ORDINANCE NO. 9631
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS, REPEALING EXISTING CHAPTER 5, ARTICLE 7 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, 2018 EDITION, AND AMENDMENTS THERETO, AND ENACTING, IN ITS PLACE, CHAPTER 5, ARTICLE 7 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS, 2018 EDITION, AND AMENDMENTS THERETO, WHICH ADOPTS AND INCORPORATES BY REFERENCE THE 2018 INTERNATIONAL FUEL GAS CODE, REGULATING BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION WITHIN THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS:
SECTION 1. Existing Chapter 5, Article 7, of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2018 Edition, and amendments thereto, is hereby repealed in their entirety, it being the intent of the Governing Body that Section 2 of this Ordinance supersede it.
SECTION 2. The Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2018 Edition, and amendments thereto, is hereby amended by enacting Chapter 5, Article 7, which reads as follows:
ARTICLE 7. FUEL GAS CODE
5-701 FUEL GAS CODE ADOPTED AND INCORPORATED.
The 2018 International Fuel Gas Code, published by the International Code Council, Inc., other than those portions hereinafter specifically deleted, modified, or amended, is hereby adopted as the City's Fuel Gas Code and is incorporated herein by reference as if set forth in full.
5-702 OFFICIAL COPY.
Not less than one (1) copy of the 2018 International Fuel Gas Code shall be marked or stamped "OFFICIAL COPY AS INCORPORATED BY ORDINANCE No. 9631," with all sections or portions deleted, modified, or amended clearly marked as such, and to which one (1) copy of this ordinance shall be affixed, shall be filed with the City Clerk, shall be open to inspection, and shall be available to the public during reasonable business hours. Additional official copies shall, at the cost of the City, be supplied to those officials and agencies charged with enforcement of the City's Fuel Gas Code.
5-703 AMENDMENTS TO THE 2018 INTERNATIONAL FUEL GAS CODE.
The 2018 International Fuel Gas Code is amended as set forth in the succeeding sections of this Article. These amendments shall not serve to delete, modify, or amend any discretely numbered section or subsection of the 2018 International Fuel Gas Code, unless the section or subsection is specifically identified as being deleted, modified, or amended.
5-704 The 2018 International Fuel Gas Code is hereby amended by deleting CHAPTER 1, "SCOPE AND ADMINISTRATION."
5-705 Section 303.3 of the 2018 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:
1. The appliance is a direct-vent appliance installed in accordance with the conditions of the listing and the manufacturer’s instructions.
2. 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 304.5.
3. A
single wall-mounted unvented room heater is installed in a bathroom and such
unvented room heater is equipped as specified in Section 621.6, and
has an input rating not greater than 6,000 Btu/h (1.76 kW), and a carbon
monoxide detector, meeting the requirements of Section R315 of the 2018
International Residential Code, is installed in the same room as the
appliance. The bathroom shall meet the required volume criteria of Section
304.5.
4. A
single wall-mounted unvented room heater is installed in a bedroom and such
unvented room heater is equipped as specified in Section 621.6, and
has an input rating not greater than 10,000 Btu/h (2.93 kW), and a carbon
monoxide detector, meeting the requirements of Section R315 of the 2018
International Residential Code, is installed in the same room as the
appliance. The bedroom shall meet the required volume criteria of Section
304.5.
5. 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 304.6.
5-706 Section 403.4.2 of the 2018 International Fuel Gas Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
403.4.2
Steel.
Steel, stainless steel, and wrought-iron pipe shall not be lighter than
Schedule 10 40 and shall comply with the dimensional standards or
ASME B36.10M and one of the following standards:
1. ASTM A53/A53M.
2. ASTM A106.
3. ASTM A312.
5-707 Section 406.4.1 of the 2018 International Fuel Gas Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
406.4.1 Test pressure. The test pressure to be
used shall be not less than 1 ˝ times the proposed maximum working
pressure, but not less than 3 10 psig (20 69 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.
SECTION 3. If any section, sentence, clause, 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.
SECTION 4. After passage and publication as provided by law, this ordinance shall be in full force and effect commencing July 1, 2019.
PASSED by the Governing Body of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, this ____ day of __________, 2019.
APPROVED:
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Lisa Larsen
Mayor
ATTEST:
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Sherri Riedemann
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Toni R. Wheeler
City Attorney