ORDINANCE NO. 1476

AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND RE-ENACTING CHAPTER 21

OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF GRAND

JUNCTION COVERING PLUMBING AND ADOPTING BY REFERENCE

THE UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE, 1973 EDITION PROMULGATED

BY THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PLUMBING AND

MECHANICAL OFFICIALS, EXCEPT AS DELETED.

 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION,

COLORADO:

 That Chapter 21 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Grand Junction

is hereby repealed and re-enacted as follows:

ARTICLE

ADOPTION OF UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE BY REFERENCE

21-1. There is hereby adopted by reference as the plumbing

code for the City of Grand Junction, the Uniform Plumbing

Code, 1973 Edition, promulgated by the International Associa-

tion of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials, 5032 Alhambra

Avenue, Los Angeles, California, including the appendices

thereto except Chapters 12 and 13 and except Appendices E

and F.

a. In the adoption of the Code by reference, three

certified copies of the code shall be placed with the

city clerk for inspection by members of the public

during business hours and prior to the adoption of the Code

in accordance with statutory statement and a notice of

hearing to consider the adoption of such code shall be

published as required by statute.

b. The penalty for violating the provisions of the code

as well as the other provisions of the plumbing ordinance

shall be a fine not exceeding Three Hundred Dollars

($300.) or imprisonment for a term not exceeding ninety days

or both such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the

court in addition to other remedies available for enforcement

of the Code of Ordinance.

ARTICLE II

APPLICATION AND SCOPE AND ADMINISTRATION

Sec. 21-2. APPLICATION AND SCOPE.

The provisions of the Uniform Plumbing Code, and it may be

from time to time amended, shall apply to all new construction,

relocated buildings, and to any alterations, repairs, or re-

construction, except as provided for otherwise in this code.

Sec. 21-3. ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY AND ASSISTANTS.

Whenever the term "administrative authority" is used in

the code it shall be construed to mean the Building Inspector

or his authorized representative.

Sec. 21-4. ASSISTANTS

Whenever the term "assistants" is used in the code,

it shall be construed to mean the Building Inspector's.

Sec. 21-5. DUTIES OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY

The Administrative Authority shall maintain public office

hours necessary to efficiently administer the provisions of

the code and amendments thereto and shall perform the

following duties:

a. Require submission of, examine and check plans and

specifications, drawings, descriptions, and/or

diagrams necessary to show clearly the character,

kind and extent of work covered by applications for

a permit and upon approval thereof shall issue the

permit applied for.

b. Keep a permanent, accurate account of all fees for

permits issued and other monies collected and received

as provided by the code, the names of the persons upon

whose account the same were paid, the date and amount

thereof, together with the location or premises to which

they relate.

c. Administer and enforce the provisions of the code in

a manner consistent with the intent thereof and shall

inspect all plumbing and drainage work authorized by

any permit to assure compliance with provisions of the

code or amendments thereto, approving or condemning

said work in whole or in part as conditions require.

d. Issue upon request a Certificate of Approval for any

work approved by him.

e. Condemn and reject all work done or being done or

materials used or being used which do not in all

respects comply with the provisions of the code

and amendments thereto.

f. Order changes in workmanship and/or materials essential

to obtain compliance with all provisions of the code.

g. Investigate any construction or work regulated by the

code and issue such notices and orders as provided in

Section 21-7.

h. Keep a complete record of all the essential transactions

of his office.

i. Transfer all fees collected by him to the proper authority

provided by law to receive such funds.

j. Maintain an official register of all persons, firms or

corporations lawfully entitled to carry on or engage

in the business of plumbing or to labor at the trade

of plumbing to whom a Plumber's Certificate of Quali-

fication has been issued in accordance with provisions

of this Ordinance.

Sec. 21-6.- RIGHT OF ENTRY.

The Administrative Authority and Assistants shall carry

 proper credentials of their respective office, upon exhibi-

 tion of which they shall have the right of entry, during

 usual business hours, to inspect any and all buildings and

 premises in the performance of their duties.

Sec. 21-7. DANGEROUS AND UNSANITARY CONSTRUCTION.

a. Any portion of a plumbing system found by the

 Administrative Authority to be unsanitary as defined herein

 is hereby declared to be a nuisance.

b. Whenever brought to the attention of the department

 having jurisdiction that any unsanitary conditions exist

 or that any construction or work regulated by the code is

 dangerous, unsafe, unsanitary, a nuisance or a menace to

 life, health or property or otherwise in violation of the

 code, the said department may request an investigation by

 the Administrative Authority who, upon determining such

 information to be fact, shall order any person, firm or

 corporation using or maintaining any such condition or

 responsible for the use or maintenance thereof to discontinue

 the use or maintenance thereof or to repair, alter, change,

remove or demolish same  as he may consider necessary for the

proper protection of life, health or property and in the case

of any gas piping or gas appliance  may order any person, firm or  corporation, supplying gas to such piping or appliance to

 discontinue supplying gas thereto until such piping or

 appliance is made safe to life, health or property.

