HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1035ORDINANCE NO. 1035
AMENDING SECTION 15.04.030 AND ADDING
SECTIONS 15.04.050 AND 15.04.060 TO
THE BURLINGAME MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERN-
ING WATER CONNECTIONS
The City Council of the City of Burlingame does ORDAIN
as follows:
Section 1. Section 15.04.030 of the Burlingame
Municipal Code is amended to read:
"15.04.030 Installatio
Protection Service.
All fire protection services are to be installed by
the owner at his expense with required encroachment per-
mit and inspection by the City Public Works Department.
An approved detector check valve of a type approved
by the City Public Works Department is required on all
fire services and is to be furnished by the owner. Each
building with a fire protection service shall have its
own separate fire connection with the city water main.
to read:
Section 2. Section 15.04.050 is added to said Code
"15.04.050. Cross -Connections and Backflow.
No water service connection to any premises will
be installed or maintianed by the City unless the water
supply is adequately protected in accordance with the
requirements and regulations of Title 17 of the California
Administrative Code and the Environmental Health Section
of San Mateo County Department of Public Health and
Welfare as determined by the Director of Public Works
and/or the Environmental Health Section of San Mateo
County Department of Public Health and Welfare.
The property owner or consumer who is responsible
for any protective device shall have each such device
insF ected and tested in accordance with the requirements
of the Environmental Health Section of the San Mateo
County Department of Public Health and Welfare. The
City shall be furnished with a copy of the test re-
sults. On each domestic service wher°eprotection
is required, two properly valved protection devices
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A
backflow
prevention
device,
which
shall
be of
a
type
approved
by
the
Director
of
Public
Works
and/or
Environmental
Health
Section
of
the
San
Mateo
Department
of
Public
Health
and
Welfare
is
required
on
buildings
three
stories
or
more
in
height."
to read:
Section 2. Section 15.04.050 is added to said Code
"15.04.050. Cross -Connections and Backflow.
No water service connection to any premises will
be installed or maintianed by the City unless the water
supply is adequately protected in accordance with the
requirements and regulations of Title 17 of the California
Administrative Code and the Environmental Health Section
of San Mateo County Department of Public Health and
Welfare as determined by the Director of Public Works
and/or the Environmental Health Section of San Mateo
County Department of Public Health and Welfare.
The property owner or consumer who is responsible
for any protective device shall have each such device
insF ected and tested in accordance with the requirements
of the Environmental Health Section of the San Mateo
County Department of Public Health and Welfare. The
City shall be furnished with a copy of the test re-
sults. On each domestic service wher°eprotection
is required, two properly valved protection devices
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shall be
installed to
insure
a continuous
supply of water to the
premises
while one
unit is
being tested.
Failure to comply with any section of this chapter may be
cause for the discontinuance of water service by the Director
of Public Works and/or the San Mateo County Department of
Public Health and Welfare. The Director of Public Works
shall give notice in writing of any violations of this chapter to
the property owner and consumer. If no action: is taken within
ten days after such notice has been mailed or delivered in
person, the Director of Public Works may discontinue delivery
of water. Delivery of water shall not be resumed until a
protective device has been .properly installed and approved as
provided in this section. "
Section 3. Section 15.04.060 is added to said Code to
read:
"15.04.060 Domestic and Fire Services Over 2 Inches
Within Public Property.
Design details, methods and materials for construction
of water services over 2 inches in diameter within public
property are not specified in this Code. Such details, methods
and materials shall conform with specifications for the construc-
tion of such work as are compiled by the City Engineer. Such
specifications may be changed from time to time at the option
of the City Engineer but such changes shall in no way affect
the validity of regulations or requirements contained herein,
Section 4. This ordinance shall be published once as
'required by law.
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I, HERBERT K. WHITE, City Clerk of the City of
=1Burlingame, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced
at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 17 day of ':1�rc�;
975, and adopted thereafter at a regular meeting of the City Council held
n the 7th day of Apr�I 1975.
YES: COUNCILMEN: strupmm('ressYay®Cusick®eiarrison�ilarsgir�i
COUNCILMEN: done
SENT: COUNCILMEN: �®��
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City Clerk