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Ordinance 2012-34ORDINANCE NO. 2012 -34 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 2008 -14; ADOPTING THE 2012 EDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL FUEL GAS CODE, SAVE AND EXCEPT THE DELETIONS AND AMENDMENTS SET FORTH HEREIN; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING FOR REPEALING, SAVINGS AND SEVERABILITY CLAUSES; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE CAPTION HEREOF. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Wylie, Texas ( "City Council ") has investigated and determined that it would be advantageous and beneficial to the citizens of the City of Wylie, Texas ("Wylie") to repeal Wylie Ordinance No. 2008 -14; and WHEREAS, the City Council has investigated and determined that it would be advantageous and beneficial to the citizens of Wylie to adopt the 2012 Edition of the International Fuel Gas Code, save and except the deletions and amendments set forth below (the "2012 International Fuel Gas Code "). NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS: SECTION 1: Findings Incorporated. The findings set forth above are incorporated into the body of this Ordinance as if fully set forth herein. SECTION 2: Ordinance No. 2008 -14 Re ep aled. Ordinance No. 2008 -14 is repealed in its entirety and replaced by this Ordinance. The effective date of the repeal discussed in this Section shall not occur until the effective date of this Ordinance at which time Ordinance No. 2008 -14 shall be repealed. Such repeal shall not abate any pending prosecution and /or lawsuit or prevent any prosecution and /or lawsuit from being commenced for any violation of Ordinance No. 2008 -14 occurring before the effective date of this Ordinance. SECTION 3: Adoption of the 2012 International Fuel Gas Code. The International Fuel Gas Code, copyrighted by the International Code Council, Inc., save and except the amendments set forth in Exhibit "A ", attached hereto and incorporated herein for all purposes, is hereby adopted as the Fuel Gas Code for Wylie, prescribing regulations governing conditions hazardous to life and property from fuel gas applications and prescribing regulations applicable to all residential and non - residential structures and all existing premises and constitutes minimum requirements and standards for fuel gas applications. The 2012 International Fuel Gas Code is made a part of this Ordinance as if fully set forth herein. One (1) copy of the 2012 International Fuel Gas Code is on file in the office of the City Secretary of Wylie being marked and designated as the 2012 International Fuel Gas Code. Ordinance No. 2012 -34 Repealing Ordinance No. 2008 -14; Adopting the 2012 Edition of the International Fuel Gas Code Page 1 615805.0 SECTION 4: Savings /Repealing Clause. All provisions of any ordinance in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent they are in conflict; but such repeal shall not abate any pending prosecution for violation of the repealed ordinance, nor shall the repeal prevent a prosecution from being commenced for any violation if occurring prior to the repeal of the ordinance. Any remaining portion of conflicting ordinances shall remain in full force and effect. A reference in any ordinance to an earlier or different version of a fuel gas code is hereby amended to refer to the 2012 International Fuel Gas Code as it is adopted herein or may be subsequently amended. SECTION 5: Penalty Provision. Any person, firm, corporation or entity violating this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine not to exceed the sum of FIVE HUNDRED AND NO /100 DOLLARS ($500.00), unless the violation relates to fire safety, zoning or public health and sanitation, including dumping and refuse, in which the fine shall not exceed the sum of TWO THOUSAND AND NO /100 DOLLARS ($2,000.00). Each continuing day's violation under this Ordinance shall constitute a separate offense. The penal provisions imposed under this Ordinance shall not preclude Wylie from filing suit to enjoin the violation. Wylie retains all legal rights and remedies available to it pursuant to local, state and federal law. SECTION 6: Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason, held to be unconstitutional or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. Wylie hereby declares that it would have passed this Ordinance, and each section, subsection, clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, and phrases be declared unconstitutional. SECTION 7: Effective Date. This Ordinance shall be published as required by the City Charter and by law, and shall become effective on February 1, 2013. DULY PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, on this 25th day of September, 2012. Eric Hogue, May r ATTESTED AND CO CTLY 77L Car le Ehrlich, C ty Secretary Date(s) of Publication: October 3, 2012 in the Wylie Ordinance No. 2012 -34 Repealing Ordinance No. 2008 -14; Adopting the 2012 Edition of the International Fuel Gas . .. Page 2 615805.v 1 "EXHIBIT A" Amendments to the 2012 International Fuel Gas Code Chapter 1 Administration Section 102.2, Existing installations; add an exception to read as follows: Exception: Existing dwelling units shall comply with Section 621.2. Section 102.8, Referenced codes and standards; is changed to read as follows: The codes and standards referenced herein shall be those that are listed in Chapter 7 