[Ord. 78, 7/12/1940, § 300]
The Township Commissioners hereby create the office of Plumbing
Inspector, and shall elect a Plumbing Inspector who shall serve until
the first Monday of January of each year, or until his successor is
elected. The Plumbing Inspector shall be paid such salary and in such
manner as the Township Commissioners shall from time to time prescribe.
[Ord. 78, 7/12/1940, § 301; as amended by Ord.
100, 1/17/1947, § 1]
The Plumbing Inspector shall be an experienced practical plumber,
qualified in the opinion of the Board of Health and of the West Norriton
Township Commissioners and shall not actively engage in plumbing work
in West Norriton Township.
[Ord. 78, 7/12/1940, § 302]
The Plumbing Inspector shall have power to administer and enforce the provisions of this Chapter 5 and to act on behalf of the Board of Health of West Norriton Township in furtherance thereof. He shall also enforce the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the rules and regulations of the State Department of Health insofar as the same are applicable to the business or work of plumbing or house or building drainage.
[Ord. 78, 7/12/1940, § 303; as amended by Ord.
524, 12/31/1991]
From and after the passage of this Chapter 5, the construction, repair or alteration of plumbing, house drainage, drainage and privy vaults shall be constructed only under and in accordance with the following rules, regulations and requirements.
[Ord. 78, 7/12/1970, § 304; as amended by Ord.
524, 12/31/1991]
It shall be the duty of every person constructing or owning
any drain, soilpipe, passage or connection between a sewer and any
ground, building, erection or place of business, and in like manner
the duty of the owners of all grounds, buildings, erections, and all
parties interested therein or thereat, to cause and require that such
drain, soil-pipe, passage or connections, shall be adequate for its
purpose, and shall at all times allow to pass freely all material
that enters or should enter the same, and no change of drainage, sewerage
or the sewer connection of any house shall be permitted unless notice
thereof shall have been given the Board of Health and assent thereto
obtained in writing.
[Ord. 78, 7/12/1940, § 305]
1.
Whenever it shall come to the knowledge of the Board of Health or complaint in writing shall be made by any citizen, that the plumbing or drainage in any building has become a nuisance or is contrary to the provisions and requirements of this Chapter 5, or is of faulty construction and liable to breed disease or endanger the health of the occupants, or upon the request of any owner or occupant of any building fitted with plumbing or drainage prior to the passage of this Chapter 5, then the Board of Health shall direct the proper officer to examine the plumbing or drainage in any such building, and the said officer shall make a drawing of the plan of said plumbing, drainage, and sewer and ventilating shaft connections. He shall report his findings in writing to the Board of Health and suggest such changes as are necessary to make the same conform to the rules governing such matters.
2.
The Board of Health shall thereupon notify the owner or agent of any such building of the changes which are necessary to be made in said plumbing or drainage. Said changes shall be made within the time fixed by the Board of Health; and upon refusal or neglect to obey such orders, the Board of Health shall institute legal proceedings to have such changes made and such nuisances abated, by action before a District Justice or court of record; in which said action the owner or agent of said building may show in defense, that the plumbing or drainage was not a nuisance, or was not of faulty construction or out of repair, and, in case of a building constructed subsequent to the passage of this Chapter 5, said plumbing or drainage was not contrary to the provisions and requirements of this Chapter 5.
[Ord. 78, 7/12/1940, § 306]
1.
Plumbers, before commencing the construction of plumbing work in
the Township, except in case of repairs (See § 100), shall
submit to the Board of Health, plans and specifications, legibly drawn
in ink, on blanks to be furnished by said Board.
2.
There shall be a separate plan for each building, public or private,
or any addition thereto, or alterations thereof, accompanied by specifications
showing the location, size and kind of pipe, traps, closets, and fixtures
to be used, which plans and specifications shall be filed, together
with an application for a permit to do the work, with the Board of
Health.
3.
Where two or more buildings are located together and on the same
street, and the plumbing work is identical in each, one plan will
be sufficient. Plans will be approved or rejected within three days
after their receipt.
4.
The said plans and specifications shall be furnished by the architect,
plumber, or owner, and filed by the plumber. After plans have been
filed all applications for change therein must be made in writing.
Plans filed for the correction of any complaint must designate the
approximate time for the completion thereof.
[Ord. 78, 7/12/1940, § 307; as amended by Ord.
227, § 2; by Ord. 469, 4/14/1986, § 4; and by
Ord. 524, 12/31/1991]
At the time of filing the plans and specifications and application
for a permit, the applicant shall pay an inspection or permit fee
to be computed according to the table as shown in the Fee Resolution,
in an amount as established from time to time by resolution.
