ORDINANCE 769<i -7) 4,S
ORDINANCE NO. 769
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE "UNIFORM PLUMB-
ING CODE, 1970 EDITION" INCLUDING APPENDICES
A, B, C, D, E, F, AND G THEREOF; REPEALING IN
ITS ENTIRETY CHAPTER 16.12 OF, AND ADDING
CHAPTER 16.12 TO, THE "EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL
CODE" RELATING TO THE PLUMBING CODE.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 16. 12 of the "E1 Segundo Municipal
Code" is repealed.
SECTION 2. Chapter 16.12 is added to the "E1 Segundo
Municipal Code" to read as follows:
"CHAPTER 16.12
PLUMBING CODE
"16.12. 010 ESTABLISHED. The 'Uniform Plumbing Code,
1970 Edition', including Appendices A, B, C, D, E, F, and G
thereof, promulgated and published by the International Associa-
tion of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials; three copies of which
have been filed and are on file in the office of the City Clerk, for
public inspection, hereby are adopted with the same force and
effect as though set out herein in full.
"16.12.020 CHANGES AND ADDITIONS TO THE CODE. The
Uniform Plumbing Code is amended by changing, adding or deleting
the chapters, sections and portions of sections designated in Sec-
tions 16. 12. 030 through 16. 12. 150.
"16.12.030 SECTION 1. 1 AMENDED -- ADMINISTRATIVE
AUTHORITY. Section 1. 1 is amended to read as follows:
'Sec. 1. 1 Administrative Authority and Assistants. When-
ever the term "administrative authority' is used in this Code it
shall be construed to mean the Director of Building Safety or his
authorized representative.'
"16.12.040 SECTION 1.2 AMENDED -- ASSISTANTS. Sec-
tion 1. 2 is amended to read as follows:
'Sec. 1.2 Assistants. Whenever the term "assistants "is
used in this Code it shall be construed to mean the Assistants of
the Director of Building Safety. '
"16.12.050 SECTION 1. 3 AMENDED -- DEPARTMENT
HAVING JURISDICTION. Section 1. 3 is amended to read as follows:
'Sec. 1. 3 Department Having Jurisdiction. Unless other-
wise provided for by law, the office of the Administrative Authority
shall be a part of the Building Safety Department. '
"16. 12.060 SECTION 1. 4 (10) DELETED. Section 1.4 (10)
is deleted.
"16.12.070 SECTION 1. 5 AMENDED - -RIGHT OF ENTRY.
Section 1. 5 is amended to read as follows:
'Sec. 1. 5 Right of Entry. (a) The Administrative Authority,
or his duly authorized representative, shall have the authority to
enter any building or premises for the purpose of investigating the
existence of suspected or reported damage or defects which consti-
tute an immediate danger to human life or an immediate hazard to
public safety or health.
"(b) Except in emergency situations as defined in Section 1. 5 (a)
of this Code, the Administrative Authority, )r his authorized repre-
sentative, shall not enter any building or premises without the con-
sent of the owner or occupant thereof, unless he possesses a rea-
sonable search warrant authorizing entry and search of the premises.
"(c) No person shall hinder or prevent the Administrative Author-
ity, or his authorized representative, while in the performance of the
duties described in subsections (a) and (b), from entering upon and
into any and all premises under his jurisdiction, at all reasonable
hours, for the purpose of inspecting the same to determine whether
or not the provisions of this Code and all other applicable laws or
ordinances pertaining to the protection of persons or property, are
observed therein.
"16.12.080 SECTION 1. 7 AMENDED -- VIOLATIONS AND
PENALTIES . Section 1. 7 is amended to read as follows:
'Sec. 1. 7 Violations and Penalties. Any person, firm or
corporation violating any provision of this Code shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punish-
able by a fine of not to exceed $500. 00 or by imprisonment in the
County Jail for not to exceed six months, or by both fine and impri-
sonment. Each separate day or any portion thereof during which any
violation of this Code occurs or continues shall be deemed to consti-
tute a separate offense, and upon conviction thereof shall be punish-
able as herein provided.
'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 this Code.
No permit presuming to give authority to violate or cancel the provi-
sions of this 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 re-
quiring the correction of errors in said plans and specifications or
from preventing construction operations being carried on thereunder
when in violation of this Code or of any other ordinance or from re-
voking any certificate of approval when issued in error.
'Every permit issued by the Administrative Authority under
the provisions of this Code shall expire by limitation and become
null and void, if the work authorized by such permit is not com-
menced 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 recommenced a new permit
shall be first obtained so to do, and the fee therefore shall be one-
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'half the amount required for a new permit for such work, pro-
vided no changes have been made, or will be made in the origi-
nal plans and specifications for such work; and provided, further,
that such suspension or abandonment has not exceeded one (1)
year. '
"16. 12.090 SECTION 1. 10 (a) DELETED. Section 1. 10 (a)
is deleted.
