CHAPTER 6
FUEL GAS CODE
FUEL GAS CODE
10-6-1 Short Title | 10-6-11 Inspection |
10-6-2 Purpose | 10-6-12 Stop Work Order |
10-6-3 Warning | 10-6-13 Deletions |
10-6-4 Interpretation | 10-6-14 Amendments |
10-6-5 Adoption | 10-6-15 Conflicting Provisions |
10-6-6 Scope | 10-6-16 Site Maintenance |
10-6-7 Indemnification | 10-6-17 Street Protection |
10-6-8 Permit Requirements, Conditions, and Fees | 10-6-18 Violations |
10-6-9 Plumbing or Mechanical Contractor’s License | 10-6-19 Appeals |
10-6-10 Building Official | |
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 fuel gas 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.
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.
Pursuant to published notice and public hearing, as required by law, the International Fuel Gas Code, 2021 edition, and International Residential Code Chapter 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 “Fuel Gas Code of the City of Clive, Iowa.” The use of the term “Fuel Gas Code” in this chapter shall be interpreted to refer to the International Fuel Gas Code, 2021 edition, and International Residential Code Chapter 24, 2021 edition. An official copy of the International Fuel Gas Code, 2021 edition, and International Residential Code Chapter 24, 2021 edition, as adopted, and a certified copy of this chapter, can be viewed in the Community Development Department.
This Code shall regulate the design, installation, maintenance, alteration, and inspection of fuel gas systems. The provisions of this Fuel Gas Code shall apply to:
1. New Construction.
A. Public or private mechanical installations as governed by this Fuel Gas 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 Chapter 24 of the International Residential Code, 2021 edition.
2. Existing Buildings.
A. Additions to, alterations of, and repairs to existing fuel gas systems, if covered by this Fuel Gas Code. The Construction Services Administrator may, when such additions, alterations, or repairs are made, order other reasonable additions or alterations to the fuel gas 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 Chapter 24 of the International Residential Code, 2021 edition.
C. Installations, which were in compliance with the Fuel Gas 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 fuel gas systems in the entire building shall comply with all the fuel gas 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 fuel gas systems installed in compliance with the fuel gas standards of its particular classification.
The applicant for any permit under this Code, by making such application, assumes and agrees to pay for all loss or damage to property whatsoever, and injury to or death of any person or persons whomsoever, including all costs and expenses incident thereto, however arising from or in connection with, or related to the issuance of such permit, or the doing of anything thereunder, or the failure of such applicant, or the agents, employees, or servants of such applicant, to abide by or comply with any of the provisions of this Code or any other ordinance of the City; and such applicant, by making such application, forever indemnifies the City, its officers and employees and agrees to save it and them harmless from any and all claims, demands, lawsuits, or liability whatsoever for any loss, damage, injury or death, costs and expenses, by reason of the foregoing even though acts or omissions of the City, its officers or employees may have caused or contributed thereto. The foregoing provisions shall be deemed to be a part of any permit issued under this Code whether expressly recited therein or not.
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