[Amended 12-19-1983 by L.L. No. 8-1983; 3-2-1998 by L.L. No. 9-1998]
A. The plumbing and draining systems, water supply pipes,
gas piping, steam or hot-water heating or power systems, refrigerating
systems and other systems of pipes or apparatus for holding or conveying
gases, vapors or fluids currently maintained or hereinafter installed
in or upon any building in the Village shall conform to such rules
as may be provided for by law or may be found necessary for the protection
of life, health or property and adopted by the Superintendent of Buildings.
No person shall use or permit the use of any system, piping or apparatus
installed or maintained in violation of any of the provisions of this
chapter or the rules adopted hereunder.
[Amended 7-10-2006 by L.L. No. 3-2006]
B. Nothing herein contained or in the rules adopted hereunder
shall require the alteration or reconstruction of any existing work
that was lawfully installed nor prevent repairs or the addition of
new fixtures to existing work in conformity with the practice followed
in the original installation; provided, however, that if such repairs
involve the removal or alteration of more than 1/2 of the existing
work affected by the repairs, the rules in force at the time of such
repairs shall apply.
C. Adoption of the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention
and Building Code Plumbing Code.
(1) A certain document, three copies of which are on file in the office of the Village Clerk of the Incorporated Village of Lynbrook, Nassau County, New York, being marked and designated as the "New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code" (9 NYCRR Subtitle S Chapter
1) as amended from time to time, be and is hereby adopted as the Plumbing Code of the Incorporated Village of Lynbrook, Nassau County, New York, for the control of buildings and structures as herein provided; and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said Plumbing Code are hereby referred to, adopted and made a part hereof, as if fully set forth in this subsection, with the additions, insertions and changes, if any, prescribed in Subsection
C(3) of this section.
(2) Inconsistent local laws and ordinances repealed. That
all local laws and ordinances or parts of local laws and ordinances
in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
(3) Additions, insertions and changes. All additions,
insertions or changes to the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention
and Building Code Plumbing Code are on file in the Village Clerk's
office and are available for inspection during normal business hours.
(4) Saving clause. Nothing in this subsection or in the Plumbing Code hereby adopted shall be construed to affect any suit or proceeding pending in any court or any rights acquired or liability incurred or any cause or causes of action acquired or existing, under any act or local law hereby repealed as cited in Subsection
C(2) of this section, nor shall any just or legal right or remedy of any character be lost, impaired or affected by this subsection.
Every building hereafter erected and also every
existing building, other than residence buildings occupied exclusively
by one or two families and having not more than 15 sleeping rooms,
which may be supplied from some outside source with gas, vapor or
fluid, except potable waters, shall have a conveniently accessible
stopcock or other suitable device fixed to the supply pipes leading
into the building at a place outside of the building, so arranged
as to allow the supply to be shut off. Such stopcock or other device
shall be so marked as to indicate the contents and purposes of the
supply pipe to which it is attached or the company to which the device
belongs.
[Amended 7-10-2006 by L.L. No. 3-2006]
No person shall maintain or use or permit the
use of any system of plumbing and drainage installed in any building
unless same has been tested under the supervision of the Building
Department and in accordance with its rules to ensure the tightness
of the system nor until a proper and adequate water supply has been
provided. The Superintendent of Buildings shall, within a reasonable
time after being requested to do so, cause to be inspected and tested
any system of plumbing and drainage that is ready for such inspection
and test and, if the work is found satisfactory and the test requirements
are complied with, shall issue a certificate to that effect. Nothing
herein contained shall prevent the inspection and test of part of
a system or the issuance of a partial certificate nor prevent the
use of such part of a larger system, provided that such part constitutes
by itself a complete system properly tested and supplied with water.
[Amended 7-10-2006 by L.L. No. 3-2006]
No person shall maintain or use or permit the
use of any system or an extension of a system of gas piping in any
building unless same has been inspected and tested under the supervision
of the Building Department and in accordance with its rules to ensure
the tightness of the system. The Superintendent of Buildings shall,
within a reasonable time after being requested to do so, cause to
be inspected and tested any system of gas piping that is ready for
such inspection and test, and, if the work is found satisfactory and
the test requirements are complied with, he shall issue a certificate
to that effect.
[Added 3-2-1998 by L.L. No. 9-1998]
A. Appointment; purposes. The Board of Trustees shall
appoint an Examining Board of Plumbers of four members plus the Superintendent
of the Department of Buildings. Each member shall serve for four years
concluding on the first Monday in April of the last year of that member's
term. The appointments shall be made so that one member's term shall
expire at the end of each successive year. The Board shall have the
power to determine the qualifications and fitness of applicants for
licenses, to recommend to the Board of Trustees, for good cause shown,
the suspension or revocation of any license issued and to act with
respect to other matters requiring their determination provided for
in this chapter.
B. Compensation of members. The members of the Examining
Board of Plumbers shall be compensated in such amount as set by resolution
of the Board of Trustees.
C. Vacancies. The Board of Trustees shall have the power
to remove any member of the Examining Board of Plumbers and to fill
any vacancy therein.
D. Organization. The Examining Board of Plumbers shall
consist of four members plus the Superintendent of the Department
of Buildings, who shall act as Chairman. All members shall be master
plumbers who have been master plumbers for a period of not less than
five years. A majority of the Board shall elect a Secretary.
E. Quorum. Two members plus the Superintendent of the
Department of Buildings, who shall be entitled to vote, shall constitute
a quorum of the Board for the transaction of business.
F. Meetings. The Board shall meet on the call of the
Chairman or on the call of the Village Board.
G. Alternate
members. The Village Board shall appoint a first alternate member
and a second alternate member who shall be called to serve on the
Examining Board of Plumbers as a temporary replacement for any Board
member who may be unavailable to serve in such situations as recusal,
sickness, vacation, business engagements or the like. The Chairman
shall initially call the first alternate to serve and, upon the unavailability
of the first alternate to serve, shall call upon the second alternate
to serve.
[Added 7-16-2012 by L.L. No. 6-2012]
[Added 3-2-1998 by L.L. No. 9-1998]
The provisions of Chapter
81 hereof relating to inspections (§
81-16), enforcement (§
81-17) and remedies for offenses (§
81-18) are applicable in all respects to this chapter.