§ 8-167. Amendments.

The International Mechanical Code, adopted by section 8-166, is hereby changed, altered, modified and otherwise amended as follows:

(1)

Section 101.1 of the International Mechanical Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 101.1 Title. These regulations shall be known as the Mechanical Code of City of Manhattan, Kansas, hereinafter referred to as "this code."

(2)

Section 106.5.2 of the International Mechanical Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 106.5.2 Fee schedule. The fees for mechanical work shall be $15.00 per permit.

For each re-inspection beyond the first re-inspection: $50.00.

Each inspection which is not deemed ready for inspection at the scheduled time shall be considered a failed inspection and subject to re-inspection. The re-inspection fee shall be paid within 10 calendar days of the date of the inspection causing the fee, and prior to a certificate of occupancy being issued for that project. Subsequent inspections for that permitted project shall not be conducted until all past due re-inspection fees have been paid. The Building Official shall have the authority to waive re-inspection fees as deemed necessary.

(3)

That Section 106.5.3 of the International Mechanical Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 106.5.3 Fee refunds. The code official shall authorize the refunding of fees as follows:

1.

The full amount of any fee paid hereunder which was erroneously paid or collected.

2.

Not more than 100% of the permit fee paid when no work has been done under a permit issued in accordance with this code.

The code official shall not authorize the refunding of any fee paid, except upon written application filed by the original permittee not later than 180 days after the date of fee payment.

(4)

Section 108.4 of the International Mechanical Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 108.4 Violation penalties. Persons who shall violate a provision of this code or shall fail to comply with any of the requirements thereof or who shall erect, install, alter or repair mechanical work in violation of the approved construction documents or directive or the code official, or of a permit or certificate issued under the provisions of this code, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than $500 or by imprisonment not exceeding 180 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each day that a violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense.

(5)

Section 108.5 of the International Mechanical Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 108.5 Stop work orders. Upon notice from the code official that mechanical work is being done contrary to the provisions of this code or in a dangerous or unsafe manner, such work shall immediately cease. Such notice shall be in writing and shall be given to the owner of the property, or to the owner's agent, or to the person doing the work. The notice shall state the conditions under which work is authorized to resume. Where an emergency exists, the code official shall not be required to give a written notice prior to stopping the work. Any person who shall continue any work on the system after having been served with a stop work order, except such work as that person is directed to perform to remove a violation or unsafe condition, shall be liable to a fine of not less than $100 or more than $500.

(6)

Section 109 of the International Mechanical Code is hereby deleted.

(7)

Section 301.10 of the International Mechanical Code is hereby changed to read as follows:

Section 301.10 Electrical. Electrical wiring, controls and connections to equipment and appliances regulated by this code shall be in accordance with the National Electrical Code as adopted in Section 8-47 of the city Code of Ordinances.

(8)

Section 505.2 of the International Mechanical code is hereby changed to read as follows:

Section 505.2 Makeup air required. Exhaust hood systems capable of exhausting in excess of 400 cubic feet per minute shall be provided with makeup air at a rate approximately equal to the difference between the exhaust air rate and 400 cubic feet per minute where other systems exist that may be affected by the exhaust hood system. Such makeup air systems shall be equipped with a means of closure and shall be automatically controlled to start and operate simultaneously with the exhaust system.

(Code 1973, § 4-1202; Ord. No. 3283, § 1, 7-16-74; Ord. No. 4018, § 1, 12-7-82; Ord. No. 4036, § 1, 1-18-83; Ord. No. 4944, § 2, 12-5-95; Ord. No. 5022, § 1, 2-4-97; Ord. No. 5039, § 1, 5-20-97; Ord. No. 5079, § 2, 1-6-98; Ord. No. 6188, § 2, 2-6-01; Ord. No. 6410, § 2, 7-6-04; Ord. No. 6637, § 2, 7-17-07; Ord. No. 6845, § 2, 11-16-10; Ord. No. 7022, § 2, 8-6-13; Ord. No. 7226, § 2, 6-21-16)