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***Note: Many local criminal codes can now be located under Chapter 10.60 SMC while others are now cited under the Revised Code of Washington (RCW), which was incorporated into the municipal code in 2022. (See SMC 10.58.010). Code Enforcement, including Noise Control and Animal Regulations are located in Chapters 10.62 through 10.74.

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Title 10
Chapter 10.36
Section 10.36.230
 

Title 10 Regulation of Activities

Division II. License Code

Chapter 10.36 Gas Transmission and Distribution

Section 10.36.230 Cathodic Protection of Pipes
  1. A gas franchisee must give notice and detailed plans showing the location of each component to the director of engineering services whenever pipes in a gas transmission or distribution system are made the cathode of one or more fields of electrical current or force in the earth and are electrically connected by insulated metallic conductors to anodes located at a distance from the protected pipes.
  1. The franchisee must:
    1. cause each pipeline which is a cathode to be connected by electrical bonds to all other underground metallic pipelines or structures located in the same street, alley or easement;
    1. make such bond at each anode installed and in a location closer to that anode than any other anode;
    1. make such bonds by metallic electrical conductors of sufficient mechanical strength to withstand burial, completely coated with a heavy, moisture-resistant, dielectric coating, and securely clamped, brazed or welded to the interconnected pipes or structures.

Date Passed: Monday, June 4, 2007

Effective Date: Wednesday, July 11, 2007

ORD C34041 Section 1 (Recodification)