[Ord. No. 2013-49 §1, 10-8-2013]
The International Plumbing Code/2012 published by the International Code Council, Inc., three (3) copies of which are on file in the office of the City Clerk, is hereby adopted and incorporated herein by reference as the Plumbing Code of the City of Eldon, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes contained in Section 500.170.
[Ord. No. 2013-49 §1, 10-8-2013; Ord. No. 57-2022, 9-27-2022]
The additions, insertions, deletions and changes in the International
Plumbing Code 2012 as adopted above shall be as set out below:
Delete Section 101.1 and insert in its place:
101.1: Title: These regulations shall be known
as the "International Plumbing Code of the City of
Eldon, Missouri," hereinafter referred to as "this code."
Add Section 101.5:
101.5: This Article or the code adopted herein
shall not be constructed to relieve the responsibility or liability
of any persons owning, operating, controlling or installing any plumbing
or damage caused by any defect therein, nor shall the City of Eldon
or any of its inspectors, agents or employees, including its Codes
Enforcement Officer, be held as assuming any such liability by reason
of the inspection authorized herein or certificate of approval issued
as herein provided.
Add Section 103.1.1:
103.1.1: Qualifications of the Codes Enforcement Officer: The Codes Enforcement Officer shall be over twenty-one (21) years
of age, be of good moral character, and be physically able to carry
out all the provisions of the Plumbing Code. The Codes Enforcement
Officer shall possess a working knowledge of plumbing, and building
construction, but shall not be actively engaged in the plumbing business,
nor associated with the operation of any person, firm or corporation
engaged in the plumbing business.
Add Section 103.2.2:
103.2.2: Duties of the Codes Enforcement Officer: It shall be the duty of the Codes Enforcement Officer to enforce
the provisions of the Plumbing Code and to make all inspections required
thereunder, and to cause the issuance of all permits, collect all
fees and keep all records required under this Article or the code
adopted herein. All fees are to be credited to the General Revenue.
The Codes Enforcement Officer shall also perform all tasks and services
delegated by other ordinances or other supervisory personnel.
Delete Section 106.4 and insert in its place:
106.4 Permits: Plumbing permits shall only
be issued to licensed plumbing contractors and approved qualified
homeowners.
Add Section 106.4.1:
106.4.1 Homeowner Permits: A permit may be
issued to a qualified person to do work in a single-family dwelling
used exclusively for their living purpose, including the usual accessory
building and quarters in connection with such buildings, provided
that the person is the bona fide owner and shall occupy said dwelling
for one (1) calendar year after date of approved final inspection
of work covered by the permit. The owner shall purchase all materials
and perform all labor to complete the plumbing installation. All work
performed under this permit will comply with all Sections of this
Article or the code adopted herein.
Delete Section 106.6.1 and insert in its place:
106.6.1: Work Commencing Before Permit Issuance: Any person who commences any work on a plumbing system before obtaining the necessary permits shall be subject to penalties as stated in Section 500.175 in addition to the required permit fee. See Section 500.030 of the City Code of the City of Eldon.
Delete Section 106.6.2 and insert in its place:
106.6.2: Fee Schedule: Permit fees shall be assessed as outlined in Section 500.030 of the City Code of the City of Eldon.
Delete Section 106.6.3 and insert in its place:
106.6.3: Fee Refunds: The Codes Enforcement
Officer shall authorize the refunding of fees as follows:
1. The full amount of any fee paid hereunder that was erroneously
paid or collected.
2. Not more than eighty percent (80%) of the permit fee paid
when no work has been done under a permit issued in accordance with
this code.
The Codes Enforcement Officer shall not authorize the refunding
of any fee paid except upon written application filed by the original
permittee not later than one hundred eighty (180) days after the date
of fee payment.
Add to Section 107.1, item (4) to the last paragraph:
107.1 (4): Notice of Inspection: It shall be the duty of the permit holder or the person performing the work to contact the Codes Enforcement Officer to arrange for each required inspection. The permit holder shall allow twenty-four (24) hours for the code enforcement personnel to conduct required inspections during the City's normal working hours. It shall be the duty of the permit holder to provide access to and means for any inspection of such work that is required by this code. Any inspection requests outside of normal business hours will be assessed a fee of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) per inspection. See Section 500.030 of the City Code of the City of Eldon.
Delete Section 108.5 and insert in its place:
108.5: Stop-Work Orders: Upon notice from the Codes Enforcement Officer, work on any plumbing system that is being done contrary to the provisions of this code or in a dangerous or unsafe manner shall immediately cease. Such notice shall be in writing and shall be given to the owner of the property, or to the owner's agent, or to the person doing the work. The notice shall state the conditions under which work is authorized to resume. Where an emergency exists, the Codes Enforcement Officer shall not be required to give a written notice prior to stopping the work. Any person who shall continue any work in or about the structure after having been served with a stop-work order, except such work as that person is directed to perform to remove the violation or unsafe condition, shall be in violation of this section and subject to penalties as stated in Section 500.175.
Delete Sections 109.2 through 109.7 and insert in their place:
109.2: Board of Appeals, Appointment: The Board
of Appeals will be appointed by the Board of Aldermen and consist
of five (5) members. Two (2) alternate members shall also be appointed
who shall be called by the Board Chairperson to hear appeals in the
absence or disqualification of a member. Whenever reference is made
to the "Board" in this Article, reference is made to the Board of
Appeals.
109.2.1: Members: The Board shall annually
elect one (1) of its members to serve as Chairperson. The Chief Administrative
Officer shall designate a qualified clerk to serve as Secretary to
the Board. The Secretary shall file a detailed record of all proceedings
in the office of the Chief Administrative Officer.
109.2.2: Disqualification of Member: A member
shall not hear an appeal in which that member has a personal, professional
or financial interest.
109.2.3: Notice of Meetings: The Board shall
meet upon notice of the Chairperson within ten (10) days of the filing
of an appeal, or at stated periodic meetings. The Board shall act
on grievances by an applicant for a plumbing permit, the holder of
a plumbing permit, or the owner/agent of a building or structure wherein
plumbing work is to be installed. Such grievances shall be an appeal
of the decision of the Codes Enforcement Officer or authorized agent
or representative refusing to grant a modification of provision of
the Plumbing Code governing the installations or materials to be used.
Applications for appeal will be submitted to the Codes Enforcement
Officer or an authorized representative, when it is claimed that:
1. The true intent of the Plumbing Code or rules adopted thereunder
have been incorrectly interpreted.
2. The provisions of the Plumbing Code do not apply fully.
109.2.4: Open Hearings: All hearings before
the Board shall be open to the public. The appellant, the appellant's
representative, the Codes Enforcement Officer and any person whose
interests are affected shall be given the opportunity to be heard.
109.2.5: Procedure: The Board shall adopt and
make available to the public through the Secretary procedures under
which a hearing will be conducted. The procedures shall not require
compliance with the strict rules of evidence, but shall mandate that
only relevant information be received. A simple majority of those
voting shall constitute a qualified decision.
109.2.6: Postponed Hearing: When five (5) members
are not present to hear an appeal, either the appellant or the appellant's
representative shall have the right to request a postponement of the
hearing.
109.2.7: Board Decision: The Board shall modify
or reverse the decision of the Codes Enforcement Officer by a concurring
vote of three (3) members. In the event the voting members of the
Board are evenly divided, the decision of the Codes Enforcement Officer
shall be affirmed. The Codes Enforcement Officer shall not vote.
109.2.8: Resolution: The decision of the Board
shall be made by resolution. Certified copies shall be furnished to
the appellant and to the Codes Enforcement Officer. The Codes Enforcement
Officer shall take immediate action in accordance with the decision
of the Board.
109.3: Licenses: No person, firm or corporation
shall install, repair, alter, or extend any plumbing system within
the City of Eldon unless licensed as required in this Article or the
code adopted herein. "Plumbing system" includes the water supply and
distribution pipes; plumbing fixtures and traps; soil, waste, and
vent pipes, and sanitary and storm sewer and building drains; in addition
to their respective connections, devices and appurtenances within
a structure or premises and their extension to the purveyors or other
water supply and the connection to their to a point of disposal.
1. Exemptions: No license or permit is required for the performance
of the following plumbing work.
a. Water faucet repair/replacement
b. Toilet tank fixtures repair/replacement
c. Bathroom stool replacement
d. Bathroom/kitchen drains unclogging
109.3.1: Applications, Qualification and Fee for Licenses: Persons desiring a license shall complete and submit to the Codes
Enforcement Officer or representative an application for license.
(Applications are obtained from City Hall.)
109.3.2: Plumbing Contractor License: Persons
desiring a plumbing contractor license shall be or employ full time
a licensed master plumber and maintain a two-thousand-dollar ($2,000.00)
surety bond. Said bond shall indemnify and keep harmless the City
of Eldon from all liability from any accidents or damages arising
from negligence or unskillfulness in doing or protecting work or any
unfaithful or inadequate work done in pursuance of the plumbing business
and that all street and right-of-way shall be restored to condition
acceptable to the City of Eldon Codes Department and shall maintain
the acceptable condition for a period of one (1) year thereafter.
