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Sec. 22-126. - Adoption of the Plumbing License Law.#
For the protection and preservation of the health, safety, property and the general welfare of the people of the city, the city hereby adopts Vernon's Ann. Civ. St. art. 6243-101, as amended from time to time, cited as the "Plumbing License Law" in its entirety as its own. All plumbing work and plumbing inspections done in the city must be done in accordance with the Plumbing License Law.
(Ord. No. 95-13, ch. 3, § 5(A), 4-25-95)
Sec. 22-127. - International Plumbing Code.#
(a)
The International Plumbing Code, 2021 edition, a copy of which is on file in the office of the city secretary, is hereby adopted as the plumbing code of the city, said adoption being inclusive of appendices listed:
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Appendix B, Rates of Rainfall
(2)
Appendix C, Structural Safety
(3)
Appendix D, Degree Day and Design Temperature
(4)
Appendix E, Sizing of Water Piping System
(Ord. No. 2025-07, § 7, 2-11-25)
Editor's note— Ord. No. 2025-07, § 7, adopted Feb. 11 2025, repealed the former § 22-127, and enacted a new § 22-127 as set out herein. The former § 22-127 pertained to International Plumbing Code, 2015 edition and derived from the 1979 Code, ch. 3, § 5; Ord. No. 84-10, ch. 3, § 5, adopted June 12, 1984; Ord. No. 95-4, § 1, adopted Feb. 14, 1995; Ord. No. 98-16, § 4, adopted Nov. 12, 1998; Ord. No. 2001-11, § 2, adopted July 12, 2001; Ord. No. 2001-26, § 3, adopted Dec. 11, 2001; Ord. No. 2003-17, § 3, adopted Oct. 21, 2003; Ord. No. 2009-29, § 1, adopted Nov. 24, 2009; Ord. No. 2013-10, § 1, adopted July 25, 2013; Ord. No. 2017-14, § 2, adopted Feb. 14, 2017.
Sec. 22-128. - Inspection and supervision.#
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Position of plumbing inspector created. There is hereby created the position of plumbing inspector who shall be employed by the city.
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Qualifications of plumbing inspector. The plumbing inspector shall have experience in plumbing to the extent that enables him to know when plumbing is installed correctly.
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Plumbing inspector to avoid conflicts of interest. The plumbing inspector shall not be directly connected in any way with any person, directly or indirectly, engaged in the business of plumbing or with plumbing suppliers.
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Compensation of inspector. The inspector shall receive as full compensation for his services a salary designated by the city.
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Duties of plumbing inspector. The plumbing inspector shall:
(1)
Enforce all provisions of this article, and such inspector is hereby granted the authority to enter all buildings within or without the corporate limits of the city when such buildings are connected, or are to be connected, to the municipal water and/or sewage system.
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Prepare or cause to be prepared suitable forms for applications, permits, inspection reports and other such materials.
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Inspect and test all plumbing work for compliance with this article and its adopted plumbing code, and to enforce changing of such installations that do not meet the requirements. It further shall be his duty to see that all persons installing or altering plumbing shall be qualified by state law.
(Code 1979, ch. 3, § 5(B))
Sec. 22-129. - Plumbing permit fees.#
All applications for permits required under this article shall be made on such form as provided by the building official with payment of permit fees as stated in article XI (entitled "Fee Schedule") Table Two (entitled "Plumbing Permit Fees").
(Code 1979, ch. 3, § 5(C)(2); Ord. No. 85-2, ch. 3, § 5, 1-22-85; Ord. No. 86-18, § 1, 9-9-86; Ord. No. 93-11, ch. 3, § 5, 8-31-93; Ord. No. 2001-26, § 4, 12-11-01; Ord. No. 2003-17, § 4, 10-21-03; Ord. No. 2021-24, § 3, 7-27-21)
Sec. 22-130. - Penalty for violation of article.#
Whenever in the plumbing code, or in any ordinance of the city amending such code, an act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, or wherever in such code or ordinance the doing of an act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful, and no specific penalty is provided therefor, the violation of any such provision of such code or any such ordinance shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $2,000.00; provided, however, that no penalty shall be greater or less than the penalty provided for the same or similar offense under the laws of the state. Each day any violation of this plumbing code or of any ordinance shall continue, shall constitute a separate offense.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this article, or shall fail to comply herewith, or with any of the requirements thereof, within the city limits shall be deemed guilty of an offense and shall be liable for a fine not to exceed the sum of $2,000.00. Each day the violation exists shall constitute a separate offense. Such penalty shall be in addition to all the other remedies provided herein.
