01-10055 1997 UMCConsoliaaivASali�e
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(Published in the Salina Journal-Aabeiies , !00 1)
ORDINANCE NUMBER 01-10055
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 8,
ARTICLE VIII, PERTAINING TO MECHANICAL CODE BY ADOPTING THE 1997 UNIFORM
MECHANICAL CODE, AN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 8, ARTICLE VI PERTAINING TO
PLUMBING CODE, AND AN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 8, SECTIONS 8-111 AND 8-312.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Governing Body of the City of Salina, Kansas:
Section 1. That sections 8-281, 8-282, 8-283, 8-284, 8-285, and 8-286 of Chapter 8 of the
Salina Code are hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 8-281. Uniform Mechanical Code adopted.
There is hereby adopted, by reference, by the city for the purpose of providing
minimum standards to safeguard life or limb, health, property, and public welfare by
regulating and controlling the design, construction, quality of materials, location,
operation, alteration repair and maintenance of heating, ventilating, cooling,
refrigeration systems, incinerators and other miscellaneous heat -producing
appliances, that certain building code known as the Uniform Mechanical Code,
recommended and published by the International Conference of Building Officials,
being particularly the 1997 edition not including appendices thereto, except as
amended in this article of the Salina Code, of which not fewer than three (3) copies
have been, and are now filed in the office of the city clerk and the same are hereby
incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein and the provisions thereof shall be
controlling in the installation of all heat -producing appliances within the corporate
limits of the city.
Sec. 8-282. Amendments to Chapter 1 - Administration.
115.2 Permit Fees. The fee for each permit shall be as set forth in section 2-2 of the
Salina Code of Ordinances.
115.3 Deleted.
115.4 Deleted.
Sec. 8-283. Amendments to Chapter 3 - General Requirements.
309.0 Electrical Connections. Equipment regulated by this code requiring electrical
connections of more than 50 Volts shall have a positive means of disconnect
adjacent to and in sight from the equipment served. A 120 volt receptacle shall be
located within 25 feet (7620 mm) of the equipment for service and maintenance
purposes. The receptacle is not required for replacement of existing equipment in the
same location. The receptacle must be located on the same level as the equipment
and be accessible. Low voltage wiring of 50 Volts or less within a structure shall be
installed in a manner to prevent physical damage.
Sec. 8-284. Amendments to Chapter 5 - Exhaust Systems.
504.3.2.2 Length Limitation. Unless otherwise permitted or required by the dryer
manufacturer's installation instructions and approved by the Administrative
Authority, domestic dryer moisture exhaust ducts shall not exceed to total combined
horizontal and vertical length of 30 feet (9150 mm) of 4 inch vent or 37 feet (11285
mm), of 5 inch vent, including two 90 degree (1.57 rad) elbows. Two feet (610 mm)
shall be deducted for each 90 degree (1.57 rad) elbow in excess of two. If the vent
passes through space that is unheated it shall be insulated to prevent condensation.
Sec. 8-285. Amendments to Chapter 9 Special Fuel -Burning and Energy -
Utilizing Equipment.
910.8 Access. Every Furnace installed in or on an exterior wall of a building, which
is designed so that the burners or controls must be serviced from outside the
building, shall be readily accessible.
Furnaces located on the roof of a building shall be readily accessible.
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Exceptions:
1. Permanent exterior ladders providing roof access need not extend closer
than 12 feet to the finish grade.
2. A portable ladder may be used for access for furnaces on the single -story
portion of a Group R or U Occupancy.
3. Permanent ladders for equipment access need not be provided at
parapets or walls less than 30 inches (762 mm) in height.
4. New equipment replacing existing equipment in the same location shall
not be required to conform with this requirement.
