Ordinance No. 948ORDINANCE NO. 948
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
AMENDING CHAPTER 19 OF THE CYPRESS CITY CODE AND THEREBY
ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE FOLLOWING CODES WITH CERTAIN
AMENDMENTS THERETO: THE 1994 EDITION OF THE UNIFORM PLUMBING
CODE, THE 1994 EDITION OF THE UNIFORM SWIMMING POOL, SPA, AND
HOT TUB CODE, THE 1988 EDITION OF THE UNIFORM SOLAR ENERGY CODE,
AND THE UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE MATERIAL AND INSTALLATION
STANDARDS AND REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 941 AND RESOLUTION NO.
4561
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION I: Section 19 -1 of Chapter 19 of the Cypress City Code is hereby amended
to read as follows:
SECTION 19 -1 Uniform Plumbing Codes - Adopted; were filed.
The following are hereby adopted by reference as the Plumbing Codes of the City of Cypress,
one (1) copy of each which is on file in the office of the City Clerk:
a. Uniform Plumbing Code, 1994 edition, with appendices;
b. Uniform Swimming Pool, Spa, and Hot Tub Code, 1994 edition;
c. Uniform Solar Energy Code, 1988 edition; and
d. Uniform Plumbing Code Material and Installation Standards 1994
edition.
SECTION II: Section 1902 of Chapter 19 of the Cypress City Code is hereby amended
as follows:
SECTION 19 -2 Uniform Plumbing Code - Amendments, Additions, and Deletions.
The following amendments are made to the Uniform Plumbing Code, 1994 edition, adopted by
this Chapter:
A.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Cypress that the following amendments and modifications to the 1994 editions of
the Plumbing Codes contained in Ordinance No. 948 are hereby found to be
reasonably necessary due to consideration of specific local climatic, geological or
topographical conditions as follows:
UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE, 1994 EDITION
1. Per Assembly Bill No. 2355, water - saving plumbing fixtures shall be
required in all new construction (Section 402.3).
2. Chapter 2 - Welder, pipe is amended to add the following:
1. A valid certificate is that which is updated on an annual basis.
3. Section 510.5 is hereby amended to add the following:
1. All water heaters shall be seismically braced in compliance with
Assembly Bill 1890. All water heaters up to 55 gallons shall be
restrained with a Spacemaker E -25 system. All- water heaters up
to 100 gallons shall be restrained with 2 Spacemaker E -50
systems. These restraints shall be attached to the existing wall
studs. If another restraint system is preferred, then documentation
shall be submitted to show it has equal or better restraint value.
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4. Section 603.3.6.1 is hereby amended to read as follows:
1. No less than one (1) hose bib in rear yard area must be piped in
3/4" inch pipe.
5. Section 1204.3.2 is hereby amended to read as follows:
1. Any gas system carrying gas pressure in excess of fourteen (14)
inches (0.4m) water column pressure and all gas systems two (2)
inches or larger must have a twenty four (24) hour graph test.
6. All other modifications to this Code are administrative in nature.
UNIFORM SWIMMING POOL, SPA AND HOT TUB CODE, 1994 EDITION
1. All modifications to this Code are administrative amendments of local
discretion.
UNIFORM SOLAR ENERGY CODE, 1988 EDITION
1. All modifications to this Code are administrative amendments of local
discretion.
B. Section 414.0 of UPC Chapter 4 is hereby added to read as follows:
Low Flush Fixtures
Section 414.1 - All new buildings shall use water closets and associated
flushometer valves, if any, which use no more that 1.6 gallons per flush and
which meet performance standards established by the American National
Standards Institute Std. A112.19.2, and urinals and associated flushometer valves,
if any, which use no more than one (1) gallon per flush and which meet
performance standards established by the American National Standards Institute
Std. A112.19.2.
The Building Official may allow the use of standard flush toilets or urinals, when,
in the opinion of the Building Official, the configuration of the building drainage
system requires a greater quantity of water to adequately flush the system.
SECTION III: Section 19 -3 of chapter 19 of the Cypress Code is amended as follows:
SECTION 19 -3 - Uniform Swimming Pool Code; Amendments.
The following amendments are made to the Uniform Swimming Pool Code, 1994
edition, adopted by this Chapter:
Section 19 -10 - Swimming Pools /Spas - Enclosures Required.
No person shall maintain a swimming pool /spa in the City unless an enclosure,
as provided for in this article, is maintained on the lot or premises upon which
such pool /spa is situated.
Upon commencement of excavation for a new pool /spa, temporary fencing shall
be installed.
Section 19 -11 - Same - Specifications
The enclosure required by this article shall consist of a wall, fence or other
substantial structure (including a garage accessory door) not less than five (5) feet
in height above the highest grade adjacent thereto and with no opening therein
(other than doors or gates) larger than four (4) inches in a perpendicular plan with
at least five (5) feet between any horizontal members. A gate no more than four
(4) feet in width shall be permitted as part of the pool /spa enclosure. Double
gates shall not be permitted as part of the pool /spa enclosure. Neither a chain
link fence nor a combination masonry and wrought iron wall shall be used as a
pool enclosure. The enclosure shall completely surround the pool /spa or the lot
or premises upon which the pool /spa is located and shall be constructed only o f
such materials as will make it non - climbable. No more than two (2) inches
between bottom horizontal rail and finished grade.
SECTION IV: This Ordinance is exempt from the provisions of the California
Environmental Quality Act, ( "CEQA "), 14 California Code of Regulations 15061(b)(3).
SECTION V: 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 of Cypress hereby declares that it would have adopted
this Ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion hereof,
irrespective of the fact that any one or more section, subsections, clauses, phrases, or portions
be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
FIRST READ at the regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Cypress held on
the 26th day of February 1996, and finally adopted and ordered posted at a regular meeting held
on the 11th day of March 1996.
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
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MAYOR OF H , i CITY OF CYPRESS
I, LILLIAN M. HAINA, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY CERTIFY
that the foregoing Ordinance was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the said City Council held
on the 11th day of March , 1996, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: 5 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Age, Carrol 1 , Jones, Kerry and Bowman
NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS