2014-008 Amending Chapter 25, Plumbing and Gas, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, adding Article IV, Irrigation Standards

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system that fail to meet this standard must be noted on the irrigation plan. If the area being irrigated has rock at a depth of six inches or less, select backfill may be mounded over the pipe. Mounding must be noted on the irrigation plan and discussed with the irrigation system owner or owner's representative to address any safety issues. (2) If a utility, man -made structure, or roots create an unavoidable obstacle, which makes the six -inch depth coverage requirement impractical, the piping shall be installed to provide a minimum of two inches of select backfill between the top of the pipe and the natural grade of the topsoil. (3) All trenches and holes created during installation of an irrigation system must be backfilled and compacted to the original grade. (m) Wiring irrigation systems. (1) Underground electrical wiring used to connect an automatic controller to any electrical component of the irrigation system must be listed by Underwriters Laboratories as acceptable for burial underground. (2) Electrical wiring that connects any electrical components of an irrigation system must be sized according to the manufacturer's recommendation. (3) Electrical wire splices which may be exposed to moisture must be waterproof as certified by the wire splice manufacturer. (4) Underground electrical wiring that connects an automatic controller to any electrical component of the irrigation system must be buried with a minimum of six inches of select backfill. (n) Water contained within the piping of an irrigation system is deemed to be non - potable. No drinking or domestic water usage, such as, but not limited to, filling swimming pools or decorative fountains, shall be connected to an irrigation system. If a hose bibb (an outdoor water faucet that has hose threads on the spout) is connected to an irrigation system for the purpose of providing supplemental water to an area, the hose bibb must be installed using a quick coupler key on a quick coupler installed in a covered purple valve box and the hose bibb and any hoses connected to the bibb must be labeled "non potable, not safe for drinking ". An isolation valve must be installed upstream of a quick coupler connecting a hose bibb to an irrigation system. (o) A licensed irrigator or a licensed irrigation technician shall be on -site at all times while the landscape irrigation system is being installed. When an irrigator is not onsite, the irrigator shall be responsible for ensuring that a licensed irrigation technician is on -site to supervise the installation of the irrigation system. 14