[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health
of the Borough of Palmyra 2-6-1968 (Ch. 49 of the 1971 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
A code regulating the installation, maintenance, repair and control of the plumbing of buildings and the connection thereof with outside sewers, cesspools or other receptacles and regulating the practice of plumbing and the issuance of licenses to practice plumbing is hereby established pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 275, P.L. of 1948 (N.J.S.A. 26:3-31.1). A copy of this code is annexed hereto and made a part hereof without the inclusion of the text thereof herein.
Said code established and adopted by this chapter
is described and commonly known as the "Plumbing Code of New Jersey
(1964)."
Three copies of said Plumbing Code of New Jersey
(1964), similarly marked, have been placed on file in the office of
the Clerk of this municipality upon the introduction of this chapter
and will remain on file in such office for the use and examination
of the public.
In connection with the provisions of this chapter
and the code hereby established and adopted as a part hereof, the
following fees shall be charged and received:
A.
For the examination of any applicant for license as
master plumber, $30.
B.
For the issuance and annual renewal of a license as
master plumber, $25.
C.
For the filing of plans for a proposed plumbing work,
$2.
D.
For the issuance of a permit for a proposed construction,
extension or rearrangement of an existing plumbing system in an existing
building, $5 for the first three fixtures plus an additional $0.50
per fixture for all fixtures in excess of three.
E.
For the issuance of a permit for a proposed plumbing
construction or installation of a new plumbing system, either in an
existing building or single dwelling or a building or single dwelling
about to be constructed, $10 for the first seven fixtures plus an
additional $0.50 per fixture for all fixtures in excess of seven.
F.
For the issuance of a permit for a proposed plumbing
construction or installation of a new plumbing system in a multiple-dwelling
unit (apartment house, hotel or motel), $10 for the first seven fixtures
for each dwelling unit plus an additional $0.50 per fixture for all
fixtures in excess of seven in each dwelling unit.
G.
For the issuance of a permit for the connection of
each building drain to a building sewer, as defined in the Plumbing
Code of New Jersey (1964), $5.
H.
For each reinspection of plumbing work caused by the
failure of the licensee to comply with the provisions of the code
or permit issued, $2.
Building sewers, as defined in the Plumbing
Code of New Jersey (1964), shall only be installed by a duly licensed
master plumber.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or
corporation to connect a building drain to a building sewer which
has been installed in violation of this chapter.
A.
The definition and interpretation of the word "plumbing"
in Subsection 1.1 of Section E-100 of the Plumbing Code of New Jersey
(1964) is hereby amended to read as follows: "The practice of installing,
maintaining, extending, repairing, altering and cleaning plumbing
systems. It is also the installed plumbing system piping, materials,
plumbing fixtures and appurtenances of such systems in connection
with the following: sanitary drainage or storm drainage facilities,
together with their venting systems and the public or private water-supply
systems within or adjacent to any building, structure or conveyance."
B.
The words "vitrified-clay sewer pipe" and the words
"bituminized-fiber sewer pipe" are hereby deleted from Subsection
9.1.3(a) of Section E-900 of the Plumbing Code of New Jersey (1964)
and declared inapplicable and inoperative in this municipality.
C.
Section 14:1-3 of the Plumbing Code of New Jersey
(1964) is hereby deleted therefrom and declared to be inapplicable
and inoperative to this municipality.
The provisions of this chapter and the code
established hereunder shall not be interpreted to require any existing
plumbing facilities or replacement thereof to comply with the provisions
of said code, except when the Plumbing Inspector shall, in his discretion,
determine that such existing facilities or replacements are hazardous
to the health of the occupants of the building in which such existing
facilities are installed or in which such replacements are proposed
to be installed; provided, however, that any new plumbing system constructed
to replace an existing system shall comply with the requirements of
said code. The term "existing plumbing facility" shall be interpreted
to mean any plumbing facility installed prior to the effective date
of this chapter. The provisions of this section shall not, however,
relieve any person from the requirement of connecting his house or
other building to the line of any sewer in the Borough of Palmyra
which is available to him.
Any person or persons, firm or corporation violating
any of the provisions of this chapter or of the Plumbing Code of New
Jersey (1964) made a part hereof shall, upon conviction thereof, pay
a penalty of not less than $2 nor more than $100 for each offense.
All fees, penalties and moneys collected under
any provision of this chapter or the code established herein shall
be paid to the Treasurer of the municipality.
All ordinances and parts of ordinances inconsistent
with any of the provisions of this chapter and the code established
hereunder are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
The ordinance titled "An Ordinance of the Board of Health of the Borough
of Palmyra, Requiring Any Owner of Property Along the Line of Any
Sewer to Connect His House or Other Building Therewith, and Providing
for a Fine to be Imposed upon Any Person Who Shall Not Comply with
an Order Requiring Him to Do So" is, however, expressly saved from
repeal, and all of its provisions shall continue in full force and
effect notwithstanding the provisions of this section.
In the event that any section, sentence or clause
of this chapter or the code shall be declared unconstitutional by
a court of competent jurisdiction, such declaration shall not in any
manner prejudice the enforcement of the remaining provisions.