916.3 Unvented. Unvented fuel -burning room heaters shall not be installed, used,
maintained or permitted to exist in a Group I or R Occupancy, nor shall an unvented
heater be installed in any building, whether as a new or as a replacement installation,
unless permitted by this section. This subsection shall not apply to portable oil -fired
unvented heating used as supplemental heating in Group S, Divisions 3, 4, and 5 and
Group U Occupancies, and regulated by the Fire Code.
Exception: Unvented heaters, gas logs and fireplaces may be installed in
Group A, B, and M occupancies and R3 single family dwellings (except
bathrooms and bedrooms). Unvented gas log is a listed natural gas or
liquefied petroleum gas burning log with an open flame consisting of a metal
frame or base supporting simulated logs which is desgined so that its
primary function lies in the aesthetic effect of the logs and flame. An
unvented fireplace is a listed unvented gas log permanently installed in a
freestanding enclosure desgined and approved for installation in walls or
other building structures.
Unvented heaters, gas logs, and fireplaces:
1. Shall be equipped with an approved oxygen -depletion sensor
2. Shall be listed
3. Shall not be the installed in any room which does not have an alternative
source of primary heating (does not apply to heaters)
4. Shall have free air volume of at least 50 cubic feet for each 1000 BTUs
of thermal input
5. Shall be permanently installed
6. Shall not be equipped or connected to any automatic ignition or shut-off
device except the oxygen depletion sensor
7. Must be fueled by natural gas or liquid propane
8. Must bear the label of the American Gas Association or be UL listed
Secs. 8-286 - 8-290. Reserved."
Section 2. That the existing sections 8-281, 8-282, 8-283, 8-284, 8-285 and 8-286 are hereby
repealed.
Section 3. That sections 8-182 and 8-183 of Chapter 8 of the Salina Code are hereby amended to
read as follows:
"Sec. 8-182. Amendments to Chapter 5 - Water Heaters of the Uniform Plumbing
Code.
505.3 Except as otherwise provided in the code, the installation of appliances regulated
by this code shall conform to the conditions of listing. The appliance installer shall leave
the manufacturer's installation and operating instructions attached to the appliance. When
installation instructions reference the National Fuel Gas Code, vent design shall be in
accordance with the requirements of Sizing of Category I Venting Systems.
505.3.1 Gas storage -type water heaters and hot water boilers shall be provided with, in
addition to the primary temperature controls, an over -temperature safety protection device
constructed, listed, and installed in accordance with nationally recognized applicable
standards for such devices and a combination temperature and pressure relief valve.
509.0 Locations
Water heaters which depend on the combustion of fuel for heat shall not be installed in a
room used or designed to be used for sleeping purposes, bathroom, clothes closets or in a
closet or other confined space opening into a bath or bedroom.
Exception: Direct vent water heaters. Where not prohibited by other regulations,
water heaters may be located under a stairway or landing. The replacement of
fuel burning water heaters that arc located in bathrooms or closets accessible
from a bathroom shall be permitted.
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Sec. 8-183. Amendments to Chapter 6 — Water Supply and Distribution of the
Uniform Plumbing Code.
603.3.2 The premise owner responsible person shall have the backflow prevention
assembly tested by a certified backflow assembly tester at the time of installation, repair,
or relocation and tested and overhauled on the schedule listed in Chapter 41 Division 4
Cross Connections. of the City of Salina Code of Ordinances. The periodic testing shall
be performed in accordance with the procedures referenced in Table 14-1 by a tester
qualified in accordance with those standards.
603.4.6.1 Potable water supplies systems having no pumps or connections for pumping
equipment, and no chemical injection or provision for chemical injection, shall be
protected from backflow by one of the following devices:
1. Atmospheric vacuum breaker
2. Pressure vacuum breaker
3. Reduced pressure backflow preventer
4. Double check valve assembly
603.4.6.4 Systems which include a chemical injector or have any provision for
chemical injection designed to add chemicals to the potable water system shall be
prohibited.
604.1 Water pipe and fittings shall be of brass, copper, cast iron, galvanized
malleable iron, galvanized wrought iron, galvanized steel, or other approved materials.
