No plumbing shall be installed in any place in the City unless
a permit therefor is first obtained. Applications for such permits
shall be made to the City Clerk and shall state thereon the name of
the person or contractor intended to have charge of the installation,
and the nature and extent of the proposed installation.
The fees for such permit shall be such as may be prescribed
by City ordinance or resolution from time to time.
[Amended 1997 by Ord. No. 1604]
In both new and existing buildings, in all new plumbing installations
and major repairs or replacement of existing sewer or connection pipes,
the drain, soil, rainwater and other pipes connected directly or indirectly
to any drain, soil or waste pipe, and all traps, shall be exposed
for view, inspection and test by the Plumbing Inspector, and shall
not be covered until such test is made.
The plumbing and fixtures installed in any building in the City
must be installed to comply with the State Plumbing Code, promulgated
by the State Department of Health, which is adopted as the standard
of specification for plumbing. It is unlawful to install any plumbing
or fixtures which do not comply with the above regulations.
The Plumbing Inspector shall enforce the provisions of the State
Plumbing Code in the City.
The Plumbing Inspector shall keep on file in his office three
copies of the State Plumbing Code, which shall be available for inspection.
All work done on any plumbing system shall be performed in an
efficient and workmanlike manner.
[Amended 4-20-2015 by Ord. No. 3180; at time of adoption of Code (see
Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions
of this chapter, or continuing to work in violation of a stop order
issued by the Building Official, shall be fined not less than $100
nor more than $750 for each offense; and a separate offense shall
be deemed committed on each day during or on which a violation occurs
or continues.