CHAPTER 5
MECHANICAL CODE

10-5-1 Short Title	10-5-11 Building Official
10-5-2 Purpose	10-5-12 Inspection
10-5-3 Warning	10-5-13 Stop Work Order
10-5-4 Interpretation	10-5-14 Deletions
10-5-5 Adoption	10-5-15 Amendments
10-5-6 Scope	10-5-16 Conflicting Provisions
10-5-7 Indemnification	10-5-17 Site Maintenance
10-5-8 Permit Requirements, Conditions, and Fees	10-5-18 Street Protection
10-5-9 Mechanical Contractors License	10-5-19 Violations
10-5-10 Installation by Owner	10-5-20 Appeals

 

10-5-1 SHORT TITLE.

   This chapter shall be known as the Clive Mechanical Code, and may be cited as such, and may also be known, referred to, and cited as the “Mechanical Code.”

10-5-2 PURPOSE.

   It is the purpose of this chapter to require architects, builders, contractors, property owners, their agents, and others to meet their responsibilities with respect to proper mechanical installation, material selection, installation methods, and premises safety, and to provide for inspection as a means of compelling compliance therewith. It is not the purpose of this chapter to create any duty on the part of the City, its officers, agents, or employees, owing to any individual member of the public or to protect any particular or circumscribed class of persons. Specifically, it is not the intent of this chapter to create any duty or liability by the City, its officers, agents, or employees, to premises occupants, owners, tenants, or any other person.

10-5-3 WARNING.

   No person shall place reliance upon this chapter, any inspections performed, or certificates issued pursuant to this chapter as indicating the safety of or quality of construction of any particular premises. Neither this chapter, nor inspections made pursuant thereto nor certificates issued are intended to assume the duty of any person to adequately construct and maintain a premises or provide a safe premises or to, in any way, indicate a decrease in the risk associated with the use or occupancy of any premises. A certification that a premise has been inspected pursuant to this chapter shall not in any way constitute a warranty or guarantee of the safety or quality of that premises.

10-5-4 INTERPRETATION.

   The foregoing statements of legislative intent shall govern and take precedence over any other language contained in this chapter or the International Mechanical Code, 2021 edition, or the International Residential Code Chapters 12-24, 2021 edition, adopted herein.

10-5-5 ADOPTION.

   Pursuant to published notice and public hearing, as required by law, the International Mechanical Code, 2021 edition, and International Residential Code Chapters 12-24, 2021 edition, published by the International Code Council Inc., are adopted in full except for such portions as may be hereinafter deleted, modified, or amended, and shall constitute the “Mechanical Code of the City of Clive, Iowa.” The use of the term “Mechanical Code” in this chapter shall be interpreted to refer to the International Mechanical Code, 2021 edition, and International Residential Code Chapters 12-24, 2021 edition. An official copy of the International Mechanical Code, 2021 edition, and International Residential Code Chapters 12-24, 2021 edition, as adopted, and a certified copy of this chapter can be viewed in the Community Development Department.

10-5-6 SCOPE.

   This Code shall regulate the design, installation, maintenance, alteration, and inspection of mechanical systems. The provisions of this Mechanical Code shall apply to:

   1.   New Construction.

      A.   Public or private mechanical installations as governed by this Mechanical Code.

      B.   Detached one- and two- family dwellings and multiple single-family dwellings (townhouses) not more than three stories high with separate means of egress and their accessory structures shall comply with Chapters 12-24 of the International Residential Code, 2021 edition.

   2.   Existing Buildings.

      A.   Additions to, alterations of, and repairs to existing mechanical systems, if covered by this Mechanical Code. The Construction Services Administrator may, when such additions, alterations, or repairs are made, order other reasonable additions or alterations to the mechanical systems on a premises when a danger to life or property may result if such other additions or alterations were not made.

      B.   Detached one- and two- family dwellings and multiple single-family dwellings (townhouses) not more than three stories high with separate means of egress and their accessory structures shall comply with Chapters 12-24 of the International Residential Code, 2021 edition.

      C.   Installations, which were in compliance with the Mechanical Code in existence at the time such installations were made, shall be presumed to be safe and proper, which presumption can be rebutted by evidence that the installation may be dangerous to life or property.

      D.   If the classification of a building has been changed due to a change in occupancy, the mechanical systems in the entire building shall comply with all the mechanical standards applicable to the new classification. If the occupancy of a building has been changed to a mixed occupancy, with the required fire separation between the mixed occupancy, each occupancy shall comply with its own particular classification and shall have mechanical systems installed in compliance with the mechanical standards of its particular classification.