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Published in the Salina Journal on JulyJ72001
ORDINANCE NUMBER 01-10048
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE AMENDMENT OF ARTICLE VI OF
CHAPTER 8 OF THE SALINA CODE PERTAINING TO BUILDINGS BY ADOPTING THE 1997
UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Governing Body of the City of Salina, Kansas:
Section 1. That Sections 8-176, 8-178, 8-179, 8-180, 8-181, 8-182, 8-183, 8-185, and 8-186
of Chapter 8 of the Salina Code are hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 8-176. Uniform Plumbing 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, maintenance, of plumbing and drainage systems within the city and certain
equipment specifically regulated therein, that certain plumbing code known as the
Uniform Plumbing Code, recommended and published by the International Association
of Plumbing and Mechanical 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 construction of all buildings and structures
therein contained within the corporate limits of the city.
Sec. 8-178. Amendments to Chapter 1 - Administration of the Uniform Plumbing
Code.
103.1.2.3 No permit shall be required to replace equivalent fixtures or traps which were
initially installed with slip joint fittings. No permit shall be required for the replacement
or installation of flexible gas appliance connectors.
103.4.1 Permit Fees. The fee for each permit shall be as set forth in the fee schedule
adopted pursuant to section 2-2 of the Salina Code of Ordinances.
103.4.2 Deleted
103.4.3 Deleted.
Sec. 8-179. Amendments to Chapter 2 - Definitions of the Uniform Plumbing Code.
205.0 (-C-)
Certified Backflow Assembly Tester. A person who has shown competence to test and
maintain backflow assemblies to the satisfaction of the Administrative Authority having
jurisdiction.
Cesspool. A lined excavation in the ground which receives the discharge of a drainage
system or part thereof, so designed as to retain the organic matter and solids discharging
therein, but permitting the liquids to seep through the bottom and sides.
Chemical Waste. See Special Wastes.
Clarifier. See Interceptor.
Cleanout. In addition to typical definition, cleanout will include a fixture trap or a
fixture with integral trap, readily removable without disturbing concealed piping shall be
acceptable as a cleanout equivalent.
Clear Water Waste. Cooling waster and condensate drainage from refrigeration and air
conditioning equipment; cooled condensate from steam heating systems; cooled boiler
blowdown water.
Clinic Sink. A sink designed primarily to receive wastes from bedpans and having a
flush rim, an integral trap with a visible trap seal, and the same flushing and cleansing
characteristics as a water closet.
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Combination Thermostatic/Pressure Balancing Valve. A mixing valve which senses
outlet temperature and incoming hot and cold water pressure and compensates for
fluctuations in incoming hot and cold water temperatures and pressures to stabilize outlet
temperatures.
Combination Waste and Vent System. A specially designed system of waste piping
embodying the horizontal wet venting of one or more sinks or floor drains by means of a
common waste and vent pipe, adequately sized to provide free movement of air above
the flow line of the drain.
Combined Building Sewer. See Building Serwer, (Combined).
Combustible Construction. A structure in which any member of its structural
framework will ignite and burn at a temperature of 1392°F (756°C) or less.
Common. That part of a plumbing system which is so designed and installed as to serve
more than one (1) appliance, fixture, building, or system.
Conductor. A pipe inside the building which conveys storm water from the roof to a
storm drain, combined building sewer, or other approved point of disposal. See
Downspout.
Confined Space. A room or space having a volume less than fifty (50) cubic feet per
1000 Btu/h (1.4 m3/293W) of the aggregate input rating of all fuel burning appliances
installed in that space.
Contamination. An impairment of the quality of the potable water which creates an
actual hazard to the public health through poisoning or through the spread of disease by
sewage, industrial fluids or waste. Also defined as High Hazard.
Continuous Vent. A vertical vent that is a continuation of the drain to which it connects.
Continuous Waste. A drain connecting the compartments of a set of fixtures to a trap or
connecting other permitted fixtures to a common trap.
Critical Level. The critical level C -L or C/L marking on a backflow prevention device
or vacuum breaker is a point conforming to approved standards and established by the
testing laboratory (usually stamped on the device by the manufacturer) which determines
the minimum elevation above the flood level rim of the fixture or receptacle served at
which the device may be installed. When a backflow prevention device does not bear a
critical level marking, the bottom of the vacuum breaker, combination valve, or the
bottom of any such approved device shall constitute the critical level.
Cross -Connection. Any connection or arrangement, physical or otherwise, between a
potable water supply system and any plumbing fixture or any tank, receptacle,
equipment or device, through which it may be possible for non -potable, used, unclean,
polluted and contaminated water, or other substances, to enter into any part of such
potable water system under any condition.
Sec. 8-180. Amendments to Chapter 3 - General Regulations of the Uniform
Plumbing Code.
316.1.3 Soldered Joints. Joints in copper tubing shall be made by appropriate use of
approved copper or copper alloy fittings. Surfaces to be joined by soldering shall be
cleaned bright by manual or mechanical means. The joints shall be properly fluxed with
an approved type flux, and made up with approved solder. Flux is not required to be
water-soluble for water supply piping. All solder and fluxes shall be manufactured to
approved standards. Solders and fluxes with a lead content which exceeds two-tenths
(0.20) of one (1) percent are prohibited in piping systems used to convey potable water.
316.1.8 Copper Crimping System Joints. Joints formed using a copper crimping
system are approved for use provided the system has been listed and tested.
Manufacturer installation instructions and maintenance requirements for all equipment
must be followed.
317.0 Increasers and Reducers. Where different sizes of pipes or pipes and fittings are
to be connected, the proper size increasers or reducers or reducing fittings shall be used
between the two sizes. The use of other types of fittings for the increasing or reducing of
pipe sizes is approved provided the flow of material through the pipe is not diminished.
