TC Ord. No. 1992-07 Repealing and Reenacting Chapter 15.20TOWN OF AVON
ORDINANCE NO. 92 - 07
SERIES OF 1992
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REENACTING
CHAPTER 15.20 OF THE AVON MUNICIPAL
CODE; ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE
"UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE", 1991 EDITION
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, BY THE TOWN COUNCIL
OF THE TOWN OF AVON, STATE OF COLORADO, THAT:
Section 1, Chapter 15.20 of the MUnicipai Code of
the Town of Avon is hereby repealed and reenacted to read as
follows:
CHAPTER 15.20
UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE
SECTIONS
15.20.010 ADOPTION
15.20.020
ADDITIONS OR
MODIFICATIONS
15.20.030
SECTION 203
(d) COPPER TUBE
15.20.040
SECTION 1002
(9) BACKFLOW
PREVENTION
15.20.050
SECTION 1005
(9) MAIN SHUT OFF
VALVE
15.20.060 SECTION 1007 (b) PRESSURE
REDUCING VALVE
15.20.070 SECTION 1008 (a) MINIMUM COVER
1 5.20. 080 SECTION 1010 ( c i LOW-S'LO'W
PLUMBING FIXTURES
15.20.090 SECTION 1,307 (b) COMBUSTIC)N AIR
15.20.100
15.20.110
15.20. 120
VIOLATION
PENALTY"
VALIDITY
15.20.010 ADOPTION. The Charter of the Town OT
Avon, Section 6.9 provides that standard codes may be adopted by
reference, with amendments. The Town hereby adopts the 199i
Edition of the Uniform Plumbing Code and all appendix chapters
thereto. The Uniform Plumbing Code 1991 Edition is published by
the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical
Officials, 2001 Walnut Drive South, Walnut California, 91789-2825.
Three copies of the Uniform Plumbing Code 1991 Edition are on file
in the office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Avon and are
available for inspection during regular office hours.
15.20.020 ADDITIONS OR MODIFICATIONS. The Uri form
Plumbing Code, 1991 Edition is amended and changed as described in
Sections 15.20.040 through 15.20.080.
15.20.030 SECTION 203 (d) COPPER TUBE.. Sect on 2.0:
(d) is deleted and replaced by the following:
(d) Copper tube for water pip-rny sh.a'
have a weight of not less than Type L.
EXCEPTION:
1. Type M copper tubing may be
used for water piping when piping is above ground in, or on, a
building.
2. Copper tube when used
underground shall not be less than Type K.
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15.20.040 SECTION 1003 (g) BACKFLOW "RIEVE14:1
Section 1003 (g) is amended by adding the following:
(g) A reduced pressure backflow prevention device
will be required on all fire service lines at the connection to
the domestic water "line.
15.20.050 SECTION 1005 (g) MAIN SHUT OFF VAL'VE.
Section 1005 (g) is amended by adding the following:
(g) Required. A main shut off valve on the water
service line shall be provided at the property line.
15.20.060 SECTION 1007 (b) PRESSURE REDUCINCa 'VAL'VE.
Section 1007 (b) first sentence is revised as follows:
An approved pressure regulator preceded by an
adequate strainer shall be installed and the pressure reduced to
eighty (80) pounds per square inch or less.
15.20.070 SECTION 1008 (a) INSTALLATION. Section
1008 (a) last sentence is revised as follows:
grade.
The minimum cover shall be seven (7) feet below
15.20.080 SECTION 1010 (c) LOW-FLOW PLUMBING
FIXTURES. Section 1010 is amended by adding the foilowing:
(c) Except as specifically provided
under Section 1010 (e), no construction or renovation of
residential structures or of facilities for human use within
office, commercial, or industrial buildings shall be commenced
within the Town of Avon which does not comply with the provisions
of this article.
1. For the purpose o this article,
"residential structures" includes, but is not limited to, one- and
two-family residences, townhouses, condominiums, apartment.
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buildings, hotels and motels, manufactured housing as defined in
Section 40-10-104 (3). C.R.S., and mobile homes defined as any
wheeled vehicle, exceeding either eight feet in width or
thirty-two feet in length, excluding towing gear and bumpers,
without motive power, which is,designed and commonly used for
occupancy by persons for residential purposes, in either temporary
or permanent locations, and which may be drawn over the public
highways by a motor vehicle. For the purposes or this article
"renovation" includes any addition, replacement, or alteration to
an existing residential structure or to a facility for hurvian use
within an office, commercial, or industrial building, where
plumbing fixtures and fittings are installed as part of the
renovstion. Limited renovation may not be the basis for a
comprehensive or broader change in plumbing fixtures.
2. No building permit shall be issued
for the construction or renovation of a residential structure or a
facility for human use within an office, commercial, or industrial
structure by the Town of Avon unless the fittings and fixtures
installed during such construction or renovation conform to the
specifications provided in subsection (3) of this section.
3. The requisite fixtures and fittings
for such construction and renovation shall be:
A. Except in the case of
flushometer valves, tank-type water closets which flush with a
maximum of three and one-half gallons of water;
B. Shower heads for bathing
which have a maximum flow capacity of three gallons per minute at
eighty pounds per square inch; and
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C. Lavatory facets and sink.
facets which have a maximum flow capicity of two and one-half
gallons per minute at eighty pounds per square inch.
