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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-4-1 ORDII~CE NS~4~-I AN ORDINANCE OF; THE CITY OF SARATCC4k 'ADOPTING BY REFERENCE CER,TAIN PROVISIONS OF TITLE il OF THE ~ANT, A CLARA COUNTY ORDINANCE CODE; AS ~IENDED, I~HICH..IN TURN ADOPTS BY REFERENCE CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE 1961 EDITION OF THE UNIFORN PLIRiBING CODE, THE !95~9 EDITION aF THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE, AND t4HICH ADOPTS THE SANTA CLARA VALLEY UNiFORN HEATIi~ AND CONFORT COOLII~ CODE Th~ C!~ CSuncil of the City of Saratoga does h~reby ordain as S..eetion 1: Section 1.1 of O~dtnanca t~-A of the City Of .S~ratoga is hereby amended by fepeaiing A~ticles 3 and 4 o£ Chapter I an~ all of th~ articles of Chapter 2 of .Title 11 of the Santa Clara County OrdinanCe Code therein adopted by reference, which articles .and chapters refer to pltUnbing~ electrical, and gas ap- pliance regulationso Section 2: Section 11~i~1-5 Of A~ticle i of Chapter 1, ArtiCle 3 of .Chapter ~ArC~cle ~ of Chapter 1, and all of the articles of Chapte~ 4, of ~tle 11 of the .~anta Clara County~!0=dinance Code, as nmended t6 'date' hereof, are hereby: referred ~o and, except as to omissions, amendments and additions heze~n- after set forth. in S~ction 4. hereof, are hereby adopted by reference ~S laws and ~egulation~ ~ the City of Saratoga, and a~e made a part he~eo~ ~he same ~S fully set forth in this section. $.ect4.on 3: Three copies of the Santa Clara County Ordinance Code, as ranended to date hereof, he~etnafter referred to as the pr~n~ code~ and three copies of the 1961 Edition of the ~este~n Pl~u~hing Officials Uniform Plumbing Code as published by the ~/esterm Pltunbing Officials Associations and three copies of ~he 19S9 Edition of the National Electrical Code as published by the National Fire Protection Associa~'~on~ the latter two codes hereafter referred to as see- ondary codes, have heretofore been filed for use and exam~nation by the public the o~fice of the City Clerk of the City of -qsxatoga. Section 4: Reference is hereby made to Article 3 of Chapter I of Title 11 of the Santa Clara County O~d~nance Code: Sec. 4o1: Sections 11.1.3-5.1 and 11.1.3-5o15 of the primary code are hereby .deleted. ~ec. ~2: Subsection 5 of Section 11.1.3-4.9 is hereby amended to read as follows: 5 (a) Cleancut fittings shall be of the same nominal size as the pipes they serve up to, and inclnding, four (4) inch pipe, and not less than fou~ (4) inch size for larger pipes. (b) A m~Jnmm size fott~ (4) inch cleanout shell be installed on the building (house) sewer at that property line, Such cleanout shall be brough~ to grade ~rlth cast iron from the branch fitting and tex~ninated in an approved concrete ~ewer clean- out box. .'(C) Each cleanout sha!! be installed so thAtit opens in a 'i~''' direction opposite to the flow of the ~fl or wa~te~ ~r'.ht right angles thereto..~Approved tee br~ch cleanoUts '~i~h brass screw plugs may b~.installed on the vertical ~i~r of any soil or waste line. ~di Each cleanout extension ~1~11 be consid~red as drainage pip~. ! l in~ and each ninety (90) degree cleanout extension ~ha11 be extended from a '~" typ~ '~itting, 'a~long turn d~aihaEe fitting or short s~eep 6aSt iron pi~e fitting ~Short sweep cast irbn as defined by C.S. 188.59) not to ~ce~d ninety (~O) d~rees. Sec~ ~,3: S~cti0h i~il.3-5,9 of the pr~r~ Code ~S hereby amended to read as follows: 1i.1.3~5,9: Sectlob 1~24 entitled '~as Appliances ~iScelianeo~" Shall be added ~o C~apter 13 of said Code and shall read as fo!1o~s~ 132~ - Gas Appliances ~liscellanoouS All gas appliances incleding, but not limited to, boilers, ranges, ovens, clothes dryers, and burners shall be installed in full compliance ~ith the Building Code of the City of Saratoga. Section 5: 14henever the term 'Admin~Strative Autho~ity","Suiiaing InspeCtion Division"~ '~)!rectOr of the Building i~Spection..~ivision', '~irector of the Building inspection Division of the Department'6f Public is used in the aforesaid pr~m-ry code, or in any of the aforesaid secondary' codes, the some shall mean the Building Official of the City of Saratoga and/or his deputies, as appointed by the~tayor of the City of Saratoga with the con- currents of a majority of the City Council of said City. Any ave'all refer- ences in the partial code herein adopted by reference to the Board of Super= visors or the County Board of supervisors shall mean the City Council of the City of Saratoga; any and all references to County, both as to area and legal entity, shall mean the City of Saratoga; any and ail references in either the pr~m-ry code or secondary codes to "County Engineer" shall mean the Director of Public ~orks of the City of Saratoga; any references to any building or structure in the County shall mean any building or structure in the City of Saratoga. Any and all references in the primary code or the secondary codes, or this ordinance, to a particular County Office, officer or body shall be construed to mean the corresponding office, officer or body of the City of Saratoga, unless hereinshore specifically designated to the contrary in this section. Section 