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Ordinance to amend Section 16.04 and Subsections 16.75(5) and 16.84(1) of the City of West Allis Revised Municipal Code, Chapter 16, Plumbing Code, relative to applicable plumbing codes as adopted by the State of Wisconsin.
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The Common Council of the City of West Allis do ordain as follows:
PART I. Section 16.04 of the City of West Allis Revised Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
16.04 Code Adopted. <https://www.ecode360.com/27405259?highlight=comm&searchId=2358402980331094> The provisions of this Code shall adopt all the laws and regulations of the State of Wisconsin relating to plumbing system installations and include any future amendments, revisions or modifications thereto. By this section, these laws and regulations are made a part of this Code as if fully set forth herein. Where the requirements of the State Code and the provisions of this Code conflict, the State Code shall govern. The following subsections reference, but are not limited to, specific State of Wisconsin Administrative Codes that are part of this Code and the laws and regulations of the State of Wisconsin.
(1) <https://www.ecode360.com/27405261>Wisconsin State Plumbing Code. Wisconsin Administrative Code, Chapters SPS 382 through 387, titled “Plumbing Code” is hereby adopted.
(2) <https://www.ecode360.com/27405262>Uniform Dwelling Code. Wisconsin Administrative Code, Chapter SPS 325, titled "Plumbing," is hereby adopted and is applicable to new one- and two-family residential dwellings, alterations and additions to all existing one- and two-family residential dwellings, and residential accessory buildings.
(3) <https://www.ecode360.com/27405263>Storm Water Management. Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage District of Milwaukee County Rule, Chapter 13, and the Department of Natural Resources Code, Chapter NR 151, as applicable to the management of surface and storm water on private properties are hereby adopted.
PART II. Subsection 16.75(5) of the City of West Allis Revised Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
16.75 Sanitary Sewer and Water Connection.
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(5) Failing Private Sewage Systems. When an existing private sewage disposal system fails to meet the requirements of Chapter 145, Wis. Stats and Chapter SPS 383, Wis. Adm. Code, and amendments thereto, the system shall not be replaced when public sanitary sewer is adjacent to the property. A failed septic tank shall be removed or pumped and filled with proper materials as allowed by the Plumbing Inspector.
PART III. Subsection 16.84(1) of the City of West Allis Revised Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
16.84 Cross-Connection Control.
(1) Purpose. No person, firm or corporation shall establish or permit to be established or maintain or permit to be maintained any cross-connection. No interconnection shall be established whereby potable water from a private, auxiliary or emergency water supply other than the regular public water supply of the City of West Allis may enter the supply or distribution system of said municipality, unless such private, auxiliary or emergency water supply and the method of connection and use of such supply shall have been approved by the Plumbing Inspector, the City Public Works Department and the State of Wisconsin in accordance with SPS 382 or NR 811.09, Wis. Adm. Code, or any future amendments or modifications thereto.
PART IV. All ordinances or parts of ordinances contravening the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed.
PART V. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication.