[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Oil
City 8-27-2001 by Ord. No. 2671 (Ch. 132 of the 1986 Code). Amendments
noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Building construction codes — See Ch. 110.
A certain document, three copies of which are on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Oil City, being marked and designated as the "International Plumbing Code," 2009 Edition, including Appendixes B, D, E, F and G, as published by the International Code Council, Inc., be and is hereby adopted as the Plumbing Code of the City of Oil City, County of Venango, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for the control of buildings and structures as herein provided; and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said Plumbing Code, 2009 Edition, are with this chapter referred to, adopted and made a part hereof, as if fully set out in the chapter, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes as prescribed in § 230-3 of this chapter.
Ordinance No. 2619 of the City of Oil City, entitled the "Plumbing
Code of the City of Oil City,"[1] and all other ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
with this chapter are hereby repealed.
[1]
Editor's Note: Ordinance No. 2619, adopted 1-12-1998,
appeared as former Ch. 132, Plumbing.
The following sections are hereby revised as follows:
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101.1 Title. These regulations shall be known as
the "Plumbing Code of the City of Oil City," hereinafter referred
to as "this code."
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106.6 Fees. A permit shall not be issued until
the fees prescribed in Section 106.6.2 have been paid, nor shall an
amendment to a permit be released until the additional fee, if any,
due to an increase of the plumbing system, has been paid.
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106.6.1 Work prior to permit. In the event work
is commenced on any project prior to the issuance of a plumbing permit,
the fees for the acquisition of a permit shall be doubled.
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106.6.2 Fee schedule. The fees for plumbing work
shall be as indicated in the following schedule:
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Permit issuance. The fee for each permit and required
inspections shall be $10 for $0 to $1,000; $25 for $1,001 to $5,000;
$30 for $5,001 to $6,000; $35 for $6,001 to $7,000; $40 for $7,001
to $8,000; $45 for $8,001 to $9,000; $50 for $9,001 to $10,000; $55
for $10,001 to $11,000; $60 for $11,001 to $12,000; $65 for $12,001
to $13,000; $70 for $13,001 to $14,000; $75 for $14,001 to $15,000;
$80 for $15,001 to $16,000; $85 for $16,001 to $17,000; $90 for $17,001
to $18,000; $95 for $18,001 to $19,000; $100 for $19,001 to $20,000;
and over $20,000, $100 plus $6 for each additional $1,000 or part
thereof. When the project includes work normally covered by a plumbing,
electrical, mechanical or energy permit, the fees for those permits
shall not be separately charged, but rather the value of such work
shall be included in the total project costs.
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Plan examination. The fee for each plan examination
shall be computed at 40% of the plumbing permit fee. In no instance
shall the fee be less than $25.
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Sewer tap-in fee. $100.
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Water tap-in fee. $500 for three-fourths-inch and
one-inch lines. Lines larger than one inch shall be calculated by
the City Engineer.
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108.4 Violation penalties. This section shall be
revised to read in its entirety as follows:
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Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this code shall, upon conviction thereof in a summary proceeding
before a Magisterial District Judge, be sentenced to pay a fine of
not less than $300 or more than $1,000, together with the costs of
prosecution and any fee or fees, or be imprisoned for a period not
to exceed 30 days, or both. Each day that a violation continues after
due notice has been served shall be deemed a separate offense.
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108.5 Stop-work orders. This section shall be revised
to read in its entirety as follows:
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Upon notice from the Code Official that plumbing work is being
done contrary to the provisions of this code or in a dangerous or
unsafe manner, such work 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 Code Official shall not be required
to give a written notice prior to stopping the work. Any person who
shall continue any work on the system after having been served with
a stop-work order, except such work as that person is directed to
perform to remove a violation or unsafe condition, shall be liable
to a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000.
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Chapter 14 Reference Standards[1]
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Code Inserts
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IRC - 2009 International Residential Code One- and Two-Family
Dwelling
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IBC - 2009 International Building Code
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IFGC - 2009 International Fuel Gas Code
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IMC - 2009 International Mechanical Code
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IECC - 2009 International Energy Conservation Code
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109.1 Application for appeal. Any person shall
have the right to appeal a decision of the Code Official to the Board
of Appeals. An application for appeal shall be based on a claim that
the true intent of this code or the rules legally adopted thereunder
have been incorrectly interpreted, the provisions of this code do
not fully apply, or an equally good or better form of construction
is proposed. The application shall be filed on a form obtained from
the Code Official within 20 days after the notice was served.
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305.6.1 Sewer depth. Building sewers that connect
to private sewage disposal systems shall be a minimum of 30 inches
below finished grade at the point of septic tank connection. Building
sewers shall be a minimum of 30 inches below grade.
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904.1 Roof extension. All open vent pipes that
extend through a roof shall be terminated at least 12 inches above
the roof, except that, where a roof is to be used for any purpose
other than weather protection, the vent extensions shall run at least
seven feet (2,134 mm) above the roof.
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