[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of Pocomoke City 8-26-1968 as Ch. 36 of the 1968 Code.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 11-5-1990 by Ord. No. 312]
The State Plumbing Code as defined in the Business Occupations
and Professions Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland, Title 12,
as revised from time to time, is hereby adopted by reference as the
Plumbing Code of Pocomoke City.
[Amended 11-5-1990 by Ord. No. 312; 1-8-1996 by Ord. No. 334]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
That definition contained in the Code of Public Local Laws
of Worcester County, Maryland, Building Regulations Article, § BR
2-106 (1995 edition, as amended).
[Amended 11-5-1990 by Ord. No. 312; 1-8-1996 by Ord. No. 334]
A.
No person shall provide any plumbing services within the corporate
limits of Pocomoke City, Maryland, except as hereinafter provided,
without obtaining a permit from the Pocomoke City Manager or City
Housing Inspector. A fee may be charged for such permits. In the case
of a bona fide emergency where danger to life and property is present,
work may be commenced, provided that a permit must be obtained within
24 hours of the next time the City Hall is open for business.
B.
Repairs and maintenance without permit. Repairs and maintenance of
existing facilities or installations shall not be subject to inspection
or require a permit.
[Amended 11-5-1990 by Ord. No. 312; 1-8-1996 by Ord. No. 334]
All work shall be performed in accordance with the permit and
the State Plumbing Code and shall be inspected by the Middle Department
Inspection Agency, Inc., and no plumbing shall be used until it has
passed inspection.
[Amended 11-5-1990 by Ord. No. 312; 1-8-1996 by Ord. No. 334; 6-2-1997 by Ord. No. 349]
Any person who violates the provisions of §§ 183-3 and 183-4 of this chapter shall be guilty of a municipal infraction and subject to a fine as set forth in the Fees, Charges and Rates Schedule, adopted by resolution of the City Council from time to time.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The current Fees, Charges and Rates Schedule
is on file in the City Clerk's office.
No open gutter, cesspool or privy vault shall be connected with
any sewer or drain. Cellar and cistern overflows may be connected
with the sewer or drain only when they can be trapped in such a manner
that the water seal cannot be destroyed and shall be connected separately
to the sewer. When it is possible, every house or property must be
separately and independently connected with the street sewer, and
in no case is a partnership drain allowed, unless permission is given
by the Council and approved by the Supervisor of Maintenance.
No person shall injure, break, remove or interfere with any
portion of any manhole, lamphole flush tank, catch basin or any part
of the sewer system or throw or deposit or cause to be thrown or deposited
in any sewer opening or receptacle connecting with the sewer system
any dead animals, oils, gases, grease, inflammable or poisonous liquids,
ashes, cinders, rags or any other foreign matter or thing which would
or could obstruct, damage or overload such system or sewer. Mill slops
and roof water may be deposited by special permit. If a sewer is injured
it shall be rebuilt in a manner satisfactory to the Council.
The Supervisor of Maintenance shall have the power to stop and
prevent from discharging into the sewer system through any drain substances
which are liable to injure the sewer or obstruct the flow of the sewage.
Before any old private drain or sewer is connected with the sewer
system, the owner of the private drain or sewer shall prove to the
satisfaction of the Supervisor that it is clean and conforms in every
respect to the rules and regulations of this chapter.
The house sewer trench shall be dug so as to meet the public
sewer at the position of the Y-branch as located by the Supervisor.
The materials thrown from the trench shall be placed so as not to
obstruct and so as to cause the least inconvenience to the public.
Proper barriers and lights shall be maintained on the banks of the
trench to guard the public against accidents during the progress of
the work. In backfilling, the earth shall be carefully rammed or flooded
so as to keep the pipe in proper condition and avoid settling, and
no stone shall be used in filling until there has been a depth of
two feet of fine earth or ground placed over the pipe.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original §§ 36-10 through
36-18, which immediately followed this section and provided construction
specifications, were repealed 6-2-1997 by Ord. No. 349.
A.
Exit pipes to all fixtures except water closets shall be furnished
with suitable, permanently attached strainers.
B.
No person shall place or suffer to be placed in any sewer opening
or in the house connection or private drains connecting with any public
main or lateral sewer any substance having a tendency to obstruct
the free flowage of the sewers or to damage them in any way.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original § 36-20, Violations
and penalties, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed
6-2-1997 by Ord. No. 349.
