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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 9710T T ~ T ~ ORDINANCE N0. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 9164, AS AMENDED, THE FORT WORTH PLUMBING CODE, BY PROVIDING FOR THE LOCATION OF GAS METERS; PROVIDING FOR THE INSTALLATION OF GAS LINES; PROVIDING FOR DEFINITIONS; PROVIDING FOR THIS ORDINANCE TO BE CUMULATIVE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION IN PAMPHLET FORM; PROVIDING F'OR ENGROSS- MENT AND EN ROLLMENT; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That Section 1202 of Ordinance No. 9164, as amended, is hereby amended by revising Section 1202(d) to read as follows: "(d) Gas Piping: Any installation of pipe, valves or fit- tings that is used to convey fuel gas, installed on any premises or in any building, but shall not include: (1) Any portion of the service piping. (2) Any approved piping connection six (6) feet (1.8 m) or less in length between an existing gas outlet and a gas appliance in the same room with the outlet. (3} Any gas piping supplying gas from the main to the measuring point, provided such piping is installed according to the law and the rules of the Railroad Commission of Texas." SECTION 2 . That Section 1202 of Ordinance No. 9164, as amended, is hereby amended by revising Section 1202(8) to read as follows: "(g) Service Piping: The piping and equipment between the street gas main and the gas measuring point. SECTION 3 . That Section 1211 of Ordinance No. 9164, as amended, is hereby amended by revising Paragraph (1) thereof to read as follows: i t, "(1) All gas meters shall be located at the building on the site being served. Where it is impracticab:Le to do so, the Administrative Authority may approve an alternative location. In approving an alternative location, the Administrative Authority shall take into account the required gas supply and the accessibility to the gas main. Any person aggrieved by the decision of the Administrative Authority may appeal such decision to the Board of Plumbers. All meters set at approved locations shall be protected from moving machinery and equipment." SECT ION 4 . That Section 1211 of Ordinance No. 9164, as amended, is hereby amended by revising Paragraph (8) thereof to read a:~ follows: "8. The initial installation and any future maa.ntenance of the service piping shall be the responsibility of the serving gas supplier. When service piping is installed or is in need of repair or replacement, the serving gas supplier shall do so without charge to the customer except as approved by the City Council through the gas rate structure. However, where the existing gas service piping enters directly under the house beneath the surface of the ground, the owner shall at his own expense install a riser outside the building and connect the same to the existing house piping. SECTION 5 . This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordi- nances and of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas ( 1964) , as amended, except where the provisions of this ordinance are in direct conflict with the provisions of such ordinances and such Code, in which event conflicting provisions of such ordinances and such Code are hereby repealed. SECTION 6 . It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared unconstitu- -2- tional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such ~. unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section. SECTION 7 . Any person, firm or corporation who violates, disobeys, omits, neglects or refuses to comply with or who resists the enforcement of any of the provisions of this ordinance relating to fire safety or public health and sanitation shall be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for each offense and shall be fined not more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for all oi_her violations. Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense. SECTION 8. All rights and remedies of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, are expressly saved as to any and all violations of the provisions of Ordinance No. 9164 or any other ordinances affecting plumbing which have accrued at the time of the effective date of this ordinance; and, as to such accrued violations and all pending litigation, both civil and 1criminal, whether pending in court or not, under such ordinances, same shall not be affected by this ordinance but may be prosecuted until final disposition by the courts. SECTION 9. The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, is hereby authorized to publish this ordinance in pamphlet form for general -3- ~. distribution among the public, and the operative provisions of_ this ordinance as so published shall be admissible in evidence in all courts without further proof than the production thereof, as pro- vided in Chapter XXV, Section 3, of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth, Texas. SECTION 10. The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth is hereby directed .. to engross and enroll this ordinance by copying the caption and Sections 7, 11 and 12 in the minutes of the City Council and by filing the ordinance in the ordinance records of the City. SECTION 11. The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, is hereby directed to publish the caption and Sections 7, 11 and 12 of this ordinance for two (2) days in the official newspaper. of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, as authorized by Art. 1176b-1, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas. SECTION 12. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect 'from and after its passage and publication as required by law, and it is so ordained. A PROVED AS TO FORM LEGALITY: -r...,~ City Attorney Date : ~ ' 3 ~ ~ ADOPTED: ~~~,~ EFFECTIVE : 9~~~ -4- a~AS rr.R r•ILt; 1 A~gurtrtNC~?2 ~ ~2~~ ®~ ~®~~ ~Y~V ®~'~08.~ ~~.~~~ TRANSpORTATIDN~PUBLIC W KS• /~ /~ /~~,J//7// ~ /~ /~ //7/// ~ /~ /~/~ (~/J.. NpYERADMINISTRA'T'iGf1~~~~®~ 'l+W~tL1V ~®LL/~Y~~L/~lV ~®~~LL/W~~H./'LWIV~®~ DE~~ELOPM[Ntm3 DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE PAGE 9/2/86 NUMBER G-6801 NO 9164 FORT WORTH PLUMBING CODE 1 t °r-- Recommendation It is recommended that the City Council adopt the attached ordinance amending the Fort Worth Plumbing Code as described below Discussion Section 1211 of the Fort Worth Plumbing Code .(Ordinance No 9164) provides that the initial installation of gas lines on a customer's property shall be the responsibility of the customer. This typically is accomplished by the builder of a home installing the pipeline or by the customer hiring a plumber to do the installation. After initial installation is completed, Lone Star Gas Company assumes the responsibility for repairing and maintaining the gas line Lone Star Gas has requested that the City amend the Plumbing Code to require the gas company to install all gas service lines on a customer's property and to bill the customer only through the gas rate structure which is approved by the City Council The attached ordinance was drafted for this purpose The City staff has reviewed these proposed amendments and recommends their adoption. The matter was submitted for the consideration of the Board of Plumbers, which met in session on August 5, 1986, and approved the proposed changes ly APPRO~/ED BY CITY COUNCIL s~~ ~ ~g~s ~ ~~~ Cfty Seozetauy of thr3 City of Foxt VVort~, T®x0~ SUBMITTED FOR IHt~ ~ A // CITY MANAGER'S DISPOSITION BY COUNCIL. APPROVED PROCESSED BY u OFFICE BY ^ ORIGINATING Bl DEPARTMENT HEAD• JOe ~ardl [ OTHER (DESCRIBE) . , CITY SECRETARY FOR ADDITIONAL IN FORt'PfBdSd4^d Goza Ext 7980 Adopted Ordinance No. CONTACT DATE