[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of
the Village of Greendale by Ord. No. 707 (Ch. 20 of the Code of Ordinances).
Amendments noted where applicable.]
(1)
The purpose of this chapter is to provide a minimum
set of standards in order to provide practical safeguarding of persons
and property from health hazards arising from the installation and
use of plumbing and potable water.
(2)
The scope of this chapter shall include plumbing installations
from the point of the public water and/or sewer utility to the point
of termination on private property.
In this chapter, "plumbing" means and includes:
(1)
All piping, fixtures, appliances, equipment, devices
and appurtenances in connection with the water supply, water distribution
and drainage systems, including hot water storage tanks, water softeners
and water heaters connected with such water and drainage systems,
and also includes the installation thereof.
(2)
The construction, connection or installation of any
drain or waste piping system from the outside or proposed outside
foundation walls of any building to the mains or other sewerage system
terminal within bounds of or beneath an area subject to easement for
highway purposes, including private sewage systems, and the alteration
of any such systems, drains or waste piping.
(3)
The water service piping from the outside or proposed
outside foundation walls of any building to the main or other water
utility service terminal within bounds of or beneath an area subject
to easement for highway purposes and its connections.
(4)
The water pressure system other than municipal systems
as provided in Ch. 281, Wis. Stats.
(5)
A plumbing and drainage system so designed and vent
piping so installed as to keep the air within the system in free circulation
and movement; to prevent with a margin of safety unequal air pressures
of such force as might blow, siphon or affect trap seals, or retard
the discharge from plumbing fixtures, or permit sewer air to escape
into the building; to prohibit cross-connection, contamination or
pollution of the potable water supply and distribution systems; and
to provide an adequate supply of water to properly serve, cleanse
and operate all fixtures, equipment, appurtenances and appliances
served by the plumbing system.
(1)
The provisions and regulations of Ch. 145, Wis. Stats.,
and Chs. Comm 25 and 82 to 87, Wis. Adm. Code, and future amendments
thereto, are made a part of this chapter by reference and shall extend
over and govern the installation of all plumbing installed, altered,
or repaired in the Village, except as otherwise provided herein.
[Amended 1-6-1998 by Ord. No. 751]
(2)
To be on file. A copy of the State Plumbing Code shall
be on file in the office of the Plumbing Inspector.
(1)
Appointment, term and compensation. The Village Manager
shall appoint a Plumbing Inspector, along with such other plumbing
inspectors as he deems necessary, who shall be a licensed plumber,
practical plumber, skilled sanitarian or competent person familiar
with plumbing and whose compensation shall be as fixed by the Village
Board from time to time.
(2)
Duties and authority. The Plumbing Inspector shall
enforce all provisions of this chapter and all other state and Village
provisions relating to the construction, installation, alteration
and repair of all plumbing within the Village and shall make such
inspections, witness all required tests and issue such orders as may
be necessary for such enforcement.
(1)
Notice of inspection. Upon the completion of the plumbing
on any building or before any plumbing is to be hidden from view,
it shall be the duty of the person, firm or corporation doing the
same to notify the Plumbing Inspector, and he shall inspect the installation.
If the inspection is not made by the end of the normal business day
following the day of notification, not including Saturday, Sunday
or legal holidays, the plumber may proceed with the testing and the
installation.
(2)
Preparations for inspection. When the installation
is ready for inspection, the plumber shall make such arrangements
as will enable the Plumbing Inspector to inspect all parts of the
plumbing system. The plumber shall have present the proper apparatus
and appliances for making the tests and shall furnish such assistance
as may be necessary in making the inspection. All plumbing work shall
be tested in accordance with the provisions set forth in Ch. Comm
82, Wis. Adm. Code.
[Amended 1-6-1998 by Ord. No. 751]
(3)
Stop-work orders.
(a)
The Plumbing Inspector may order work stopped on the
construction, installation, alteration or repair of plumbing when
such work is being done in violation of this chapter. Work so stopped
shall not be resumed except upon the verbal or written permission
of the Plumbing Inspector, provided that if the stop-work order is
given verbally, it shall be followed by a written order within a reasonable
period of time.
(b)
No person shall use or permit to be used any plumbing
until it has been inspected and approved by the Plumbing Inspector.
