City of Buffalo, NY
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2023-11-15
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The Code
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Part II, General Legislation
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Chapter 326 Plumbing
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Article III Master Plumbers
- The Charter
- Ch C The Charter
- Ch CDL Disposition of Charter Legislation
- The Code
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 6 Boards, Committees, Agencies and Commissions
- Ch 12 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 16 Finance
- Ch 24 Libraries
- Ch 27 Notice, Publication of
- Ch 30 Office Hours and Holidays
- Ch 35 Personnel Policies
- Ch 37 Police Department
- Ch 44 Seal
- Ch 46 Telecommunications, Office of
- Ch 48 Time, Official
- Ch 53 Vehicles, City-Owned
- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 63 Aircraft
- Ch 66 Air Pollution
- Ch 69 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 72 Ambulances and Ambulance Drivers
- Ch 75 Amusements
- Ch 78 Animals
- Ch 81 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 85 Bait Dippers
- Ch 88 Bakers and Confectioners
- Ch 91 Bicycle Paths
- Ch 92 Billiard and Pool Rooms and Bowling Alleys
- Ch 94 Boilers and Engines; Engineers
- Ch 96 Bonds and Contracts
- Ch 98 (Reserved)
- Ch 101 Buildings, Cleaning of
- Ch 103 Building Construction and Demolition; Fire Prevention
- Ch 105 (Reserved)
- Ch 107 Buildings, Moving of
- Ch 109 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 111 Buildings, Public
- Ch 113 Buildings, Unsafe
- Ch 116 Burials
- Ch 119 Burning, Open
- Ch 120 Bureau of Administrative Adjudication
- Ch 122 Business Identification and Registration
- Ch 129 Certificates of Occupancy
- Ch 130 Sales of Cannabis and Products Containing Cannabis
- Ch 131 Certificate of Operation
- Ch 132 Tobacco/Hookah/Vaping Establishments
- Ch 133 City Property
- Ch 137 Code Enforcement
- Ch 140 Collection Agencies
- Ch 141 Collection of Arrears
- Ch 142 Collection Boxes
- Ch 143 Consumer Electronics Installation and Repair
- Ch 144 Contractors
- Ch 150 Dances and Dance Halls
- Ch 154 Discrimination
- Ch 158 Diseases, Infectious
- Ch 159 Dentistry
- Ch 160 Domestic Partnership Registry
- Ch 161 Drugs
- Ch 165 Electricity
- Ch 167 Elevators and Conveyances
- Ch 168 Environmental Review
- Ch 169 Excavations and Quarries
- Ch 175 Fees
- Ch 180 Firearms, Arrows and Other Weapons
- Ch 183 Flags
- Ch 186 Flammable Liquids
- Ch 189 (Reserved)
- Ch 193 Food and Drugs
- Ch 194 Food Stores
- Ch 196 (Reserved)
- Ch 199 Fruits and Vegetables
- Ch 203 Fumigation
- Ch 209 Gambling
- Ch 213 Games of Chance
- Ch 216 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 219 Gasoline
- Ch 222 (Reserved)
- Ch 226 Grain
- Ch 232 Handbills and Other Publications
- Ch 235 Hazardous Materials and Wastes
- Ch 238 Heating
- Ch 242 Housing Standards
- Ch 249 Inspections
- Ch 254 Junk Dealers and Pawnbrokers
- Ch 259 Laundries and Clothes Cleaners
- Ch 261 Lead-Based Paint Abatement
- Ch 263 Licenses
- Ch 264 Rental Dwelling Unit Registration
- Ch 265 Property Managers
- Ch 266 Liquefied Petroleum Gas
- Ch 269 Lodging Houses
- Ch 270 Eviction for Illegal Drug Use and Possession
- Ch 275 Markets
- Ch 277 Mortgage in Default Property Registry
- Ch 278 Motion Pictures
- Ch 281 Multiple Housing
- Ch 286 Naming of Streets, Parks and Public Buildings
- Ch 288 Natural Gas Extraction
- Ch 289 Newsstands
- Ch 293 Noise
- Ch 294 Nuisance Abatement
- Ch 295 Nuisance Party
- Ch 299 Obscenity
- Ch 302 Oil and Gas Wells
- Ch 307 Parking and Parking Lots
- Ch 309 Parks and Other Open Spaces
- Ch 313 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 316 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 317 Aggressive Panhandling
- Ch 319 Performers, Outdoor
- Ch 322 (Reserved)
- Ch 326 Plumbing
- Ch 326 Art III Master Plumbers
- § 326-28 Master plumber.
