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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1503 OrdinanceORDINANCE NO. A,s03 GAS ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE -LICENSING OF 5AS PIPING AND GAS APPLIANCE INSTALLERS; THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS FOR THE INSTALLATION OR REPAIR OF GAS PIPING OR GAS APPLIANCES AND FOR THE INSTALLATION, CONSTRUCTION, OPER- ATION AND MAINTENANCE OF A GAS TRANSMISSION AND/OR DIS- TRIBUTION SYSTEM WITHIN THE CITY, AND PROVIDING FOR THE INSPECTION OF SAME AND THE COLLECTION OF INSPECTION FEES THEREFORE; PRESCRIBING RULES, REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS RELATING TO THE SALE, INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE AND RE- PAIR OF GAS PIPING AND GAS APPLIANCES CONVEYIJG NATURAL OR ANY TYPE OF GAS ONTO CONSUMER'S PROPERTY EXTENDING FROM THE POINT OF DELIVERY TO THE POINT OF CONSUMPTION, AND RELATING TO INSTALLATION, CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF A GAS TRANSMISSION AND/OR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM WITHIN THE CITY; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR'THE VIO- LATION OF THIS ORDINANCE; AND REPEALING ORDINANCES 868, 879, 1086, 1112, 1129 AND 1374. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO, WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. TITLE. This chapter shall be known as the "Gas Ordinance" of the city and may be cited as such. SECTION 2. PURPOSE. The purpose of this chapter is to provide minimum standards, provisions, and requirements for the safe installation of gas pipes and gas appliances on consumer's property, and to regulate the sale, maintenance, and repair of such appliances, and to provide minimum stand- ards, requirements, and rules and regulations governing the installation, construction, operation, maintenance, and safety for existing and newly constructed gas transmission and/or distribution systems within the city. SECTION 3. SCOPE. All gas appliances or gas pipes hereafter sold, in- stalled, maintained, or repaired within the corporate limits of the city shall conform to the requirements of the Uniform Mechanical Code as adopted by the city. All gas transmission and/or distribution systems hereafter constructed, installed, operated, and maintained within the city shall conform to the requirements of this chapter. SECTION 4. DEFINITIONS. The following definitions are provided for the sole purpose of proper interpretation and administration of this chapter; (1) "Approved" means accepted by reason of the satisfactory results of thorough investigations and tests conducted by the 'inspector, or by the reason of accepted principles, or tests by recognized authorities, technical or scientific organizations. (2) "Certificate of approval" means a document issued and attached to the material, piping or appliance inspected, completely filled out, together with date, address of the premises or consumer and signed by the inspector. (3) "Construction" or "construct" means constructing, laying, main- taining, testing, operating, extending, renewing, removing, replacing, repairing and using a gas distribution system. (4) "Consumer" means any person, persons, customer, firm, association, municipal corporation and/or corporation that uses gas, including residential, commercial and industrial users. (5) "Distribution system", "system" and/or "lines" used either in the singular or plural mean and include the gas pipes, pipe lines, mains, lat- erals, conduits, feeders, regulators, meters, fixtures, connections, and all attachments, appurtenances, and appliances necessary and incidental thereto or in any way appertaining to the distribution and use of gas. (6) "Gas" means natural, artificial and/or mixed gas. (7) "Gas appliance" means any appliance or device used for burning gas. (8) "Gas company" means any person, firm 'or corporation holding and exercising a franchise or permit to distribute gas within the corporate limits of the city. (9) "Gas company service line"'means the gas piping leading from the gas main to the property line, or to the point of delivery. (10) "Gas fitter" means any person who does any gas fitting work, installs, repairs, or remodels any piping or appliance which would be sub- ject to supervision and inspection under the provisions of this chapter. (11) "Inspector" means the administrative authority so designated by this chpater or his duly authorized representative. (12) "Maintenance", "maintaining" and/or "maintained" mean and include the relaying, repairing, replacing, examining, testing, inspecting, remov- ing, digging, excavating and restoring operations incidental thereto., (13) "Person" means any person, firm, association or corporation: (14) "Point of delivery" means the junction of the utility's meter with the consumer's piping. (15) "Premises" means the property, including structures, of the consumer. (16) "Public properties" mean and include streets, alleys, sidewalks, curbs, roads, highways, avenues, thoroughfares, parkways, bridges, viaducts, public grounds, public improvements and other public places within any pre- sent and/or future corporate limits of the city. (17) "Roadway" means the paved improved or proper driving portion of a public right-of-way designed or ordinarily used for vehicular travel. (18) "Transmission system" means a pipe line installed for the pur- pose of transmitting gas from