and such codes, when specifically adopted, and standards shall be considered part of the requirements of this code to the prescribed extent of each such reference. Where differences occur between provisions of this code and the referenced standards, the provisions of this code shall apply. Whenever amendments have been adopted to the referenced codes and standards, each reference to said code and standard shall be considered to reference the amendments as well. Any reference to NFPA 70 or the ICC Electrical Code shall mean the Electrical Code as adopted. Chapter 3, General Regulations Section 304.10; change to read as follows: 304.10 Louvers and grilles. The required size of openings for combustion, ventilation and dilution air shall be based on the net free area of each opening. Where the free area through a design of louver or grille is known, it shall be used in calculating the size opening required to provide the free area specified. Where the design and free area are not known, it shall be assumed that wood louvers will have 25- percent free area and metal louvers and grilles will have 50- percent free area. Nonmotorized louvers and grilles shall be fixed in the open position. Motorized louvers shall be interlocked with the equipment so that they are proven to be in the full open position prior to main burner ignition and during main burner operation. Means shall be provided to prevent the main burner from igniting if the louvers fail to open during burner start -up and to shut down the main burner if the louvers close during operation. Section 304.11; change Exception 8 to read as follows: 8. Combustion air intake openings located on the exterior of a building shall have the lowest side of such openings located not less than 12 Ordinance No. 2012 -34 Repealing Ordinance No. 2008 -14; Adopting the 2012 Edition of the International Fuel Gas Code Page 3 615805.v1 inches (305 mm) vertically from the adjoining grade level or the manufacturer's recommendation, whichever is more stringent. Section 305.5, Private garages; delete this section. Section 305.7; change to read as follows: 305.7 Clearances from grade. Equipment and appliances installed at grade level shall be supported on a level concrete slab or other approved material extending a minimum of 3 inches (76 mm) above adjoining grade or shall be suspended a minimum of 6 inches (152 mm) above adjoining grade. Section 306.3, Appliances in attics; is changed to read as follows: Attics containing appliances requiring access shall be provided with an opening and unobstructed passageway large enough to allow removal of the largest component of the appliance. The passageway shall not be less than 30 inches (762 mm) high and 30 inches (762 mm) wide and not more than 20 feet (6069 mm) in length when measured along the centerline of the passageway from the opening to the equipment. The passageway shall have continuous solid flooring not less then 24 inches (610 mm) wide. A level service space not less than 30 inches (762 mm) deep and 30 inches (762 mm) wide shall be present at the front or service side of the equipment. The clear access opening dimensions shall be a minimum of 20 inches by 30 inches (508 mm by 762 mm), or larger where such dimensions are not large enough to allow removal of the largest appliance. As a minimum, access to the attic space of residential uses shall be provided by one of the following: 1. A permanent stair. 2. A pull down stair with a 300 lb. (136 kg) capacity. 3. An access door from an upper floor level. 4. Access panel may be used in lieu of items 1, 2, and 3 with prior approval of the code official due to structural conditions. Exception: The passageway and level service space are not required where the appliance is capable of being serviced and removed through the required opening. Section 306.5; change to read as hollows: 306.5 Equipment and appliances on roofs or elevated structures. Where equipment and appliances requiring access are installed on roofs or elevated structures at an aggregate height exceeding 16 feet (4877 mm), such access shall be provided by a permanent approved means of access. Permanent Ordinance No. 2012 -34 Repealing Ordinance No. 2008 -14; Adopting the 2012 Edition of the International Fuel Gas Code Page 4 615805A exterior ladders providing roof access need not extend closer than 12 feet (3657 mm) to the finish grade or floor level below and shall extend to the equipment and appliance's level service space. Such access shall not require climbing over obstructions greater than 30 inches high (762 mm) or walking on roofs having a slope greater than 4 units vertical in 12 units horizontal (33- percent slope). A receptacle outlet shall be provided at or near the equipment and appliance location in accordance with the Electrical Code. Section 306.5.1.1, Catwalk; Add section to read as follows: On roofs having slopes greater than 4 units vertical in 12 units horizontal, a catwalk at least 16 inches in width with substantial cleats spaced not more than 16 inches apart shall be provided from the roof access to the working platform at the appliance. Section 306.7, Water heaters above ground or floor; add section to read as follows: When the attic, roof, mezzanine or platform in which a water heater is installed is more than eight (8) feet (2438 mm) above the ground or floor level, it shall be made accessible by a stairway or permanent ladder fastened to the building. Exception: A maximum 10 gallon water heater (or larger with approval) is capable of being accessed through a lay -in ceiling and the water heater is installed not more than (10) feet (3048 mm) above the ground or floor level and may be reached with a portable ladder. 306.7.1. Whenever the mezzanine or platform is not adequately lighted or access to a receptacle outlet is not obtainable from the main level, lighting and a receptacle outlet shall be provided in accordance with Section 306.3.1. Chapter 4, Gas Piping Installations Section 401.5, Identifications; add a second paragraph as follows: Both ends of each section of medium pressure corrugated stainless steel tubing (CSST) shall identify its operating gas pressure with an approved tag. The tags are to be composed of aluminum or stainless steel and the following wording shall be stamped into the tag: "WARNING 1/2 to 5 psi gas pressure Ordinance No. 2012 -34 Repealing Ordinance No. 2008 -14; Adopting the 2012 Edition of the International Fuel Gas Code Page 5 615805M Do Not Remove" Section 402.3, Sizing; add an exception to read as follows: Exception: Corrugated stainless steel tubing (CSST) shall be a minimum of 1/2 ". Section 404.9, Minimum burial depth; is changed to read as follows: Underground piping systems shall be installed a minimum depth of 18 inches (458 mm) below grade. Section 404.9.1; Individual outside appliances; is hereby deleted in its entirety. Section 406.1; change to read as follows: 406.1 General. Prior to acceptance and initial operation, all piping installations shall be inspected and pressure tested to determine that the materials, design, fabrication, and installation practices comply with the requirements of this code. The permit holder shall make the applicable tests prescribed in Sections 406.1.1 through 406.1.5 to determine compliance with the provisions of this code. The permit holder shall give reasonable advance notice to the code official when the --�-t Piping system is ready for testing. The equipment, material, power and labor necessary for the inspections and test shall be furnished by the permit holder and the permit holder shall be responsible for determining that the work will withstand the test pressure prescribed in the following tests. 406.4 Test pressure measurement. Test pressure shall be measured with a monometer or with a pressure- measuring device designed and calibrated to read, record, or indicate a pressure loss caused by leakage during the pressure test period. The source of pressure shall be isolated before the pressure tests are made. For tests requiring a pressure of 3 psig, mechanical gauges shall utilize a dial with a minimum diameter of three and one half inches (3 '/2'), a set hand, 1/10 pound incrementation and pressure range not to exceed 6 psi for tests requiring a pressure of 3 psig. For tests requiring a pressure of 10 psig, mechanical gauges shall utilize a dial with a minimum diameter of three and one - half inches (3 '/ "), a set hand, a minimum of 2/10 pound incrementation and a pressure range not to exceed 20 psi. Section 406.4.1; change to read as follows: 406.4.1 Test pressure. The test pressure to be used shall be not less than 3 psig (20 kPa gauge), or at the discretion of the Code Official, the piping and valves may be tested at a pressure of at least six (6) inches (152 mm) of mercury, measured with a manometer or slope gauge. For welded piping, and Ordinance No. 2012 -34 Repealing Ordinance No. 2008 -14; Adopting the 2012 Edition of the International Fuel Gas Code Page 6 615805.0 for piping carrying gas at pressures in excess of fourteen (14) inches water column pressure (3.48 kPa) (1/2 psi) and less than 200 inches of water column pressure (52.2 kPa) (7.5 psi), the test pressure shall not be less than ten (10) pounds per square inch (69.6 kPa). For piping carrying gas at a pressure that exceeds 200 inches of water column (52.2 kPa) (7.5 psi), the test pressure shall be not less than one and one -half times the proposed maximum working pressure. Section 406.4.2, Test duration; is changed to read as follows: Test duration shall be held for a length of time satisfactory to the Code Official, but in no case for less than fifteen (15) minutes. For welded piping, and for piping carrying gas at pressures in excess of fourteen (14) inches water column pressure (3.48 kPa), the test duration shall be held for a length of time satisfactory to the Code Official, but in no case for less than thirty (30) minutes. (Delete remainder of section) Section 409.1.4, Valves in CSST installations; add section to read as follows: Shutoff valves installed with corrugated stainless steel (CSST) piping systems shall be supported with an approved termination fitting, or equivalent support, suitable for the size of the valves, of adequate strength and quality, and located at intervals so as to prevent or damp out excessive vibration but in no case greater than 12- inches from the center of the valve. Supports shall be installed so as not to interfere with the free expansion and contraction of the system's piping, fittings, and valves between anchors. All valves and supports shall be designed and installed so they will not be disengaged by movement of the supporting piping. Section 410. 