6: ~he City Council o£ the C~ty of Saratoga shall act as a Board of appeals in the plumbing, electrical, and heating and cooling trades. It shall revie~ the decisions of the Bui'lding Official, either upon his request or upon ~rcitten appeal by any aggrieved person filed ~ith the City Clerk ~ithin five (5) days of such Building Offic.ial's decision. It shall have the power to determine the suitability of alternate materials! and types of conptruction and to provide reasonable .interpretations .o'f .the provisions of the primary and .secondary codes, and this ordinance, av~ .its decision shall be binding on the Building Official. ~he time of. hearings and all rules and regulations of procedure shall be set forth by resolution of the City Council. codes, and this ordinance, and'its decision shall be binding on the Building Of- ficial, The time of hearings and all rules and re~ulations of procedure shall be set forth by resolution of the City Council. ~ Section 7: The Building Official of the City of SaratoSs is hereby authorized and directed to enforce all the provisions of this ordinances lnclndings without l~n~ting the foregoing, all provisions of Title 11 of the Santa Clara County Ordinance Code herein adopted by reference, and for such purpose he and his deputies shall have the powers of a police officer.' Section 8~ It shall be unla~r~ul for any person, fire or corporation to erect, construct, enlarge, alters repair, moves improve, re~oves convert, de- ~olish, equip~ USes occupy .or raaintaih any building or structure or appurtenances thereto in the City of s~fat~a~ or c~use. the same to be ~one,. contrary to or in violation of any of the provisiOnS of this ordinance or the primary or secondat~ codes harein adopted by ~efefence, A~y persons firm 0~ corp0r~tiOn V{ola~ing a~7 o~ ~h~ p~V{si~a~. of this ~otdinanee or of the pzt~aty 5r~ ~etondaty codas. incOrporated :a_~d adopted here- in by reference shall be dee~ed guilty of a ~isdemea~or, and each 8ueh person shal~ be deemed guilty o~ a separate. o~fenBe for each:and. eves~ day or portion thereof during ~h~CH the' violation ~b .conmi~d~ COhei~nu~d 'Or pbrmitted, and upon. convi~tion of any such violations such person-shall be p~nishab!e by a fine of net ~ore' than, $300.00s ~. by imp~lsoranent for not more than nihety (90) dayS~ or by Both Such fine e~a 1~.'ri~0ment, ~o~ each separate of£e~se eonnitted. i~ addition to the penalties hereinshore provided, any building or structure set ups erecteds constructed, altered, enlarged, converted, moved or maintained contrary to .the provisions of this oralinnate and the primary and sec- ondary codes herein adopted by reference, and/or any installation of gas, plumbing~ electrical, heating, or conffort cooling appliances or apparatus contrary to the ~ provisions of this otdin~nce or of the prtr~ry and secondary codes herein adoptedl by reference, and/or any condition caused or permitted to exist in violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance or the primary and secondary codes herein adopted by reference, shall be and the same is hereby declared to be unlawful and a public nuisance, and may by this City be stmnnarily abated as such; and in addi- tion the City Attorney of the City of Saratoga shall, upon order of the City Councils immediately coalhence such action or proceeding for the abatement and re- moval and/or enjoinneat thereof in the manner provided by law, and shall take such further steps and shall apply to such court or courts as my have Jurisdiction to grant such relief as will abate and remove any such nuisance, and restrain and enjoin any person, firn or corporation from setting ups erecting, building, main- raining or using any such building~ 'structure or appliance or property in the City of Saratoga contrary to the provisions of this ordinance or of such primary or secondary codes herein adopted by reference. The remedies hereinabove provided for shall be cumulative and net exclusive. Section 9: If any sections subsection, sentences clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to ba invalid or unconstitu- tional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdictions such decision shall not affect the validity of the r~n_ining portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of Saratoga hereby declares that it would have passed this -3- ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereofs irrespective of the fact that .any one or more sections, .subsectibns, scneenees; clauses or phrases be held invalid or unconstitutio~al, Section 10: ~his ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and thirty (30) days after its passage and adoption, . This ordin-nce vas regularly introduced, and after th~ w~itin~ time required by law, and after public heariu~ held ehereon by th~ C~y Council of the City of Saratoga on the 5th day of July, i962, was thereafter passed and adopted at a reCular meeting of said City cotmcil held oh th~ .Sth day of July; 1962, by the follovin~ vote: AYES: Drake, Hartman, Ritchie NOES: None ' ABSENT: Brazil, Glennon A'/~EST;,~,~' L,. ' City 'Clerk : ~ ' The above and forcgoin9 copy e~ Ordinance _ p ~u~r~m~ 0~'~'~' ,ie e~ Deputy City Clerk Date