12 - DISCUSS AND ACT ON AMENDING ORDNINACE... 2015 INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING CODE

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7. Discharge to a termination point that is readily observable by the building occupants. 8. Not be trapped. 9. Be installed so as to flow by gravity. 10. Terminate not more than 6 inches above and not less than two times the discharge pipe diameter above the floor or flood level rim of the waste receptor. 11. Not have a threaded connection at the end of such piping. 12. Not have valves or tee fittings. 13. Be constructed of those materials listed in Section 605.4 or materials tested, rated and approved for such use in accordance with ASME Al 12.4.1. Section 504.7.1, Pan size and drain, shall be amended to read as follows: Section 504.7.1 Pan size and drain. The pan shall be not less than 11/2 inches (38 mm) in depth and shall be of sufficient size and shape to receive all dripping or condensate from the tank or water heater. The pan shall be drained by an indirect waste pipe having a diameter of not less than 3/4 inch (19 mm). Piping for safety pan drains shall be of those materials listed in Table 605.4. Multiple pan drains may terminate to a single discharge piping system when approved by the administrative authority and permitted by the manufactures installation instructions and installed with those instructions. Section 604.4, Maximum flow and water consumption, shall be amended by adding Section 604.4.1, State maximum flow rate, to read as follows: 604.4.1 State maximum flow rate. Where the State mandated maximum flow rate is more restrictive than those of this section, the State flow rate shall take precedence. Section 606. 1, Location of full -open valves, shall be amended by deleting items #4 and #5 in their entirety. Section 606.2, Location of shutoff valves, shall be amended to read as follows: 606.2 Location of shutoff valves. Shutoff valves shall be installed in the following locations: 1. On the fixture supply to each plumbing fixture other than bathtubs and showers in one- and twofamily residential occupancies, and other than in individual sleeping units that are provided with unit shutoff valves in hotels, motels, boarding houses and similar occupancies. 3. On the water supply pipe to each appliance or mechanical equipment. Section 608. 1, General, shall be amended to read as follows: 608.1 General. A potable water supply system shall be designed, installed and maintained in such a manner so as to prevent contamination from non - potable liquids, solids or gases being introduced into the Amendments to 2015 IPC