1958 ORDINANCE NO. 1958
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA,
ENDING CHAPTER 19, PLUMBING, SANFORD CITY
CODE TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF LEAD PIPES,
SOLDER AND FLUX AND AMENDING CHAPTER 28,
WATER, SEWER AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL, SANFORD
CITY CODE, TO REQUIRE THE CITY OF SANFORD,
FLORIDA, TO PROVIDE NOTICE TO PERSONS WHO MAY
BE AFFECTED BY CONTAMINATION OF CITY DRINKING
WATER, PROVIDING FOR SEVERBALITY, CONFLICTS
AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Sanford, Florida, intends to adopt
the 1986 Amendments to the Federal Safe Drinking Water Act,
Section 1417; and
WHEREAS, said Amendments prohibit the use of lead
pipes, solder and flux; and
WHEREAS, said Amendments requires all water utilities
to provide notice to the public about possible contamination of
tapwater; and
WHEREAS, the City of Sanford, Florida, intends to
comply with the Florida Safe Drinking Water Act, Section 403.850
of the Florida Statutes.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY
OF SANFORD, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1: Chapter 19, Plumbing, Article I, Section
19-3. Amendments to Code, of the Sanford City Code, shall be
amended as follows:
Section 6021, entitled "Caulked Joints", Section 602.3,
entitled "Wiped Joints", Section 602.4, entitled "Soldered
Joints" and Section 602.10, entitled "Burned Lead Joints" of
Chapter 6 of the Standard plumbing Code and Section 1201.1,
entitled "Portable Water", Section 1205.1, entitled "Materials
Underground", Section 1208.1, entitled "Selection of Materials"
and Section 1210.1, entitled "Materials" of Chapter 12 of the
Standard plumbing code are hereby amended to include the
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following:
Any pipe, solder, or flux, which is used after June
1988, in the installation or repair of any public water system or
any plumbing in a residential or nonresidential facility
providing water for human consumption which is connected to a
public water system, shall be lead free as described in this
section.
For purposes of this section, the term "lead free" when
used with respect to solders and flux refers to solders and flux
containing not more than 0.2 percent lead, and when used with
respect to pipes and pipe fittings refers to pipe and pipe
fittings containing not more than 8.0 percent lead.
SECTION 2: Chapter 28, Water, Sewers and Sewage
Disposal. Article II, Section 28-35 is hereby added as follows:
Section 28-35. Public Notice Requirements
(a) The City's public water system shall identify
and provide notice to persons that may be affected by lead
contamination of their drinking water where such contamination
results from either or both of the following:
(1) The lead content in the construction
materials of the public water distribution system.
(2) Corrosivity of the water supply
sufficient to cause leaching of the lead.
The notice shall be provided in such manner and form as
may be reasonably required by the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency. Notice under this paragraph
shall be provided notwithstanding the absence of a violation of
any national drinking water standard.
(b) Notice under this paragraph shall provide a
clear and readily understandable explanation of--
(1) the potential sources of lead in the
drinking water,
(2) potential adverse health effects,
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(3) reasonable available methods of miti-
gating kno~ or potential lead content in drinking water,
(4) any steps the system is taking to
mitigate lead content in drinking water, and
(5) the necessity for seeking alternative
water supplies, if any.
(c) Other Notices shall be provided by the City
in such manner and form as may be reasonably required by Federal
or State environmental agencies.
SECTION 3: If any section or portion of a section of
this ordinance proves to be invalid, unlawful or unconstitu-
tional, it shall not be held to impair the validity, force or
effect of any other section or part of this ordinance.
SECTION 4: That all ordinances or parts of ordinances
in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby revoked.
SECTION 5: That this ordinance shall become effective
i~ediately upon its passage and adoption.
PASSED AND mOPTED this llth day of July ,
A.D. 1988.
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ATTEST:
City of Sanford, Florida.
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