a source or sources of supply to one or more distribution centers or to one or more large volume customers. (19) "Unit" means the construction of not over one mile of distribution or transmission system or as determined by the city engineer by excavation of public properties. SECTION 5. BOARD OF EXAMINERS CREATED - MEMBERS - TERMS - DUTIES. In order to determine the suitability of alternate materials and types of construc- tion, and provide for reasonable interpretation of the provisions of this chapter, there is created a Board of Examiners to be known as the Pasco Heating Board, which shall consist of the building inspector, who shall be the clerk; the chief of the fire department; and three members to be appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the City Council. One of the ap- pointees shall be a representative of the distributing gas company, one shall be a representative of -the liquid or solid fuel heating industry, and one shall represent the electrical heating industry. These three appointed members shall serve for three years except for the first term, when one shall be appointed for three years, one for two years, and one for one year. For uniformity of the gas and mechanical codes, this board may be incorporated with Kennewick, Washington, and Richland, Washington, in the Tri Cities Heating Board. SECTION 6. BOARD OF APPEALS - MEMBERS - DUTIES. Any decision reached by the building inspector or the Pasco Heating Board may be appealed to the Building Appeals Commission as appointed by the City Council, under rules and regulations set out by that board. SECTION 7. GAS INSTALLER'S LICENSE - WHEN REQUIRED. No person shall install, extend, alter or repair any gas appliance, vent, flue or piping pertaining to, or in connection with, gas service on a consumer's premises within the corporate limits of the city unless such person has first applied in writing for, and procured, a gas installer's license therefor in accor- dance with the provisions of this chapter. Provided, that nothing herein shall prohibit any person from personally installing gas pipes, gas appliances, or making alterations and repairs on gas pipes and gas appliances, or from doing any other work permitted by this chapter on his own premises, under the following terms and conditions: (1) �3) subject to He shall apply for and secure a permit. Pay the required permit fee. Personally do the work in the manner required by this chapter, the inspection and approval of the inspector. Provided, however, that a home owner who is not a licensed gas installer may obtain a permit for only the residence which he occupies. SECTION 8. LICENSE FEES. The annual fee for the gas installation license shall be fifty dollars for the first year and twenty-five dollars per year thereafter. The license shall be renewed on or before January 1st of each year. SECTION 9. EXCEPTIONS TO LICENSE REQUIREMENT. The requirements contained herein shall not be construed to limit the right of the gas utility and its authorized employees to render necessary services in the event of.an emer- gency. SECTION 10. GAS INSTALLER'S BOND. Before any permit -is issued to a gas installer there shall be filed with the city clerk a bond to be effective during the period for which the license is issued, plus one year from date of the expiration of the license, in the sum of one thousand dollars, exe- cuted by the applicant and a surety company authorized to do business in the state of Washington as surety, running to the city, conditioned that the gas installer and his agents and servants shall fully comply with all provisions of law and city ordinances relating to a gas installation and that any person injured by failure of the principal to comply with such laws and ordinances or with any of the provisions thereof shall have a right of action against the principal and surety, in his own name provided that any person wishing to avail himself of the benefits of the bond commence action thereon within one year after the date of completion of the work alleged to have been improperly done. The bond shall be further conditioned to protect the city specifically against any loss, damage, or expense it may sustain by reason of granting of the permit requested. The liability of -the surety upon the bond required to be given to the city shall be limited to the amount specified in the bond; recovery under such bond shall be prorated when claims exceed the liability under the bond. SECTION.11. LICENSE NOT TRANSFERABLE. No person, firm or corporation shall lend his or their gas installers license to any other person, nor shall any such licensed person, firm or corporation apply for a permit in his or their name for the use of any other person, and such licensed person, firm or corporation so doing or refusing to comply with any other require- ments of this chapter shall have his or their gas installers license suspended or revoked by the.city council. SECTION 12. DISPLAY OF LICENSE: Each licensed gas installer shall display his license conspicuously at his place of business. SECTION 13. REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION OF LICENSE. Any license granted under the provisions of this chapter may be suspended or revoked by the inspector whenever it shall be made to appear to him that the person to whom the li- cense is issued has violated any of the provisions of this chapter. In the event the inspector shall