inspection and available to the public at all reasonable business hours. Copies in numbers as needed shall also be furnished without charge by the department of code enforcement of the county to the courts and all administrative departments charged with enforcement of the standard code.
The building official shall have the authority to promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the purpose of the plumbing code as adopted hereinabove.