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Home My WebLink AboutCOM 0085.005 2006-2008 ~tV o/ Mu , Phone: (808) 326-5421 BRENDA FORD, Fax: (808) 329- 4786 E-Mail: bford~co.hawaii.hi.us Council Member, District 7 Ary•~.w~:t HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL County of Hawai 'i Kai[ua Trade Cen(er 75-5706 Hnnama Place, Sure /09 Kai[ua-Kana, Hawaii 96740 DATE: May 16, 2007 TO: Pete Hoffmann, Chair, and Council Members of the Hawaii County Council 25 Aupuni Street Hilo, Hawaii 96720 FROM: Brenda Ford, Council Member District 7 ,~~sc-~~-1hC_-- RF.: Proposed Floor Amendment to Bill 23 relating to the Plumbing Code. Please accept the following as a floor amendment to amend Bill 23, Drafr 2, relating to the Plumbing Code. In the Public Works committee meeting of May 1, 2007, the following amendment to section 17-47, paragraph 26, of the bill, relating to section S l 0.5 of the Uniform Plumbing Code was approved: (see pg. 18 of draft 2 of the bilk "Amending Section 510.5. Section 510.5 is amended by changing the first sentence to read: Due to seismic activity in Hawaii County, all new water heaters shall be anchored or strapped to the floor and anchored or strapped on the top one-third (1/3) of the heater to a well anchored, structural wall, to resist horizontal displacement due to earthquake motion." Afrer a discussion with Bruce McClure, I would like to further amend this provision in the bill. This new change would amend the first sentence of section 510.5, recite the two existing sentences in section 510.5 that follow this first sentence, and add a new sentence at the end of the section. As amended, section 17-47, paragraph 26, of the bill, relating to section 510.5 of the Uniform Plumbing Code, would read in its entirety: Comm. rto. t35.5 Ref. To: '~l~'~~ 1 Hawaii County /s An Equal Opportunity Provider And Employer Ref. Da4e 5"-I (o ~O~ May 16, 2007 Page Two "Amending Section 510.5. Section 510.5 is amended to read: Due to seismic activity in Hawaii County, water heaters shall be anchored or strapped «w,. .,„a „„,.ti,._va ..«_,...„,.a ~~al},} to resist horizontal displacement due to earthquake motion. Strapping shall be at points within the upper one-third (1/3) and lower one-third (1/3) of its vertical dimensions. At the lower point, a minimum distance of four (4) inches (102 mm) shall be maintained above the controls with the strapping. All strapping shall attach to a well-anchored structural wall." Thank you.