(d) For facilities for human use within
office, commercial, and industrial structures, the plumbing
contractor or party responsible for the installation of said water
flow control fixtures and fittings shall certify to the Town of
Avon that the fixtures and fittings conform with the volume and
ratio of water flow to gallons per minute stipulated by Section
1010 (c) (3). In lieu of such certification, the results of tests
performed by an approved independent testing laboratory or the
manufacturer, using established principles of mechanics, shall be
acceptable.
(e) the bu i 1 d i ng Of f i c i a l of -.he T owrl of
Avon shall waive compliance with the requirements of this article
upon satisfactory demonstration by a petitioner upon their own
motion that the water conservation requirements specified in this
article are detrimental to the public health or safety. Such a
waiver shall also be granted if the Building Official determines
that the requisite fixtures and fittings would cause a sewer
hydraulic gradient insufficient to handle reduced water flows.
15.20.090 SECTION 1307 (b) COMBUSTION AIR. Section
1307 (b) first sentence is amended to read as follows:
All buildings within the Town of Avon shall be
considered of unusually tight construction, all combustion air
shall be obtained from the outside.
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15.20.100 VIOLATION. The following clause
concerning violations is set forth in full and adopted with
reference to the Uniform Plumbing Code named in the title of this
chapter:
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or
corporation to erect, construct, alter, move, demolish, repair,
use and occupy any building or structure and building service
equipment, or maintain any building or structure in the Town of
Avon or cause or permit the same to be done, contrary to or in
violation of any of the provisions of any of the codes or
standards named in the title of this ordinance.
15.20.110 PENALTY. Any person, firm or corporation
violating any of the provisions of the Uniform Plumbing Code named
in the title of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and any such person, firm, or corporation shall be
deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day or
portion thereof during which any violation of any of the
provisions of any of the codes and standards named in the title of
this chapter is committed, continued or permitted, and upon
conviction of any such violation, such person, firm, or
corporation shall be guilty of a misdemeanor- and ounishabie by a
fine of not more than $300.00 or 90 days -imprisonment, or both.
15.20.120 REPAEL - Part II Repeal - The repeal or
the repeal and re-enactment of any provision of the Code of the
Town of Avon, Colorado as provided in this Ordinance shall noF,
effect any right which has accrued, any duty imposed, any
violation that occured prior to the effective date hereof, any
prosecution commenced, nor any other action or proceeding as
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commenced under or by virtue of the provision repealed or repeaied
and re-enacted. The repeal of any provision hereby shall not
revive any provision or any ordinance previously repealed or
superseded unless expressly stated herein.
15.20.130 VALIDITY. That if any section,
subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of the Uniform Plumbing
Code named in the title of this chapter, is for any reason, held
to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect
the validity or constitutionality of the remaining provisions of'
these ordinances. The Town of Avon hereby declares that it would
have passed these ordinances, and each section, subsection, clause
or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more
sections, subsections, sentences, clauses and phrases be declared
unconstitutional.
INTRODUCED, PASSED ON FIRST READING, APPROVED AND ORDERED PC.STED,
this 14th
day of April 1992 and a
public hearing on this Ordinance shall be held at the regular
meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Avon, Colorado on the
12th day of May _ , 1992 aL.
7:30 P.M. in the Municipal Building of the Town of Avon, Colorado.
Jerrj Davi$, Mayor
ATTEST:
Patty Ne art, Town Clerk
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INTRODUCED, PASSED ON SECOND READING, APPROVED AND ORDERED POSTED,
this 12th day of
Ma
, 1992.
Jerry IDavis,[Mayor
ATTEST:
Patty Ney rt, Town Clerk
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STATE OF COLORADO )
COUNTY OF EAGLE ) SS
TOWN OF AVON )
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN OF A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE TOWN
COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF AVON, COLORADO, AT 7:30 P.M. ON THE
12TH DAY OF MAY, 1992, AT THE TOWN HALL FOR THE PURPOSE
OF CONSIDERING THE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 92-7, SERIES OF
1992:
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REENACTING CHAPTER 15.20 OF THE
AVON MUNICIPAL CODE; ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE "UNIFORM
PLUMBING CODE", 1991 EDITION
A copy of said Ordinance is attached hereto, and is also on
file at the office of the Town Clerk, and may be inspected
during regular business hours.
Following this hearing the Council may consider final passage
of this Ordinance.
This notice is given and posted by order of the Town Council
of the Town of Avon, Colorado.
Dated this 16th day of April, 1992.
TOWN OF AVON, COLORADO
BY:
Patty Ney art
Town ClerX
POSTED AT THE FOLLOWING PUBLIC PLACES WITHIN THE TOWN OF AVON
ON APRIL 16, 1992:
AVON POST OFFICE IN THE MAIN LOBBY
CITY MARKET IN THE MAIN LOBBY
COASTAL MART, INC.; AND
AVON MUNICIPAL BUILDING IN THE MAIN LOBBY