[R.O. 2007 § 520.010; Ord. No. 4728 §§ 1—2, 1-26-2007; Ord.
No. 5609 §§ 1—2, 6-23-2011; Ord. No. 6930, 3-8-2018]
The 2015 International Plumbing Code®,
as published by the International Code Council®, Inc., as amended,
is hereby adopted as the Plumbing Code of the City; and all of the
regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions, and terms of the 2015
International Plumbing Code® are hereby referred to, adopted and
made part thereof, as if fully set out in this Chapter, with additions,
insertions, deletions, and changes prescribed in this Chapter.
[R.O. 2007 § 520.020; Ord. No. 4728 §§ 1—2, 1-26-2007; Ord.
No. 5609 §§ 1—2, 6-23-2011]
Throughout the Plumbing Code adopted in Section
520.010, wherever the term "Name of Jurisdiction" or "Local Jurisdiction" appears, it shall be deemed to mean the City of St. Peters.
[R.O. 2007 § 520.030; Ord. No. 4728 §§ 1—2, 1-26-2007; Ord.
No. 5609 §§ 1—2, 6-23-2011]
Throughout the Plumbing Code adopted in Section
520.010, whenever the term "Code Official" or "Plumbing Code Official" appears, it shall be deemed to mean the Building Commissioner.
[R.O. 2007 § 520.040; Ord. No. 4728 §§ 1—2, 1-26-2007; Ord.
No. 5609 §§ 1—2, 6-23-2011; Ord. No. 6930, 3-8-2018]
A. The Code adopted in Section
520.010 is amended as follows:
2.
106.1.3 Integrated Permits. The Building
Code Official may issue integrated building, plumbing, electrical
and mechanical permits on a single permit application.
3.
106.4.1 Licensing, Certifying, And
Bonding Of Plumbing And Drain Layer Contractors. Any contractor wishing
to enter into the plumbing or drain laying contracting business within
the City of St. Peters, Missouri, shall first be duly examined and
successfully passed and licensed by St. Charles County.
4.
106.4.2 Supervision. Any firm or
corporation in the business of installing plumbing or drain laying
work shall employ a duly licensed supervisor, under the provisions
of this code, who shall be responsible for installations made by said
firm or corporation.
5.
106.4.3 Use Of License By Other.
No person having obtained a license under the provision of this code
shall allow his/her name to be used by another person, either for
the purpose of obtaining permits, or for doing business or work under
the license.
6.
106.4.4 Persons Excepted From Plumbing
And Drain Layer Licensing Requirement:
a.
Homeowner in an existing building
owned and occupied by them as their place of residence;
b.
Person doing work in an existing
structure owned and occupied by them as their farm;
c.
Person or public entity servicing
or repairing its own plumbing system with its own personnel specifically
trained for such service or repair; and
d.
Person who is a plumbing employee
employed by a licensed plumbing contractor.
7.
106.6.2 Fee Schedule. (See Appendix
A of Title V of the Municipal Code of St. Peters.)
8.
106.6.3
Amount Due Or Refunds. The Code Official shall authorize the refunding
of money. The collection of fees due to the City and the refunding
of money shall be as follows:
1)
Refund the full amount of any fee
paid hereunder which was erroneously paid or collected.
2)
Refund ninety percent (90%) or collect
ten percent (10%) of the permit fee when no work has been done on
the site and no plan review is required, or considered a "same as"
permit.
3)
Refund eighty percent (80%) or collect
twenty percent (20%) of the permit fee when no work has been done
on the site and application required a plan review to process a permit.
4)
No refund if permit has been voided;
if work has been stopped; or if any work has been done at the site.
The Code Official shall not authorize
the refunding of any fee paid, except upon written application filed
by the original permittee not later than one hundred eighty (180)
days after the date of fee payment.
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9.
108.4 Violation Penalties. Any person who shall violate a provision of this Code or shall fail to comply with any requirement thereof or shall install plumbing work in violation of an approved plan or direction of the Building Code Official, or of a permit or certificate issued under the provisions of this Code shall be guilty of an offense. Each day that a violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense. Refer to Section
520.050: Penalty.
10.
108.5 Stop Work Order. Upon notice
from the Building Code Official, work on any plumbing system that
is being done contrary to the provisions of this code or in a dangerous
or unsafe manner shall immediately cease. Such notice shall be in
writing and shall be given to the owner of the property, or the owner's
agent or the person doing the work. The notice shall state the conditions
under which work is authorized to resume. Any person, who removes
the stop work order or continues to work, except such work as that
person has been directed to perform by the Building Code Official
to remove a violation or unsafe condition, shall be guilty of an offense.
