[Adopted 7-7-1958 by Ord. No. 239]
It shall be unlawful for any plumbing contractor
to carry on or work at the business of plumbing or house or building
drainage in Borough of Dover until a license to engage in or work
at said business shall have been granted said persons by the Plumbing
Inspector or Borough Engineer of Dover; nor until they have registered
as such in the office of the Borough Secretary as hereinafter provided.
[Amended 4-5-1999 by Ord.
No. 1999-1]
Any plumbing contractor who shall fail to comply
with any of the provisions of this chapter regarding the procuring
of a license to engage in or work at the business of plumbing, house
and building drainage shall be liable, upon conviction, for each and
every day he or they shall engage in or work at said business without
first having obtained said license, to a fine of not more than $600,
plus costs of prosecution, and in default of payment thereof to imprisonment
for not more than 30 days.
[Adopted 12-7-1992 by Ord. No. 1992-8]
[Amended 4-5-1999 by Ord.
No. 1999-1]
A certain document, three copies of which are
on file in the office of the Secretary of the Borough of Dover, York
County, Pennsylvania, being marked and designated as the "BOCA National
Plumbing Code, Ninth Edition, 1993," as published by the Building
Officials and Code Administrators International, Inc., is hereby adopted
as the Plumbing Code of the Borough of Dover in the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania for the control of buildings and structures as herein
provided. Each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties,
conditions and terms of said BOCA National Plumbing Code are hereby
referred to, adopted and made a part hereof as if fully set out in
this article, with the additions, insertions and changes, if any,
prescribed below.
[Amended 4-5-1999 by Ord.
No. 1999-1]
The following sections of the BOCA National
Plumbing Code, Ninth Edition, 1993, are hereby revised as follows:
A. Section P-101.1 (page 1, second line): insert "Dover
Borough."
B. Section P-113.2 (page 4, third line): insert "As adopted
by resolution of Dover Borough Council."
C. Section P-116.4 (page 5, seventh, eighth and ninth
lines): insert offense: "summary offense"; dollar amount: "$600";
time: "30 days."
D. Section P-117.2 (page 5, fifth and sixth lines): insert
"not less than $100 nor more than $600."
E. Section P-304.3 (page 13, third line): insert "150
feet."
F. Section P-309.4 (page 14, second and third lines):
insert "3 feet 6 inches."
G. Section P-309.5 (page 14, second and fourth lines):
insert "10 inches" and "48 inches."
H. Chapter 4, Sections P-403.4 and P-403.5 of the BOCA
National Plumbing Code, Ninth Edition, 1993, are hereby amended to
remove and delete all references in those two sections to any type
of metal pipe, whether it be brass, cast iron or copper. It is the
intent of this amendment to prohibit the use of brass, cast iron,
copper or copper alloy pipe in the water service pipe and the water
distribution pipes of the borough. It is the intent of this article
to allow only plastic pipe to be used as water service pipe or water
distribution pipe.