[R.O. 2011 § 500.240; R.O. 2009 § 150.075; CC 1981 § 22-1; Ord. No. 76-80, 10-20-1976; Ord. No. 88-112, 6-23-1988; Ord. No. 95-154, 6-7-1995; Ord. No. 97-147, 5-8-1997; Ord. No. 00-140, 6-9-2000; Ord. No. 05-159, 5-27-2005; Ord. No. 10-152 § 13, 7-21-2010; Ord. No. 15-102 § 9, 5-19-2015; Ord. No. 22-153, 12-6-2022]
A. 
The 2021 Edition of the International Plumbing Code, including Appendixes B, C, D and E except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, as published by the International Code Council, Inc., is adopted by reference as the Plumbing Code of the City and made a part of this Section as if fully set forth herein.
B. 
Wherever the phrase "Name of Jurisdiction" appears in the 2021 Edition of the International Plumbing Code, it shall be deemed to mean the City.
C. 
Nothing in Sections 500.240 and 500.250 or in the Plumbing Code hereby adopted shall be construed to affect any suit or proceeding pending in any court, or any rights acquired, or liability incurred, or any cause or causes of action acquired or existing under any act or ordinance hereby amended as cited in Sections 500.240 and 500.250. No just or legal right or remedy of any character shall be lost, impaired or affected by Sections 500.240 and 500.250.
D. 
One (1) copy of Sections 500.240 and 500.250, the 2021 Edition of the International Plumbing Code, and the proposed amendments have been on file in the City Clerk's office at least ninety (90) days prior to the adoption of Sections 500.240 and 500.250.
[R.O. 2011 § 500.250; R.O. 2009 § 150.076; CC 1981 § 22-2; Ord. No. 76-80, 10-20-1976; Ord. No. 88-112, 6-23-1988; Ord. No. 91-31, 2-20-1991; Ord. No. 95-154, 6-7-1995; Ord. No. 97-147, 5-8-1997; Ord. No. 98-494, 11-19-1998; Ord. No. 00-140, 6-9-2000; Ord. No. 05-159, 5-27-2005; Ord. No. 10-152 § 13, 7-21-2010; Ord. No. 15-102 § 9, 5-19-2015; Ord. No. 22-153, 12-6-2022]
A. 
The code adopted by Section 500.240 is amended to read as follows:
1. 
Section 101.1, Title, is amended to read as follows:
Section 101.1 Title. These regulations shall be known as "the Plumbing Code of the City of Saint Charles, Missouri," hereinafter referred to as "this code."
2. 
Section 101.2, Scope, is amended to read as follows:
Section 101.2 Scope. The provisions of this code shall apply to the erection, installation, alteration, repairs, relocation, replacement, addition to, use or maintenance of plumbing systems within this jurisdiction. This code shall also regulate nonflammable medical gas, inhalation anesthetic, vacuum piping, nonmedical oxygen systems and sanitary and condensate vacuum collection systems. The installation of fuel gas distribution piping and equipment, fuel gas-fired water heaters and water heater venting systems shall be regulated by the International Fuel Gas Code.
Exceptions:
1. 
Detached one- and two-family dwellings and multiple one-family dwellings (town houses) not more than three (3) stories high with separate means of egress and their accessory structures shall comply with the International Residential Code.
2. 
Plumbing systems in existing buildings undergoing repair, alteration, or additions, and change of occupancy shall be permitted to comply with the International Existing Building Code.
3. 
Sections 103.1 through 103.4 are deleted.
4. 
Sections 106.6, 106.6.1, 106.6.2, and 106.6.3 are deleted.
5. 
Section 108.4, Violation Penalties, is deleted.
6. 
Section 108.5, Stop Work Orders, is deleted.
7. 
Section 108.6, Abatement of Violation, is deleted.
8. 
Section 109.1, Application for appeal, is deleted.
9. 
Section 109, Means of Appeal, is deleted.
10. 
Section 305.4.1, Sewer Depth, is amended to read as follows:
Section 305.4.1 Sewer depth. Building sewers that connect to private sewage disposal systems shall be a minimum of thirty (30) inches (762 mm) below finished grade at the point of septic tank connection. Building sewers shall be a minimum of thirty (30) inches (762 mm) below grade.
11. 
Section 403.2, Separate facilities, shall have the following exception amended to read as follows:
2. 
