[Ord. No. 2298 §8, 9-27-2001; Ord. No. 2546 §8, 10-25-2008]
A certain document, three (3) copies of which are on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Shrewsbury, being marked and designated "The 2003 Edition of the Uniform Plumbing Code" as published by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials, and as adopted and amended by St. Louis County on September 1, 2005, be and is hereby adopted as the Plumbing Code of the City of Shrewsbury in the State of Missouri for the control of buildings and structures as herein provided; and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said Uniform Plumbing Code are hereby referred to, adopted and made a part hereof, as if fully set out in this Chapter, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in Section 510.020 of this Chapter.
[Ord. No. 2546 §9, 10-25-2008]
A.
The following
Sections are hereby revised as follows:
1.
The Municipal Code of the City of Shrewsbury Section 510.030(A)(2) is hereby amended to read as follows:
(2) License. Any individual desiring to install
plumbing and other related installations as a contractor shall be
licensed as a Master Plumber.
2.
The Municipal Code of the City of Shrewsbury Section 510.030(A)(6) is hereby deleted.
[CC 1976 §510.050; Ord. No. 827 §16, 10-22-1963; Ord. No. 930 §1, 5-9-1967; Ord. No. 2383 §1, 12-11-2003]
A.
Qualifications.
1.
License required. It shall be unlawful for any person to
work as a plumber or drainlayer unless such person has a valid license.
2.
License. Any individual desiring to install plumbing as
a contractor shall be licensed as a Master Plumber.
3.
Firms or corporations. Any firm or corporation engaged
in the business of installing plumbing or drainlaying shall employ
a licensed Master Plumber or licensed Master Drainlayer as a responsible
official.
4.
Use of licensee's name by another. No person having obtained
a plumber's or drainlayer's license shall allow his/her name to be
used by another person either for the purpose of obtaining permits,
or for doing business or work under the license.
5.
License fees. Upon satisfactory proof of the qualifications
and fitness of the applicant for a plumbing license, there shall be
issued to such applicant a plumber's license entitling him/her to
engage in the business of plumbing and drainlaying in the City of
Shrewsbury for a period of one (1) year upon payment of a license
fee of twenty five dollars ($25.00). Said license may be renewed annually
thereafter under the same terms and conditions as above stated; provided
however, such renewal of the license is effected prior to the license
expiration date, a fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) shall be paid.
6.
Plumber's deposit required. In addition to the plumber's
license fee, the sum of fifty dollars ($50.00) shall be deposited
with the City Clerk. Said money shall be held for the use and be subject
to the order of the City Clerk, by whom it shall be used to pay any
amount of inspection fee hereinafter prescribed, which at any time
may become due in any way and be unpaid by such depositor. The City
Clerk, upon written request, is empowered to return said deposit to
the depositor, provided that a minimum period of ninety (90) days
has elapsed following completion of the last plumbing or drainlaying
work, and that said work has been approved and released by the plumbing
inspector. Upon the return of the said deposit, the plumber's license
is automatically canceled and the license fee forfeited.
B.
Permit To Perform Plumbing Work.
1.
Permit required. Before any plumbing or drainlaying work
requiring authorization according to the provisions of this Chapter
shall be started, a permit shall be obtained from the Plumbing Inspector,
and the sum of fifteen dollars ($15.00) shall be paid for each plumbing
permit, along with twenty dollars ($20.00) for each inspection and
five dollars ($5.00) for each fixture. All the work authorized by
the issuance of the permit and the payment of the fee shall be done
by the plumber or drainlayer in whose name the permit was issued.
The City of Shrewsbury retains all plumbing permit fees paid to it.
This permit shall be obtained by the Master Plumber or Master Drainlayer
who or whose firm has been employed to do the plumbing or drainlaying
work.
2.
Submission of plans. No permit shall be issued until plans
showing in detail the proposed work, have been submitted to the Plumbing
Inspector and these plans checked to assure that the work will conform
to the provisions of this Chapter.
3.
Compliance of plans. If the plans indicate that any provision
of this Chapter is not being complied with, they shall be rejected
and no permit issued until they have been revised to comply with this
Chapter.
4.
Changes in plans. If, in the course of the work, it is
found necessary to make any change from the approved plans, then amended
plans shall be submitted and a supplementary permit shall be issued
to cover the change.
5.
Additions, alterations and changes to the plumbing or sewer system. Permits shall be required for additions, alterations and changes
to a plumbing or sewer system except as otherwise provided in this
Chapter.
C.
Inspections Required. The Plumbing Inspector shall make
the inspections and tests required by the Plumbing Code and for this
purpose may employ registered, professional engineers, licensed plumbers
or drainlayers who are qualified by their knowledge, training and
experience to make such inspections and tests.
D.
Penalties For Violation. Any person, plumber or drainlayer,
or any firm, corporation, association, or other person, who shall
violate any of the provisions of this Chapter shall, upon conviction,
be subject to a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) and not
more than three hundred dollars ($300.00) for each offense. Each day
which the Chapter is violated shall constitute a separate offense.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this Chapter or
the Code adopted in this Chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in an amount not exceeding
five hundred dollars ($500.00) or be imprisoned in the City or County
Jail for a period of not exceeding ninety (90) days, or both such
fine and imprisonment. Each day such violation is committed or permitted
to continue shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable
as such hereunder.
