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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THE TOWN OF AVON, STATE OF COLORADO, THAT: Section 1, Chapter 15.20 of the MUnicipai Code of the Town of Avon is hereby repealed and reenacted to read as follows: CHAPTER 15.20 UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE SECTIONS 15.20.010 ADOPTION 15.20.020 ADDITIONS OR MODIFICATIONS 15.20.030 SECTION 203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. -3- 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. -4- 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 -5- 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. -6- 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 $300.00 or 90 days -imprisonment, or both. 15.20.120 REPAEL - Part II Repeal - The repeal or the repeal and re-enactment of any provision of the Code of the Town of Avon, Colorado as provided in this Ordinance shall noF, effect any right which has accrued, any duty imposed, any violation that occured prior to the effective date hereof, any prosecution commenced, nor any other action or proceeding as -7- commenced under or by virtue of the provision repealed or repeaied and re-enacted. The repeal of any provision hereby shall not revive any provision or any ordinance previously repealed or superseded unless expressly stated herein. 15.20.130 VALIDITY. That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of the Uniform Plumbing Code named in the title of this chapter, is for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining provisions of' these ordinances. The Town of Avon hereby declares that it would have passed these ordinances, and each section, subsection, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses and phrases be declared unconstitutional. INTRODUCED, PASSED ON FIRST READING, APPROVED AND ORDERED PC.STED, this 14th day of April 1992 and a public hearing on this Ordinance shall be held at the regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Avon, Colorado on the 12th day of May _ , 1992 aL. 7:30 P.M. in the Municipal Building of the Town of Avon, Colorado. Jerrj Davi$, Mayor ATTEST: Patty Ne art, Town Clerk -8- INTRODUCED, PASSED ON SECOND READING, APPROVED AND ORDERED POSTED, this 12th day of Ma , 1992. Jerry IDavis,[Mayor ATTEST: Patty Ney rt, Town Clerk -9- 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