(A) No residential water softening or conditioning appliance shall be installed, except in either of the following circumstances:
(1) The regeneration of the appliance is performed at a nonresidential facility separate from the location of the residence where the appliance is used;
(2) The regeneration of the appliance discharges to the waste disposal system of the residence where the appliance is used, and both of the following conditions are satisfied:
(a) The appliance is certified to control the quantity of salt used per regeneration by a pre-set device and the settings of the device are limited so that a salt efficiency rating of no less than 3,350 grains of hardness removed per pound of salt used in regeneration is achieved with a clock control, manually-initiated control or demand control. An appliance installed on or after January 2002 shall be certified by a third-party rating organization, using industry standards, to have a salt efficiency rating of no less than 4,000 grains of hardness removed per pound of salt used in regeneration;
(b) The installation of the appliance is accompanied by the simultaneous installation of the following softened or conditioned water conservation devices on all fixtures using softened or conditioned water, unless the devices are already in place or are prohibited by plumbing and building standards, or unless the devices will adversely restrict the normal operation of the fixtures:
1. Faucet flow restrictors;
2. Shower head restrictors;
3. Toilet reservoir dams;
4. A piping system installed so that untreated (unsoftened or unconditioned) supply water is carried to hose bibs and sill cocks that serve water to the outside of the house, except that bypass valves may be installed on homes with slab foundations constructed prior to the date of installation; condominiums constructed prior to the date of installation; or otherwise where a piping system is physically inhibited.
(B) A person installing or operating a legal water conditioning apparatus of any kind shall make such apparatus accessible to the Director for inspection at all times, and shall make such reports relative to such apparatus as the Director may require.
(C) It shall be unlawful for anyone to offer on-site regenerated softeners for sale or rent in the city, or to solicit an owner or occupant of property in the city to purchase or rent such a unit, or to install a softener with provision for on-site regeneration except where the purchaser or renter holds a valid permit from the city for such installation. The penalties for making such sale, rental or installation includes the requirement that the party remove the illegally installed unit, and that the party's business license to operate in the city be suspended for at least one year from the date of such sale, rental or installation.
(`78 Code, § 13.08.140.) (Ord. 3346 § 3, 2022; Ord. 3111 § 3 (part), 2012; Ord. 2932 § 1, 2008; Ord. 2330 § 1 (part), 1997; Ord. 2195 § 1 (part), 1991.)