It is the intent of this chapter to provide minimum standards,
provisions and requirements to ensure safe and stable design of plumbing
and uses of materials in buildings or structures hereafter erected,
constructed, enlarged or altered in the Village of Buchanan and to
regulate and provide for the securing of permits and licenses and
for penalties for violation of the terms of this chapter.
This chapter shall apply only to buildings and/or structures
located in the incorporated area of the Village of Buchanan.
The Village of Buchanan hereby adopts and recognizes the State
Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code in effect on January 1,
1984, and as it may be amended from time to time, as the Official
Building Construction Code of the Village of Buchanan.
This chapter shall be enforced by the Building and Plumbing
Inspector, appointed by the Village Board, hereinafter collectively
referred to throughout this chapter and otherwise in the Code as the
"Building Inspector."
No building or structure shall be erected, constructed, enlarged, altered or moved until a permit therefor has been issued by the Building Inspector in accordance with Chapter
67, Building Construction, Article
II, of the Code of the Village of Buchanan.
Any person conducting or practicing the trade of plumbing in
the Village of Buchanan as an employing or master plumber shall, upon
satisfactory evidence of experience and qualification, obtain a license
as hereinafter provided.
All applications for plumbing licenses shall be accompanied by a fee in accordance with the fee schedule as set forth in Chapter
67, Building Construction, Article
I, of the Code of the Village of Buchanan.
Upon receiving satisfactory evidence of experience and qualification,
the Building Inspector shall issue a license to the applicant to carry
on the business of a master plumber, subject to the rules and regulations
of the code.
Licenses may be canceled by the Building Inspector for violation
of the rules and regulations pertaining to plumbing, after a hearing
had before the Board of Trustees and upon a prior notice of not less
than 10 days, stating the ground of complaint and served on the person
charged with such violation.
All licenses issued under this chapter shall expire in the 31st
day of December of the year in which they are issued and may be renewed
within 30 days preceding such expiration. Renewals shall be one year
from the first day of January in each year.
All licensed master plumbers and employing plumbers shall be
held responsible for all acts of their employees and/or apprentices
in connection with the business for which the license is given.
Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall be
liable to a fine of not exceeding $50 for each offense and, if convicted,
shall, if a licensed plumber, forfeit his license.