suspend or revoke the license, he shall cause to be served upon the licensee a formal order of suspension or revocation of the license which order shall recite the reasons therefore. Any such formal order shall be served either (1) by delivering a copy personally upon the licensee, or (2) by leaving a copy with some person of suitable age and discretion at the place of business of the licensee or if no person may be found at the place of business of the licensee by leaving such order in a conspicuous place on the premises and mailing'a copy of -the order to the li- censee at his place of business as set forth in his application for a license. Any person aggrieved by the action of the inspector in suspending or revoking a license granted hereunder shall have the right,to appeal'to the City Council. Such appeals shall be made in writing and filed with the City Clerk within five days after service upon the licensee of the order of revocation or suspension. The notice of appeal shall specify an address at which the -licensee may be given notice of appearing on the appeal. The City Council shall hear the appeal within thirty days after the notice of appeal is filed with the City Clerk. The licensee shall be notified of the time and place set for the hearing and shall be entitled to appear in person and offer evidence pertinent to the suspension or revocation. The inspector may be present at the hearing and present evidence in support of his position. The City Council shall determine whether the sus- pension or revocation shall be sustained and its action shall be final and conclusive. The suspension or revocation of a license shall not give the li- censee a right to a refund from any unearned portion of the fee paid. . SECTION 14. RESPONSIBILITY OF LICENSEE. This chapter shall not be con- strued as relieving such person owning, operating, or inspecting any gas piping, appliances, or other gas apparatus from liability to anyone injured by an defect therein. Nor shall the city or any agent thereof be considered to have assumed any such liability by reason of the inspection authorized hereunder or by reason of the issuance of a certificate of inspection by the inspector. SECTION 15. ENFORCEMENT AND ENTRY'FOR INSPECTION. The inspector is autho- rized and directed to cause inspections to be made of all consumer gas instal- lations and gas transmission and distribution systems within the city and to enforce all of the provisions of this chapter. Upon presentation of proper credentials, the inspector may enter any consumer's building or premises at any reasonable time for the purpose of making inspection or preventing viola- tions of this chapter. SECTION 16. GAS APPLIANCE INSTALLATION - PERMIT REQUIRED - INSPECTION FEES. No person shall install any gas appliance to house piping in any building or structure without first obtaining a permit to do such work from the city. Persons failing to obtain a permit before starting work on the installation, alteration, or repairs of any gas equipment except as otherwise provided shall be required to pay double the fee herein specified when such permit is finally secured. The payment of such double fee, however, shall in no way relieve the person of the penalties otherwise provided for the violation of this chapter. Piping inspection fee - $4.00 Appliance inspection fee - Permit fee shall be based on the value of improvement, using permit fee schedule as stated in Section 303, Uniform Building Code, Volume I. . Reinspection order shall be obtained from the city inspector's office, and the inspection fee shall be the same as above. A new permit for piping inspection shall be required for a consumer's premises which already has been piped for gas, but in which no gas has been used for a period of twelve (12) consecutive months or more. When a permit is issued to connect an appliance to an existing stub or outlet, no additional fee will be charged for piping inspection. Where new piping is required to supply the appliance, the above fees for piping inspection will be collected: SECTION 17. RECORDS. The inspector shall keep a record of all gas instal- lations inspected. He shall also keep a record of all licenses and permits issued under this chapter. SECTION 18. DEVICES FOR REDUCING GAS CONSUMPTION. No person shall, without the approval of the inspector, display, sell,.barter, replace, offer for sale, lease, deal in, supply, rent, donate, connect, install, or use within the corporate limits of the city any device purporting to reduce gas consumption when such device is intended as an adjunct, or addition to, a gas appliance, or to be sus- pended above, or wholly or partially to enclose, any burner of a gas appliance in such manner as to reduce the effectiveness of ignition of the gas issuing from the burner or impair combustion of the burner. SECTION 19. UNLAWFUL RESTORATION OF GAS AND BYPASSING OF METER. It is unlawful for any person, by any means, to restore the flow of gas through pipes which have been shut off either by the gas company or the inspector, or to cause gas supplied by the gas company to bypass the meter by which the amount of gas supplied by the gas company is measured,,and such acts shall be prosecuted according to the terms contained in this chapter. SECTION 20. GAS DISTRIBUTION AND TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - PERMIT REQUIRED. It is unlawful for any person to dig