[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and City Council
of the City of Monroe 4-28-1975 by Ord. No. 75-004. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
STATUTORY REFERENCES
Plumbers and plumbing generally — See
MCLA § 338.901 et seq.
A.
No person shall install, remove, alter, repair or replace, or cause to be installed, removed, altered, repaired or replaced, any plumbing, gas or drainage piping work or any fixture or water heating or treating equipment, in a building or premises, except as provided in § 500-2, without first obtaining a permit to do such work from the Building Official.
B.
A separate permit shall be obtained for each building
or structure.
C.
No person shall allow any other person to do or cause
to be done any work under a permit secured by a permittee except persons
in his or her employ.
A.
No permit shall be required for stopping leaks in
drain, soil, waste or vent pipes, provided that should any drain,
soil, waste or vent pipe be or become defective, and it becomes necessary
to remove and replace the same with new material in any part or parts,
the same shall be considered as new work and a permit therefor shall
be procured and inspection made as hereinbefore provided.
B.
No permit shall be required for the cleaning of stoppages
or the repairing of leaks in pipes, valves or fixtures, when such
repairs do not involve or require the rearrangement of valves, pipes
or fixtures.
A.
Any person legally entitled to apply for and receive
a permit shall make application therefor on forms provided for that
purpose. He or she shall give a description of the character of the
work proposed to be done and the location, ownership, occupancy and
use of the premises in connection therewith. The Building Official
may require plans, specifications or drawings and such other information
as he or she may deem necessary.
B.
If the Building Official determines that the plans, specifications, drawings, descriptions and information furnished by the applicant are in compliance with this chapter and Chapter 275, Article V, Michigan Plumbing Code, he or she shall issue the permit applied for upon payment of the required fee as hereinafter fixed.
[Amended 3-10-1980 by Ord. No. 80-005]
A.
An applicant for a permit shall be an authorized master
plumber or a homeowner, who has met the qualifications to obtain plumbing
permits from the Building Official.
B.
An application for a permit shall be made in writing
on a form provided by the Building Official. An incomplete application
shall be returned to the applicant. The application shall contain:
(1)
The name of the authorized master plumber.
(2)
The master plumber license number.
(3)
The name of the plumbing firm.
(4)
The address of the place of business.
(5)
The name and address of the owner or agent for whom
the work is being done.
(6)
The location of the work by street and number, or
by lot and block number when a street number is not available.
(7)
The type of building.
(8)
The number and type of fixtures or devices to be installed
or the nature of the construction, alteration or repair.
C.
An authorized master plumber is responsible for completion
of the plumbing for which he or she has an active permit. Permits
issued to an authorized master plumber representing a plumbing firm
are valid for the firm to complete the plumbing upon his or her death.
However, work shall be done under the supervision of a master plumber.
D.
If the authorized master plumber who signs an application
for a permit does not desire to do the work covered by it, either
in part or in whole, he or she shall notify the Building Official
in writing, requesting that he or she be released from responsibility
for that part of the work which he or she does not desire to do. However,
he or she will be held responsible for the work which he or she has
completed. The Building Official's record shall indicate the extent
of the completed work and the responsibility.
E.
When an emergency requires a plumbing permit, the
authorized master plumber shall apply for a permit within 72 hours.
F.
The Building Official may refuse to issue new permits
to an authorized master plumber who has failed to correct violations
or to any authorized master plumber representing a firm which has
failed to correct violations.
[Amended 3-10-1980 by Ord. No. 80-005]
A.
An application for a building sewer or private sewer
permit shall be made in writing on a form provided by the Building
Official. An incomplete application shall be returned to the applicant.
The application shall contain:
(1)
The name of the applicant.
(2)
The name of the applicant's firm.
(3)
The address of the applicant's firm.
(4)
The name and address of the owner or agent for whom
the work is being done.
(5)
The location of the work by street and number, or
by lot and block number when a street number is not available.
(6)
The type of building.
(7)
The nature of the sewer construction, alteration or
repair.
B.
If the person who signs an application for a permit
does not desire to do the work covered by it, either in part or in
whole, he or she shall notify the Building Official in writing, requesting
that he or she be released from responsibility for that part of the
work which he or she does not desire to do. However, he or she will
be held responsible for the work which he or she has completed. The
Building Official's record shall indicate the extent of the completed
work and the responsibility.
C.
A person is responsible for completion of the work
for which he or she has an active permit.
