25-70 ORDINANCE NO. 25-70
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE' CITY OF
DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CURRENT PLUMB-
ING ORDINANCES AS CONTAINED IN CHAPTER 21 OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH BY .
ADOPTING AS CHAPTER 21, PLUMBING ORDINANCES, THE
OF SOUTHE U STANDARD PLUmBiNG
LATIONS AND MATERIALS, SAFETY VALVES, DIELECTRIC
COUPLINGS, AND VENTS ABOVE GROUND, AND REPEALING
THE BALANCE OF CHAPTER 21.
WHEREAS, the City of Delray Beach is desirous of updating its
Plumbing Code.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF DELRAY
BEACH, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1. That Chapter 21 "PLUMBING" in the Code of Ordinances
of the City of Delray Beach, Florida be and the same is hereby amend-
ed to read as follows:
,,Sec. 21-1. The Southern Standard Plumbing Code adopted by
reference.
The 1967 Edition of The Southern Standard Plumbing Code,
with all present and future editions, supplements, amend-
ments, additions thereto, and revisions thereof, as amend-
ed by the City of Delray Beach, Florida, is hereby adopted
as the Plumbing Code for the City of Delray Beach.
Sec. 21-2. Amendments to specific paragraphs mid additions
to The Southern Standard Plumbing Code.
106.3 Schedule of permit fees.
(a) Permit Fees:
For issuing each permit $ 2.00
In addition
For each Plumbing Fixture, Floor Drain or
Trap (including Water and Drainage Pip-
ing) 2.00
For each House Sewer 4.00
For each House Sewer having to be replaced
or repaired 4.00
For each Septic Tank and Seepage Pit or
Drainfield new or repaired 3.50
For each Water Heater and/or Vent 2.00
For each Gas Piping System of 1 to 4 Out-
lets 1.50
For each Gas Piping System of 4 or more,
per outlet .50
For installation, alteration or repair of
water piping and/or water treating equip-
ment 2.00
For repair or alteration of Drainage or
Vent piping 3.50
For Vacuum Breakers or backflow protec-
tive devices installed subsequent to
the installation of the piping or
equipment served, One to Five 3.00
Over five, each .50
Lawn Sprinkler System 3.50
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107.2 Retesting.
(c) Reinspections:
A fee of $8.00 will be charged for each reinspection
by the Plumbing Inspector made necessary due to the work
being condemned, not being ready or corrected at the
time specified in the application for inspection or incor-
rect address being on the application by the action of
the applicant.
703.5 Prohibited Traps.
(a) No trap which depends for its seal upon the action
of movable parts shall be used.
(b) Full "S" traps are prohibited.
(c) Bell traps are prohibited.
(d) Crown-vented traps are prohibited.
(e) Baffled or partitioned traps are prohibited.
(f) Tubular traps less than 17 gauge.
704.2 Location.
(a) Cleanouts shall be not more than 50 feet apart in
horizontal drainage lines of 4" nominal diameter or less
and not more than 100 feet apart for larger pipes. Line
cleanouts which may be rodded both ways shall be used
whenever possible.
(b) A Cleanout - 4" minimum must be installed in ev-
ery sewer line within 2 feet of the property line. It
shall be extended flush with the ground level. If in a
parking area or such it must be boxed in with a cover
or protected.
922.1 General.
(e) A pan shall be underneath water heaters instal-
led above the first floor of any structure. A drain of
not less than 3/4" opening shall also be provided. Pan
shall not have less than a 4" turn up on` all'sides.
(f) All undercounter heaters shall have an access
panel.
1205.4 Lawn Sprinklers.
(a) Lawn sprinkler systems shall he equipped with an
approved backflow preventer on the discharge side of
each of the last valves. The backflow preventer shall be
at least 6-inches above the highest head, and at no time
less than 6-inches above the surrounding ground. Where
combination control valves and backflow preventers are
installed, the bottom of the valve shall constitute
the bottom of the backflow preventer.
(b) The following work must be performed by a person,
firm or corporation, holding a Master Plumber's license
issued by the City of Delray Beach. The plumber shall
cut the tee in the line for the sprinkler line take
off. The sprinkler firm may take it from there provided
they follow the code and have the proper inspections.
(c) An approved check valve shall be installed in
the main supply line on the meter side before the first
sprinkler circuit take off.
(d) All sprinkler systems shall also comply with the
State Sanitary Code and any current revisions.
(e) Sprinkler heads will be installed so that no
water shall spray on a public street or sidewalk. If af-
ter they are installed, the plumbing inspector should
find such a condition exists at any time, the contrac-
tor who installed same, shall correct the condition af-
ter being notified by the plumbing inspector.
Page 3. Ordinance No. 25-70.
1206.1 Materials.
Materials for water-distributing pipes and tubing
shall be brass, copper water tube, minimum Type L or K
when used above ground, lead cast iron, wrought iron,
open-hearth iron or steel, with appropriate approved
fittings. All threaded ferrous pipe and fittings shall
be galvanized (zinc-coated) or cement lined. When used
underground in corrosive soil, all ferrous pipe and
fittings shall be coated with coal tar enamel or other
coatings approved for such purpose by a recognized
Standards Organization, and the threaded joints shall
be coated and wrapped after installation. (See Chapter
V for Standards on Coal Tar Enamel Coatings.)
1206.2 Underground.
(a) Inaccessible water piping under floor slabs
shall be minimum Type L copper tube, brass, lead, cast
iron, galvanized steel or galvanized wrought iron, ex-
cept that galvanized steel shall be protected when used
under floor slabs in corrosive soils. All ferrous pip-
ing and fittings shall be coated with coal tar enamel
or other coatings approved for such purpose by a recog-
nized standard organization and the threaded joints
shall be coated and wrapped after installation.
