Ordinance 83-12ORDINANCE NO. 83- 12
COLLIER COUNTY PLUMBING CODE
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE "COLLIER COUNTY BUILDING
CODE" BY ADOPTING THE "STANDARD PLUMBING CODE, 1982
EDITION," INCLUDING APPENDIXES A, D, F, G, A~ND ILLUS-
TRATIONS AS PUBLISHED BY THE SOUTHERN BUILDING CODE
CONGRESS INTERNATIONAL, INC., AS FURTHER AMENDED BY
THIS ORDINANCE; AMENDING SECTION ]06.3(a) PROVIDING
FOR A SCHEDULE OF FEES AND CHARGES TO BE ESTABLISHED
BY RESOLUTION; AMENDING SECTION 107.5(a) RELATING TO
WATER TEST; AMENDING SECTION 110 RELATING TO VIOLA-
TIONS AND PENALTIES; AMENDING CHAPTER i, ADMINISTRA-
TION, TO ADD SECTION 112 PROVIDING FOR APPEAL; AMEND-
lNG SECTION 302 RELATING TO DEFINITIONS; AMENDING
SECTION 602.14 RELATING TO PLASTIC PIPE AND FITTINGS;
AMENDING SECTION 704.2 RELATING TO LOCATION OF CLEAN-
OUTS; AMENDING SECTION 704.5 RELATING TO CLEANOUT AT
BASE OF STACKS; AMENDING SECTION 1205.2 RELATING TO
SIZE OF WATER SERVICE LINE AND REQUIRING SHUTOFF
VALVE; AMENDING SECTION 1209.3 TO ADD SUBSECTION (c)
RELATING TO LOCATION OF SHUTOFF VALVE IN LIVING
UNITS; REPEALING ORDINANCES 73-24, 76-39 AND 81-92;
PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT AND SEVERANCE; PROVIDING FOR
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA:
The Collier County Building Code, Chapter 7, Article I, of the
Collier County Code of Laws and Ordinances, is hereby amended as follows:
SECTION ONE
The "Standard Plumbing Code, 1982 Ed~tion," including Appendixes A,
D, F, G, and i]luatr~tions, aa published by the Southern Building Code
Congress International, Inc., and as amended herein, is adopted by
re~erence as the "Collier County Plumbing Code" to protect the health,
welfare, safety, common interest and convenience of the citizens,
visitors, and residents of Collier County, Florida.
SECTION TWO
The "Standard Plumbing Code, 1982 Edition," is hereby amended to read
as follows:
CHAPTER I - ADMINISTRATION
106.3 - SCHEDULE OF PERMIT FEES
Amend subsection (a) to read as follows:
(a) The Board of County Commissioners shall oe~,tsbli~]~, b~
resolution, a schedule of fees and charges for matters per-
taining to this Ordinance and allied matters. It is the intent
of these regulations that the County shall not be required to
bear any part of the cost of applications made under this
Ordinance.
The schedule of fees and charges shall be posted in the
office of the Building Code Compliance Department. The charges
listed may be changed by resolution of the Board of County
Comissioners and are not subject to the procedure for amend-
ment of this Ordinance set out in Section 112.
107.5 - METHODS OF TESTING DRAINAGE AND VENT SYSTEMS
Amend subsection (a) to read as follows:
(a) Water Test: Tha water test shall be applied to tha
drainage system either in its entirety or in sections. If
applied to the entire system, all openings in the piping shall
be tightly closed, except the highest opening and the system
filled with water to point of overflow. If the system is
tested in sections, each opening shall be tightly plugged
except the highest openings of the section under test, and each
section shall be filled with water, but no section shall be
tested with ]ess than a five (5) foot head of water. In
testing successive sections, at least the upper five (5) feet
of the next preceding section shall be tested, so that no Joint
or pipe in tbs building (except the uppermost 5 feet of the
system) shall have been submitted to a test of less than a five
(5) foot head of water. The water shall be kept in the system,
or in the portion under test, for at least fifteen (15) minutes
before inspection starts; the system shall then be tight at all
Joints.
110 - VIOLATIOMS AND PENALTIES
Amend section to read as follows:
If any person, firm, corporation, or other legal entity
whether public or private, shall fail or refuse to obey or
comply with, or violates..ny of the provisions of this
Ordinance, such person, firm, corporation, or other legal
entity whether public or private, upon conviction of such
offense, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed Five Hundred
Dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment not to exceed sixty (60)
days in the county Jail, or both, in the discretion of the
court. Each day of continued violation or non-compliance shall
(2)
be considered as a separate offense. In addition, sny person,
firm, corporation, or other legal entity whether public or
private, convicted under the provisions of this section shall
pay all costs and expenses involved in the case.
Nothing herein contained aha11 prevent the County from
taking such other lawful action in any court of competent
Jurisdiction ss is necessary to prevent or remedy any viola-
tion. Such other lawful action shall include, but shall not be
limited to, an equitable action for injunctive relief and an
action at law for damages.
1]2 = APPEAL
Add section 112 to read as follows:
112 - APPEAL
Whenever the Plumbing Official shall reject or refuse
mode or manner of construction proposed to be followed or mater-
tals to be used in thc erection or alteration of a building or
structure, or when it is claimed that the provisions of this
code do not apply, or that an equally good or more desirable
form of construction can be employed in any specific case, or
when it is claimed that the true intent and meaning of this
code or any of the regulations thereunder have been misconstrued
or wrongly interpreted, the owner of such building or structure
or his duly authorized agent, may appeal from the decision of
the Plumbing Official to the Board of Adjustments and Appeals,
pursvant to the procedures as set forth in the Collier County
Ordinance establishing the Board of Adjustments ~nd Appeals.
