Building Code Board of Appeals Agenda and Packet 2000

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MEMORANDUM TO Building Code Board of Appeals and Review FROM Thomas Talboom, Chief Building Official DATE September 5, 2000 SUBJECT Adoption of the 1997 Uniform Plumbing Code At the request of the members present at the August 24, 2000, meeting of the Building Codes Board of Appeals, I am herein presenting staff recommendations to you I have only had time to do a cursory review of the 1997 Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC) because of the short time frame required by the City Council to adopt the code The 1997 UPC has undergone some major revisions including entire chapters revised or added and appendices moved into the body of the code Please consider the following revised comments as regards the adoption of the UPC in your recommendations to the City Council > The Colorado Plumbing Board has not adopted Chapter 1 of the UPC, Administration The UPC over the last six years of code change cycles has been including provisions that are already specified and regulated in the Building, Fire and Mechanical Codes. There should, therefore, be no conflict with amending this chapter to satisfy the local needs of the City of Louisville Refer to the amended UPC Section 101 4 1 4, Conflicts Between Codes, in the attached ordinance Typical examples are the addition of fire- stopping provisions that are in conflict with the adopted building and fire codes and the addition of provisions for fuel burning appliances and gas pipe that may be in conflict with the adopted mechanical code > See amended UPC Section 103 1 3, Licensing The City of Louisville has it's own contractor licensing requirements. Contractor licensing is not a provision that should be of concern in construction codes > The minimum plumbing fixtures required by types of occupancy has moved from Appendix 'C' in the 1994 version of the code to the body of the code, Chapter 4 This table shows an increase in minimum plumbing fixtures over the table in Appendix 29 of the Uniform Building Code that was referenced when the International Plumbing Code was adopted This will result in an increase in the number of plumbing fixtures required which may in some cases result in a larger meter size or "tap" size The increase in costs incurred by contractors will most likely be passed on to the consumers/tenants/building owners.