(1)
In the discharge of his/her duties, the Plumbing Inspector or his authorized agent may enter any building, upon presentation of the proper credentials, during reasonable hours for the purpose of inspection and may require the production of any permit or license required hereunder. No person shall interfere with the Inspector or his authorized agent while in the performance of his duties, and any person so interfering shall be in violation of this chapter and subject to a penalty as provided by § 20.14.
(2)
If consent to entry to personal or real properties
which are not public buildings, or to portions of public buildings
which are not open to the public, for inspection purposes has been
denied, the Plumbing Inspector shall obtain a special inspection warrant
under § 66.0119, Wis. Stats.
(1)
Required. No work contemplated by this chapter shall
be started until a permit therefor has been obtained from the Plumbing
Inspector or his authorized agent, provided that no permit shall be
required for minor repairs to faucets or the removal of stoppages
in soil and waste pipes.
(2)
Application. The application shall be in writing upon
forms which the Plumbing Inspector shall provide and shall include
the name of the owner and the description of the property on which
the work is to be done, along with such pertinent information as the
Plumbing Inspector may require, and shall state that the property
owner and the applicant will be bound by and subject to the provisions
of this chapter.
(3)
Issuance, term, suspension and revocation. When the
Plumbing Inspector is satisfied that the work proposed by the applicant
can be done in conformity with the provisions of this chapter, and
after the appropriate fees have been paid, the Plumbing Inspector
or his authorized agent shall issue the permit. Such permit shall
be good for the continuous performance of the work named thereon.
A permit shall automatically expire when work ceases for a period
of 60 days without good and reasonable cause for the same and shall
automatically expire on completion of the work for which it was issued,
provided that the Plumbing Inspector may, upon notice, suspend or
revoke such permit for violation of the provisions of this chapter.
(4)
Restrictions on issuance. No plumbing permit shall
be issued to any person against whom an order issued by the Plumbing
Inspector is pending, provided that this restriction may be waived
by the Plumbing Inspector.
(5)
Appeals for failure to issue, suspension and revocation. Any person directly interested who is aggrieved by the decision of the Plumbing Inspector to refuse to issue a permit or to suspend or revoke such permit or to order work stopped under § 20.05(3) may obtain review of such determination under § 1.44 of this Code.
(6)
Fees.
[Amended 12-3-2002 by Ord. No. 795; 12-2-2003 by Ord. No. 802]
(a)
Fee schedule.[1]
1.
A fee as set by the Village Board in the fee schedule
on file at the office of the Village Clerk-Treasurer shall be paid
to the Clerk-Treasurer before the plumbing permit is issued.
2.
When a property is benefited by connecting private
service laterals to a sanitary sewer or water main, either previously
existing or newly constructed, and where no assessments for the sanitary
sewer and water main improvements have been previously levied against
the property, the Village Board shall cause a connection fee to be
charged to the benefited property in lieu of the special assessment
normally charged to abutting owners. A connection fee shall be based
on the current costs of construction for such improvement.
3.
Inspection fees shall apply to water, sewer and waste
connections for all types of acid and developing tanks, air conditioners,
backflow prevention devices, bar and soda fountain fixtures, bathtubs,
bottle washing machines, bottle washing tanks, drinking fountains,
chillers, clothes washing machine hookups, coffee makers, cooling
towers, cuspidors, dipper wells, dishwashers, drinking fountains,
egg boilers, food waste disposers, gang shower heads, glass fillers,
hose thread faucets, all laboratory and clinic fixtures, hot water
storage tanks, hydrants, ice makers, laundry trays, novelty boxes,
potato peelers, pressure-reducing valves, shampoo basins, shower stalls,
sinks, steam kettles, steam tables, trap primers, turf sprinkling
systems, unfired pressure vessels, urinals, vacuum pumps, wall hydrants,
wash basins, wash fountains, water closets, water filters, water heaters,
water softeners, and any other appliance connected with the water
supply or drainage systems. This shall apply to sewer and waste connections
for all types of area drains, backwater valves, catch basins or similar
receptacles, conductors, deck drains, drain tile receivers, ejectors
for sumps, floor drains, funnel connections, grease and oil interceptors,
ice boxes, ice chests, manholes, pumps, refrigerators, roof drains,
site drains, and final waste connections made to the sanitary or storm
building sewer drain or branches leading into the same. Such fees
shall also apply to any changes or alterations in any plumbing or
drainage system where inspections are required.
