Dana Point Municipal Code Ch. 8.16 California Plumbing Code

The City Council of the City of Dana Point hereby adopts by reference the California Code of Regulations Title 24, Part 5, known and designated as the California Plumbing Code CPC), 2025 Edition based on the 2024 Uniform Plumbing Code as published by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials with the modifications set forth below for the purpose of prescribing regulations for the design, quality of materials, erection, installation, alteration, repair, relocation, replacement, addition to, use or maintenance of plumbing systems in the City including Appendices A, B, D, H, I, and J. The provisions of this code shall constitute the plumbing code regulations of the City. The California Plumbing Code is on file for public examination in the office of the Building Official.

(Added by Ord. 07-09, 12/4/07; amended by Ord. 16-08, 11/15/16; Ord. 19-05, 12/3/19; Ord. 22-04, 12/6/22; Ord. 25-10, 9/16/2025)

(a) Chapter 1 Division II of the California Plumbing Code is hereby amended in accordance with the administrative and fee provisions contained in Chapter 1 Division II of the California Building Code and California Residential Code as amended by the City of Dana Point, where applicable.

(b) Subsection 604.1 of Section 604.0 of the California Plumbing Code is hereby amended by adding a sentence to end of the second paragraph to read as follows:

Ferrous materials are prohibited for water pipe and fittings when installed in the ground unless a soils analysis is provided to show that soil conditions will not be damaging to the piping material. (Balance of the section to remain unchanged)

(c) Subsection 609.3(2) of Section 609.0 of the California Plumbing Code is hereby amended by amending the first paragraph to read in its entirety as follows:

609.3(2) Copper water piping installed under concrete floor slabs within a building or structure shall be copper tube Type "K" and shall be installed without joints where possible. Where joints are permitted, they shall be brazed and fitting shall be wrought copper. Such copper tubing shall be placed in a sand bed a minimum of three inches (3") in depth, and properly protected penetrates concrete and similar materials.

(d) Subsection 610.8 of Section 610 of the California Plumbing Code is hereby amended by deleting the last paragraph and replacing it with the following:

No building supply pipe shall be less than one inch (1") in diameter unless a design or calculations are submitted and approved in writing by Administrative Authority. Each main building shall have a minimum of two three-quarter-inch (3/4") hose bibs; one located readily accessible to the front yard and one to the back yard.

(e) Subsection 1208.5 of Section 1208.0 of California Plumbing Code is hereby amended by adding the following sentences to the end of the paragraph:

Approved PE pipe and fittings shall be used in exterior buried gas piping systems. Ferrous gas piping is not permitted to be installed underground unless a soils analysis is provided to show that soil conditions will not be damaging to the piping material.

(Added by Ord. 07-09, 12/4/07; amended by Ord. 16-08, 11/15/16; Ord. 19-05, 12/3/19; Ord. 22-04, 12/6/22; Ord. 25-10, 9/16/2025)