D.
When an emergency requires a sewer permit, a person
shall apply for a permit within 72 hours.
E.
The Building Official may refuse to issue new permits
to a person who has failed to correct violations or to any person
representing a firm which has failed to correct violations.
A.
Every applicant for a permit to do work regulated
by this chapter shall state in writing, on the application form provided
for that purpose, the character of work proposed to be done and the
amount and kind in connection therewith, together with such information
pertinent thereto as may be required.
B.
Such applicant shall pay for each permit, at the time
of issuance, a fee as set forth in the schedule of plumbing permit
fees which is established and amended from time to time by the Department
of Building, Zoning and Environmental Compliance and approved by Council.
C.
Any person who shall commence any work for which a
permit is required by this chapter without first having obtained a
permit therefor shall, if subsequently permitted to obtain a permit,
pay double the permit fee otherwise fixed for such work. However,
this provision shall not apply to emergency work when it shall be
proved to the satisfaction of the Building Official that such work
was urgently necessary and that it was not practical to obtain a permit
therefor before the commencement of the work. In all such cases, a
permit must be obtained as soon as it is practical to do so, and if
there is an unreasonable delay in obtaining such permit, a double
fee as herein provided shall be charged.
D.
For the purpose of this section, a sanitary plumbing
outlet on or to which a plumbing fixture or appliance may be set or
attached shall be construed to be a fixture. Fees for reconnection
and retest of plumbing systems in relocated buildings shall be based
on the number of plumbing fixtures, gas systems, water heaters, etc.
involved.
E.
When interceptor traps or mobile home site traps are
installed at the same time as a building sewer on any lot, no sewer
permit shall be required for the connection of any such trap to an
appropriate inlet fitting provided in the building sewer by the permittee
constructing such sewer.
F.
When a permit has been obtained to connect an existing
building or existing work to the public sewer or to connect to a new
private disposal facility, backfilling of private sewage disposal
facilities because of such connection is included in the permit.
B.
It shall be the duty of the person doing the work
authorized by the permit to notify the Building Official, orally or
in writing, that said work is ready for inspection. Such notification
shall be given not less than 24 hours before the work is to be inspected.
C.
It shall be the duty of the person doing the work
authorized by the permit to make sure that the work will stand the
test prescribed elsewhere in this chapter before giving the above
notification.
Whenever any work is being done contrary to
the provisions of this chapter, the Building Official or his or her
authorized representative may order the work to be stopped by notice
in writing served on any person engaged in doing the work or causing
the same to be done, and any such person shall forthwith stop such
work until authorized by the Building Official to proceed with the
work.
The Building Official may, in writing, suspend or revoke a permit issued under this chapter whenever the permit is issued in error or on the basis of incorrect information or in violation of any ordinance or regulation, or whenever any part of the work being performed under authority of such permit is in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or Chapter 275, Article V, Michigan Plumbing Code.
The Building Official or any employee charged
with the enforcement of this chapter, acting in good faith and without
malice in the discharge of his or her duties for the City, shall not
thereby render himself or herself liable personally, and he or she
is hereby relieved from all personal liability for any damage that
may accrue to persons or property as a result of any act required
or by reason of any act of omission in the discharge of his or her
duties. Any suit brought against the Building Official or employees
because of such act or omission performed by him or her in the enforcement
of any provisions of this chapter shall be defended by the Department
of Law of the City until final determination of the proceedings.
[Amended 3-10-1980 by Ord. No. 80-005]
A.
Establishment; membership; secretary. There is hereby
established a Plumbing Board of Appeals (referred to hereinafter as
the Board) to consist of five members appointed by the Council as
follows: One shall be a licensed master plumber and one shall be a
licensed journeyman plumber, and both shall be citizens and actual
residents of the City; one shall be a Councilperson; one shall be
the County Health Officer, or his or her designate; and one shall
be a citizen. The City Clerk/Treasurer or his or her designate shall
act as Secretary of the Board.
B.
Terms of office; removal; vacancies; compensation;
internal administration; quorum; liability.
(1)
The term of office shall be for three years. Members
may, after a public hearing, be removed by the Council for inefficiency,
neglect of duty or malfeasance in office. Vacancies occurring otherwise
than through the expiration of terms shall be filled for the unexpired
term by the Council. All members of the Board, except City employees
or officials, shall serve and be compensated at a rate set by the
Council. The Board shall elect its own Chairperson and adopt its own
rules of procedure. The Board shall keep a record of its proceedings,
showing the action of the Board and the vote of each member upon each
question considered. Three members shall constitute a quorum.