1, Pressure regulators; add a second paragraph and exception to read as follows: Access to regulators shall comply with the requirements for access to appliances as specified in Section 306. Exception: A passageway or level service space is not required when the regulator is capable of being serviced and removed through the required attic opening. Chapter 6, Specific Appliances Section 614.6, Domestic clothes dryer ducts; add a sentence to read as follows: Ordinance No. 2012 -34 Repealing Ordinance No. 2008 -14; Adopting the 2012 Edition of the International Fuel Gas Code Page 7 615805M Exhaust ducts for domestic clothes dryers shall conform to the requirements of Sections 614.6.5.1 or 614.6.5.2. The size of duct shall not be reduced along its developed length nor at the point of termination. Section 621.2, Prohibited use; is changed to read as follows: One or more unvented room heaters shall not be used as the sole source of comfort heating in a dwelling unit. Exception: Existing approved unvented heaters may continue to be used in dwelling units, in accordance with the code provisions in effect when installed, when approved by the Code Official unless an unsafe condition is determined to exist as described in Section 108.7. Section 624.1.1, Installation requirements; is changed to read as follows: The requirements for water heaters relative to access, sizing, relief valves, drain pans and scald protection shall be in accordance with the International Plumbing Code. Ordinance No. 2012 -34 Repealing Ordinance No. 2008 -14; Adopting the 2012 Edition of the International Fuel Gas Code Page 8 615805.vl Dii, 1 t fal111rolidiv )wrr,; • klurph% Monilos + I Ire Princeton I lerald ,,. Ncws • THE WYLIF NEWS C&S. STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF COLLIN Before me, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared Chad Engbrock, publisher of The Wylie News, a newspaper regularly published in Collin County, Texas and having general circulation in Collin County, Texas, who being by me duly sworn, deposed and says that the foregoing attached: City of Wylie Ordinances was published in said newspaper on the following dates, to -wit: October 3, 2012 apt---- 'V Chad Engbrock, Publisher 2 Subscribed and sworn before me on this, the J day of 2012 to certify which witness my hand and seal of office. KIESNA Q. HILL Notary P,L,i c, State of Texas Notary Public in and for My Gomh n Expires State of Texas March 21 21, 2013 My commission expires k9i.i," S' ii," V "'Ii, 0i 10% t3.Jlmt I•i "+ }i<,x:'W) >'A)Iw [.A? €)�)S•�+ 1t ^- »15•t,t�`)? i.) ", -6,i5 fi) l f3oe '+i 2 « (.r3)ncrsJlt_ Va -', t-i'_ • y7? 78- 1 - (� =)'° ORDINANCE NO. 2012-30 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, REPEALING OR- DINANCE NO. 2008 -17; ADOPT ING THE 2012 EDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE FOR COMMER- CIAL BUILDINGS, SAVE AND EX- CEPT THE DE- LETIONS AND AMENDMENTS SET FORTH HEREIN; PRO- VIDING FOR A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDI- NANCE; PROVID- ING FOR REPEAL- ING, SAVINGS AND SEVERABIL- ITY CLAUSES; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE; AND PROVID- ING FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE CAP- TION HEREOF. ORDINANCE NO. 2012 -31 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, REPEALING OR- DINANCE NO. 2001 -08, SAVE AND EXCEPT THE AMEND- MENT TO ORDI- NANCE NO. 84 -11, AND ADOPTING THE 2012 EDI- TION OF THE IN- TERNATIONAL EXISTING BUILD- ING CODE; PRO- VIDING FOR A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDI- NANCE; PROVID- ING FOR REPEAL- ING, SAVINGS AND SEVERABIL- ITY CLAUSES; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE; AND PROVID- ING FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE CAP- TION HEREOF. 2C October 3 - 4, 2012 ORDINANCE NO. 2012 -32 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, REPEALING OR- DINANCE NO. 2008 -13; ADOPT- ING THE 2009 EDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL ENERGY CONSER- VATION CODE, SAVE AND EX- CEPT THE DE- LETIONS AND AMENDMENTS SET FORTH HERE- IN; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLA- TION OF THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING FOR REPEALING, SAVINGS AND SEVERABILITY CLAUSES; PRO- VIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDI- NANCE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICA- TION OF THE CAP- TION HEREOF. ORDINANCE NO. 2012 -33 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEX- AS, REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 2009 -37; ADOPTING THE 2012 EDITION OF THE INTER- NATIONAL FIRE CODE, SAVE AND EXCEPT THE DE- LETIONS AND AMENDMENTS SET FORTH HERE- IN; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY FOR THE V TION OF lMs ORDINANCE; PROVIDING FOR REPEALING, SAVINGS AND SEVERABILITY CLAUSES; PRO- VIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDI- NANCE; AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLIC N OF THIS - ON HE ORDINANCE NO. 2012 -34 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, REPEALING OR- DINANCE NO. 2008 -14; ADOPT- ING THE 2012 EDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL FUEL GAS CODE, SAVE AND EX- CEPT THE DE- LETIONS AND AMENDMENTS SET FORTH HERE- IN; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLA- TION OF THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING FOR REPEALING, SAVINGS AND SEVERABILITY CLAUSES; PRO- VIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDI- NANCE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE - PUBLICA- TION OF THE CAP- TION HEREOF.