Ord 2015-021/Building and Building Regulations (Ch. 14 revisions and updates)

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(b) New cooling systems must be designed and operated to achieve a minimum of four (4) cycles of concentration. Sec. 14.123. - Decorative water features. (a) New decorative water features must be equipped with a water recirculating system. (b) Existing decorative water features must be retrofitted with a water recirculating system. Sec. 14.124. - Dining facilities. (a) New commercial and institutional garbage disposals must be equipped with flow restrictors and solenoid shutoff valves. (b) Existing commercial and institutional garbage disposals must be retrofitted with flow restrictors and solenoid shutoff valves. (c) New commercial and institutional ice machines should be equipped with air-cooled, instead of water-cooled, condensers. If a water-cooled model is used, the cooling system must be equipped with a water recycling system. (d) Pre -rinse spray valves must be equipped with positive shutoff devices and must meet the 1.6 gallons per minute performance standard established under Texas Health and Safety Code Section 372.005. Sec. 14.125. - On -premises laundry facilities. New commercial, industrial and institutional on -premises laundry facilities must be equipped with a water recycling system. Sec. 14.126. - Landscape irrigation systems. (a) Landscape irrigation rule. The landscape irrigation rules promulgated by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and contained in Chapter 344, Subchapter A, § 344. 1, Subchapter C, §§ 344.30-344.38, Subchapter D, §§ 344.40-344.43 and Subchapters E and F, §§ 344.50-344.65, Texas Administrative Code (effective January 1, 2009), as the same may be from time to time amended, are hereby adopted by reference as the landscape installation irrigation rules of the city. (b) P2609 Landscape irrigation. The International Residential Code, 208115 Edition, as adopted by the International Code Council, Inc., in cooperation with the International Conference of Building Officials and with all local amendments as previously adopted by the City of San Marcos is hereby amended to add Section P260910 to Chapter 26, General Plumbing Requirements and to read as follows: (c) Minimum standards for landscape irrigation systems. The landscape irrigation rules promulgated by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and contained in Chapter 344, Subchapter A, § 344. 1, Subchapter C, §§ 344.30-344.38, Subchapter D, §§ 344.40-344.43 and Subchapters E and F, §§ 344.50-344.65 Texas Administrative Code (effective January 1, 2009), as the same may be from time to time amended, are hereby adopted by reference as the landscape installation irrigation rules of the city. (d) Valid license required and exemptions. (1) Any person who connects an irrigation system to the water supply within the Ceity or the Ceity's extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ), must hold a valid license, as defined by Title 30, Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 30 and required by Chapter 1903, Subchapter F of the Texas Occupations Code, or as defined by Title 22, Chapter 365 of the Texas Administrative Code and required by Chapter 1301 of the Texas Occupations Code. (2) A property owner is not required to be licensed in accordance with Texas Occupations Code, Title 12, § 1903.002(c)(1) if he or she is performing irrigation work in a building or on a premises owned or occupied by the person as the person's home. A home or property owner who installs an irrigation system must meet the standards contained in Title 30, Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 344, Sections: 344.50 (Backflow Prevention Methods), 344.51 (Specific Conditions and Cross -Connection Control), Page 18