  Every such order shall be in writing, addressed to

 the owner, agent or person responsible for the premises

 in which such condition exists and shall specify the

 date or time for compliance with such order.

c. Refusal, failure or neglect to comply with any

 such notice or order shall be considered a violation

 of this code.

d. When any plumbing system is maintained in viola-

 tion of the code and in violation of any notice issued

 pursuant to the provisions of this section of where a

 nuisance exists in any building or on a lot on which a

 building is situated, the Administrative Authority

 shall institute any appropriate action or proceeding

 in any court of competent jurisdiction to prevent,

 restrain, Correct, or abate the violation or nuisance.

 Sec. 21-8. VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES.

It shall be unlawful for any person to violate, disobey,

 omit, neglect, refuse or fail to comply with or resist

 the enforcement of any provision of the code, or commit

 any act or omission declared to be a misdemeanor, and

 where no specific penalty is provided therefor, the

 violation of any provisions of the code shall be pun-

 ished by a fine not exceeding three hundred dollars

 ($300.) or imprisonment for a term not exceeding

 ninety days or by both such fine and imprisonment

 in the discretion of the court. Unless otherwise indi-

 cated, each day or portion thereof of violation of any

 provision of this code shall constitute a separate offense.

The issuance or granting of a permit or approval of

 plans and specifications shall not be deemed or construed

 to be a permit for, or an approval of, any violation of

 any of the provisions of the code. No permit presuming

 to give authority to violate or cancel the provisions of

 the code shall be valid, except insofar as the work or

 use which it authorized is lawful.

The issuance or granting of a permit or approval of

 plans shall not prevent the Administrative Authority

 from thereafter requiring the correction of errors

 in said plans and specifications or from preventing

 construction operations being carried on thereunder

 when in violation of the code or of any other ordinance

 or from revoking any certificate of approval when

 issued in error.

Every permit issued by the Administrative Authority

 under the provisions of the code shall expire by limi-

 tation and become null and void, if the work authorized

 by such permit is not commenced within sixty (60) days

 from date of such permit, or if the work authorized

 by such permit is suspended or abandoned at any time

 after the work is commenced for a period of one

 hundred twenty (120) days. Before such work can be

 recommended a new permit shall be first obtained so

 to do, and the fee therefor shall be one-half of the

 amount required for a new permit for such work, pro-

 vided no changes have been made or will be made in

 the original plans and specifications for such work;

 and provided, further, that such suspension or abandon-

 ment has not exceeded one (1) year.

 Sec. 21-9. PERMIT REQUIRED.

  a. It shall be unlawful for any person to install,

 alter, or cause to be installed, or altered, any plumb-

 ing, drainage piping work, or any fixture or treating

 equipment in a building or premises without first

 obtaining a permit to do such work from the Adminis-

 trative Authority.

b. A separate permit shall be obtained for each

 building or structure.

c. No person shall allow any other person to do or

 cause to be done any work under a permit secured by a

 permittee except persons in his employ.

 Sec. 21-10. WORK NOT REQUIRING PERMIT.

No permit shall be required for the clearing of

 stoppages or the repairing of leaks in pipes, valves

 or fixtures, when such repairs do not involve or

 require the rearrangement of pipes, or fixtures.

 Sec. 21-11. TO WHOM PERMITS MAY BE ISSUED.

a. No permit shall be issued to any person to do or

 cause to be done any work regulated by the code,

 except to a person holding a valid unexpired and un-

 revoked Plumbing Contractor's Certificate of Quali-

 fication or Registration as required by Section

 21-5 j. of this Ordinance, except when and as

 otherwise hereinafter provided in this section.

b. A permit may be issued to a properly licensed

 person not acting in violation of any current

 contractor licensing law.

c. A permit may be issued to any person to do work

 on his own property; provided however, that such

 permit shall not be requested or issued to such

 owner if he is constructing for resale. The con-

 struction and sale of more than one dwelling per

 year shall be prima facie evidence that such

 construction was for resale.

 Sec. 21-12. APPLICATION FOR PERMIT.

Any person legally entitled to apply for and

 receive a permit shall make such application on

 forms provided for that purpose. He shall give a

 description of the character of the work proposed

 to be done, and the location, ownership, occupancy

 and use of the premises in connection therewith.

 The Administrative Authority may require plans,

 specifications or drawings and such other informa-

 tion as he may deem necessary.