C}~PTER III - DEFINITIONS
302 - DEFINITION OF TER>IS
Amend section by adding the following definitions:
OWNER - Any person, agent, firm, or corporation having a
legal or equitable interest in the property.
HABITABLE ROOM - A room or enclosed space used or intended
to be used for living, sleeping, cooking or eating purposes,
excluding bathrooms, water closet compartments, laundries,
foyers, communicating corridors, atairways, closet and storage
space.
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(3)
RESIDENTIAL OCCUPANCY - Is the use of s building or
structure, or any portion thereof, for sleeping accommodations
and is not classed as Institutional Occupancy as defined in the
Collier County Building Code.
CHAPTER VI - JOINTS A~ CONNECTIONS
602.14 - JOINTS FOR PLASTIC PIPE AND FITTINGS
Amend section to read as follows:
ABS and PVC pipe and fittings may be solvent cemented
using the proper cement recommended for the particular mater-
isls. Ail pipe cuts to be squsre, and both pipe and fittings
to be cleaned of all soil, dirt, oil and grease. Solvent
Joints shall be made according to the recommendations of the
manufacturer and/or the Plastics Pipe Institute. Joints shall
be allowed to dry before testing. Should any leak occur on
water test, the defective Joint shall be replaced.
All solvent cements used shall bear the NSF Seal of
Approval for the particular cement being used.
Plastic pipe and fittings for sever and water pressure
lines mmy also be joined by use of elamtomeric Joints when the
respective standards for the materials so specify. Joints
shall comply with standards lis~ed in Table 500 for c]astomeric
joints.
All Joints for plastic pipe sad fittings must be installed
with the application of a proper colored cleaner prior to
application of solvent cement.
CHAI"TKR VII - TRAPS A~D CLEANOUTS
704.2 - LOCATION
Amend section :o read as follows:
(a) Cleanou:s shal] be not more than fifty (50) feet
apart in horizontal drainage lines of four (4) inch nominal
diameter or less and not more than one hundred (I00) feet apart
for larger pipes. Line cleanouts which may be rodded both ways
~hall be used whenever possible.
(b) Cleanouts shall be installed in house severs of four
(4) inch nominal diameter a: no: more than seventy-five (75)
feet ~pert.
(c~ At the locstion of se~er li~e e~iti~g the building to
the aewer sy~te~ there must be a two-way c~eanou~ ~nstalled not
more than five (5) feet outside of building so that house sewer
may be rodded both ways.
704.5 - BASE OF STACKS
Amend section to reed aa follows:
A cleanout shall be installed et or near the foot of each
vertical waste or soil stack. For buildings with s floor slab
on fill or ground or having a crawl space of less than eighteen
(18) inches beneath the floor, a cleanout will be either st the
base of the stack; or the building drain shall be extended to
the outside of the building and terminated not more than five
(5) feet outside the bt~ilding wall, at the opposite end of the
building from the sewer connection.
CItAPTER XII - WATER SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION
1.05., - WATER SERVICE PIPING
Amend section to read as follows:
Water service lines shall be sized in accordance with
Appendix F or designed in accordance with accepted engineering
practice but in no case shall it be less than three-fourths
(3/4) inch nominal diameter.
Ail water piping shall have a main shutoff valve in-
stalled. V~lve shall be located within 5 feet of building or
on interior where service enters building. This valve is in
addition to the curb stop vslve and box.
1209.3 - CONTROLS FOR FIXTURES WITHIN DWELLINGS
Add subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) All living units in apartment or residential type
buildings shall have s readily accessible ma~n water supply
shutoff valve. This valve shall not be located behind shy
fixtures or appliance~. Easy access shall be maintained on all
~upply valves.
SECTION THREE: REPEAL OF PREVIOUS ORDINANCES
Ordinances Nos. 73-24, 76-39 and 81-92 are hereby repealed as of
the effective date of this ordinance.
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SECTION FOLIR: CONFLICT AND SEVEP~NCE
In the event th~s ordinance conflicts with any other ordinance of
Collier County or oth,~r applicable law, the more restrictive shall cpply.
If any phrase or portion of this ordinance is held invalid or unconsti-
tutionml by any court of c~mpetent Jurisdiction, such port~on shall be
deemed a separate, distinct, and independent provision and such holding
shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion.
SECTION FIVE: EFFECTIVE DATE
This Ordinance shall become effective upon notice that it has been
received by the Office of the Secretary of State.
PASSED AN~ DULY ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of
Collier County, Florida this22nd day of b~.rch , 1953.
BOARD OF COUNTY COb~MISSIONERS
COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA
Chatr~n ~
Approved as to form and legal
sufftciency:
County At rorney
%his ordinance filed with the Secretary of State's Office the 28th
day of March, 1983 and acknowledgt~nent of that filing received this
30th day of March, 1983.
Vir~a Magri, 'l~eputy~terk
cd writing, Ty~,{n$ or Prinfinl~ ]j
an~thf~or~, ia ~bis documens
wh,eu reedred.
STATE OF FLORIDA )
COUNTY OF COLLIER )
I, '.;ILLIA~ ,7. REAGAN, Clerk o~' Courts in and for the
Twentieth .Judfctal Circuit, Collier County, Florida, do
hereby ce~tf~y that the ~oregotng ~s a true original of:
ORDINANCE NO. 83-1~
wh!ch was adopted by the Board et County Commiss~oners during
Regular Session the 22nd day o~ ~nrch, 1983.
WITHIES? my hand ~nd the o~tlctal seal o~ the Poard o~
County Comm!s~ionnrs of Collier County, Florida, this 23rd
day o~ ~a~ch, ~9q3.
E×-offtc~o to ~.o~rd
County Commlss!oners .' '. ...... -. · :
Dep~y Clerk '.. ~ ~" "' ." ",,: