A. That certain plumbing code, in book form known and designated as the 2022 California Plumbing Code, Title 24, Part 5 as Published by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials prepared and published by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials, based on the 2021 Uniform Plumbing Code adopted as the plumbing code of the city, to all intents and purposes and to the same effect as if each and every section, paragraph, subparagraph, word, phrase or clause contained therein were fully set forth herein, except for those deletions, modifications, and amendments set forth below. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this chapter is, for any reason, held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of the chapter.
1. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of the code adopted or fail to comply therewith, or who shall violate or fail to comply with any order made thereunder, or who shall build in violation of any detailed statement of specifications or plans submitted and approved thereunder or any certificate or permit issued thereunder, and from which no appeal has been taken or who shall fail to comply with such order as affirmed or modified by the city attorney based on a recommendation of the building official or by a court of competent jurisdiction, within the time fixed herein, shall severally for each and every such violation and non-compliance respectively be guilty of a misdemeanor, or infraction as determined by the city attorney.
2. Such violation shall be subject to penalties in accordance with Section 1.12.010.
B. Appeals Board section 1.8.8 shall be deleted. Refer to 2022 California Building Code Section 1.8.8 as amended.
C. Included specifically are 2022 California Plumbing Code Appendix A (Recommended Rules for Sizing the Water Supply System), B (Explanatory Notes on Combination Waste & Vent Systems), D (Sizing Storm Water Drainage Systems), H (Private Sewage Disposal Systems), I (Installation Standards for PEX Tubing Systems for Hot- and Cold-Water Distribution), and J (Combination of Indoor and Outdoor Combustion and Ventilation Opening Design).
D. Section 808.0 of said California Code is amended to read as follows:
Section 808.0, Cooling Water. Discharge of cooling water into the sanitary sewer system is prohibited. Refer to Section 13.08.500 of City of Visalia Municipal Code (Prohibition on Unpolluted Water).
E. Reference is made to three copies of the 2022 California Plumbing Code, one copy filed in the office of the city clerk and two copies filed in the office of building safety division of the city, which are now so filed for full particulars of said Plumbing Code.
(Ord. 2022- 14 § 1 (part), 2022)