The International Fuel Gas Code, adopted by § 4-702, is hereby changed, altered, modified and otherwise amended as follows:
(a) Section 101.1 of the International Fuel Gas Code is hereby changed to read as follows:
Section 101.1 Title. These regulations shall be known as the Fuel Gas Code of Wamego, Kansas, hereafter referred to as “this code”.
(b) Section 106.6.2 of the International Fuel Gas Code is hereby changed to read as follows:
Section 106.6.2 Fee Schedule. The fees for all fuel gas work requiring a permit shall be as set forth under § 4-704 of the city code.
The fee for reinspection of all gas fitting work found to be in violation of this article shall be as set forth under § 4-706 of the city code.
Each inspection which is not deemed ready for inspection at the scheduled time shall be considered a failed inspection and subject to reinspection. The reinspection fee shall be paid within ten calendar days of the date of the inspection causing the fee, and prior to a certificate of occupancy being issued for that project. Subsequent inspections for that permitted project shall not be conducted until all past due reinspection fees have been paid. The Building Official shall have the authority to waive reinspection fees as deemed necessary.
(c) Section 106.6.3 of the International Fuel Gas Code is hereby changed to read as follows:
Section 106.6.3 Fee refunds. The code official shall authorize the refunding of fees as follows:
1. The full amount of any fee paid hereunder that was erroneously paid or collected.
2. Not more than 100% of the permit fee paid when no work has been done under a permit issued in accordance with this code.
The code official shall not authorize the refunding of any fee paid except upon written application filed by the original permittee not later than one hundred eighty days (180) days after the date of fee payment.
(d) Section 108.4 of the International Fuel Gas Code is hereby changed to read as follows:
Section 108.4 Violation penalties. Any person 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 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 guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment not exceeding one hundred eighty days (180), or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each day that a violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense.
(e) Section 108.5 of International Fuel Gas Code is hereby changed to read as follows:
Section 108.5 Stop work orders. Upon notice from the code official, work that is being done contrary to the provisions of this code or in a dangerous or unsafe manner shall immediately cease. Such notice shall be in writing and shall be given to the owner of the property, or to the owner’s agent, or to the person doing the work. The notice shall state the conditions under which work is authorized to resume. Where an emergency exists, the code official shall not be required to give a written notice prior to stopping the work. Any person who shall continue any work in or about the structure after having been served with a stop work order, except such work as that person is directed to perform to remove a violation or unsafe condition, shall be liable to a fine of not less than one hundred ($100) dollars or more than five hundred ($500) dollars.
(f) Section 109 of the International Fuel Gas Code is hereby deleted.
(g) Section 309.2 of the International Fuel Gas Code is hereby changed to read as follows:
Section 309.2 Connections. Electrical connections between equipment and the building wiring, including the grounding of the equipment, shall conform to the National Electrical Code as adopted in § 4-402 of the city code of ordinances.
(h) Section 407.2 of the International Fuel Gas Code is hereby changed to read as follows:
Section 407.2 Design and installation. Piping shall be supported with pipe hooks, pipe straps, bands, brackets, hangers or building structural components, suitable for the size of piping, of adequate strength and quality, and located at intervals so as to prevent or damp out excessive vibration. Piping shall be anchored to prevent undue strains on connected appliances and shall not be supported by other piping. Pipe hangers and supports shall conform to the requirements of MSS SP-58 and shall be spaced in accordance with Section 415. Supports, hangers and anchors shall be installed so as not to interfere with the free expansion and contraction of the piping between anchors. All parts of the supporting equipment shall be designed and installed so they will not be disengaged by movements of the supported piping.
(Ord. 1629, passed 5-4-2014; Ord. 1772, passed 6-21-2022)