"16.12. 100 SECTION 1. 11. 1 ADDED -- COMPREHENSIVE
PLUMBING PERMIT. Section 1. 11. 1 is added to read as follows:
'Sec. 1. 11. 1 Comprehensive Plumbing Permit. Any per-
son regularly employing a state licensed plumbing contractor who
has been certified by the Administrative Authority as such, may
apply for an Annual Comprehensive Permit for the purpose of
installations, alterations, or repairs of plumbing systems or
equipment on his own premises.
'Application for Annual Comprehensive Plumbing Permits
shall be made by completing City forms provided for such purpose.
Each application shall recite all conditions under which such per-
mit is granted and shall carry the name of each person who is a
certified journeyman plumber.
'Holders of Annual Comprehensive Permits are entitled to
perform all plumbing work on the premises described in the per-
mit. '
"16.12. 110 SECTION 1. 12 AMENDED -- SCHEDULE OF
FEES. Section 1. 12 Schedule of Fees on Page 6a is amended by
adding the following:
'Annual comprehensive permit $20.00
For each extra inspection resulting from
incomplete or defective workmanship or
materials, each 5.00
For inspection of plumbing work for which
no fee is herein set forth and for emergency
inspection for the time consumed, per hour 10.00
With a minimum charge for 1/2 hour or less 5.00'
"16.12.120 SECTIONS 2.2 THROUGH 2. 11 DELETED. Sections
2. 2 through 2. 11, both inclusive, are deleted.
"16.12.130 SECTION 323 AMENDED - -BOARD OF EXAMINERS
AND APPEALS CREATED. Section 323 is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 323 Board of Examiners and Appeals Created. In
order to determine the suitability of alternate materials and con-
struction and to provide for reasonable interpretations of the pro-
visions of this Code and for reasonable variances therefrom where
same are found necessary in order to provide for unusual or extra-
ordinary conditions which may arise, there shall be and there is
hereby created a Board of Examiners and Appeals, consisting of
five members. The membership of said Board of Examiners and
Appeals shall be composed of the Mayor and the other members of
the City Council. Said members shall hold their respective mem-
berships on said Board of Examiners and Appeals by reason of, and
concurrently with, their terms of service in their respective city
offices above referred to and shall cease to be such members upon
their ceasing to be such officers. The Building Director shall be
the Secretary to the Board. The Board may adopt reasonable rules
and regulations for conducting its investigations and shall render
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all its decisions and findings on contested matters, in writing,
to the Building Director, with a duplicate copy thereof to any
appellant or contestant affected by any such decision or finding,
and may recommend to the City Council such new legislation, if
any, as is consistent therewith.
'The Board of Examiners and Appeals may interpret the
provisions of this Code to cover a special case, if it appears that
the provisions of this Code do not definitely cover the point raised
or that a manifest injustice might be done or unnecessary hardship
or inconvenience be suffered by a strict adherence to the provisions
hereof; provided that every such decision shall be by at least a two -
third's vote of all of the members of the Board of Examiners and
Appeals who are present at the meeting at which any such matter is
considered and decided.
'Three members of the Board shall constitute a quorum. The
Mayor shall be the presiding officer of the Board and in his absence
the Board shall select a temporary chairman. Notices of meetings
of the Board shall be given by at least three hours notice delivered
to each member personally or by registered mail; provided, however,
that any meeting of the Board shall be legal for any purpose if the
written consent of all of the members of the Board to such meeting
is executed and filed in the records of the Board.
'The Board shall have the right, subject to such limits
as the City Council may prescribe by resolution, to employ at the
cost and expense of the City, such practicing architects, competent
builders, attorneys and structural engineers as the Board, in its
discretion, may deem reasonably necessary in order to assist it in
its investigations and in making its findings and decisions. '
"16.12.140 SECTION 1101 (c) AMENDED. Section 1101 (c)
is amended to read as follows:
'(c) Within the limits prescribed by subsection (d) hereof, the
rearrangement or subdivision into smaller parcels of a lot which
abuts and is served by a public sewer shall not be deemed cause to
permit the construction of a private sewage disposal system, and
all plumbing or drainage systems on any such smaller parcel or
parcels shall connect to the public sewer. The connections shall be
made by extending a public sewer so that all buildings served there-
by can connect without crossing intervening private property. The
public sewer shall be installed at the expense of the benefited prop-
erty and in accordance with plans and specifications approved by the
City Engineer and shall lie in public easements.
'EXCEPTION: The requirement for extending a public sewer
may be waived if separate house connections to the public sewer are
provided for each separate lot or parcel.'
"16.12.150 SECTION G1 (APPENDIX G) AMENDED. Section G1
is amended to read as follows:
'G -1 Swimming pool water shall be disposed of only by means
of an approved plumbing and drainage system, subject to permit
first obtained from the Director of Public Works and during the hours
designated in the permit.'
SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall become
effective at midnight on the thirtieth day from and after the final passage and
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adoption thereof.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and
adoption of this ordinance; shall cause the same to be entered in the book of
original ordinances of said city; shall make a minute of the passage and adop-
tion thereof in the records of the meeting at which the same is passed and
adopted; and shall, within fifteen days after the passage and adoption thereof,
cause the same to be published once in the El Segundo Herald, a weekly news-
paper of general circulation, published and circulated within said City of E1
Segundo, and which is hereby designated for that purpose.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 12th day of July
, 1971.
ATTEST:
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
I, Jane D. Hough , , , , , , , , , City Clerk of the City of El Segundo,
California, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council
of the said City is five; that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance No. . . . . .
is a full, true and correct original of Ordinance No. ...769 ...... of the said City of
El Segundo, California, entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE "UNIFORM PLUMB-
ING CODE, 1970 EDITION" INCLUDING APPENDICES
A, B, C, D, E, F, AND G THEREOF; REPEALING IN
ITS ENTIRETY CHAPTER 16.12 OF, AND ADDING
CHAPTER 16.12 TO, THE "EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL
CODE" RELATING TO THE PLUMBING CODE.
which was duly passed and adopted by the said City Council, approved and signed
by the Mayor of said City, and attested by the City Clerk of said City, all at a
regular meeting of the said Council held on the . Zb... day of .. JP1Y........... ,
19. 7.1 ....... and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen , Balmer:.T cgilj,. Nagel and ....... . . . . . . . . .
Mayor. Stephens; ...........................
NOES: Councilmen , None :............. fA ........................
ABSENT: . ..u. Concil. . an Frederick. . . . . . .. .
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I do hereby further certify that pursuant to the provisions of Section 36933
of the Government Code of the State of California, that the foregoing Ordinance
No. .. 769... was duly and regularly published according to law and the order of
the City Council of said City in the El Segundo Herald, a weekly newspaper of
general circulation, printed, published and circulated within said City and that the
same was so published therein on the following date, to wit: .....................
ity Clerk of the City o E1 Segundo,• California
(SEAL)
By........................ ............
Deputy
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Affidavit of Publication
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES) as
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
... .Drme.o .............................. _................. being first duly sworn, deposes and says: That
he is, and at all of the times hereinafter mentioned was, a citizen of the United States of America,
over the age of eighteen years, and a resident of the County of Los Angeles, State of California; that he
was, at, and during all of the time of the publication of the instrument hereunto attached the ............
Prins i2a 1 Clark erk
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Editor of EL SEGUNDO HERALD, a newspaper of general circulation, published and circulated weekly in
the City of El Segundo, in said County and State; that said newspaper has been so published and
circulated at regular intervals of one week for more than one year immediately preceding the
publication of the instrument hereunto annexed; that said newspaper is, and was, at all of the times
herein mentioned, a newspaper of general circulation within the meaning of Section 4460 of the Political
Code of the State of California; that as provided by said section, said newspaper is published for the
dissemination of local or telegraphic news and intelligence of a general character, having a bona fide
subscription list of payir_g subscribers; that said newspaper is not and was not at any of the times herein
referred to, devoted to the interests, or published for the entertainment or instruction of a particular
class, profession, trade, calling, race or denomination, or for any number of such classes, pr ofessions, trades,
callings, races or denominations, and that said newspaper is not devoted to or published for, nor was it
at any of the times herein mentioned devoted to or published for the purpose, whether avowed or
otherwise, of entertaining or instructing such classes, professions, trades, callings, races or denomin-
ations, or any of such classes, professions, trades, callings, races or denominations.
That the notice, order, ordinance, resolution or instrument hereunto attached on page ............ numbered
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hereof in all respects, including subject matter, and size and arrangement of type, is a full -true and
correct copy of the said notice, ordinance, resolution or instrument, in words and figures exactly as
published; that the same was set and printed in .type not smaller than nonpareil and that the body of
the same was preceded with words printed in black -face type not smaller than nonpareil, describing
and expressing in general terms the purpose and character of the notice, order, ordinance, resolution
or instrument intended to be published, as will appear from an inspection of the said annexed instru-
ment; that the ............... Qraria. ane .e .... No... ..... 7.69.................................. - - - - - -- ...............------ ...... ...... - ...........
of which the annexed is a printed copy as hereinabove stated, was published and printed in said news-
paper at least .....w116tQ.... week ...ly by ------ ..AMe ...... ......r..�. consecutive publication commencing on the
.......21......... day of ............ ! q1_V ............................. A. D.....l..1...... and ending on the .........21.................. day of
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larlyissued, to-wit: July. 1. s..... 1.. 7.-C- 1........._._. ................................................. .:.._.......------... ...............................
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Su ribe d sworn to before me this .... yJ
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A.............. �Segdo,
jCity clerk of the City of unty
of Los Angeles, State of California.
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Deputy City Clerk as said City.