(b) Corporation Pipe (Mechanical Joints) shall be
prohibited in or under buildings.
1215.1 Water Pressure Relief Valves and Temperature Re-
lief Valves Required.
(a) All water heaters shall be provided with an ap-
proved self-closing (levered) water pressure relief
valve and temperature relief valve or combination there-
of. Such valves shall be installed in the shell of the
water heater tank or may be installed in the hot water
outlet, provided the thermo-bulb extends into the shell
of the tank, and in all cases installed at the highest
practical point. For installations with separate stor-
age tanks, said valves shall all be installed on the
tank and there shall not be any type of valve instal-
led between the water heater and the storage tank.
~ere, in the opinion of the Plumbing Official, safety
valves are required they shall be installed in accor-
dance therewith.
(b) All relief lines shall be carried to outside of
the building and terminate not less than 12" above
finished grade.
1216.4 Dielectric Couplings.
A dielectric couple shall be used when dissimilar
metals are connected or coupled to eliminate any pos-
sibility of electrolytic action,
1401.3 Piping Above Ground.
(a) Vent piping shall be cast iron, galvanized steel,
galvanized wrought iron, lead, brass or copper pipe, or
copper tube.
(b) No vent shall be run through roof less than 2"
in diameter.
Sec. 21-3. Board of plumbing commissioners; created; quali-
fications; term of office.
There shall and is hereby created a board of plumbing
commissioners who shall serve without compensation for a
term of one year or until their successors are appointed.
The board shall be composed of seven (7) members; the
city physician, two (2) licensed master plumbers, two (2)
Page 4. Ordinance No. 25-70.
licensed journeyman plumbers, a layman
and the city engineer. All shall be
appointed by the city council. Each member must have
his principal place of business located within the mu-
nicipal limits of Delray Beach. The present members of
the plumbing board shall hold their seats for the term
of ~office for which they were appointed.
Sec. 21-4. Qualifications of journeyman and master plumbers
examinations; duty of board to give; bonds and
insurance.
(a) It shall be the duty of the board of plumbing commis-
sioners to examine and pass on the qualifications of all ap-
plicants who desire to engage in the business of plumbing
within the city. Ail examinations to determine the technical
ability of applicants shall be held monthly with provision
for special examination at a time designated by the board of
plumbing commissioners at least fifteen days prior to said
examination day. This examination shall satisfy the board
as to the applicant's ability as a plumber, as well as his
complete familiarity with the Plumbing Code of the city.
The examination may be made in whole or part in writing and
oral, and shall be sufficiently strict to test the applicant's
qualifications. Applicant must also satisfy the board as to
his character and integrity. Licenses may be revoked by the
city council upon recommendation of the plumbing commission
for just cause.
(b) Before doing any plumbing work within this city, a
journeyman plumber, well driller, lawn sprinkler installer,
septic tank installer and repair man must be examined by and
obtain a certificate from the board of plumbing commissioners
and shall pay for such an examination the sum of five dollars.
The journeyman shall be entitled to receive an examination
within twenty-four hours after requested in writing in order
that he may be determined qualified to engage in any plumbing
work as herein described. Before a master plumber shall en-
gage in the plumbing business, he shall be examined by and
obtain from the board of plumbing commissioners a certificate,
for which examination he shall pay the sum of fifty dollars,
Certificates so issued shall remain in full force and effect
until October 1, after their issuance, and shall be renewed
from year to year without further examination upon the pay-
ment of five dollars; provided however, that in the event a
certificate is allowed to lapse for a period of one year, a
re-examination shall be required. No master plumber certif-
icate shall be renewed, however, unless the holder thereof
shall have paid his city occupational license fee to the city for
the previous fiscal year.
(c) It shall be and is hereby declared to be unlawful for
any person to engage in the business or profession of plumb-
ing without having first obtained a certificate from the
board of plumbing commissioners.
(d) Every plumbing contractor granted a license under
the terms of this chapter, shall be required to maintain at
all times, in an insurance company authorized to do business
in the State of Florida, employees liability insurance or
workman's compensation insurance and public liability in-
surance with minimum limits on each of not less than fifty
thousand dollars ($50,000.00) for one person and one hundred
thousand dollars ($100,000.00) for more than one person, in
any one accident, and public property damage insurance with
a minimum of not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00)
for any one accident.
Page 5. Ordinance No. 25-70.
At the time application is made for examination and be-
fore a license can be issued, the plumbing contractor shall
file with the tax collector a certificate as prescribed
and provided by the city, signed by a qualified agent of
the insurance company stating that a policy or policies has
been issued to the licensee for: employees liability insur-
ance, or workmen's compensation insurance, public liability
insurance, and public property damage insurance, the mini-
mum limits of each; the policy number or numbers; the name
of the company; the effective date of such policies; the
expiration date of such policies; together with a state-
ment and a copy of an endorsement placed on such policy or
policies requiring thirty (30) days' written notice by reg-
istered mail to the tax collector if it becomes necessary
to cancel the policy or policies, for any reason.
In the event of a cancellation of a policy or policies,
of any contractor the license of such contractor shall au-
tomatically be revoked. License may be reinstated by the
tax collector, when the licensee has furnished certificate
of insurance in compliance with this section."
SECTION 2. Sec. 21-5 thru 21-50, Chapter 21, Code of Ordinances
of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, are repealed.
SECTION 3. Should any section or provision of this ordinance or
any portion thereof, or any paragraph, sentence or word be declared
by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision
shall not affect the validity of the remainder hereof, other than the
part declared to be invalid.
PASSED AND ADOPTED in regular session on the second and final
reading on this the 27th day of July , 1970.
'MAYOR
ATTEST:
City Cler~
First Reading July 13, 1970.
Second Reading July 27, 1970.
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