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Amending Title 4 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "The Philadelphia Building Construction and Occupancy Code," by adopting the 2021 edition of the "International Plumbing Code" as published by the International Code Council, including introduction of new amendments and maintenance of previously adopted amendments to the 2018 International Plumbing Code, as adopted under the Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code Act, all under certain terms and conditions.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1: Subcode "P" of Title 4 of the Philadelphia Code, entitled "The Philadelphia Plumbing Code," is hereby repealed in its entirety and replaced with a new Subcode "P" to read as follows:
SUBCODE "P" (THE PHILADELPHIA PLUMBING CODE)
Article P-1.0 Pursuant to the Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code Act, adoption of the "2021 International Plumbing Code" with local amendments which legally existed prior to the Act and newly proposed amendments.
? P-1.1 The "2021 International Plumbing Code" as published by the International Code Council is hereby adopted as the Philadelphia Plumbing Code, with amendments as set forth in ? P-1.2.
? P-1.2 The "2021 International Plumbing Code", copies of which are on file with the Department of Licenses and Inspections, is incorporated as if fully set forth herein, subject to the following local amendments.
? P-1.2.1 Italics indicates materials added. Strikethrough indicates materials deleted. Deletions of large blocks of material are noted in [brackets].
? P-1.2.2 The numbers of all local amendments shall be preceded with the prefix "P-".
? P-1.2.3 Throughout the code, references to "International" codes or "ICC" codes shall be deemed to refer to the "Philadelphia" codes of the same name.
? P-1.2.4 The Department of Licenses and Inspections is authorized to publish a "Philadelphia Plumbing Code" (subject to applicable copyright laws) fully incorporating these amendments ...
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