The following sections of the 2003 International Mechanical Code are amended to read as follows:

101.1 -- Title: These regulations shall be known as the Mechanical Code of the City of Clovis hereinafter referred to as “this code”.

106.5.2 -- Fee Schedule: The fees for mechanical work shall be as indicated in the following schedule:

Mechanical

Miscellaneous

106.5.3 -- Fee Refunds -- specify percentage:

(2) Not more than fifty percent (50%) of the permit fee paid when no work has been done under a permit issued in accordance with this code.

(3) Not more than fifty percent (50%) of the plan review fee paid when an application for a permit for which a plan review fee has been paid is withdrawn or cancelled before any plan review effort has been expended.

108.4 -- Violation penalties: Any person 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 plumbing work in violation of the approved construction documents or directive of 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 five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment not exceeding ten (10) days, or both such fine and imprisonment. Each day that a violation continues after due notice has been served shall be deemed a separate offense.

108.5 -- Stop Work Orders: Upon notice from the code official, work on any plumbing system that is being done contrary to the provisions of this code or in a dangerous or unsafe manner 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 in or about the structure 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 of a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or more than five hundred dollars ($500.00).

109 -- Means of Appeal:

109.1 -- General: In order to hear and decide appeals of orders, decisions or determinations made by the mechanical official relative to the application and interpretation of this code, there shall be and is hereby created an appeals process. The Director of Technical Assistance or the staff of the ICC Opinion Policy will provide the opinion of the ICC in writing, by telephone, or by E-mail. The final authority of code interpretations is the responsibility of the Building Official.

109.2 -- Limitations on authority. The process for appeal shall be based on a claim that the true intent of this code or the rules legally adopted thereunder have been incorrectly interpreted, the provisions of this code do not fully apply, or an equally good or better form of construction is proposed.
(Ord. 1803-2004 §2(D), 2004).