(2)
In no case shall members of the Board or City employees
acting with lawful authority be liable for costs in any action or
proceeding that may be commenced under the Plumbing Code of the City.
C.
Duties; appeals; consultants.
(1)
The duty of the Board shall be to hear and decide
appeals where it is alleged by the appellant that there is error in
any order, requirement, decision, grant or refusal made by the Building
Official in the enforcement of the provisions of this code.
(2)
Whenever the Building Official shall reject or refuse to approve the mode or manner of plumbing installation proposed to be followed, or materials to be used in the installation, alteration, renovation or repair of a plumbing system, or when it is claimed that the provisions of this chapter and/or Chapter 275, Article V, Michigan Plumbing Code, relating thereto do not apply, or that any equally good or more desirable form of installation can be employed in a specific case, or when it is claimed that the true intent and meaning of this chapter and/or Chapter 275, Article V, Michigan Plumbing Code, or any other applicable ordinance or regulation has been misconstrued or wrongly interpreted, the permit applied for having been refused by the Building Official or a duly authorized agent, the applicant may appeal from the decision of the Building Official, in writing, to the Board. The Board shall, after hearing the evidence on any such appeal, either affirm, modify or reverse the decision of the Building Official as it may deem best under all the circumstances of the case, and its decision shall have the same effect as if it were the decision of the Building Official. The Board shall have the power to approve new and different methods or materials that will, in its judgment, accomplish the same result as may be intended by the provisions of this chapter and/or Chapter 275, Article V, Michigan Plumbing Code.
(3)
The Board is empowered, subject to the approval of
the City Council to call in and hire consultants for special problems
as may be necessary to satisfactorily execute its duty.
[Amended 3-10-1980 by Ord. No. 80-005]
No person shall engage in the business of plumbing or supervision of plumbing work covered by this chapter and/or Chapter 275, Article V, Michigan Plumbing Code, in the City unless such person is a master plumber licensed by the State Plumbing Board, as required by Act 222 of the Public Acts of 1901, as amended,[1] and unless such person is registered as a master plumber
with the Building Official of the City, except as may be otherwise
provided in this chapter.
[1]
Editor's Note: See now MCLA § 338.3533.
[Amended 3-10-1980 by Ord. No. 80-005]
No person shall employ, hire or subcontract
with any other person, other than through a registered and licensed
master plumber, to install or supervise the installation of plumbing,
as defined in this chapter, in the City.
[Amended 3-10-1980 by Ord. No. 80-005]
Any agreement, contract, subcontract or purchase which includes or covers any installation of plumbing in the City, or a permanent physical connection therewith or thereto, shall clearly state that the installation and its supervision shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Plumbing Code of the City (Chapter 275, Article V, Michigan Plumbing Code, and this Chapter 500 of the Code of the City of Monroe).
[Amended 3-10-1980 by Ord. No. 80-005]
Any licensed master plumber who agrees to or is hired to install, or who contracts or subcontracts to install, any plumbing, drainage or sewage in the City shall be personally responsible for the installation of such work in accordance with this chapter and Chapter 275, Article V, Michigan Plumbing Code, for securing all permits, and for requesting an inspection of installations as required by this chapter or Chapter 275, Article V, Michigan Plumbing Code. Any transfer of this responsibility is prohibited and shall be a violation of this chapter.
Every person duly licensed for the current year
as a master or journeyman plumber by the state and engaged in business
of plumbing contractor, or in employment as a master or journeyman
plumber in the City, shall register with the Building Official on
or before April 30 each year. The registration fees shall be as established
from time to time by the Department of Building, Zoning and Environmental
Compliance and approved by resolution of Council.
[Amended 3-10-1980 by Ord. No. 80-005]
Every master plumber who is the licensed representative
of another person shall register with the Building Official the name
of the person he or she represents. Upon the termination of the licensed
representative's relationship with any person, the Building Official
shall immediately be notified. No further permits shall be issued
to the person until another licensed representative shall have been
registered with the Building Official, which other representative
is authorized by law to secure permits.
[Amended 3-10-1980 by Ord. No. 80-005]
A licensed master plumber shall only be the
licensed representative of one person, firm or corporation at the
same time, and shall not conduct the business of plumbing under any
name other than that registered with the Building Official.
