Resolution No. 4561149
RESOLUTION NO. 4561
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
SUPERSEDING RESOLUTION NO. 4081 AND SETTING FORTH THE LOCAL
CONDITIONS UPON WHICH A DETERMINATION HAS BEEN MADE BY THE CITY
COUNCIL THAT MODIFICATIONS TO CERTAIN OF THE FOLLOWING CODES ARE
REASONABLY REQUIRED BY LOCAL CONDITIONS WITHIN THE CITY OF
CYPRESS: THE 1994 EDITION OF THE UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE, THE 1994
EDITION OF THE UNIFORM SWIMMING POOL, SPA AND HOT TUB CODE, AND
THE 1988 EDITION OF THE UNIFORM SOLAR ENERGY CODE.
WHEREAS, Health and Safety Code Section 17922 requires
the City of Cypress to adopt the most current editions of the
Plumbing Codes; and
WHEREAS, Health and Safety Code Section 17958.5 provides
for the City Council to make changes or modifications in the most
current editions of the Plumbing Codes as may be reasonably
necessary because of certain local conditions; and
WHEREAS, the Building Official of the City of Cypress has
determined and recommended that, based upon certain local
conditions within the City of Cypress, the modifications to the
1994 editions of the Plumbing Codes contained in Ordinance No.941
are reasonably required to be adopted by the City of Cypress; and
WHEREAS, Health and Safety Code Section 17958.7 required
the City Council to make express findings of the necessity for
modifications in the most current editions of the Plumbing Codes;
and
WHEREAS, it is appropriate to describe the specific local
conditions upon which each said modification is based.
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.
941 are hereby found to be reasonably necessary due to
consideration of specific local climatic, geological or
topographical conditions as follows:
I. UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE, 1994 EDITION
A. Per Assembly Bill No. 2355, water - saving plumbing
fixtures shall be required in all new construction
(Section 402.3).
B. Chapter 2 - Welder, pipe is amended to add the
following:
1. A valid certificate is that which is updated
on an annual basis.
C. 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
retrained with a Spacemaker E -25 system. All
water heaters up to 100 gallons shall be
retrained 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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D. 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.
E. 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.
F. All other modifications to this Code are
administrative in nature.
II. UNIFORM SWIMMING POOL, SPA AND HOT TUB CODE, 1994 EDITION
A. All modifications to this Code are administrative
amendments of local discretion.
III. UNIFORM SOLAR ENERGY CODE, 1988 EDITION
A. All modifications to this Code are administrative
amendments of local discretion.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution
together with a copy of Ordinance No. 941 adopting the 1994
editions of the Plumbing Codes, as amended, be filed with the State
Department of Housing and Community Development.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Cypress, at a regular meeting held on the 13th day of November,
1995.
ATTEST:
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CI Y CLERK OF THE ITY OF CYPRESS
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE
YOR OF THE CITY OF PRESS
I, DARRELL ESSEX, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO
HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted at a
regular meeting of the said City Council held on the 13th day of
November 1995; by the following roll call vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
5 COUNCIL MEMBERS : Bowman, Carroll, Jones, Kerry
o COUNCIL MEMBERS : None and Age
o COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
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CITY CLERK OF THE ITY OF CYPRESS
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