This license is renewable annually for a fee of thirty-five dollars
($35.00) and shall be renewed one (1) calendar year from the date
of issuance. Persons licensed as a plumbing contractor shall immediately
notify the Codes Enforcement Officer, in writing, of any changes of
name, address, phone number, or location of their plumbing business.
109.3.3: Master Plumber Licenses: Persons desiring
a license shall be licensed in a city or town recognized by the Codes
Enforcement Officer or score a minimum of seventy-five percent (75%)
on the examination provided by the evaluation service currently used
by the City of Eldon.
109.4: Licenses, Suspension or Revocation: The
Board may suspend or revoke the license of any apprentice, journeyman,
master or contractor plumber when charges are preferred against them
by the Codes Enforcement Officer, and the Board finds the person charged
is incompetent or had willingly violated the provisions of this Article
or the code adopted herein. Prior to Board action, the person charged
shall be given at least ten (10) days' notice of the time and place
of a formal hearing on said charges and the person charged shall be
apprised of the charges. The person charged shall have the opportunity
to appear in person or with an attorney and shall have the burden
of showing cause why the license should not be suspended or revoked.
The Board shall render its decision within five (5) days. The decision
shall be final; no appeal shall be allowed. The Board may drop the
charges, suspend the license for such period deemed proper or permanently
revoke the charged person's license. A person whose license has been
revoked by the Board shall not be permitted to reapply for a license
for a period of one (1) year, and must successfully pass any required
examination for license.
109.5: Assignment of Contractor Licenses: No
person licensed as a plumbing contractor shall allow this license
to be used by others for the purpose of obtaining plumbing permits
or knowingly allow non-licensed persons to do plumbing work.
Delete Section 305.6.1 and insert in its place:
305.6.1: Sewer Depth: Building sewers shall
be a minimum of twenty-four (24) inches (610 mm) below grade.
Delete Section 312.6 and insert in its place:
312.6: Gravity sewer test is not required.
Add to Section 312.9.1: Testing backflow prevention assemblies
shall be made by a licensed journeyman or master plumber certified
by the State of Missouri as a backflow preventer assembly tester.
Table 403.1 is hereby amended by deleting Note D (For Day Nurseries,
a maximum of one (1) bathtub shall be required). "Bathtubs are not
allowed in a day nursery."
Delete Section 608.16.5 and insert in its place:
608.16.5: Connection to Lawn Irrigation System: The potable water supply to a lawn irrigation system shall be protected
against backflow by an atmospheric-type vacuum breaker, a pressure-type
vacuum breaker, a double check-valve assemble or a reduced-pressure
principle backflow preventer. A valve shall not be installed downstream
from an atmospheric-type vacuum breaker. Where chemicals are introduced
into the system, the potable water shall be protected by a reduced
pressure principle backflow preventer.
Delete Section 904.1 and insert in its place:
904.1: Roof Extension: All open vent pipes
that extend through a roof shall terminate at least (6) inches (152
mm) above the roof, except that where a roof is to be used for any
other purpose other than weather protection, the vent extensions shall
be run at least seven (7) feet (2,134 mm) above the roof.
Add Section 1003.1.1:
1003.1.1: Grease Interceptor Size: Shall have
a minimum of five-hundred-gallon capacity below the outlet (effluent).
Add Section 1003.1.2:
1003.1.2: Grease Interceptor Design: The inlet
(influent) shall be two (2) inches above the outlet (effluent). A
center baffle shall run to within six (6) inches of the bottom inside
and be sealed to the top and both sides. The outlet shall have a tee
baffle with top open and the bottom extended to within six (6) inches
of the bottom inside. The inlet shall have a one-fourth (ninety-degree)
bend sweep installed with the open end down and extended down one
(1) foot four (4) inches. There shall be a manhole or holes installed
so the entire inside of the interceptor can be cleaned.
Appendices B, D, E, and F shall be adopted in their
entirety.
Any person who shall violate a provision of this Article or
the code adopted herein or shall fail to comply with any requirements
thereof or who erects, constructs, alters, installs or repairs any
plumbing in violation of the approved construction documents or directive
of the Codes Enforcement Officer, or of a permit or certificate issued
under the provisions of this Article or the code adopted herein, shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than
five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment for a period not
exceeding ninety (90) days, or by both fine and imprisonment. Each
day that a violation continues after due notice has been served shall
be deemed a separate offense.