Cast iron fittings used for water need not be galvanized if over two (2) inches (51 mm)
in size. Asbestos -cement, CPVC, PE, or PVC water pipe manufactured to recognized
standards may be used for cold water distribution systems outside a building. CPVC
water pipe and tubing may be used for hot and cold water distribution systems within a
building. PEX water pipe systems may be used for hot and cold water distribution
systems within a building when installed according to the manufacturers installation
instructions by persons certified by the manufacturer. 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.
608.5 Relief valves located inside a building shall be provided with a drain, not smaller
than the relief valve outlet, of galvanized steel, hard drawn copper piping and fittings,
CPVC, or listed relief valve drain tube with fittings which will not reduce the internal
boor of the pipe or tubing (straight lengths as opposed to coils) and shall extend from the
valve to an indirect waste receptor if drainage piping is readily accessible or to within six
inches of the floor and shall be pointed downward if drainage piping is not readily
accessible. The discharge pipe shall be installed in a manner to minimize personal injury
or property damage and so that draining water is readily observable by the building
occupants. A pan may be utilized to prevent property damage. A pan installed for this
purpose is not required to be drained. Such drains may terminate at other approved
locations. No part of such drain pipe shall be trapped and the terminal end of the drain
pipe shall not be threaded.
609.9.5 All new or repaired public or private water mains or plumbing lines serving
more than one property shall be disinfected prior to use as required by the City of Salina
Department of Utilities.
609.10 Water Hammer. All building water supplies systems in which quick acting
valves over installed shall be provided with devices to absorb high pressures resulting
from the quick closing of these valves. Quick closing valves are defined as valves
operated by an electrical solenoid or a ball valve operated by a lever. Gate valves or
wheel valves are not considered quick closing valves. These pressure absorbing devices
shall be either air chambers or approved mechanical devices. Water pressure shock
arresters shall be installed as close as possible to quick acting valves at the end of long
pipe or near batteries of fixtures or both. Water pressure shock arresters or pressure
absorbing devices are not required for residential structures with separate water services.
Sec. 8-190 - 8-200. Reserved."
Section 3. That the existing sections 8-182 and 8-183 are hereby repealed.
Section 4. That section 8-188.1 of Chapter 8 of the Salina Code is hereby added to read as follows:
"Sec. 8-188.1 Amendments to Chapter 12 - Fuel Piping.
1210.1 All pipe used for the installation, extension, alteration, or repair of any gas piping
shall be standard weight wrought iron or steel (galvanized or black) or yellow brass
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(containing not more than seventy-five (75) percent copper). Corrugated Stainless Steel
Tubing (CSST) systems may be used when installed according to the manufacturers
installation instructions by installers certified by the manufacturer. Approved PE pipe may
be used in exterior buried piping systems."
Section 5. That the existing sections 8-111 and 8-312 of Chapter 8 of the Salina Code are hereby amended
to read as follows:
"Sec. 8-111. License required.
Except as otherwise provided in section 8-13, all persons engaging in the installation or
repairing of electric wiring, lighting, fixtures, equipment, devices or electrical apparatus of
any nature, in or upon any building, structure or premises within the city, having qualified
as elsewhere required in this article, shall first procure from the city clerk an electrical
contractor's license.
Exception: Licensed mechanical contractors may replace an exterior disconnect for
existing HVAC equipment.
Sec. 8-312. Record of permits required.
(a) A complete record of the permits issued shall be kept by the building official
(b) Consumers purchasing equipment shall be advised by the seller of the requirements for
permits and inspections."
Section 6. That the existing sections 8-111 and 8-312 are hereby repealed.
Section 7. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption and publication
once in the official city newspaper.
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A T:
ara R. Weber, Deputy City Clerk
Introduced: October 15, 2001
Passed: October 22, 2001
?i1stin M. Seaton ayor