Separate facilities shall not be required in structures or tenant spaces with total occupant load, including both employees and customers, of thirty (30) or less.
12. 
Section 410.1, Approval, is amended to include the following exception:
Exception: Occupancies with an occupant load of less than fifty (50) people shall be permitted to provide an approved bottled water dispenser in lieu of the required drinking fountain.
13. 
Section 701.2, Sewer required, is hereby to read as follows:
Section 701.2 Sewer required. Every building in which plumbing fixtures are installed and all premises having drainage piping shall be connected to a public sewer, where available, or an approved private sewage disposal system in accordance with the International Private Sewage Disposal Code. A public water main or public sewer system shall be considered available to a building when the building is located within two hundred (200) feet of the public water main or sewer.
[R.O. 2011 § 500.260; R.O. 2009 § 150.078; CC 1981 § 22-4; Ord. No. 90-24, 2-7-1990; Ord. No. 95-242, 9-20-1995]
A. 
Plumbing permit fees and water tap-on fees shall not be assessed for construction projects of the City.
B. 
All governmental entities, comprehensive colleges and universities (not including single-purpose institutions) and schools offering basic education to any grade (K through 12) shall pay the cost of all material, equipment and labor for the water tap-on. The entities set forth in this Subsection shall be required to obtain all permits and inspection. If an entity set forth in this Subsection requests that the City expedite its review and inspections and if the City must contract for the expedited services, then the entity shall pay the costs for the expedited contractual services.
[Ord. No. 18-256, 11-20-2018]
[R.O. 2011 § 500.270; R.O. 2009 § 150.079; CC 1981 §§ 22-4; Ord. No. 3561, 4-24-1968; Ord. No. 3590, 7-24-1968; Ord. No. 85-238, 12-20-1985; Ord. No. 87-106, 5-20-1987; Ord. No. 88-112, 6-23-1988]
A. 
License Required — Bond. Any person desiring to do business as a plumber or drainlayer shall make application for a two (2) year license to do so by filing the application in the office of the Director of Community Development, together with a surety bond in the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) conditioned that the applicant will indemnify and save harmless the City from all accidents and damages caused by any negligence in conducting the work or by unfaithful, imperfect or improper work done under the license and that the applicant will promptly pay all fines and charges lawfully imposed for a violation of any of the rules, regulations and ordinances pertaining to plumbers, drainlayers, plumbing and sewers.
[Ord. No. 22-160, 12-6-2022]
B. 
Investigation Of Application — Issuance. The Director of Community Development shall establish examinations, rules and regulations for the purpose of determining whether an applicant is qualified to be licensed as a plumber or drainlayer in this City. An applicant must receive a passing grade on the examination before a license will be issued to the applicant. An applicant shall pay a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) before taking the test.
C. 
Fee — Proration. The biennium license fee for doing business as a plumber and/or as a drainlayer shall be the amounts stated in Section 150.030; provided, however, that if the license is issued for a period beginning on or after December 30, the biennium license fee shall be prorated to the nearest month.
[Ord. No. 22-160, 12-6-2022]
D. 
Expiration. All licenses issued under the provisions of this Article shall be issued to and terminate on June 30 of each two (2) year period.
[Ord. No. 22-160, 12-6-2022]
E. 
Renewal. Any person desiring to continue a business as a plumber or as a drainlayer shall make application for the renewal of each license to the Director of Community Development. The Director of Community Development may make an order directing that a license be renewed to the applicant if all permit fees then due the City are paid and if previous work done in the City has been satisfactory.
F. 
Plumbing And Drainlaying To Be In Conformance Therewith. All plumbing and drainlaying installations in this City shall be in accordance with the International Plumbing Code and no installations or alterations of plumbing fixtures or piping shall be made, except in conformity thereto.[1]
[1]
Editor’s Note: Former Subsection G, Deposits, was repealed 7-2-2013 by Ord. No. 13-127, § 1.
[R.O. 2011 § 500.275]
Any person who shall violate any provision of the code adopted in this Article or shall fail to comply with any of the requirements thereof or who shall erect, construct, alter or repair a building or structure in violation of an approved plan of or directive of the Code Official, or of a permit or certificate issued under the provision of this code, shall be guilty of an ordinance violation, punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment not exceeding three (3) months, or both such fine and imprisonment. Each day that a violation continues after due notice has been served shall be deemed a separate offense.