[Ord. No. 17-061 § 8, 7-5-2017; Ord.
No. 23-102, 11-13-2023]
St. Charles County hereby adopts the 2021 St. Charles County
Plumbing Code, a copy of which shall be deposited in the Office of
the County Registrar with this ordinance, with the following amendments
by additions, insertions, deletions and changes so that such Sections
and Subsections read as follows:
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(CHAPTER 1 SCOPE AND ADMINISTRATION)
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(SECTION 101 SCOPE AND GENERAL REQUIREMENTS)
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101.1 Title. These regulations shall be known as
the Plumbing Code of St. Charles County, Missouri, hereinafter referred
to as "this code."
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(SECTION 103 CODE COMPLIANCE AGENCY)
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103.1 Creation of enforcement agency. The Division
of Building and Code Enforcement within the Department of Community
Development is hereby created and the official in charge thereof shall
be known as the Code Official. The function of the agency shall be
the implementation, administration and enforcement of the provisions
of this code.
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103.2 Appointment. The Code official shall be appointed
as provided by ordinance.
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(SECTION 106 PERMITS)
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106.5.3 Expiration. Every permit issued shall become
invalid unless the work on the site authorized by such permit is commenced
within one hundred eighty (180) days after its issuance, or if the
work authorized on the site by such permit is suspended or abandoned
for a period of one hundred eighty (180) days after the time the work
is commenced.
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106.5.3.1 Reinstatement. A permit that
has expired may be reinstated where approved by the Code Official.
The request for reinstatement shall be in writing and justifiable
caused demonstrated.
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106.5.4 Extensions. The Code Official is authorized
to grant, in writing, one (1) or more extensions of time for periods
not more than one hundred eighty (180) days each. The extension shall
be requested in writing and justifiable cause demonstrated.
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(SECTION 110 CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS)
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110.1 General. Construction documents, engineering
calculations, diagrams and other data shall be submitted as required
by the Code Official with each application for a permit. The Code
Official shall require construction documents, computations and specifications
to be prepared and designed by a registered design professional where
required by State law. Where special conditions exist, the Code Official
is authorized to require additional construction documents to be prepared
by a registered design professional. Construction documents shall
be drawn to scale and shall be of sufficient clarity to indicate the
location, nature and extent of the work proposed and show in detail
that the work conforms to the provisions of this code. Construction
documents for buildings more than two (2) stories in height shall
indicate where penetrations will be made for mechanical systems, and
the materials and methods for maintaining required structural safety,
fire resistance rating and fireblocking.
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Exception: The Code Official shall
have the authority to waive the submission of construction documents,
calculations or other data if the nature of the work applied for is
such that reviewing of construction documents is not necessary to
determine compliance with this code.
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107.1.2 Electronic submission. Where
design documents, including, but not limited to, plot plans, site
plans, design drawings, specifications, etc. are originally created
electronically, the Building Official is authorized to require electronic
submittal of documents in a portable document format (PDF) or similar
format for review. Where design documents were originally prepared
on paper and are submitted in a paper form, the Code Official is authorized
to charge a fee for converting those drawings to PDF equal to the
cost incurred by County staff recreating the document and not to exceed
more than one dollar ($1.00) per page.
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Exception: Where submittal documents
where originally prepared by hand and are eleven (11) inches by seventeen
(17) inches or less, the fee for document conversion shall not be
charged.
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(SECTION 113 STOP WORK ORDER)
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113.2 Issuance. The stop work order shall be in
writing and shall be given to the owner of the property involved,
the owner's authorized agent or the person performing the work.
Upon issuance of a stop work order, the cited work shall immediately
cease. The stop work order shall state the reason for the order and
the conditions under which the cited work will be permitted to resume.
Any person served with a stop work order shall pay an administrative
penalty of up to two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00).
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(SECTION 114 MEANS OF APPEALS)
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114.1 General. For the purposes of this code, all appeals shall be in accordance with the procedure established for the Building Code of St. Charles County, Missouri, in Section 113 of Section 500.100.
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114.2 Limitations on authority. Delete in its entirety.
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114.3 Qualifications. Delete in its entirety.
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114.4 Administration. Delete in its entirety.
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(SECTION 115 VIOLATIONS)
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115.4 Violation penalties. Persons who shall violate
a provision of this code or shall fail to comply with any of the requirements
thereof or who shall erect, install, alter or repair plumbing work
in violation of the approved construction documents or directive of
the Code Official, or a permit or certificate issued under the provisions
of this code, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction
thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred
dollars ($500.00). Each day that a violation continues after due notice
has been served shall be deemed a separate offense.
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(CHAPTER 3 GENERAL REGULATIONS)
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(SECTION 305 PROTECTION OF PIPES AND PLUMBING SYSTEM COMPONENTS)
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305.4.1 Sewer depth. Building sewers that connect
to private sewage disposal systems shall be installed not less than
eighteen (18) inches (457 mm) below finished grade at the point of
septic tank connection. Building sewers shall be installed not less
than thirty (30) inches (762 mm) below grade.
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(CHAPTER 6 WATER SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION)
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(SECTION 602 WATER REQUIRED)
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602.2 Potable water required. Only potable water
shall be supplied to plumbing fixtures that provide water for drinking,
bathing or culinary purposes, or for the processing of food, medical
or pharmaceutical products. Unless otherwise provided in this code,
potable water shall be supplied to all plumbing fixtures. The water
distribution system of any building in which plumbing fixtures are
installed shall connect to a potable public water supply, if available.
A potable public water supply shall be considered available when the
nearest property line is located within two hundred (200) feet of
a potable public water main.
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(CHAPTER 7 SANITARY DRAINAGE)
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(SECTION 701 GENERAL)
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701.2 Connection to sewer required. Sanitary drainage
piping from plumbing fixtures in buildings and sanitary drainage piping
systems from premises shall be connected to a public sewer, if available.
A public sewer shall be considered available when the nearest property
line is located within two hundred (200) feet of a public sewer. Where
a public sewer is not available, the sanitary drainage piping and
systems shall be connected to a private sewage disposal system in
compliance with state or local requirements.
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Exception: Sanitary drainage piping
and systems that convey only the discharge from bathtubs, showers,
lavatories, clothes washers and laundry trays shall not be required
to connect to a public sewer or to a private sewage disposal system
provided that the piping or systems are connected to a system in accordance
with Chapter 13 or 14.
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(CHAPTER 9 VENTS)
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(SECTION 903 VENT TERMINALS)
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903.1.1 Roof extension unprotected. Open vent pipes
that extend through a roof shall be terminated not less that twelve
(12) inches (305 mm) above the roof.
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