13 & 14 Building Code Updates (2)

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Amend Table of Contents, Chapter 7, Section 713, to read as follows: 713 Engineered Drainage Design ................... 7-12 Amend Section 102.8, Referenced codes and standards, to read as follows: 102.8 Referenced codes and standards. The codes and standards referenced in this code shall be those that are listed in Chapter 15 and such codes, when specifically adopted, and standards shall be considered as part of the requirements of this code to the prescribed extent of each such reference. Where the differences occur between provisions of this code and the referenced standards, the provisions of this code shall be the minimum requirements. Whenever amendments have been adopted to the referenced codes and standards, each reference to said code and standard shall be considered to reference the adopted amendments. Any reference to NFPA 70 shall mean the National Electrical Code as adopted. Amend Section 115.4, Violation Penalties, to read as follows: 115.4 Violation penalties. Any person who shall violate a provision of this code or shall fail to comply with any of the requirements thereof or who shall erect, install, alter or repair plumbing work in violation of the approved construction documents or directive of the code official, or of a permit or certificate issued under the provisions of this code, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine in accordance with the general penalty provided in section 1.01.009, and each every day's continuance of any violation shall be deemed a separate offense. A violation of this code shall be a strict liability offense. Amend Section 305.1, Protecting against contact, change to read as follows: 305.1 Protection against contact. Metallic piping, except for cast iron, ductile iron and galvanized steel, shall not be placed in direct contact with steel framing members, concrete or cinder walls and floors or other masonry. Metallic piping shall not be placed in direct contact with corrosive soil. Where sheathing is used to prevent direct contact, the sheathing shall have a thickness of not less than 0.008 inch (8 mill (0.203 mm) and the sheathing shall be made of approved material. Where sheathing protects piping that penetrates concrete or masonry walls or floors, the sheathing shall be installed in a manner that allows movement of the piping within the sheathing. Amend Section 305.4.1, Sewer depth, to read as follows: 305.4.1 Sewer depth. Building sewers shall be a minimum of 12 inches (304 mml below grade. 46