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ORDINANCE NO AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO 8140 WHICH ADOPTED THE UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE, AS AMENDED, BY AMENDING SECTION 1004 REQUIRING POLYBUTELENE PIPING TO MEET CERTAIN STANDARDS PROVIDING FOR THIS ORDINANCE TO BE CUMULATIVE PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE PROVIDING FOR PUB- LICATION AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS SECTION 1 That Ordinance No 8140, the Uniform Plumbing Code, as amended, is hereby amended by revising follows Section 1004 thereof to read as Section 1004 - Materials (a) Water pipe and fittings shall be of brass, copper, cast iron, galvanized malleable iron, galvanized wrought iron, galvanized steel, lead or other approved materials Asbestos-cement, PE, or PVC water pipe manufactured to recognized standards may be used for cold water distribu- tion systems outside a building 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 Administrative Authority Polybutelene piping may be used above ground or slab provided such piping installation meets the Board of Plumbers' Standard No 8-3-82-1 (b) Cast iron fittings up to and including two (2) inches (50 8mm) in size, when used in connection with potable water piping shall be galvanized (c) All malleable iron water fittings shall be galvan- ized (d) Piping and tubing which has previously been used for any purpose other than for potable water systems shall not be used (e) Water piping run below concrete floor slabs on grade or fill shall be soft temper copper in accordance with Section 203 of this code, installed in a system of "looping between points of use No joints shall be per- mitted in below floor loops of one hundred (100) feet total length or less, and joints in longer lengths shall be limited to couplings which shall be silver-soldered Transition to hard temper copper piping shall be made at each above-floor terminal of each loop not less than four (4) nor more than eight (8) inches above the floor line, except that a loop serving a single fixture may terminate at a drop-ear elbow securely fastened to the construction at the fixture branch through the wall All fixture branches through the wall shall be firmly anchored to the construction- to prevent movement along the axis of such branch by means of drop-ear elbows or some equivalent method acceptable to the Administrative Authority Exception Polybutelene piping may be run below concrete floor slabs on grade or fill, providing such piping installation meets the Board of Plumbers' Standard No 8-3-82-1 .r SECTION 2 That this ordinance shall be cumulative of all ordinances, except where the provisions of this ordinance are in direct conflict with the provisions of such ordinances, in which event conflicting provisions of such ordinances are hereby repealed SECTION 3 That 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 unconstitutional 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 4 That all rights or remedies of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, are expressly saved as to any and all violations of Ordinance No 8140, as amended, and as to any other ordinance affecting plumbing which have occurred at the time of the effective date of this ordinance and, as to such accrued violations and all pending litigation, both civil and criminal, 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 5 That any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and each such person shall be guilty of a separate offense for each day or portion thereof during which any violation of any provision of this ordinance is committed, continued, or permitted, and each violation shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars ($200 00) -2- ~ ~f. SECTION 6 That the City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, is hereby directed to publish the caption, penalty clause, and effective date of this ordinance for five (5) days in the official newspaper of the City of Fort Worth, as authorized by TEX REV CIV STATS , Art 1176b-1 SECTION 7 That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of passage and publication as above specified PPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY °vwv- City Attorney Date tt _~ ~' ~{Z ADOPTED f/- ~ - ~ Z EFFECTIVE ~~J~~-~ ~~ WKO t -3- M.',~rSl(ER'~`1Sab // -_-'_'iw W n t ' , CATY WdJALWJ1PalER•>A .~ d1~~IDtYIITIl6G•2 TRNROSA'@RTATtQN~PUBLIC WORK LAw-~ bEVELOPMENT.+3 ~.~ ..'-!~ DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT Amending Uniform Plumbing Code PAGE 9/14/'82 _~ NUMBER ~~G-S416 Regarding Polybutelene Piping lof 1. ~.~. _1 On:`7lugust 3 1982 the City of Font Worth's Board of Plumbers adopted ce.rta.in guidelines (Standard No 8-3-82-1) for the ins.tallati.on of Polybutelene (PB) - tubing in potable hot and cold water distributing systems within buildings ----These guidelines surpass current requirements for PB tubing in the Uniform Plumbing Code: (Ordinance No 8140 as amended) It is t.h.e.re.fore necessary to amend the Uniform Plumbing Code to cover the installation of PB piping under the guidelines adopted by the Board of Plumbers Section 1004(e) of the proposed ordinance calls for use of the fusion fitting procedure as requested by the Plumbing Board 'F~e~e-~s--an,.~lternate ~ *~^~ method available known as the insert fitting In the opinion of the Development Department staff based upon national testing either. method i acceptable RECOMMENDATION It is recommended by the Plumbing Board that the City Council adopt the attached amendment to the Uniform Plumbing Code to permit certain a.nstallation of PB t.ubing provided they meet the requirements of Standard No 8-3-82-1 GG kc Attachment .~ APPRO~`~D', ~ ~ ~ ; ci~Y cov~C ~,~ ~ ,~~z AQQPTED ORDINANCE N~Q ~G ~~ ~ ~°K`~~~~~~~ ~ o . ~~ SUBMITTED FOR lMt CITY MANAGER'S DISPOSITION BY COUNCIL. PROCESSED BY OFFICE 8Y: ^ APPROVED ORIGINATING [C~CYTHER (DESCs~RIBE) DEPARTMENT HEAD: Wade dkins A CITY SECRETARY FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT Wayne Olson Ext 7617 A ~ a~Y c~ ~ a,~-~r C`am`'