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ORDINANCE NO.~~(?_
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN REPEALING SECTION 2-201 OF
TITLE 2, CHAPTER 2, PLUMBING CODE, OF THE REVISED AND COMPILED
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, AND RE-ENACTING SAID SECTION
WITH ADDITIONS THERETO PERTAINING TO THE REMOVAL FROM THE UNIFORM
PLUMBING CODE OF THE EXCEPTION UNDER SECTION 203 (d) - USE OF
COPPER TUBING; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Council of the City of Meridian,
State of Idaho, have concluded that it is in the best interest of
said City to amend Title 2, Chapter 2, by the repeal of Section
2-201 and to re-enact said Section with changes thereto and
providing for a deletion of the Exception under Section 203 (d),
relating to Type M copper tubing.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, ADA COUNTY, IDAHO:
SECTION 1:
That the Section 2-201 of the Revised and
Compiled Ordinances of the City of Meridian is hereby repealed.
SECTION 2: That Section 2-201 of the Revised and Compiled
Ordinances of the City of Meridian is hereby re-enacted to read
as follows:
Attorneys end
Counselors
2-201: ADOPTION OF PLUMBING CODE: There is hereby
adopted by the City of Meridian for the purpose of
establishing minimum standards of design, materials and
workmanship for all plumbing hereafter installed,
altered or repaired, and to establish methods of
procedure within the City limits, that certain Plumbing
Code known as the uUniform Plumbing Code, 1988 Edition",
and the whole thereof of which not less than three (3)
copies have been and now are filed in the office of the
Clerk of the City, and the same are hereby adopted and
incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein,
and from the date of which this Chapter shall take
effect, the provisions thereof shall control the
installation, alteration or repairing of plumbing \'/ithin
the corporate limits of the City; provided however, the
below stated addition and deletion to the Uniform
Plumbing Code are also hereby adopted which addition and
AMBROSE,
FITZGERALO
& CROOKSTON
P.O. Box 427
Meridian, Idaho
83642
relephono 888-4461
AMBROSE,
FITZGERALD
& CROOKSTON
Allorneys and
Counselors
P.O. Box 427
Meridian, Ideho
63642
relephone 688-4461
deletion, if in conflict with the Uniform Plumbing Code
(UPC), shall overrule said UPC; the addition and
deletion are stated as follows:
(A) Buildings Moved From One Location To
Another: Hhen a building is moved from one
location to another the service entrance
shall be inspected and made to conform to the
requirements of the current edition of the
Uniform Plumbing Code.
(B) The Exception under Section 203 - Use Of
Copper Tubing, (d), which reads as follows:
IIException: Type M copper tubing
may be used for water piping when
piping is above ground in, or on,
a building or underground outside
of structures,U
is hereby deleted from the Uniform Plumbing
Code as it pertains to the City of Meridian.
SECTION 3: EFFECTIVE DATE: WHEREAS, there is an emergency
therefore, \'Jhich emergency is hereby declared to exist, this
Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its
passage, approval and publication according to law.
PASSED AND APPROVED this~6~~day of April, 1991.
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JACK NIEMAN.~ CLtRK
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