up, break, excavate, tunnel, undermine, cut, or in any way obstruct or disturb any public properties in the city or to fill in, place, leave, or deposit in, or upon, any public properties any earth, refuse, gravel, rock, or other material or thing tending to obstruct, disturb, or interfere with the free use of the same for the installation and/or maintenance of a gas distribution or transmission system or for the purpose of making a utility connection with any premises, without first having obtained a permit, or without complying with the provisions of this chapter, other applicable chapters, and rules and regulations of the city engineer, nor shall any person conduct such woek in a manner at variance with the terms of any such permit; provided, however, that in case of an emergency arising out of office hours, when an immediate excavation may be necessary for the protection of pub- lic or private property, the same shall be reported to the police department, and the necessary excavation may be made upon the express condition that an application be made, in the manner herein provided, on or before noon of the next following business day; and provided, further, that a separate permit shall be required for each unit. SECTION 21. REQUIRED PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR GAS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. The gas company shall file in quintuplet, on forms supplied by the city engineer (one copy of permit form with approval endorsed thereon is to be returned to the gas company), with the city detailed plans, plat or plats, detailed specifications (other than those set forth in the rules and regu- lations of the Public Service Commission), and profiles of such size and as such scale as prescribed by the city, of gas pipes or mains and fixtures to be laid or installed underneath public properties which shall show the cen- terline of the street or alley and in relation thereto,, the position, location, and depth of the distribution system, the pipes or mains intended to be laid, the size of pipes or mains, the location of the manholes leading to the pipes or mains and the depth of the pipes or mains from the surface, and such other information as he may require. The gas company, its successors and assign, shall amend the plans, plat or plats, specifications, and profiles as directed by the city before the city issues the permit and before the gas company commences construction or the laying of the pipes or mains. The gas company shall advise the city engineer in writing of the plan of the excavation, obstruction, or other thing desired to be done or constructed, the size thereof, the purpose therefor, the public properties to be excavated and/or obstructed, together with a full description of the nature of such work and the name of the person, firm, or corporation, doing the actual excavating work and the name of the person, firm, or corporation for whom or which the work is bei -ng done. Whenever additional improvements or extensions are made, additional plans, plat or plats, specifications, and profiles shall be filed with the city in the same manner as required above. The application shall contain an agreement that the applicant will comply with all ordinances and laws relating to the work to be done, and that no openings shall be made until necessary fittings and material are available and on hand to complete the work. Each application for a permit shall state the length of time it is estimated will elapse from the commencement of the work until the restoration of the surface of the ground, or until the refill is made ready for the pavement to be put on by the gas company. It is unlawful to fail to comply with this time limitation unless permission for an extension of time is granted by the city engineer. If an extension of time is needed to complete the work beyond the time originally prescribed, a new application for a permit must be filed, and when the application therefor is signed by the city engineer, it shall constitute the permit, provided the bond and insurance is extended for the period of the extension granted. SECTION 22. ISSUANCE OF GAS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM PERMIT. If, after examin- ing such application and map, plans, specifications and plat or plats, the city engineer approves the same and the bond and workmen's compensation insurance certificate, provided for hereinafter, are filed, he may issue a permit for work on a gas transmission and/or distribution system. Such permit shall specify the name and location of the public properties in front of, through, under, or near which such acts are to be performed or done, together with a description of the proposed work or acts to be done under such permit and the length of time allowed for the completion thereof. The permit shall require the repairing and restoring to as good or better condition and in compliance with the conditions and specifications of this chapter, whatever portion of the public properties and/or private properties which may be obstructed, distrubed, or affected in any way within a specified time. The acts and work authorized and/or required under such permit shall at all times be under the supervision and control of the city engineer or persons acting under his direction, but at the expense of the person procuring such permit. The city engineer may, in his discretion, defer the granting of the permit hereinabove