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption
of Code (see Code Adoption Ordinance).
(b)
Failure to obtain permit before work commences. (Penalty
fees do not apply to emergency cases.) Double fees shall be charged
for the first offense and triple fees for subsequent offenses.
(c)
Permit fees. All permit fees shall be paid to the Village Clerk-Treasurer, and no permit shall be issued or valid unless approved by an authorized agent of the Department of Inspection Services and the fee paid to the Village in the amount required for such permit. The fees for permits provided by this chapter shall become the property of the Village. If a plumbing permit is issued and not used, only that portion of the permit fee in excess of $30 will be refunded. No permit fees shall be refunded for permits which have expired under the provisions of Subsection (3).
(d)
Amending fees. The Village Board may amend the above
plumbing permit fees from time to time though the passage of a resolution.
All plumbing work shall be done only by a plumber
licensed by the state for such work, provided that a property owner
may perform minor repairs or installations in a single-family building
owned and occupied by him as his home if a permit therefor is issued
and the work is done in compliance with this chapter.
There shall be kept by the Plumbing Inspector
a complete record of all applications and permits, all inspections
made and other official work performed under this chapter so arranged
as to promptly afford information concerning plumbing installations.
All sump pumps installed for the purpose of
discharging clear waters from foundation drains and ground infiltration
shall have the sump pump discharge in such a manner so as not to adversely
affect adjacent property or to create any nuisance.
(1)
Purpose. The purpose of this section is to protect
public health, safety and welfare and to prevent contamination of
groundwater by assuring that unused, unsafe or noncomplying wells
or wells which may act as conduits for contamination of groundwater
or wells which may be illegally cross-connected to the municipal water
system are properly maintained or abandoned.
(2)
Applicability. This section applies to all wells located
on premises served by the municipal water system.
(3)
MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM
NONCOMPLYING
PUMP INSTALLATION
UNSAFE
UNUSED
WELL
WELL ABANDONMENT
Definitions. As used in this section, certain words
and phrases shall be defined as follows:
The community water system owned by the Village and operated
by the Water Utility.
A well or pump installation which does not comply with § NR
812.42, Wis. Adm. Code, Standards for existing installations, and
which has not been granted a variance pursuant to § NR 812.43,
Wis. Adm. Code.
The pump and related equipment used for withdrawing water
from a well, including the discharge piping, the underground connections,
pitless adapters, pressure tanks, pits, sampling faucets and well
seals or caps.
A well or pump installation which produces water which is
bacteriologically contaminated or exceeds the drinking water standards
of § NR 812.06, Wis. Adm. Code, or for which a health advisory
has been issued by the Department of Natural Resources.
A well or pump installation which is not used or does not
have a functional pumping system.
An excavation or opening into the ground made by digging,
boring, drilling, driving, or other methods for the purpose of obtaining
groundwater for consumption or other use.
The proper filling and sealing of a well according to the
provisions of § NR 812.26, Wis. Adm. Code.
(4)
Abandonment required.
(a)
All wells on premises served by the municipal water system shall be properly abandoned in accordance with Subsection (6) of this section no later than 90 days from the date of connection to the municipal water system unless a valid well operation permit has been issued to the well owner by the Plumbing Inspector in accordance with Subsection (5).
(5)
Well operation permit.
(a)
A renewable permit may be granted to a private well
owner, automatically transferred to a subsequent owner if sale occurs
during a five-year period, to operate a well for a period not to exceed
five years if the following requirements are met:
1.
The owner shall be responsible for having a licensed
well contractor verify that the well and pump meet the standards for
existing installations described in § NR 812.42, Wis. Adm.
Code.
2.
The well and pump shall have a history of producing
safe water evidenced by at least two coliform bacteria samples taken
a minimum of two weeks apart. In areas where the Department of Natural
Resources has determined that groundwater aquifers are contaminated
with substances other than bacteria, additional chemical tests may
be required to evidence safety of the water. The owner shall be responsible
for providing the safe water sample test data to the Plumbing Inspector.