If the Administrative Authority determines that

 the plans, specifications, drawings, descriptions

 or information furnished by the applicant is in

 compliance with the code, he shall issue the permit

 applied for upon payment of the required fee as

 hereinafter fixed.

 Sec. 21-13. COST OF PERMIT.

Every applicant for a permit to do work regulated

 by the code shall state in writing on the applica-

 tion form provided for that purpose, the character

 of work proposed to be done and the amount and

 kind in connection, therewith, together with such

 information, pertinent thereto as may be required.

  Such applicant shall pay for each permit issued

 at the time of issuance, a fee in accordance with

 the following schedule, and at the rate provided

 for each classification shown herein.

Any person who shall commence any work for which

 a permit is required by the code without first

 having obtained a permit therefor shall, if sub-

 sequently permitted to obtain a permit, pay double

 the permit fee fixed by this section for such work,

 provided, however, that this provision shall not

 apply to emergency work when it shall be proved

 to the satisfaction of the Administrative Authority

 that such work was urgently necessary and that it was

 not practical to obtain a permit therefor before the

 commencement of the work. In all such cases a permit

 must be obtained as soon as it is practical to do so,

 and if there be an unreasonable delay in obtaining such

 permit, a double fee as herein provided shall be charged.

For the purpose of this section a sanitary plumbing

 outlet on or to which a plumbing fixture or appliance

 may be set or attached shall be construed to be a

 fixture. Fees for reconnection and retest of existing

 plumbing systems in relocated buildings shall be based

 on the number of plumbing fixtures, gas systems, water

 heaters, etc., involved.

When interceptor traps or house trailer site traps

 are installed at the same time as a building sewer

 on any lot, no sewer permit shall be required for the

 connection of any such trap to an appropriate inlet

 fitting provided in the building sewer by the permittee

 constructing such sewer.

When a permit has been obtained to connect an exist-

 ing building or existing work to the public sewer or

 to connect to a new private disposal facility, back-

 filling or private sewage disposal facilities abandoned

 consequent to such connection is included in the build-

 inq sewer permit.

   SCHEDULE OF FEES

  For issuing each permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2.00

  In Addition

  For each plumbing fixture or trap

  or set of fixtures on one trap

  (including water, drainage piping

  and backflow protection therefor) . . . . . . . . 1.50

  For each building sewer and each

  trailer park sewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00

  Rainwater systems -- per drain. . . . . . . . . . . 2.00

  For each industrial waste pre-treatment

  interceptor (including its trap and

  vent) excepting kitchen type grease

  interceptors functioning as fixture

  traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.00

  For installation, alteration or repair

  of water piping and or water treating

equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.50

  For repair or alteration of drainage

  or vent piping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.50

  For each lawn sprinkler system on any

  one meter including backflow protec-

  tion devices therefor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.00

  For vacuum breakers or backflow pro-

  tective devices on tanks, vats, etc.

  or for installation on unprotected

  plumbing fixtures including necessary

  water piping;

  One (1) to five (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.00

  Over five (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

 Sec. 21-14. ALL WORK TO BE INSPECTED.

A11 plumbing and drainage systems shall be inspected

 by the Administrative Authority to insure compliance

 with all the requirements of the code.

 Sec. 21-15. NOTIFICATION.

It shall be the duty of the persons doing the work

 authorized by the permit to notify the Administrative

 Authority orally or in writing, that said work is ready

 for inspection. Such notification shall be given not

 less than twenty-four (24) hours before the work is to

 be inspected.

It shall be the duty of the person doing the work

 authorized by the permit, to make sure that the work

 will stand the tests prescribed elsewhere in the code,

 before giving the above notification.

ARTICLE III

SUPERVISION OF WORK AND

LICENSING OF PLUMBERS

 Sec. 21-16. PLUMBING WORK DEFINED.

The term "plumbing work" as herein used, covers labor

 and material for all water pipes from curb cocks in the

 streets and through premises and buildings; all pipes

 used to ventilate sewerage systems in buildings to a

 distance of three feet outside of foundation wall; all

 material and work used in new construction or reconstruc-

 tion, alteration or placing of new or replacing of old

 pipe, to conduct water to and from and to distribute in

 and out or about any building for any use of any kind

 which may be discharged into drains or sewers; also all

 repairs or connections on aforesaid pipes, fixtures and

 appurtenances.

 Sec. 21-17. AUTHORITY TO STOP WORK.

All plumbing work in the process of construction,  

 alteration or repair, shall be under the supervision

 of the building inspector, who is hereby empowered to

 stop such work when it is being done contrary to the

 provisions of the code, and it shall be unlawful for

 any person to proceed further with said work until

 provisions to correct deficiencies are approved.

