The 2018 International Mechanical Code, as adopted herein by reference, is amended as provided in this section.
(A) Section 101.1 is hereby amended to read as follows: 101.1 Title. These regulations shall be known as the Mechanical Code of the county, hereinafter referred to as “this code”.
(B) Section 103.1 is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following language is substituted in lieu thereof: Section 103.1. General. The Community Development Department shall be the Department of Mechanical Inspection and the person in charge thereof shall be the Community Development Administrator.
(C) Section 103. 2 “Appointment” is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(D) Section 103.4 “Liability” is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(E) Section 106.3.3 “Time limitation of application” is hereby amended to read as follows: 106.3.3 Time limitation of application. An application for a permit for any proposed work shall be subject to the time limitations set forth in § 157.565.
(G) Section 106.5 “Fees” is hereby amended to read as follows: 106.5. Fees. A permit shall not be issued until the fees prescribed in Appendix “A” of this chapter have been paid, nor shall an amendment to a permit be released until the additional fee, if any, due to an increase of the mechanical system, has been paid.
(H) Section 106.5.1 “Work commencing before permit issuance” is hereby amended as follows: 106.5.1 Work commencing before permit issuance. Any person who commences work on a mechanical system before obtaining the necessary permits shall be subject to penalties as prescribed by §§ 154.010 and 154.999, in addition to the required permit fees.
(I) Section 106.5.2 “Fee schedule” is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(J) Section 106.5.3 “Fee refunds” is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(K) Section 108.2 “Notice of violation” is hereby amended to read as follows: 108.2. notice of violation. In accordance with §§ 154.008, the code official shall serve a notice of violation or order to the person responsible for the erection, installation, alteration, extension, repair, removal, or demolition of mechanical work in violation of the provisions of this code, or in violation of a detail statement or the approved construction documents thereunder, or in violation of a permit or certificate issued under the provisions of this code. Such order shall direct the discontinuance of the illegal action or condition and the abatement of the violation.
(L) Section 108.3 “Prosecution of violation” is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(M) Section 108.4 “Violation penalties” is hereby amended to read as follows: 108.4 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, or repair mechanical work in violation of the approved construction documents or directive of the code official, or of a permit or certificate issued under the provisions of this code shall be subject to penalties set forth in §§ 154.010 and 154.999.
(N) Section 108.5 “Stop work orders” is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following language is amended to read as follows: 108.5 Stop work orders. Whenever the Community Development Administrator finds any work regulated by this code being performed in a manner that is contrary to the provisions of this code, the Administrator is authorized to issue a stop work order in accordance with §§ 154.010 and 154.999.
(O) Section 108.6 “Abatement of violation” is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(P) Section 108.7.1 “Authority to condemn mechanical system” is hereby amended to read as follows: 108.7. Authority to condemn mechanical system. Whenever the code official determines that any mechanical system, or portion thereof, regulated by this code has become hazardous to life, health, property, or has become unsanitary, the code official shall order in writing that such system either be removed or restored to a safe condition. A time limit for compliance with such order shall be specified in the written notice. A person shall not use or maintain a defective mechanical system after receiving such notice.
(Q) Section 108.7.2 “Authority to order disconnection of energy sources” is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(R) Section 108.7.3 “Connection after order to disconnect” is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(S) Section 109 “Means of appeal” is hereby amended by adding the following section: 109.4.2. Stays of enforcement. Appeals of notices and orders shall stay the enforcement of notice and order until the appeal is heard by the Appeals Board unless there is an imminent danger to the life, health, or safety of the public.
(T) Section 109.6.1 is hereby amended to read as follows: 109.6.1. Resolution. The decision of the Appeals Board shall be in writing and shall be furnished to the appellant and to the code official.
(U) Section 301.16 “Flood hazard” is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(V)
Section 301.16.1 “Coastal high-hazard areas and Coastal A zones” is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(W) Section 401.4.4 “Intake opening location” (#4 relating to flood hazard areas) is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(X) Section 602.4 “Flood hazard” is hereby deleted in its entirety.
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Section 603.13 “Flood hazard areas” is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(Z) Section 1206.9.1 “Flood hazard” is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(AA) Section 1210.8.6 “Flood hazard” is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(BB) Section 1305.2.1 “Flood hazard” is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(Prior Code, 7 TCC 5-7(b)) (Res. 21-06, passed 7-28-2021)