HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1515ORDINANCE -NO. 15�5
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON,
AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1307, AS AMENDED, ALSO
KNOWN AS THE CITY OF RENTON BUILDING CODE, RE-
LATING TO THE QUALITY OF MATERIAL USED IN BUILDING.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RENTON AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I: Existing Section 2609 (a) MIXINGrof Chapter 26 -CONCRETE
of the City of Renton Building Code (Ordinance No. 1307 as amended)
reading as follows:
"Sec. 2609. (a) Mixing. The concrete shall be mixed until there is
a uniform distribut of o the materials and the mass is uniform in
color and homogeneous. In machine mixing, only batch mixers shall be
used. Each batch shall be mixed not less than one .minute after all
the materials are in the mixer and must be discharged completely before
the mixer is recharged. Machine mixers shall have a peripheral speed
of approximately two hundred feet (2001) per minute.
Ready mixed concrete shall be mixed and delivered in accordance with
the requirements set forth in U.B.C. Standard No, 26-11.11
BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY AMENDED T 0 READ AS FOLLOWS;
AMENDED SECTION 2609. (a) Mixing. Concrete shall be thoroughly
mixed in an improved batch mixer so designed and maintained as to
positively insure uniform distribution of the materials throughout the
mass. The mixing plan shall have positive means of measuring accurately
each batch of water, cement and aggregates as elsewhere herein specified;
and all scales, water gauges or other measuring devices, shall be so
located that the entire proportioning and mixing operation may be readily
observed by one inspector. Mixing in a mixer with worn out or broken
blades shall not be permitted.
After the ingredients are in the mixer, each batch shall be rotated
for at least one minute before discharging. The entire batch shall be
discharged before recharging. The volume of the mixed material per batch
shall not exceed the manufacturerts rated capacity of the mixer. Machine
mixers shall have a peripheral speed of approximately two hundred feet
(2801) per minute.
Ready mixed concrete shall be mixed and delivered in accordance with
the requirements set forth in U.B.C. Standard No. 26-11.
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SECTION II. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith be and the same are hereby repealed.
SECTION III. This ordinance shall be in fall force and effect
from and after its passage, approval and legal publication.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 14th day of June, 1955.
'Fl oy W. ! , C / Clerk
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 14th day of June, 1955.
Uerara i°1. ` 6ne1-Lan
Assistant City Attorney
Date of publication: June 23, 1955•
oe R. Baxter,Mayr
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