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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application for registration is complete, and the applicant holds a valid irrigator license as required in Sec. 25 -41, then the building official shall approve the registration. Sec. 25 -43. Permit Required. Any person who, installs, maintains, alters, or repairs an irrigation system connected to the City water system within the city limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of the city is required to obtain a permit from the city. Any plan approved for a permit must be in compliance with the requirements of this article; shall bear the irrigator's seal, signature, and date of signing; and shall include a statement of compliance with the Texas Occupations Code, the Texas Water Code, Title 30 of the Texas Administrative Code, and any other applicable state statute or Texas Commission on Environmental Quality rule. Exceptions: (1) Maintenance and repairs to existing irrigation systems which do not include removal or replacement of a backflow prevention device, or any piping or components between the water meter and the backflow prevention device. (2) A permit shall not be required to install, maintain, alter, or repair an irrigation system within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the city if such system is connected to a water supply system other than City of Paris Public Water Supply. All other applicable provisions of this article shall apply. Sec. 25.44. Backflow Prevention Methods and Devices. (a) Any irrigation system that is connected to the potable water supply must be connected through a backflow prevention method approved by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). The backflow prevention device must be approved by the American Society of Sanitary Engineers; or the Foundation for Cross - Connection Control and Hydraulic Research, University of Southern California; or the International Plumbing Code; or any other laboratory that has equivalent capabilities for both the laboratory and field evaluation of backflow prevention assemblies. The backflow prevention device must be installed in accordance with the laboratory approval standards or if the approval does not include specific installation information, the manufacturer's current published recommendations. (b) If conditions that present a health hazard exist, one of the following methods must be used to prevent backflow; (1) An air gap may be used if: (A) there is an unobstructed physical separation; and (B) the distance from the lowest point of the water supply outlet to the flood rim of the fixture or assembly into which the outlet discharges is at least one inch or twice the diameter of the water supply outlet, whichever is greater. 8