3.
There shall be no cross-connections between the well's
pump installation or distribution piping and the municipal water system.
4.
The well water shall not discharge into a drain leading
directly to a public sewer utility unless properly metered and authorized
by the sewer utility.
5.
The well shall have a functional pumping system, and
the proposed use of the well water shall be justified as reasonable
in addition to water provided by the municipal water system.
(6)
Abandonment procedures.
(a)
All wells abandoned under the jurisdiction of this
chapter shall be done according to the procedures and methods of § NR
812.26, Wis. Adm. Code. All debris, pumps, piping, unsealed liners
and any other obstructions which may interfere with sealing operations
shall be removed prior to abandonment.
(b)
The owner of the well, or the owner's agent, shall
be required to obtain a well abandonment permit prior to any well
abandonment and notify the Plumbing Inspector in advance of any well
abandonment activities. The well abandonment procedure shall be observed
by the Plumbing Inspector or his authorized agent. The Plumbing Inspector
may, at his discretion, accept written verification from a certified
contractor that the well has been abandoned in accordance with the
proper procedures outlined in § NR 812.26.
(c)
An abandonment report form supplied by the Department
of Natural Resources shall be submitted by the well owner to the Plumbing
Inspector and the Department of Natural Resources within 30 days of
the completion of the well abandonment.
(1)
State law. This section shall be subject to the provisions
of Ch. 145, Wis. Stats., as amended from time to time, and all subsequent
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder regarding private sewage
systems.
(2)
Issuing agent. The Plumbing Inspector or his/her authorized
agent shall act as the Village issuing agent and is hereby assigned
the duties of administering the private sewage system program.
(3)
Sanitary permit.
(a)
Validity.
1.
No person shall install a private sewage system unless
the owner of the property on which the private sewage system is to
be installed holds a valid sanitary permit.
2.
No person shall sell at retail a septic tank for installation
unless the purchaser holds a valid sanitary permit.
3.
A sanitary permit is valid for two years from the
date of issue and renewable for similar periods thereafter.
(b)
Application forms. The issuing agent shall use the
sanitary permit forms provided by the State Department of Commerce.
[Amended 1-6-1998 by Ord. No. 751]
(c)
Application process.
1.
The applicant shall submit the completed sanitary
permit application to the issuing agent.
2.
The issuing agent shall review the certified soil
tester reports for the proposed private sewage systems and verify
the report at the proposed site, if necessary.
3.
The issuing agent shall approve or disapprove applications
for sanitary permits and assist applicants in preparing an approvable
application.
4.
The issuing agent shall issue written notice to each
applicant whose sanitary permit application is disapproved. Each notice
shall:
(5)
Inspection.
(a)
The issuing agent shall inspect or cause the inspection
of all private sewage systems after construction, but before backfilling,
no later than the end of the next workday, excluding Saturdays, Sundays
and holidays, after receiving notice from the plumber in charge.
(b)
The issuing agent shall file reports and conduct surveys
as required by the Village or the Department.
(6)
Violations. The issuing agent shall investigate violations
of this section, issue orders to abate the violations and submit orders
to the Village Attorney or Attorney General for enforcement.
(7)
Other duties. The issuing agent shall perform other
duties regarding private sewage systems as considered appropriate
by the Village or as required by the rules of the Department.
This chapter shall not be construed to relieve
from or lessen the responsibility or liability of any person supplying
plumbing to or selling, renting, leasing, owning, using, operating,
controlling, installing, altering, removing, replacing, disturbing,
repairing, connecting, disconnecting or maintaining any plumbing system
for damages to person or property caused by any defect therein or
therefrom, nor shall the Village or its officers be held as assuming
any such responsibility or liability by reason of the issuance or
revocation of any permit or the inspection authorized by this chapter
or by reason of the approval or disapproval of any plumbing product,
equipment, sales, rentals, drawings, plans, specifications, materials,
samples, test reports, literature, information or schedules authorized
in this chapter. The Village or its officers shall not be held liable
for any damages resulting from the enforcement of this chapter.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter, or any regulation, rule or order made hereunder, shall be subject to a penalty as provided in § 25.04 of this Code.