11.
109.1 Application For Appeal. A person shall have the right to appeal a decision of the Building Code Official to the Board of Appeals as established in Chapter
505. An application for appeal shall be based on a claim that the true intent of this code of the rules legally adopted hereunder has been incorrectly interpreted, the provisions of this code do not fully apply, or an equally good or better form of construction is proposed. The application shall be filed on a form obtained from the Building Code Official within twenty (20) days after the notice was served.
27.
305.4 Freezing. A water, soil or
waste pipe shall not be installed outside of a building, or concealed
in outside walls or in any place subjected to freezing temperature,
unless adequate provision is made to protect such pipe from freezing
by insulation or heat or both. Water service pipe shall be installed
not less than thirty-six (36) inches below grade.
28.
305.4.1 Sewer Depth. Building sewers
that connect to private sewage disposal systems shall be a minimum
of thirty-six (36) inches below grade at the point of septic tank
connection. Building sewers shall be a minimum of thirty-six (36)
inches below grade.
29.
403.2
Separate Facilities. Where plumbing fixtures are required, separate
facilities shall be provided for each sex. Exceptions:
1)
Separate facilities shall not be
required for dwelling units and sleeping units;
2)
Separate facilities shall not be
required in mercantile occupancies in which the maximum occupant load,
including both employees and customers, is fifty (50) or less;
3)
Separate facilities shall not be
required in business occupancies in which the maximum occupant load,
including both employees and customers, is twenty (20) or less;
4)
Separate facilities shall not be
required in structures or tenant spaces with a total occupant load,
including both employees and customers, of fifteen (15) or less.
30.
410.1
Approval. Drinking fountains shall conform to ASME A112.191M, ASME
A112.19.2M or ASME 112.19M and water coolers shall conform to ARI
1010. Drinking fountains and water coolers shall conform to NSF 61,
Section 9. Where water is served in restaurants, drinking fountains
shall not be required. In other occupancies, where drinking fountains
are required, water coolers or bottled water dispensers shall be permitted
to be substituted for not more than fifty percent (50%). Of the required
drinking fountains. Exceptions:
1)
In occupancies of less than 20, water
coolers or bottled water dispensers shall be permitted to be substituted.
31.
412.5 Residential Laundry Areas.
Floor drains serving a laundry machine located within a dwelling unit
shall not be required to be larger than two (2) inches.
32.
412.5.1 Connections. With respect
to new construction only, the floor drain shall be connected either
indirectly to a basement floor drain or by a direct connection above
the laundry standpipe trap. The standpipe trap may serve as a combination
water seal for the standpipe and the laundry floor drain. A combination
fitting (wye and one-eighth (1/8) bend) shall be used for a floor
drain waste connection to the standpipe. The standpipe length shall
not exceed forty-eight (48) inches from the inlet to the trap weir.
33.
603.3 Water Service Piping. From
the City's water main to the meter box and from the meter box to the
house for service line size of two (2) inch or less shall be of Type
K copper meeting ASTM B 75, 88, 251, 447 for service sizes larger
than two (2) inch Type K copper or polyvinyl chloride (PVC) meeting
ASTM D1785, ASTM D2241, Class 200 on all services a twelve (12) gauge
insulated copper tracer wire shall be included from the main to the
structure.
34.
701.2 Sewer Required. Refer to Municipal Code Chapter
710, Section
710.040 "Sewer connections required."
35.
903.2 Frost Closure. Every vent extension
through the roof or wall shall be a minimum of two (2) inches in diameter.
Any increase in the size of the vent shall be made inside the structure
a minimum of one (1) foot below the roof or the inside of the wall.
[R.O. 2007 § 520.050; Ord. No. 4728 §§ 1—2, 1-26-2007; Ord.
No. 5609 §§ 1—2, 6-23-2011]
Any person violating any of the provisions
of the code adopted in this Chapter shall be deemed guilty of an offense
and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in an amount not exceeding
five hundred dollars ($500.00) or be imprisoned in the City or County
Jail for a period of not exceeding ninety (90) days, or both such
fine and imprisonment. Each day such violation is committed or permitted
to continue shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable
as such hereunder.