ORDINANCE NO.  8167

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS REPEALING ARTICLE 7 OF CHAPTER V OF THE CITY CODE AND ADOPTING THE INTERNATIONAL FUEL GAS CODE, 2006 EDITION, AND EXCEPTING, AMENDING AND MODIFYING CERTAIN OF ITS PORTIONS.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS:

Section 1.  Article 7 of Chapter V of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2006 Edition and amendments thereto, is hereby repealed.

Section 2.  Article 7 of Chapter V of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2006 Edition and amendments thereto, is enacted to read as follows, the intent being to replace the current provisions:

ARTICLE 7.  FUEL GAS

5-701          FUEL GAS CODE INCORPORATED.

The International Fuel Gas Code, 2006 Edition, published by the International Code Council, is hereby adopted by reference as if it were fully set out in this article, except for those portions that are hereinafter deleted, modified or amended.

5-701.1       SAME.

Not less than one (1) copy of the International Fuel Gas Code, 2006 Edition, marked or stamped in the manner provided by K.S.A. 12-3010, with all sections or portions thereof intended to be omitted clearly marked and showing portions that are amended and to which shall be attached a copy of amendments, shall be filed with the City Clerk and shall be open to inspection and available to the public at reasonable business hours.  Official copies of such Code shall be supplied at the cost of the City to the officials and agencies in the manner listed and set forth in K.S.A.12-3010.  Subsequent references to the "International Fuel Gas Code" or "Standard Code" shall mean the " International Fuel Gas Code, 2006 Edition”, as adopted herein. 

5-701.2       SEVERABILITY. 

If any section, clause, sentence, or phrase of this ordinance is found to be unconstitutional or is otherwise held invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, it shall not affect the validity of any remaining parts of this ordinance.

5-702          AMENDMENTS MADE TO THE INTERNATIONAL FUEL GAS CODE, 2006 EDITION

The International Fuel Gas Code is amended or changed as follows.  The amendment of any section shall not serve to amend or repeal any other discretely numbered provision of the code, whether or not such provision is considered a section or subsection, unless that section or subsection is specifically referenced in the ordinance.

5-703          Chapter 1 of the International Fuel Gas is hereby deleted.

5-704.1 Section 303.3 of the International Fuel Gas Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

303.3  Prohibited locations.  Appliances shall not be located in sleeping rooms, bathrooms, toilet rooms, hot tub rooms, storage closets or surgical rooms, or in a space that opens only into such rooms or spaces, except where the installation complies with one of the following:

(A) The appliance is a direct-vent appliance installed in accordance with the conditions of the listing and the manufacturer’s instructions.

(B) Vented room heaters, wall furnaces, vented decorative appliances, vented gas fireplaces, vented gas fireplace heaters and decorative appliances for installation in vented solid fuel-burning fireplaces are installed in rooms that meet the required volume criteria of Section G2407.5.

(C) A single wall-mounted unvented room heater is installed in a bathroom and such unvented room heater is equipped as specified in Section G2445.6 and has an input rating not greater than 6,000 Btu/h (1.76 kW). The bathroom shall meet the required volume criteria of Section G2407.5.

(D) A single wall-mounted unvented room heater is installed in a bedroom and such unvented room heater is equipped as specified in Section G2445.6 and has an input rating not greater than 10,000 Btu/h (2.93 kW). The bedroom shall meet the required volume criteria of Section G2407.5.

(C) The appliance is installed in a room or space that opens only into a bedroom or bathroom, and such room or space is used for no other purpose and is provided with a solid weather-stripped door equipped with an approved self-closing device.  All combustion air shall be taken directly from the outdoors in accordance with Section G2407.6.

5-705.1 Section 406.4 of the International Fuel Gas Code and the indicated subsections are hereby amended to read as follows:

406.4 Test pressure measurement.  Test pressure shall be measured with a manometer 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.  Mechanical gauges used to measure test pressures shall have a range such that the highest end of the scale is not greater than five times the test pressure.

406.4.1 Test pressure.  The test pressure to be used shall be no less than 1½ times the proposed maximum working pressure, but not less than 3 10 psig (20 kPa gauge), irrespective of design pressure.  Where the test pressure exceeds 125 psig (862 kPa gauge), the test pressure shall not exceed a value that produces a hoop stress in the piping greater than 50 percent of the specified minimum yield strength of the pipe.

406.4.2  Test duration.  Test duration shall be not less than ½ hour for each 500 cubic feet (14 m3) of pipe volume or fraction thereof.  When testing a system having a volume less than 10 cubic feet (0.28 m3) or a system in a single-family dwelling, the test duration shall be not less than 10 minutes.  The duration of the test shall not be required to exceed 24 hours.

5-706.1 Section 621.2 of the International Fuel Gas Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

621.2 Prohibited use.  One or more Unvented room heaters shall not be used as the sole source of comfort heating in a dwelling unit.

5-706.2 Section 621.4  of the International Fuel Gas Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

621.4 Prohibited locations.  Unvented room heaters shall not be installed within occupancies in Groups A, E, I, and R. The location of unvented room heaters shall also comply with Section 303.3.

Section 3.  This ordinance shall be in full force and take effect on January 1, 2008, and after its publication as provided by law.

Passed by the Governing Body this ____ day of _____________, 2007.

                                                                                                Sue Hack, Mayor

ATTEST:

Frank S. Reeb, City Clerk

Approved as to form and legality:

Toni Ramirez Wheeler, Director of Legal Services