 Sec. 21-18. DEFINITIONS.

For the purpose of this article the words and phrases

 used herein are defined to have the following meaning:

Apprentice: is a helper defined to be any person

 other than a master plumber or a journeyman plumber

 duly licensed under this Ordinance in plumbing work;

 and who shall be at all times in a subordinate position

 and never in responsible charge of any plumbing work.

Journeyman Plumber: is hereby defined to be any

 person licensed under this Ordinance, other than a

 master plumber, who as his principal occupation

 is engaged in the practical installation, alter-

 ation, repair or removal of plumbing.

  Master Plumber: is hereby defined to be any person

 skilled in the planning, superintending and practical

 installation of plumbing and who is familiar with

 the laws, rules and regulations governing the same.

 Sec. 21-19. LICENSE REQUIRED.

  It shall be unlawful to engage in plumbing work as

 defined in Section 2-1 as a business in the city without

 first securing from the city clerk a plumbing contractor's

 license, or do any plumbing work as a master or journey-

 man plumber except as hereinafter specified; provided that

 this section shall not be construed to prohibit an owner

 in person from doing plumbing, provided for in Section

 21-11 either new or repair work, in or upon his own

 property, provided that such work passes the inspection

 and approval of the building inspector and that such

 owner has previously obtained a permit therefor.

 Sec. 21-20. MASTER'S LICENSE REQUIRED.

Any person desiring to engage in or work at the business

 of installing plumbing, or who shall install plumbing in

 connection with the dealing in or selling of plumbing mat-

 erials and supplies shall be required to have a plumbing

 contractor's license and shall be or have in his employ

 a licensed master plumber.

 Sec. 21-21. APPLICATION FOR LICENSE.

Any person desiring a license as a plumber shall

 make application therefor to the City Clerk.

 Sec. 21-22. BOND REQUIRED.

Any person desiring a license as a plumbing contractor

 shall have in effect a good and sufficient surety bond

 in the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) payable

 to the City, conditioned that he will save and keep

 harmless the City and all persons therein, of and from

 all accidents, damages and loss which may accrue to

 the City or any of its inhabitants, by reason of his

 failure to comply with the code or by reason of his

 carelessness or negligence in connection with any

 plumbing work.

 Sec. 21-23. STATE LICENSE REQUIRED.

No person shall be issued a plumber's license unless

 he has been licensed as a master or journeyman plumber

 by the State of Colorado.

 Sec. 21-24. LICENSE FEES.

The annual fee for a master plumber's license shall

 be two dollars ($2.00). The annual fee for a journey-

 man plumber's license shall be one dollar ($1.00).

 The annual fee for a plumbing contractor's license

 shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00).

 Sec. 21-25. MASTER TO BE IN CHARGE OF WORK.

a. Except as otherwise provided for home owners

 doing their own work, all installations of plumbing

 under the provisions of this Ordinance shall be in

 charge of a master plumber at all times, who shall be

 responsible for the proper installation of all such work.

b. No journeyman plumber, unless in the employ of a

 master plumber, will be permitted to do any plumbing work

 without first having taken out a master plumber's license.

c. No apprentice shall do any plumbing work in assist-

 ing a master plumber or journeyman plumber, or otherwise,

 except under the supervision of and in the presence of a

 duly licensed plumber; and no person shall engage or permit

 any helper to do any plumbing work except as herein permitted

 and provided.

Sec. 21-26. REVOCATION OF LICENSE FOR VIOLATIONS.

If a master plumber is convicted of a violation of any

 of the provisions of this Ordinance, in addition to the

other penalties provided, his license may be revoked.

Sec. 21-27. BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND APPEALS AND PERIODIC

REVIEW

Authority: The board is hereby authorized:

a. To hear and decide appeals from orders, requirements,

decisions, or determinations by the building inspector.

b. To reverse or affirm any order, requirement, decision

or determination appealed from, but only in variances relating

to materials and alternate methods.

c. Every six months a review of the plumbing code will be

made to assure constant updating of the code to provide for

the use of new materials, methods and interpretations.

This may be requested by any licensed plumbing contractor at any

time deemed necessary.

 PASSED and ADOPTED this 21st day of November, 1973.

                 /s/Stanley R. Anderson

                 President of the Council

ATTEST:

/s/Neva B. Lockhart

City Clerk

 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance No. 1476, was introduced, read and ordered published by the City Council of the City

of Grand Junction, Colorado, at a regular meeting of said body held on the

5th day of September, 1973, and that the same was published in The Daily Sentinel, a newspaper published and in general circulation in said City, at least ten days before its final passage.

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City this 23rd day of November, 1973.

/s/Neva B. Lockhart

City Clerk

Published: September 11, 1973

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