(Ord. No. 95-4, § 2, 2-14-95; Ord. No. 2001-26, § 15, 12-11-01)
Sec. 22-131. - Amendments to the International Plumbing Code.#
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Section 101.1 "Title." Insert "The City of Burnet, Texas."
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Section 103.1 "Creation of Agency." Insert: "Building Department"
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Section 106.4 "By whom application is made." Add the following: "If a building owner is claiming an exemption under state law because he or she is planning to do the work him or herself, then the owner shall provide proof to the building department that he or she owns the building as his or her homestead."
(d)
Section 109.5.1 "Re-inspection." Add new section to read as follows: "Where any work or installation does not pass any inspection, the necessary corrections shall be made to achieve compliance with this code. The work or installation shall then be re-submitted to the Building Official for re-inspection. A fee shall be paid to the city for each re-inspection."
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Section 112.4.3 "Re-inspection and testing." After the last sentence, add the following: "A fee shall be paid to the city for each re-inspection."
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Section 305.4.1 "Sewer depth." Insert 12" inches (30.48 cm) in both locations.
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Section 311.1 "Toilet facilities for workers. General." Add the following: "Toilet facilities shall be placed not more than 600 feet apart."
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Section 312.2 "Drainage and vent water test." Amend to read as follows: A water test shall be applied to the drainage system, either in its entirety or in sections. If applied to the entire system, all openings in the piping shall be tightly closed, except the highest opening, and the system shall be filled with water to the point of overflow. If the system is tested in sections, each opening shall be tightly plugged, except the highest openings of the section under test, and each section shall be filled with water, but no section shall be tested with less than a 5-foot (1,524 mm) head of water. In testing successive sections, at least the upper 10 feet (3,048 mm) of the next preceding section shall be tested so that no joint or pipe in the building, except the uppermost 10 feet (3,048 mm) of the system., shall have been submitted to a test of less than 5-foot (1,524 mm) head of water. This pressure shall be held for not less than fifteen (15) minutes. The system shall then be tight at all points."
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Section 312.3 "Drainage and Vent Air Test." Add exemption to read "1. An air test for plastic pipe not exceeding five (5) psi for a period not less than 15 minutes shall be allowed for soil testing in wet weather."
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Section 312.10.2 "Testing" Amend to read as follows: Reduced pressure principle, double check, pressure vacuum breaker, reduced pressure detector fire protection, double check detector fire protection, and spill-resistant vacuum breaker backflow preventer assemblies and hose connection backflow preventers shall be tested at the time of installation, immediately after repairs or relocation, as required by 30 Texas Administrative Code 290.44, and at least annually. The testing procedure shall be performed in accordance with one of the following standards: ASSE 5013, ASSE 5015, ASSE 5020, ASSE 5047, ASSE 5048, ASSE 5052, ASSE 5056, CSA B64.10 or CSA B64.10.1. Test gauges shall comply with ASSE 1064."
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Section 608.17.5 "Connections to lawn irrigation systems." Amend to read as follows: 'The potable water supply to lawn irrigation systems shall be protected against backflow by an atmospheric-type vacuum breaker, a pressure-type vacuum breaker, a double-check assembly or a reduced pressure principle backflow preventer. A valve shall not be installed downstream from an atmospheric vacuum breaker. Where chemicals are introduced into the system, the potable water supply shall be protected against backflow by a reduced pressure principal backflow preventer.
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Section 712 "Sumps and Ejectors." Add new subsection 712.5 "Location of Sumps and Ejectors." Add new section to read as follows: "All portions of any equipment associated with a sewer sump or ejector shall be installed out-of-doors, and not within any building intended for human habitation."
(m)
Section 903.1.1 "Roof extension unprotected." Amend to read as follows: "Open vent pipes that extend through a roof shall terminate not less than six (6) inches (152 mm) above the roof.
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Section 1003.3.4 "Grease trap and grease interceptor not required." Add the following exception: "An interceptor may be required for an individual dwelling unit or private living quarters, if there is reasonable cause to believe that injurious or illegal materials are being discharged to the public sewer in quantities reasonably calculated to cause damage to the sewage treatment plants and/or processes. Nothing in subsection 1003.1 above shall be construed to relieve a multi-occupant facility, whether housing or otherwise, from installing a trap or interceptor, when it can be reasonably shown that the cumulative discharge of relatively small amounts of potentially injurious materials by individual tenants is sufficient to endanger the public sewer system. The responsibility for installation and maintenance of an interceptor in these circumstances is upon the owner or his agent."
(Ord. No. 2025-07, § 8 (Exh. D), 2-11-25)