provided for, until such time as he deems proper in all cases in which the public properties where the work desired to be done is occupied or about to be occupied in any work by the city, or by some other person having a right to use the same in such manner as to render it seriously inconvenient to the public to permit any further obstrUC tion thereof at such time. He may, in granting such permit, so regulate the manner of doing such work as shall cause least inconvenience to the public in the use of - such public properties, and in all cases any work of the city or its contractors or employees shall have precedence over all work of every kind. SECTION 23. PERMIT AND INSPECTION FEES FOR WORK ON GAS TRANSMISSION AND/OR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. The fee for such a permit shall be five dollars ($5.00) for excavations which do not exceed one hundred (100) feet in length or tunnels not exceeding one hundred (100) feet in length:; and one dollar ($1.00) for each additional one hundred (100) feet in 'length. The city eng- ineer shall make inspections to make certain that the provisions of this ordinance are complied with and the expenses of the same shall be paid by the gas company upon a bill therefor being submitted by the city engineer before the gas company is released from its bond. y SECTION 24. BOND AND INSURANCE REQUIRED FOR GAS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. Before a permit as herein provided shall be issued, the applicant shall execute and deliver to the city and file with the city engineer a bond in -the sum. of six thousand dollars ($6,000.00), or such additional amount as the city engineer deems to be necessary for each bond, for each complete working unit ("spread") under construction, in a form to be approved by the city attorney, and with a surety (or surities) approved, conditioned that the gas company will comply with all of the provisions of this chapter, and that the applicant will keep and save harmless the city from any and all claims, liabilities, judgements, costs, casualty, accident or damages, and expenses arising from any negligence of such gas company on account of any act which he may do or suffer to be done or omission of the gas company in the per- formance of the work under the permit, or which may be done by any of his agents, servants or employees, or whihc may arise from any negligence of himself, his agents, servants, contractors or employees, or any of them, in obstruction or in any way disturbing any private or public properties, or by reason of the violating of any of the provisions of this chapter. The city engineer shall determine the number of units ("spreads") and number of bonds needed at any one time. The gas company shall also indemnify and save harmless the city from all suits and actions of every description brought against the city for, or on account of, any injuries or damages received or sustained by any person by reason of failure to erect and maintain the required guards, barricades, or signals. Provided, that in case the act or acts permitted under such permit necessitate for any purpose the cutting into, or under any public properties in the city, said bond shall be conditioned that the person, firm or corporation applying for, and acting under the permit shall replace the portion thereof affected thereby, and shall restore the same as its expense to as good or better condition within the time specified by the city engineer, and further conditioned that the gas company will maintain such public properties so restored e for a period of one year from, and after, such restoration. Settlement with- in the one year period mentioned in this section shall be considered con- clusive evidence of defective backfilling by the gas company. Acceptance of the work, and the release of the same, shall not prevent the city from making claim against the gas company for any uncompleted or defective work if the same is discovered within two years from the date of such release. The fact that an inspector was present during the progress of any construction shall not relieve the gas company from responsibility for defects discovered after the completion of the work. The liability of the surety upon the bond required to be given to the city shall be limited to the amount specified in the bond, and recovery under such bond shall be prorated when claims exceed the liability of the bond. SECTION 25. LOCATION OF PIPES. All pipes shall be laid in alleys or easements wherever possible or at locations by direction of the city engineer. Gas pipes shall have a lateral clearance of two feet from other utilities, except that in case of sewer pipes, gas pipes shall have a minimum lateral clearance of three feet from them, and all pipes except service pipes shall be laid five feet from the curb line; provided, that, under exceptional circumstances, the city engineer, with the written consent of the utility involved, may authorize less clearance. Pipes shall have a vertical clearance of twelve inches when crossing another pipe. Pipes shall be laid with a cover of not less than thirty inches and thirty inches below all irrigation and drainage ditches or flumes, except that, under exceptional circumstances, the city engineer may authorize less coverage. Where a trench is in rock, the depth may be twenty-four inches in the pipe is properly cushioned by refilling the trench with sand or noncorrosive soil. In the event interference with other subsurface structures makes it im- practical to maintain the above depths and clearnaces, the city engineer, with the written consent of the utility involved, may permit gas pipe lines and mains to be constructed so as to avoid such subsurface structures. SECTION 26. RESTORATION OF SURFACE BY CITY. If the gas company shall have failed to restore the surface of the public properties to their original and proper condition upon the expiration of the time fixed by such permit or upon the completion of the work allowed to be done under such permit, the. city engineer shall, if he deems it advisable, have the right to do all work and things necessary to do so. The gas company shall be liable for the expense thereof upon the bond filed at the time of granting the permit, and the city shall have a cause of action for all fees, expenses, and amounts paid out upon such work; provided, that in any case, -it shall be the duty of the gas company to guarantee and maintain the area disturbed for one year after returning it to its original condition. Provided, further, that, if, in the judgement of the city engineer, it is not expedient to relay the pavement over any cut or excavation made in any public properties upon the completion of the work allowed under such permit, by reason of the looseness of the earth or weather conditions, he may direct the gas company to lay a temporary pavement of wood or other suitable material designated by him over such cut or excavation, to remain until such time as the repair of the original pavement may be properly made, and in case of the failure of the gas company to commence in good faith the relaying of such temporary pavement within five days after the date of such notice, the city engineer may lay such temporary pavement himself and collect the cost thereof from the party having such permit in the manner hereinbefore provided. SECTION 27. INSPECTION AND FEE THEREFOR. If, in the judgement of the city engineer, the nature of the work be such as to require inspection on behalf of the city, either during the progress of the same or after the area affected has been restored to its original condition, or at both said times, he may inspect the same, and the expense therefor shall be paid by the gas company. SECTION 28. INTERFERENCE WITH UTILITIES AND IMPROVEMENTS. The gas company shall not interfere with any existing utility without the consent of the city engineer. If it becomes necessary to move an existing utility, this shall be done by the utility charged with the operation of the same at the expense of the gas company. Whenever the gas company's existing utility, occupying space in the street, interferes with the actual construction of any public improvement, such utility shall be moved by the gas company; provided, however; that no utility, either publicly or privately owned, shall be moved to accommodate the gas company unless the cost of such work be borne by the gas company. SECTION 29. PRESERVATION OF.MONUMENTS. The gas company shall not disturb. any survey monuments or hubs found on the line of the improvements until ordered to do so by the city engineer. A penalty of fifty dollars shall be imposed for every monument or hub disturbed without such orders. SECTION 30. TESTING OF PIPING ON NEW CONSTRUCTION - FEES. Before any newly constructed distribution and transmission system is finally accepted for permanent service, it shall be carefully tested in conformity with the state rules and regulations adopted by this chapter to assure that it is gas tight. The inspector shall coordinate -his tests of the distribution and transmission system with that of the gas company so as to avoid duplicate tests. The inspector shall bill the gas company for all expenses incurred in connection with tests or inspection. SECTION 31. TESTING OF PRIOR CONSTRUCTED DISTRIBUTION OR TRANSMISSION SYSTEM. Any distribution or transmission system constructed prior to the effective date of this chapter shall be given a test for leaks in the manner prescribed in the ASA Code B 31.1-1955 and state rules and regulations of the Washington Public Service Commission applicable to gas transmission and/or distribution utilities relating to the up -rating and increasing of pressure in existing mains- Wherever such ASA Code and rules and regulations relate to up -rating and increasing pressure in existing mains, it shall also apply equally where natural gas is introduced into existing mains which have previously carried artificial gas. SECTION 32. ALLOWABLE PRESSURES FOR PRIOR CONSTRUCTED SYSTEM. No prior constructed distribution or transmission system shall be operated in excess of the pressure used therein on the effective date of this chapter without the written permission of the inspector, who shall require compliance with the ASA Code Section 8, B 31.1-1955. SECTION 33. CATHODIC TREATED PIPE. If the gas company desires to install gas pipe with cathodic protection, it must comply with the following require- ments before the city engineer may issue a permit therefor: (1) Furnish the city engineer with a description of the method and of the place or places where the cathodic protection is to be installed; (2) Furnish an executed contract between all of the underground utility systems which indicates all of such utility systems; that the parties thereto agree that cathodic protection should be installed and agree