Brass or cast iron body cleanouts shall not be used as a reducer or adapter from cast iron
drainage pipe to iron pipe size (IPS) pipe.
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Sec. 8-181. Amendments to Chapter 4 -Plumbing Fixtures and Fixture Fittings of
the Uniform Plumbing Code.
412.2 Location of Floor Drains. Floor drains shall be installed in the following areas:
412.2.1 Toilet rooms containing two (2) or more water closets or a combination of
one (1) water closet and one (1) urinal, except in a dwelling unit.
412.2.2 Commercial kitchens.
412.2.3 Laundry rooms in commercial buildings and common laundry facilities in
multi -family dwelling buildings when indirect waste or trough type drains are being
used.
413.0 Minimum Number of Required Fixtures. (See Table A -29-A of the 1997
Uniform Building Code as adopted by the City of Salina.)
413.1 Fixture Count. Plumbing fixtures shall be provided for the type of building
occupancy and in the minimum number shown in Table A -29-A of the 1997 Uniform
Building Code as adopted by the City of Salina.
413.3 Separate Facilities. See Chapter 29 of the 1997 Uniform Building Code as
adopted by the City of Salina for these requirements.
Sec. 8-182. Amendments to Chapter 5 — Water Heaters of the Uniform Plumbing
Code.
509.0 Prohibited 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 are located in bathrooms or
closets accessible from a bathroom shall be permitted.
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.
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.
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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. 8-185. Amendments to Chapter 7 — Sanitary Drainage of the Uniform
Plumbing Code.
710.9 All such pumps and receiving tanks shall be automatically discharge and, when in
any public use occupancy with an occupant load of greater than 15 as determined by the
1997 Uniform Building Code as adopted by the City of Salina shall be provided with
dual pumps or ejectors arranged to function independently in case of overload or
mechanical failure. The lowest inlet shall have the minimum clearance of two (2) inches
(51 mm) from the high water or "starting" level of the sump. When two pumps are
required an alarm system approved by the Administrative Authority shall be installed.
710.14 With the approval of the Administrative Authority pumps other than sewage
ejector pumps, sewage pumps or grinder pumps may be used to discharge sinks in
single-family residences.
712.1 Media. The piping of the plumbing, drainage, and venting systems shall be tested
with water or air. The Administrative Authority may require the removal of any
cleanouts, etc., to ascertain if the pressure has reached all parts of the system. After the
plumbing fixtures have been set and their traps filled with water, they shall be submitted
to a final test.
Exception: No testing will be required for plastic DWV systems.
Sec. 8-186. Amendments to Chapter 8 — Indirect Wastes of the Uniform Plumbing
Code.
807.4 Deleted."
Section 2. That Sections 8-187 through 8-189 of Chapter 8 of the Salina Code is hereby added to read as
follows:
"See. 8-187. Amendments to Chapter 9 — Vents of the Uniform Plumbing Code.
906.8 Air Admittance Valves
906. 8.1 General. Vent systems utilizing air admittance valves shall comply with this
section. Individual and branch type air admittance valves shall be listed and shall
conform to AS SE 1051.
906.8.2 Installation. The valves shall be installed in accordance with the requirements
of this section and manufactures installation instructions. Air admittance valves shall be
installed after the DWV testing required by Section 712.2 or 712.3 has been performed.
906.8.3 Where permitted. In remodel construction where venting above the roof is
impractical, individual and branch vents shall be permitted to terminate with a
connection to an air admittance valve when first approved by the Administrative
Authority. The air admittance valve shall only vent fixtures that are on the same floor
level.
906.8.4 Location. The air admittance valve shall be located the minimum of six inches
above the highest flood level rim of the fixture being served. The air admittance valve
shall be located within the maximum developed length permitted for the vent. The air
admittance valve shall be installed the minimum of six inches above insulation materials.
906.8.5 Access and Ventilation. Access shall be provided to all air admittance valves.
The valve shall be located within a ventilated space that allows air to enter the valve.
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906.8.6 Size. The air admittance valve shall be rated for the size of the vent to which the
valve is connected.
908.0 Vertical Wet Venting
908.4 One horizontal offset may be permitted in a wet vented section. The length of the
offset will be limited to the lengths of trap arms as required in table 10-1.
Sec. 8-188. Amendments to Chapter 11— Storm Drainage of the Uniform Plumbing
Code.
1101.0 General. This chapter has not been adopted but has been moved to the appendix.
It will be used by the Administrative Authority for guidance and reference purposes.
Sec. 8-189. Amendments to Chapter 13 — Medical Gas Systems of the Uniform
Plumbing Code.
1301.0 Scope Plans for Medical Gas Systems shall be prepared by a mechanical
engineer licensed by the State of Kansas. A written certification stating the plans are in
compliance with this chapter must be provided. Inspection of medical gas systems will
be done using the special inspection method outlined in Chapter 17 of the 1997 Uniform
Building Code as adopted by the City of Salina. The engineer of record shall utilize an
inspection program approved by the building official prior to issuance of the permit to
install a medical gas system. The inspection program shall designate the portions of the
work that require special inspection and the name or names of the individuals or firms
who are to perform the special inspections, and indicate the duties of the special
inspectors. The special inspector shall be employed by the owner, the engineer or
architect of record, or an agent of the owner, but not the contractor or any other person
responsible for the work."
Section 3. That the existing Sections 8-176, 8-178, 8-179, 8-180, 8-181, 8-182, 8-183, 8-185, and
8-186 are hereby repealed
Section 4. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect August 1, 2001 from and after its
adoption and publication once in the official city newspaper.
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ATTEST:
Lieu Ann Nicola, City Clerk
Introduced: July 16, 2001
Passed: July 23, 2001
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