The International Fuel Gas Code, 2018 edition, including appendixes “A, B, C, and D” (herein IFGC) as adopted, is hereby amended as follows:
A. Chapter 1 "Scope and Administration" is amended as follows:
101.1 Title. Replace bracketed "[]" text with the following: "Ada County."
103.2 Appointment. Delete sentence and replace with the following:
The building official appointed by the County shall be the code official for purposes of enforcing this code.
103.4 Liability. Delete section.
104.7 Department records. Add a third sentence as follows:
Ada County shall keep official records of fuel gas inspections as part of a validly issued mechanical code permit.
106.6.2 Fee schedule. Delete sentence and replace with new sentence as follows:
Fees for inspections authorized under this code are part of a validly issued Ada County Mechanical Permit fee as adopted by the Board of Ada County Commissioners.
106.6.3 Fee refunds. Delete subsection and replace with new subsection 106.6.3 as follows:
106.6.3 Fee refunds. Refunds may be authorized as part of the Mechanical Permit fee schedule as adopted by the Board of Ada County Commissioners.
108.4 Violation penalties. Delete paragraph and replace with the following:
Violations of the provisions or requirements of this code shall be subject to the penalties as set forth in Ada County Code, Title 7, Chapter 2.
108.5 Stop work orders. Amend subsection as follows:
Upon notice from the code official that work is being done contrary to the provisions of this code or in a dangerous or unsafe manner, such work shall immediately cease. Such notice shall be in writing and shall be given to the owner of the property, the owner's agent, or the person doing the work. The notice shall state the conditions under which work is authorized to resume. Where an emergency exists, the code official shall not be required to give a written notice prior to stopping the work. 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 subject to the penalties as set forth in Ada County Code, Title 7, Chapter 2.
109 Means of Appeal. Delete section in its entirety and replace with new section 109 as follows:
SECTION 109 (IFGC) MEANS OF APPEAL
109.1 General. Ada County Code, Title 7, Chapter 1 establishes the Ada County Building Board of Appeals. All appeals shall be heard pursuant to Ada County Code, Title 7, Chapter 1.
B. Chapter 4 "Gas Piping Installations" is amended as follows:
406.4 Test pressure measurement. Amend paragraph as follows:
Test pressure shall be measured with a manometer or with a pressure-measuring device designed and calibrated to read, record or indicate a pressure loss caused by leakage during the pressure test period. The source of pressure shall be isolated before the pressure tests are made. Mechanical gauges used to measure test pressures shall have a range such that the highest end of the scale is not greater than two (2) times the test pressure nor lower than one and one-half (1.5) times the test pressure.
406.4.1. Test pressure. Delete paragraph and replace with the following:
Not less than twenty (20) psig (140kPa gauge) test pressure shall be required for systems with a maximum working pressure up to ten (10) inches water column. For systems with a maximum working pressure between ten (10) inches water column and ten (10) psig (70kPa gauge); not less than sixty (60) psig (420kPa gauge) test pressure shall be required. For systems over ten (10) psig (70kPa gauge) working pressure, minimum test pressure shall be no less than six (6) times working pressure.
406.4.2 Test duration. Delete paragraph and replace with the following:
The test duration shall not be less than twenty (20) minutes.
C. Chapter 5 "Chimneys and Vents" is amended as follows:
503.4 Type of venting system to be used. Add new subsection 503.4.1.2 as follows:
503.4.1.2 Testing. All plastic pipe within a dwelling used for venting flue gases shall be tested at five (5) psi for fifteen (15) minutes.
505.1.1 Commercial Cooking appliances vented by exhaust hoods is amended by adding second exception as follows:
Exception: An interlock between the cooking appliance and the exhaust hood system is not required for appliances that are of the manually operated type and are factory equipped with standing pilot burner ignition systems. (Ord. 498, 3-25-2003; amd. Ord. 725, 5-5-2009; amd. Ord. 728, 5-26-2009; amd. Ord. 781, 5-17-2011; amd. Ord. 817, 1-7-2014; amd. Ord. 836, 1-6-2015; amd. Ord. 879, 2-13-2018; amd. Ord. 919, 2-16-2021)