Madera County Municipal Code Ch. 14.20 California Plumbing Code

The provisions of this code shall apply to all new construction, relocated buildings and to any alterations, repairs or reconstruction except as provided for otherwise in this code.

(Ord. 598 § 7(part), 2004).

Whenever the term "administrative authority" is used in the California Plumbing Code as amended herein, it means the building official or his authorized representative.

(Ord. 598 § 7(part), 2004).

A. Any portion of a plumbing system found by the administrative authority or the department of environmental health to be unsanitary as defined herein is declared to be a nuisance.

B. Whenever brought to the attention of the administrative authority that any unsanitary conditions exist or that any construction or work regulated by this code is dangerous, unsafe, unsanitary, a nuisance or a menace to life, health or property or otherwise in violation of this code, the administrative authority shall, upon determining such information to be fact, order any person, firm or corporation using or maintaining any such condition, or responsible for the use or maintenance thereof to repair, alter, change, remove or demolish same as the administrative authority may consider necessary for the proper protection of life, health or property and in the case of any gas piping or gas appliance may order any person, firm or corporation supplying gas to such piping or appliance to discontinue supplying gas thereto until such piping or appliance is made safe to life, health or property.

Every such order shall be in writing, addressed to the owner, agent or person responsible for the premises in which such condition exists, and shall specify the date or time for compliance with such order.

C. Refusal, failure or neglect to comply with any such notice or order shall be considered a violation of this code.

D. When any plumbing system is maintained in violation of this code and in violation of any notice issued pursuant to the provisions of this section or where a nuisance exists in any building or on a lot on which a building is situated, the administrative authority shall institute any appropriate action or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction to prevent, restrain, correct or abate the violation or nuisance.

(Ord. 598 § 7(part), 2004).

All plumbing permit fees shall be as set by resolution of the board of supervisors.

(Ord. 598 § 7(part), 2004).

It shall be unlawful for a person, firm, or corporation to make an installation, alteration, repair, replacement, or remodel a plumbing system regulated by this code except as permitted in Section 104.2, or to cause the same to be done without first obtaining a separate plumbing permit for each separate building or structure.

Madera County shall not issue plumbing permits for work in, on, or under, unpermitted structures. For plumbing work to be installed in, on, or under, existing structures building permits must be obtained, inspections completed and passed prior to the issuance of any other permits.

(Ord. No. 702, § 5, 12-13-22)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 279E, § 2, adopted January 24, 2017, repealed § 14.20.111, which pertained to Section K-4 amended, Sections K-13 and K-14 added—disposal systems and derived from Ord. No. 598, 2004.

Editor's note— Ord. No. 279E, § 2, adopted January 24, 2017, repealed § 14.20.150, which pertained to alternative and aerobic on-site wastewater treatment systems and derived from Ord. No. 598, 2004.

Section 311 of the California Plumbing Code is amended to read as follows:

The drainage system of each new building and new work installed in any existing building shall be separate and independent of that in any other building. Every building shall have an independent connection with a public or private sewer.

Exception. Where one building stands in the rear of another building on an interior lot, and no private sewer is available or can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining court, yard or driveway, the building drain from the front building may be extended to the rear building.

When more than one (1) building is placed on a lot in such a manner that the lot cannot be divided without violation of the Zoning Ordinance of the County of Madera, such buildings may then be served by a single building sewer. If the property is ever divided in ownership so that one (1) building is on property owned by one person and the other building is on property owned by another person, no person shall cause or permit the disposal of sewage, human excretion, or other liquid waste into the drainage system of the building farthest from the public or private sewer until the building has been provided with an independent connection to such a public or private sewer.

(Ord. No. 279E, § 3, 1-24-17; Ord. 598 § 7(part), 2004).

Section K-3 of the California Plumbing Code is amended to read as follows:

Minimum areas for disposal fields and seepage pits shall be established by the Director of Environmental Health based on soil types, local conditions, and/or applicable law.

(Ord. 598 § 7(part), 2004).