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ORDINANCE NO. 3537
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AMENDING
CHAPTER 15.28 OF THE CHULA VISTA MUNICIPAL CODE,
PLUMBING CODE, ADOPTING THE CALIFORNIA
PLUMBING CODE, 2022 EDITION, AND LOCAL
AMENDMENTS THERETO
WHEREAS, the California Building Standards Commission requires jurisdictions within the
State to begin enforcing the 2022 Editions of the California building codes on January 1, 2023; and
WHEREAS, local jurisdictions are permitted to adopt local amendments to the State
building codes before they take effect; and
WHEREAS, local amendments cannot be less restrictive than the State building codes and
must be based on findings that the amendments are necessary because of local climatic,geological,
or topographical conditions; and
WHEREAS,the proposed ordinance adopts the 2022 California Plumbing Code and proposes
the re-adoption of section 15.28.020,Residential Graywater Stub-out,with a minor change to exclude
Accessory Dwelling Units from the requirement.
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista does ordain as follows:
Section I. Amended Chapter 15.28
That chapter 15.28 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code is hereby amended to read
as follows:
Chapter 15.28
PLUMBING CODE
Sections:
15.28.010 California Plumbing Code, 2022 Edition, adopted by reference.
15.28.015 Repealed.
15.28.020 Residential Graywater Stub-out.
15.28.010 California Plumbing Code, 2022 Edition, adopted by reference.
There is hereby adopted by reference the California Plumbing Code, 2022 Edition, known as
the California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Part 5, including Appendices A, B, D, H, I, and J, as
adopted by state agencies, and excluding Chapter 1, Division II of that document as copyrighted
by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials and the California Building
Standards Commission. Said document is hereby adopted as the plumbing code of the City of
Chula Vista for regulating the complete installation,maintenance,and repair of plumbing,drainage
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systems, water systems, gas systems, and private sewage disposal systems on all properties and
within all buildings and structures in the City. Chapter 15.06 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code
shall serve as the administrative, organizational, and enforcement rules and regulations for this
chapter.
15.28.020 Residential Graywater stub-out.
All new detached single-family dwellings and duplexes, excluding Accessory Dwelling Units,
shall include a single-source clothes washer graywater outlet and an outside stub-out to allow the
later installation of a clothes washer graywater irrigation system that complies with the
requirements of Section 1503.1.1 of the 2022 California Plumbing Code. The outlet and stub-out
shall be installed in accordance with the Chula Vista Clothes Washer Graywater Pre-Plumbing and
Stub-Out for New Residential Construction or an equivalent alternate method and/or material
approved by the Building Official.
The provisions of this section may be modified or waived when it can be satisfactorily
demonstrated to the Building Official that compliance with these regulations is impractical due to
construction or physical constraints or due to site and/or soil conditions.
Section II. Findings and Declaration
The City Council specifically and expressly finds and declares that section 15.28.020 is necessary
due to local climatic conditions. As a result of prolonged droughts exacerbated by climate change,
it is anticipated that water supplies from imported sources are reduced, and furthermore, as a result
of population and economic growth,demand for water is expected to increase.These impacts could
limit imported water availability, lead to higher demand for local water sources and increase utility
costs. Requiring single-source Graywater stub-out in new residential development facilitates the
use of graywater for irrigation which in turn helps address these water-related climate change
impacts.
Section III. Severability
Tf any portion of this Ordinance, or its application to any person or circumstance, is for any
reason held to be invalid, unenforceable, or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction,
that portion shall be deemed severable,and such invalidity,unenforceability,or unconstitutionality
shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining portions of the Ordinance or its
application to any other person or circumstance. The City Council of the City of Chula Vista
hereby declares that it would have adopted each section, sentence, clause, or phrase of this
Ordinance, irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections, sentences, clauses, or
phrases of the Ordinance be declared invalid, unenforceable, or unconstitutional.
Section IV. Construction
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista intends this Ordinance to supplement, not to
duplicate or contradict, applicable state and federal law, and this Ordinance shall be construed in
light of that intent.
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Section V. Effective Date
This ordinance will take effect and be in force thirty days after final passage but not before
January 1, 2023.
Section VI. Publication
The City Clerk shall certify the passage and adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the same
to be published or posted according to law.
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Presented by Approved as to form by
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Director of Development Services City Attorney
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 6th day of December 2022, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Cardenas, Galvez, McCann, and Casillas Salas
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
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Mary Cas]llas Salas, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
1, Kerry K. Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Ordinance No. 3537 had its first reading at a regular meeting held on the 8th day of November
2022, and its second reading and adoption at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the
6th day of December 2022; and was duly published in summary form in accordance with the
requirements of state law and the City Charter.
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Dated Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk