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1 ORDIN_ANCE P10. 49 ` / j 2 3 AN ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 531-78 , the Everett Building Code, deleting Sections 2320 4 and 2321 from page 23 of Ordinance No. 531-78 and adding a portion of Section 2322 and all of 5 Section 2323 to page 23 of Ordinance No. 531-78 . 6 WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 531-78 was adopted without Sections 7 2322 and 2323; and 8 WHEREAS, Sections 2322 and 2323 were intended to be included 9 in Ordinance No. 531-78 but were not included in Ordinance No. 10 531-78 as a result of duplicate pages submitted to Council for 11 adoption; and 12 WHEREAS , the City Council desires these deleted sections to 13 be included in Ordinance No. 531-78; 14 NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN: 15 Section 1 : Page 23 of Ordinance No. 531-78 which reads as follows : 16 17 Section 2320 - Existing Venting Systems 18 (a) An existing venting system shall not be connected to a replaced water heater unless the venting system com- 19 plies with all the following requirements : 20 1 . The venting system shall have been lawfully in- stalled in compliance with the Code in effect at 21 the time of its installation and shall be in a safe condition. 22 2 . The internal area of the venting system shall coml. 23 with Section 2318 . 24 3. The venting system shall be connected to the water heater in a safe manner. 25 Section 2321 - Draft Hoods 26 Every water heater draft hood shall be located in the same room 27 or space as the combustion air opening of the water heater. 28 Every draft hood shall be installed in the position for which it was designed and shall be located so that the draft hood relief 29 opening is not less than six inches (6" ) from any surface other than the water heater is serves, measured in a direction 90 30 de- grees to the plane of the relief opening. When a greater clear- ance is indicated by the water heater approval, as shown on the 31 water heater label, this greater clearance shall be provided. 32