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AMBROSE,
FITZGERALD
& CROOKSTON
Anornoys and
Counselors
P.O. 90l<. 427
MeridIan, Idaho
113lO42
'olephono 868-4461
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ORDINANCE NO.-5:~~
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, INSPECTION OF BUILDINGS IF THEY ARE RELOCATED AND
RETENTION OF SECTION 1004 OF THE 1988 UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE; 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 and retaining a portion of the
1988 Uniform Plumbing Code.
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Compiled Ordinances of the City of Meridian is hereby repealed.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:
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 "Uniform Plumbing Code, 1991 Editionll,
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 repalrlng of plumbing within
the corporate limits of the City; provided however, the
below stated addition and deletions to the Uniform
Plumbing Code, 1991 Edition, are also hereby adopted
which addition and deletions, 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: When 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:
"Exception: 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,"
is hereby deleted from the Uniform Plumbing
Code as it pertains to the City of Meridian.
(C) That Section 1004 - Materials, of the
1988 Uniform Plumbing Code, shall remain in
effect and full force and any conflict
between the provisions of Section 1004 of the
1988 Uniform Plumbing Code and the provisions
of the 1991 Uniform Plumbing Code shall be
controlled by the Section 1004 of the 1988
Uniform Plumbing Code, which reads as
follows:
AllornoYll and
Counselors
"(a) Water pipe and fittings shall
be of brass, copper, cast iron,
galvanized malleable lron,
galvanized wrought iron, galvanized
steel or other approved materials.
Asbestos-cement, CPVC, PB, PE, or
PVC water pipe manufactured to
recognized standards may be used
for cold water distribution systems
outside a building. CPVC and PB
water pipe and tubing may be used
for hot and cold water distribution
systems within a building. All
materials used in the water supply
system, except valves and similar
devices shall be of alike
materi al, except where otherwise
AMBROSE,
FITZGERALD
& CROOKSTON
P.O. Bo. 427
Meridian, Idaho
83642
Telephone 888-4461
AMBROSE,
FITZGERALD
& CROOKSTON
Attorneys and
Counselors
P.O. Box 427
Merld Ian, Ideho
63642
Telephone 888..\41;1
approved by the Admi n i s tra t i ve
Authority.
(b) Cast iron fittings up to and
including two (2) inches (50.8mm)
in size, when used in connection
with potable water piping shall be
galvanized.
(c) All malleable iron water
fittings shall be galvanized.
(d) Piping and tubing \'lhich has
previously been used for any
purpose other than for potable
water systems shall not be used.
(e) Approved plastic materials may
be used in water service piping,
provided that where metal water
service piping is used for
electrical grounding purposes,
replacement piping therefore shall
be of like materials.
(f) Solder shall conform to the
requirements of Section 802(d).
EXCEPTION: Where a grounding
system, acceptable to the
Administrative Authority is
installed, inspected and approved,
metallic pipe may be replaced with
non-metallic pipe.
SECTION 3: EFFECTIVE DATE: WHEREAS, there is an emergency
therefore, which 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 17th day of September, 1991.
CITY OF MERIDIAN
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