- Ch 330 Poles and Wires
- Ch 333 Police Shields, Use of
- Ch 337 Preservation Standards
- Ch 341 Property Maintenance
- Ch 343 Promoting General Welfare of Minors in Public Places
- Ch 345 Public Safety, Obstruction of
- Ch 352 Railroads
- Ch 356 Rat Control
- Ch 361 Records
- Ch 365 Refrigerators
- Ch 370 Restaurants
- Ch 372 Bouncers
- Ch 378 Sanitation
- Ch 383 Shortwave Broadcasts
- Ch 387 (Reserved)
- Ch 391 Slaughterhouses
- Ch 395 Smoke Detectors
- Ch 399 Smoking
- Ch 404 (Reserved)
- Ch 409 Statues and Monuments; Public Art
- Ch 413 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 414 Special Events
- Ch 417 Strikebreakers
- Ch 421 (Reserved)
- Ch 425 (Reserved)
- Ch 430 Swimming Pools
- Ch 431 Tax Preparers, Regulation of
- Ch 437 Taxicabs, Liveries and Sightseeing Buses
- Ch 440 Telecommunications
- Ch 441 Telephone Facilities
- Ch 442 Wireless Facilities in Public Right-Of-Way
- Ch 444 (Reserved)
- Ch 449 Tires
- Ch 452 Alcohol Advertising
- Ch 454 Tow Trucks and Motor Vehicle Booting
- Ch 459 Trailers
- Ch 463 Transient Businesses; Trade Shows and Festivals
- Ch 467 Trees, Shrubs and Plants
- Ch 475 (Reserved)
- Ch 479 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 483 Vending Machines
- Ch 491 Water and Water Pollution
- Ch 495 Wharves, Harbors and Bridges
- Ch 496 Unified Development Ordinance
- Ch 501 Wood and Coal
- Ch 511 (Reserved)
- Distribution Table
- Ch DT Distribution Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 12-9-2003, effective 12-19-2003]
A.
License required.
(1)
Plumbing work by unlicensed person(s) is prohibited.
(2)
No person shall hereafter engage in, carry on, or conduct the business
of master plumber or do, or perform, or offer, or undertake, or contract
to do the work of a master plumber within the City of Buffalo unless
holding such master plumber license.
(3)
No person not the holder of such license shall use in advertising
the words "Master Plumber" or any words of similar meaning; or imprint
on any card, sign, or letterhead the same for the purpose of plumbing
in the City of Buffalo in whole or part.
(4)
No person or company shall cause to be done, or engage to do, any
plumbing work by unlicensed plumber.
(5)
No person may obtain license without first procuring a master plumber
certificate of competency issued by the Examining Board of Plumbers,
and registering with same Board in accordance with the General City
Law.
B.
Duties; responsibilities.
(1)
Master plumber to ensure current license status of any journeyman
plumber in their employ.
(2)
Master plumber shall not file for, or procure plumbing permit for
others, or for any work not contracted by and done by said master
plumber.
(3)
Master plumbers shall operate their business in accordance with the
acceptable practices of the trade.
(4)
Master plumbers shall not charge for their services grossly excessive
rates, or otherwise take undue advantage of an unsuspecting public.
(5)
Master plumbers shall not cause to be done any work not necessary
to a specific plumbing project, either intentionally or by neglect.
They shall incorporate into any contract a warning as to potential
additional work, which may be reasonably anticipated to complete said
project, along with an approximation of cost of said additional work,
especially insofar as piping, which is buried or otherwise hidden
from view.
(6)
Master plumbers shall include all probable permit fees for any estimate
or contract.
(7)
Master plumbers, when bidding or contracting to do, or in the course
of actual work, shall comply with the provisions of this chapter,
and the Codes of New York. They shall not knowingly proceed with any
project whose contract provisions are not in compliance either actually,
or by omission.
(8)
Master plumbers are required by law to register with the Examining
Board of Plumbers of the City of Buffalo. Registration for licensed
master plumbers must be made in person and shall occur on the first
day of each year, or during the month of December prior thereto. Registration
compliance shall consist of signing the master plumber registration
book during said dates.
(9)
Persons who have a certificate of competency and do not take out
a license shall register in the same manner as master plumbers, to
keep certificate active. An active certificate is required to take
out a license for master plumber.
(10)
Master plumbers shall not allow any apprentice plumber, or unlicensed
journeyman plumber, in their employ or otherwise under their supervision,
to do plumbing work of any kind, including repairs and clearing stoppages
of drains, unless said master plumber is physically present and taking
an active part in said work.
