Ordinance No. 378264
ORDINANCE NO 378
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
AMENDING CHAPTER 19 CONSISTING OF SECTIONS 19-1 AND 19-2,
OF THE CYPRESS CITY CODE THEREBY ADOPTING BY REFERENCE
THE UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE, 1967 EDITION
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS'
SECTION 1: Section 19-1 of Chapter 19 of the Cypress City Code
hereby is amended to read as follows*
"Sec 19-1 Uniform Plumbing Code - Adopted; where filed
There hereby is adopted by reference, as the Plumbing Code of
the City of Cypress, the Uniform Plumbing Code, 1967 Edition,
except Section 1 7 thereof as amended by Section 19-2 of this
Chapter, three copies of which are on file in the office of the
City Clerk "
SECTION 2• Section 19-2 of Chapter 19 of the Cypress City Code
hereby is amended to read as follows
"Sec 19-2 Same - Amendments.
The following amendments are made to the Uniform Plumbing Code
1967 Edition, adopted by this Chapter
(a) Section 1 0 shall be amended by adding section
1 15 to read as follows:
'1 15 - Reinspection Fees When any reinspection is
required because of the negligence of the permit holder
his agent or other representative, or because of the
failure of such parties to comply with previous correc-
tion instructions, a fee of $5 00 shall be charged by
the building official for each such reinspection
(b) Section 1 7 shall be added to read as follows.
'Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the
provisions of this code shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable
by a fine of not to exceed five hundred dollars or by
imprisonment in the County Jail for not to exceed six
months, or by both such fine and imprisonment Each
separate day or any portion thereof during which any
violation of this code occurs or continues shall be
deemed to constitute a separate offense and upon
conviction thereof shall be punishable 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 provisions of this code
shall be valid, except insofar as the work or use which it
authorizes 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 this 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 this code shall expire by limitation
and become null and void, if the work authorized by such per-
mit is not commenced within sixty (60) days from the date of
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issuance 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 sixty (60) days Before such
work may be recommenced a new permit shall be first obtained
to do so '
(c) Section 1 12 shall be amdned to read as follows'
'Section 1 12 - Cost of Permit.
'Every applicant for a permit to install, add to alter,
relocate or replace a plumbing or drainage system, of part
thereof, shall state in writing on the application form pro-
vided 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 threin
'Any person who shall commence any plumbing work for
which a permit is required by this code without first having
obtained a permit therefor shall, if subsequently 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 satisfac-
tion 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 existing
building or existing work to the public sewer or to connect to
a new private disposal facility, backfilling of private sewage
disposal facilities abandoned consequent to such connection is
included in the building sewer permit
'In the event that any person has obtained a permit
hereunder and no portion of the work or construction covered by
such permit has been commenced, such permittee shall be entitled
to a refund of 80% of the fee paid for such permit in excess
of $5 00 upon presentation of a written request therefor '
(d) Section 203 shall be amended by adding subsection (g) to
read as follows:
'(g) There shall be no fittings used
or pipe under slabs unless approved by the
(e) Section 316 shall be amended by adding
subsection (c) to read as follows.
with copper tubing
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article (3) to
'(3) There shall be an insulating material between all
clamps and hangars securing and supporting copper pipe or
tubing,to protect the pipe from damage and allow free movement
for expansion and contraction ' "
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SECTION 3 Severability
If any section, subsection, sentence clause phrase or portion of
this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional
by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision
shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance
The City Council of the City hereby declares that it would have adopted
this Ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or
portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections
subsections clauses phrases or portions be declared invalid or
unconstitutional
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cypress, at a
regular meeting held on the 10th day of June, 1968
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
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C TYi CLE OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) SS
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
I DARRELL ESSEX, City Clerk of the City of Cypress DO HEREBY CERTIFY
that the foregoing Ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of said
City Council held on the 10th day of June, 1968, by the following vote.
AYES • 5 COUNCILMEN: Harvey Kanel Kanode Noe and Bowen
NOES 0 COUNCILMEN None
ABSENT. 0 COUNCILMEN. None
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