ORDINANCE NO. ___8246_____
AN ORDINANCE OF THE
CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS CONCERNING BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION, AMENDING AND
REPEALING PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER V OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS,
2008 EDITION, AND AMENDMENTS THERETO
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY
OF THE CITY OF
Section 1.
Chapter 5, Article 3, Section 5-316 of the Code of the City of Lawrence,
Kansas, 2008 Edition, and amendments thereto, is hereby amended to read as
follows:
5-316 Section
G2406.2 (303.3) of the International Residential Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
G2406.2
(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)
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.
(D) Unvented
room heaters may be installed in rooms other than those listed in this Section
provided at least one carbon monoxide detector is installed in the dwelling
unit.
Section 2.
Chapter 5, Article 3, Section 5-318 of the Code of the City of Lawrence,
Kansas, 2008 Edition, and amendments thereto, is hereby repealed.
5-318
Section G2445.2
of the International Residential Code is hereby amended to read as
follows:
G2445.2 Prohibited use. Unvented room heaters shall
not be used in a dwelling unit.
Section 3.
Chapter 5, Article 5, Section 5-504.8 of the Code of the City of
Lawrence, Kansas, 2008 Edition, and amendments thereto, is hereby amended to
read as follows:
5-504.8
Section 917 of the International
Plumbing Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
917.1 General. Vent systems utilizing air admittance valves shall comply
with this section. Stack-type air admittance valves shall conform to ASSE 1050.
Individual and branch-type air admittance valves shall conform to ASSE 1051.
917.2 Installation. The valves shall only be installed with prior
approval from the Department having jurisdiction in accordance with the
requirements of this section and the manufacturer’s installation instructions.
Air admittance valves shall be installed after the DWV testing required by
Section 312.2 or 312.3 has been performed.
917.3 Where permitted. only be
permitted in the alterations of existing buildings with the prior
approval of the Department Having Jurisdiction throughout new construction
projects more than three stories above grade, and in the alterations of
existing buildings.
Individual, branch and circuit vents shall be permitted to terminate with a
connection to an individual or branch-type air admittance valve. Stack vents
and vent stacks shall be permitted to terminate
to stack-type air admittance valves. Individual and branch-type air admittance
valves shall vent only fixtures that are on the same floor level and connect to
a horizontal branch drain.
917.3.1 Location of branch. The horizontal branch drain shall
connect to the drainage stack or building drain a maximum of four branch
intervals from the top of the stack.
917.3.2 Relief vent. Where the horizontal branch is located more than four branch
intervals from the top of the stack, the horizontal branch shall be provided
with a relief vent that shall connect to a vent stack or stack vent, or extend
outdoors to the open air. The relief vent shall connect to the horizontal
branch drain between the stack and the most downstream fixture drain connected
to the horizontal branch drain. The relief vent shall be sized in accordance
with Section 916.2 and installed in accordance with Section 905. The relief
vent shall be permitted to serve as the vent for other fixtures.
917.3.3 Stack. Stack-type air admittance valves shall not serve as the vent
terminal for vent stacks or stack vents that serve drainage stacks exceeding
six branch intervals.
917.4 Location. Individual and branch-type air admittance valves shall be
located a minimum of 4 inches (102 mm) above the horizontal branch drain or
fixture drain being vented. Stack-type Air admittance valves shall be located
not less than 6 inches (152 mm) above the flood level rim of the highest fixture
being vented. The air admittance valve shall be located within the maximum
developed length permitted for the vent. The air admittance valve shall be
installed a minimum of 6 inches (152 mm) above insulation materials.
917.5 Access and ventilation. Access shall be provided to all air
admittance valves. The valve shall be located within a ventilated space that
allows air to enter the valve.
917.6 Size. The air admittance valve shall be rated in accordance with
the standard for the size of the vent to which the valve is connected.
917.7 Vent required. Within each plumbing system, a minimum of one stack vent or
vent stack shall extend outdoors to the open air.
917.8 Prohibited installations. Air admittance valves shall not be
installed in nonneutralized special waste systems as described in Chapter 8 and
in new construction less than four stories above grade. Valves shall not
be located in spaces utilized as supply or return air plenums.
Section 4. Chapter 5, Article 7, Section 5-704.2
of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2008 Edition, and amendments
thereto, is hereby amended to read as follows:
5-704.2 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)
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.
(D) Unvented room heaters may be
installed in rooms other than those listed in this Section provided at least
one carbon monoxide detector is installed in the dwelling unit.
Section 5.
Chapter 5, Article 7, Section 5-704.4 of the Code of the City of
Lawrence, Kansas, 2008 Edition, and amendments thereto, is hereby repealed.
5-704.4 Section 621.2 of the International
Fuel Gas Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
621.2 Prohibited use. Unvented room heaters shall
not be used in a dwelling unit.
Section 6.
Chapter 5, Article 7, Section 5-704.5 of the Code of the City of
Lawrence, Kansas, 2008 Edition and amendments thereto, is hereby repealed.
5-704.5 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 7.
Chapter 5, Article 3, Section 5-318, Chapter 5, Article 7, Sections
5-704.4 and 5-704.5 of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2008 Edition,
and ordinances amending such sections are hereby repealed and of no further
force and effect. Chapter 5, Article 3, Sections
5-316, Chapter 5, Article, 5, Section 5-504,8, and Chapter 5, Article 7, Section
5-704.2 of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2008 Edition, and
ordinances amending such sections, are hereby repealed, it being the intent
that the provisions of this ordinance supersede the repealed Code provisions
and ordinances.
Section 8. If any provision, clause, sentence
or paragraph of this ordinance is found to 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.
Section 9. This ordinance shall be in full
force and take effect on and after its publication as provided by law.
PASSED by the
Governing Body this ____ day of _____________, 2008.
APPROVED:
Michael Dever, Mayor
ATTEST:
Frank S. Reeb, City Clerk
Approved
as to form and legality:
Toni Ramirez Wheeler, Director of Legal Services