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Home My WebLink About07/14/2000 Council Minutes CITY OF FAIRFAX MEEETING OF THE REVIEW BOARD ON BUILDING PE FRIDAY JITLY 14,2000-6:30 A.M.-CITY HALL DISCUSSION WITII POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE FOLLOWING ITEMS: FAIRFAX CAR WASH,REPLACING CAST IRON PIPE WITH PLA'S'TIC. ADJOURNMENT. CITY OF FAIRFAX Board of Review—Building Permits Friday July 14,2000 Mayor Voss opened the meeting at 6:30 a.m.Members present,Beer,Scott, Shakespeare, Stockton and Wainwright.City Engineer Dick.Ransom. Variance was requested from Mick&Deanna Heintz,Fairfax Car Wash,to put in plastic PVC instead of the required cast iron.Discussion followed,Beer stated that she was uncomfortable issuing the variance and then changing the City Ordinance.Ransom said that the normal procedure was to issue the variance and then change the Ordinance. Stockton made the motion to allow the variance from cast iron to plastic PVC,2�Scott. Ayes Beer,Scott,&Stockton,Nay Shakespeare. Wainwright abstained, Motion to adjourn Scott,Td Wainwright at 7:00 a.m. Bill Voss,Iyor Betty Panek,City Clerk k' 3 i i i I i PAVING THE WA's SINCE 1971 (319)396-7877 FAX:(319)846-2004 July 12, 2000 Board of Adjustment/Review City of Fairfax Fairfax, IA 52228 Re. Variance for Construction of Car Wash - Cast Iron To Whom It May Concern, Michael & Deanna Heintz, d.b.a. Fairfax Car Wash would like to request a meeting to oonsider allowing a variance on the requirements set forth in the U.B.C. to change the cast iron plumbing to plastic pvc pipe. Th k-you, Michael M. Heintz & DeWVn R.^ Heintz Fairfax Car Wash, Owners 3708 WEST POST ROAD S.W. •CEDAR RAPIDS to 52404 I 7-12-00 Ct Our car wash uses PVC pipe in leu of cast iron piping. 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Sheet lead shall be not less than the 701.0 Materials following: 7011.1 Drainage piping shall be cast iron,galvanized For safe pans—not less than four (4)pounds per S 0 galvanized wrought iron, lead, copper, brass, square foot(19.5 lkg/m2)or 1/16 inch(1.6 mm)thick. Schedule 40 ABS DWV, Schedule 40 PVC DWV, For flashings or vent terminals — not less than extra strength vitrified clay pipe, or other approved three (3) pounds per square foot (15 kg/m2) or 1.2 materials having a smooth and uniform bare, except mm thick. that: 701.1.1 Na galvanized wrought iron or Lead bends and lead traps shall not be less than galvanized steel pipe shall be used underground one-eighth(1/8)inch(3.2 mm)wall thickness. and shall be kept at least six (6) inches(152 mm) 701.4 Ferrules and Bushings aboveground. 701.4.1 Caulking ferrules shall be manufactured 701.1.2 ABS and PVC DWV piping installations from bronze or copper and shall be in accordance. P p' g shall be limited to structures not exceeding three with Table 7-1, floors above grade. For the purpose of this 701.4.2 Soldering bushings shall be of bronze or subsection, the first floor of a building shall be copper in accordance with Table 7-2. that floor that has fifty (50) percent or more of the exterior wall surface area level with or above TABLE 7-1 finished grade. One additional level that is the Caulking Ferrules first level and not designed for human linside Minimum habitation and used only for vehicle parking, Pipe size diameter Length weight each storage,or similar use shall be permitted. (inches) ('finches) (inches) Lb. Oz. 701.1.3 No vitrified clay pipe or fittings shall be 2 2114 4 112 1 d P P g 3 3-114 4-1/2 1 12 used above ground or where pressurized by a 4 4-1/4 41/2 2 8 pump or ejector. They shall be kept at least twelve(12)inches(305 mm)below ground. TABLE 7-1 701.1.4 Copper tube for underground drainage Caullking Ferrules(Metric) and vent piping shall have a weight of not less Ilinside Minimum than that of copper drainage tube(type DWV. Pipe size diameter Length weight each (mm) (mm) (mm) (kg) 701.1.5 Copper tube for above ground drainage and vent in shall have a weight of not less 51 57 114 0,454 piping P g g 76 83 114 0.790 than that of copper drainage tube type DWV. 102 108 114 1.132 701.2 Drainage fittings shall be of cast iron, malleable iron, lead, brass, copper, ABS, PVC, TABLE 7-2 vitrified clay, or other approved materials having a Soldering Bushings smooth interior waterway of the same diameter as Minimum Minimum the piping served and all such fittings shall be Pipe size weight each Pipe size weight each compatible with the type of pipe used. (inches) Lb. Oz. (inches) Lb. Oz. 701.2.1 Fittings on screwed pipe shall be of the 1-1/4 0 6 2-1/2 1 6 g p P 1-1/2 0 8 3 2 0 recessed drainage type. Burred ends shall be 2 0 14 4 3 8 reamed to the full bore of the pipe. 701,2.2 The threads of drainage fittings shall be TABLE 7-2 tapped so as to allow one-quarter(1/4) inch per Soldering Bushings(Metric) foot(20.9 mm/m)grade. Minimum Minimum Pipe size weight each Pipe size weight each i 701.2.3 Fittings used for drainage shall be of the (mm) (kg) (mm) (kg) drainage type,have a smooth interior waterway, ,, and be constructed so as to allow one fourth 32 0.168 64 0. 38 0,.224 76 D.908 9D8 (1/4)inch(20.9 mm/m)per foot grade. 51 0392 102 1.586 I I 58 i STATE OF IOWA County of Linn ss, CITY OF FAIRFAX Board of IRe4fel#Building::Permits taY;Jut 14,700a may b'nr W�aS ent, d-:ihEi meetirrm ai Gr30:a.m.: ! Joe...... Hladky, being duly sworn an oath do state that I am lvternksars presaal, Beer ScofC,;Shakespeare, � Stockton an W^w^aitnaw6gfi Crfv Engineer pick Ran t 50�. the publisher of THE GAZETTE, a daily newspaper of Variance was reouested from MI&&Deanna Hefnt, FaiffdX Car .WSh to puf in plastic PVC. genera,l circulation in Linn County Iowa. The notice a instead of the rectuired>casf iron. Qlscussan.fof- lowed, Beer staled that sine W.is,uncomfortable n � issuing tt,a variance and then ChangEng the';City printed copy of which is attached, was inserted and QG'dinance. Ransom said that ihe::normal prace- durewasfaissuethewa nanceand.fhenchan9e1he published in THE GAZETTE newspaper in the issue(s) of Qrdinanee: Stocktop made the m.otion.to a€low the variance: from cast trace to plastic PM: 2nd Seott. :4ves Beer,Scott,=&*Si of tk fo tl Nay.attaK:esrseare,Wain-. Wright abstained. Mofion E®adjourn Scott,Ind Wainwright at 7:00 Ul 21 2Q 00 Bill Mo55r Mayor Ctlerk 9e anek;;Cui*r The reasonable fee for publishing said notice is $ —44 CiK P Lya' Signed and sworn to before me on July 21 20 00 , by Joe Hladky. Nota Public in and or the State of Iowa Received payment for above from , 20 GAZETTE CO MMUNICATIONS, INC. 'I By ll 1 li I I I