El Monte Municipal Code Ch. 15.02 Plumbing Code

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Editor's note— Ord. No. 3019, § 12, adopted Jan. 24, 2023, repealed the former Ch. 15.02, §§ 15.02.010—15.02.050, and enacted a new Ch. 15.02 as set out herein. The former Ch. 15.02 pertained to similar subject matter and derived from Ord. No. 3011, § 3(Exh. A), adopted June 21, 2022.

A. The 2023 Los Angeles County Plumbing Code as adopted by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on November 15, 2022, is hereby adopted in its entirety and incorporated by reference into the El Monte Municipal Code, together with, and subject to, those amendments, additions and modifications delineated in this chapter below. For the purposes of this Chapter 15.02, the 2023 Los Angeles County Plumbing Code, as adopted by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on November 15, 2022, as adopted herein may be referred to as the "El Monte Plumbing Code" or "this code."

B. The purpose of this code is to provide minimum standards to safeguard life or limb, health, property, and public welfare by regulating and controlling the design, construction, quality of materials, erection, installation, alteration, repair, location, relocation, replacement, addition to use or maintenance of any plumbing system within the city of El Monte.

(Ord. No. 3019, § 12, 1-24-2023)

Adoption of the 2023 Los Angeles County Plumbing Code shall be subject to deletion of Subsection 101.4 (Chief Plumbing Inspector) of Section 101.0 (General Provisions) of Chapter 1, Division II (Administration):

Whenever the terms "Chief Plumbing Inspector," "Administrative Authority" or "Authority Having Jurisdiction" is used in this Code or its appendices, it shall mean and refer to the Chief Building Official of the City of El Monte or designee.

(Ord. No. 3019, § 12, 1-24-2023)

The adopted provisions of the 2023 Los Angeles County Plumbing Code notwithstanding, permit and plan check fees and any other code-related fees or service charges shall be the fees or service charges of the City of El Monte unless changed by resolution of the El Monte City Council and may be amended, modified and/or updated from time to time by resolution.

(Ord. No. 3019, § 12, 1-24-2023)

A. The following appendices that are part of 2023 Los Angeles County Plumbing Code are adopted in their entirety:

Appendices "A," "B," "D," "G," "I," and "K."

B. Adoption of the 2023 Los Angeles County Plumbing Code shall be subject to the adoption and incorporation of an additional Appendix N (Swimming Pools). As adopted, Appendix N (Swimming Pools) shall state and provide the following:

APPENDIX M

Swimming Pools

Basic Provisions: Appendix M (Swimming Pools) is hereby added for the purpose of providing basic plumbing regulations with respect to swimming pools.

M1 - Swimming pool wastewater shall be disposed of as hereinafter set forth in this section and the type of disposal proposed shall be approved by the Administrative Authority prior to the commencement of any work. A means of disposal of the total contents of the pool (periodic emptying) without surface run-off shall be established to the satisfaction of the Administrative Authority.

M2 - The following are legal methods of swimming pool wastewater disposal:

1. To a public sewer.

NOTE: Approval from the Engineering Division is required for this method.

2. On the property if the property is large enough to ensure that runoff will not encroach on abutting property.

NOTE: Approval from the Engineering Division is required for this method.

3. To a tank truck.

M3 - No direct connection shall be made between any sewer, drainage system, drywell or subsoil irrigation line and any line connected to a swimming pool.

M4 - Waste water from any filter, scum gutter overflow, pool emptying line or similar apparatus or appurtenance when discharged to any part of a drainage system, shall be provided with a three (3) inch (76.2 mm) trap.

M5 - Except as provided in M6, the discharge outlet terminal from any pool or filter shall be protected from backflow by an air gap at least six (6) inches (152.4 mm) above the flood rim of the receptor.

M6 - No scum gutter drain, overflow drain, back wash discharge drain, or pool emptying line shall enter any receptor below the rim unless the pool piping at its deepest point, the bottom of the filters, and the bottom of the scum gutter drain, or overflow inlets are at least six (6) inches (152.4 mm) above the surface rim of the receptor.

M7 - A positive point of potable water supply to each swimming pool shall be established and shall be installed as required by Chapter 6 of the California Plumbing Code.

M8 - Plans for other than private swimming pools shall be approved by the Los Angeles County Health Department.

(Ord. No. 3019, § 12, 1-24-2023)

Any additional appendices which may happen to be contained within the same book volume as the 2023 Los Angeles County Plumbing Code are not adopted or incorporated into the El Monte Municipal Code unless stated in this chapter.

(Ord. No. 3019, § 12, 1-24-2023)