A. 
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them:
MASTER PLUMBER
A person who has satisfied the Board that he possesses the qualifications prescribed in this chapter for master plumbers, passed the prescribed examination and has been duly licensed as such.
PLUMBING
The profession, art or trade of, and all work done and all materials used in and for:
(1) 
Introducing, maintaining and extending a supply of water through a pipe or pipes, or any appurtenances thereof, in a building, premises or establishment.
(2) 
Installing, connecting or repairing any system of drainage whereby foul waste, cooling water, rain or surplus water, gas, odor, vapor or fluid is discharged or proposed to be discharged through a pipe or pipes from any building, lot, premises or establishment into any main public or private sewer, drain, pit, box, filter bed, leaching well, septic tank or other receptacle or into any natural or artificial body of water or watercourse, upon private or public property, except as otherwise provided for in this chapter.
(3) 
Ventilating any building sewer or fixture or appurtenance connected therewith.
(4) 
Connecting any building, lot, premises or establishment with any service pipe, building sewer, water pipe, main, public or private sewer or underground structure; performing all classes of work generally done by plumbers.
(5) 
The installing, connecting, extending or repairing of any system, material or manufactured gas for use with, including but not limited to appliances, stoves, boilers and heating equipment.
[Added 2-4-1992]
PLUMBING SYSTEM
Includes the hot and cold water supply; distributing pipes; hot-water storage tanks and connections thereof; the fixtures and fixture traps; the soil, waste and vent pipes; the house drain and house sewer; the stormwater drainage with their devices, appurtenances and connections, all within or adjacent to a building.
B. 
Any term not defined in this section, but defined in the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code shall, for the purpose of this chapter, be so defined.
[Amended 3-12-1991 by L.L. No. 1-1991]
Except where the context clearly requires a literal interpretation of the provisions of this chapter, which is hereby declared to be remedial, it shall be construed liberally to secure the beneficial interests and purposes thereof: public safety, health and welfare, and safety to life and property.
Surface drainage from parking fields, open grass areas, streets, highways and roads, when connected through a system of piping, is not subject to this chapter, even though piping is involved. This does not, however, exclude connections to surface drainage systems of house roofs, areas and downspouts or leaders.
No new plumbing or drainage work, nor the extension or alteration of existing plumbing or drainage installations, shall be undertaken or performed hereafter except in conformance with the provisions of this chapter.
[Amended 8-28-1984; 3-12-1991 by L.L. No. 1-1991; 10-16-2012 by L.L. No. 3-2012]
Plumbing installations shall be made in accordance with the standards prescribed in the State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code.
The right of all water districts or other municipal water suppliers and of private water companies to control the sizes and types of materials to be used for water supply purposes between the original source of supply and house side of the meter which measures water consumption by any individual consumer of water is hereby recognized. Any repair or replacement of such materials, performed between the original source of supply and the curb cock on a line leading to an individual consumer may be done by the water district, other municipal water supplier or private water company or their respective agents, without obtaining the permit required by this chapter, however, the foregoing provision shall not excuse the failure to obtain any other permit or license otherwise required, and nothing contained in this section shall be construed to excuse a plumber or person employed by any person other than a water district, other municipal water supplier or private water company, from compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
[Added 2-7-1984]
A. 
The Town of Oyster Bay is vitally concerned over the adequacy and suitability of its water supplies and resources and in the measures undertaken to preserve the safety and health quality of the uses thereof. The discharge of waste and other materials into the existing disposal systems which may eventually reach the levels of obtainable water resources is a prime interest of the Town of Oyster Bay in the fulfillment of the public policy of the State of New York as declared in Article 15, Title I, § 15-0105 of the Environmental Conservation Law. Since water districts have been duly constituted to furnish adequate and suitable water to the consumers of the Town of Oyster Bay, it is proper and necessary that said districts, pursuant to § 215, Subdivision 19, of the Town Law of the State of New York, be delegated the authority to preserve and contain acceptable qualities of our water resources. In accordance therewith, all water districts in the Town of Oyster Bay, established and functioning as special improvement districts by authority of the Town Board of the Town of Oyster Bay, shall be empowered, subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth, to terminate and discontinue water services and supplies to any domestic, commercial, industrial, agricultural or other nonmunicipal enterprise or user thereof which had been found by the governing authorities of said water districts to discharge or permit the discharge of, directly or indirectly, into the water disposal systems or upon any property in the Town of Oyster Bay, any pollutants, contaminants or any other substances deemed to endanger the health, safety and welfare of the community and its inhabitants.
B. 
The termination and discontinuance of water services and supplies shall be predicated upon a determination of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation that said discharge or discharges are in violation of prevailing laws, rules, regulations and criteria under Article 15 of the New York State Environmental Conservation Law; then the water district governing authorities shall thereupon seek and obtain a judicial determination and order from a court of competent jurisdiction to grant said authorities the right to discontinue or terminate water supplies.
A. 
No person shall open any street, highway, road or traveled way until he shall have obtained the necessary excavation permits from the proper authority having jurisdiction to issue such permits.
B. 
Excavations or street openings necessary for sewer connections or installing house sewers and water service pipes shall be made in accordance with the regulations of the Town Superintendent of Highways, the County Department of Public Works or the State Superintendent of Public Works, and the ordinances applicable thereto.
[Amended 10-16-2012 by L.L. No. 3-2012]
All fees required by this chapter will be charged according to the amounts indicated for each type of application on the Fee Schedule as determined by the Commissioner of Planning and Development.