ORD 543 9/25/2001ORDINANCE NUMBER 543
FOR ADOPTION OF THE
INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING CODE
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CIBOLO ADOPTING THE 2000 EDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL PLUdBiNG CODE,
REGULATING AND CONTROLLING THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, QUALITY OF MATERIALS, ERECTION,
INSTALLATION, ALTERATION, REPAIR, LOCATION, RELOCATION, REPLACEMENT, ADDITION TO, USE OR
MAINTENANCE OF PLUMBING SYSTEMS IN THE CITY OF CIBOLO; PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS AND
COLLECTION OF FEES THEREFORE WHEN USED WITH MONEY; REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 507 OF THE CITY OF
CE30LO AND ALL OTHER ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF THE ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH.
The Mayor and City Council of the City of Cibolo ordains as follows:
Section 1. That certain document a copy of which is on file in the office of the Code Enforcement Officer and
the City of Cibolo, being marked and designated as International Plumbing Code, including all Appendices
Chapters, as published by the International Code Council be and is hereby adopted as the code of the City of
Cibolo for regulating the design, construction, quality of materials, erection, installation, alteration, repair,
location, relocation, replacement, addition to, use or maintenance of plumbing systems in the City of Cibolo
and providing for the issuance of permits and collection of fees therefore; and each and all of the regulations,
provisions, conditions and terms of such International Plumbing Code, 2000 edition, published by the
International Code Council on file in the office of the City of Cibolo are hereby referred to, adopted and made a
part hereof as if fully set out in this ordinance.
Section 2. The following sections are hereby revised:
Subsection 10 1. 1 Title. These regulations shall be known as the International Plumbing Code of the
City Of Cibolo hereinafter referred to as "this code."
Subsection 106.6.2 Fee schedule. The fees for all plumbing work shall be as indicated in the following
schedule: Permit Issuance
1. For issuing each permit..................................................................................... $30.00
a. For each plumbing fixture as follows.
(1) Water closet (toilet)
(2) Bathtub
(3) Lavatory
(4) Shower
(5) Kitchen sink & disposal
(6) Dishwasher
(7) Laundry tray
(8) Clothes washer
(9) Water heater
(10) Urinal
(11) Drinking fountain
(12) Floor sink or drain
(13) Slop sink
............................................................ $2.50
b. For installation, alteration or repair of water -piping and/or water -treating equipment,
each................................................................................................. $5.00
c. For each water heater and/or vent............................................................. $5.00
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d.
Sewerline.........................................................................................$5.00
e.
For each building sewer and each trailer park sewer .......................................$5.00
f
Septic tank & pit(OSSF)........................................................................$5.00
g.
Lawn sprinkler system...........................................................................$5.00
h.
Gas Systems.......................................................................................$5.00
(1) Additional for each outlet ........................................................$2.50
i.
Rainwater systems --per drain (inside building).............................................$5.00
j.
For each industrial waste pretreatment interceptor including its trap and vent,
excepting kitchen -type grease interceptors functioning as fixture traps..................$5.00
k.
For repair or alteration of drainage or vent piping, each fixture............................$2.50
1.
For atmospheric -type vacuum breakers not included in Item 2:
1 to 5..............................................................................................
$5.00
over5, each.......................................................................................$4.00
in.
For each backflow protective device other than atmospheric -type vacuum breakers:
2 inches (51 mm) and smaller..............................................................$7.50
Over 2 inches (51 mm)......................................................................$10.00
Other Inspections and Fees
1. Inspections outside of normal business hours $50.00 per hour (minimum charge two hours)
2. Reinspection fee assessed under provisions of 107.3.3
a. For first re-inspection..................................................................$35.00
b. For each additional re -inspection thereafter..........................................$50.00
3. Inspections for which no fee is specifically indicated (minimum charge --one-half hour) ....$30.00
per hour
Subsection 108.4. Work commencing before permit issuance. Any person who commences
any work on a building, structure, electrical, gas, mechanical or plumbing system
before obtaining the necessary permits shall be subject to an additional fee
established by the building official that shall be in addition to the required permit
fees. That additional fee shall be double the original permit fee.
Violation penalties. Persons who shall violate a provision of this code or shall fail to comply with any of
the requirements thereof or who shall erect, install, alter, repair or do work in violation of the approved
construction documents or directive of the code official, or of a permit or certificate used under provisions
of this code, shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than $500.00
dollars. Each day that a violation continues after due notice has been served shall be deemed a separate
offense.
Failure to comply. Any person who shall continue any work after having been served with a stop work
order, except such work as that person is directed to perform to remove a violation or unsafe condition,
shall be liable to a fine of not less than $100.00 dollars or more than $500.00 dollars.
Section 3. That Ordinance No. 507 of City of Cibolo entitled "AN ORDINANCE TO ADOPT VARIOUS
STANDARD CODES RELATING TO INSPECTION ACTIVITIES OF THE CITY OF CIBOLO AND
ENFORCEMENT OF BUILDING PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED IN SAID CODES" and all other ordinances
or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Section 4. That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is, for any reason, held to
be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The'
Mayor and City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance, and each section, subsection,
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clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences; clauses
and phrases be declared unconstitutional.
Section 5. That the City Secretary is hereby ordered and directed to cause this ordinance to be published.
Section 6. That this ordinance and the rules, regulations, provisions, requirements, orders and matters
established and adopted hereby shall take effect and be in full force beginning October 1, 2001.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY OF CIBOLO on this�day of
MAYOR, CITY OF CIBOLO, TEXAS
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