upon the plan therefor; that the parties agree upon the method or methods and the type of equipment to be used, upon the type of tests required to be made by each party to determine the effect of protective installation upon its property, upon protective facilities, and when they are to be installed; upon the division of costs; and who shall build, own, operate, and maintain the proposed common installation. SECTION 34. COMPRESSOR STATIONS. Compressor stations shall be constructed to meet the following perfofmance standards: Noise and vibration shall be eliminated by proper construction of structures and with sufficient screening and dampening to control nuisance of noise and vibration. The compressor and pump stations shall not: be located closer than twelve hundred feet to a residential district and shall be so located as to have front yard of two hundred feet, and side and rear yards of one hundred feet, and shall have a twenty foot wide green belt around a sight obscuring fence six feet high. Compressor stations shall not be over thirty feet in height and shall be of soundproofed masonry material. All machines shall be placed on shock -absorbing mountings and on a suitable reinforced concrete footing to reduce vibrations. Noise in decibels as measured at property lines shall not be over sixty decibels and muffled so GAS INSTALLATIONS Sec. 1 Title 2 Purpose 3 Scope 4 Definitions 5 Board of Examiners created - members - terms - duties 6 Board of Appeals - members - duties 7 Gas installers license - when required 8 License and permit fees 9 Exceptions to license requirement 10 Gas installers bond 11 License not transferable 12 Display of license 13 Revocation or suspension of license 14 Responsibility of licensee 15 Enforcement and entry for inspection 16 Gas appliance installation - permit required - inspection fees 17 Records 18 Devices for reducing gas consumption 19 Unlawful restoration of gas and bypassing of meter 20 Gas distribution and transmission system - permit required 21 Required plans and specifications for gas distribution system 22 Issuance of gas distribution system permit 23 Permit and inspection fees for work on gas transmission and/or distribution system 24 Bond and insurance required for gas distribution system 25 Location of pipes 26 Restoration of surface by city 27 Inspection and fee therefor 28 Interference with utilities and improvements 29 Preservation of monuments 30 Testing of piping on new construction - fees 31 Testing of prior constructed distribution or transmission system 32 Allowable pressures for prior constructed system 33 Cathodic treated pipe 34 Compressor stations 35 Adoption of standards by reference 36 Conflicting provisions 37. Penalties 38 Repeal of existing ordinances 39 Validity 40 Effective date as not to become objectionable to a substantial number of people due to intermittence, beat frequency or'high frequent, shrilliness; nor exceed street traffic noise during normal day work shift. Necessary silencers on the air intake openings, sound insulations of the mufflers and other piping, and soundproofing of the interior of structures shall be provided. No machine shall be loaded beyond the capacity as prescribed by the manufacturer. Vibration displacement at the property line shall not,exceed one thousandth of one inch. No smoke or soot shall be permitted to emanate from the opera- tion of the station. Noise, vibration, odors, or other, conditions which create nuisances shall not be permitted. SECTION 35. ADOPTION OF STANDARDS BY REFERENCE. The following, and as the same also may hereafter be amended, are adopted by reference and shall be observed: (1) Appliances: (a) Uniform Mechanical Code, Volume II, 1970 Edition, Appendix C. (2) Gas transmission and distribution system: (a) The American Standard Code for Pressure Piping, Section 8, Gas Transmission and Distribution Piping Systems (ASA B 31.1-1955). (b) The state rules and regulations of the Washington Public Service Commission applicable to gas transmission and/or distribution utilities and safety standards and rules and regulations of the State Department of Labor and Industries. SECTION 36. CONFLICTING PROVISIONS. In the event any of the provisions of this chapter conflict with any other provisions of this chapter, with any other ordinances of this city, or with the standards embodied in state and federal laws and rules and regulations, the provisions containing the highest standards shall be observed. SECTION 37. PENALTIES. Any person, firm, or corporation that shall fail to canply with, or violate, any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in an amount not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the city jail not to exceed ninety (90) dyas, or by both such fine and imprisonment. SECTION 38. REPEAL OF EXISTING ORDINANCES. Ordinances Numbers 868, 879, 1086, 1112, 1129 and 1374 are hereby repealed. SECTION 39. VALIDITY. If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, or phrase of this ordinance is declared unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. SECTION 40. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect after its passage and publication as required by law. PASSED by the City Council and APPROVED by the Mayor this / 9 day of OGti,ACA- , 1971. 11 s G.E. CARTER, MAYOR ATTEST: 0 11I 11\1\1 IJ. 1\GI\Ll�l\, V11\L 111 VI\ AND EX -,OFFk10 CITY CLERK APDROVED AS TO FORM: W Y E t:AMPGELL, CITY 0 JEY