A. 
None but 1) master plumbers licensed by the City of Middletown or 2) individual owners personally working in their primary residences will be permitted to make any extension, addition or new installation in connection with the plumbing, plumbing system, house drain or house sewer of any building, structure or dwelling within the City of Middletown.
B. 
The above designated plumbing work cannot be performed by a master plumber unless and until a permit for such work is issued by the Commissioner of Public Works or his designee.
C. 
All individual owners personally performing the above designated plumbing work in their primary residences shall submit a monthly report of all work done to the Commissioner of Public Works.
The provisions of § 356-7 shall not apply to the following:
A. 
Minor repairs. Minor repairs shall be construed as meaning repairs of leaks in pipes, traps and cocks, putting in new cocks, opening waste or supply pipes, traps and drains, repairing broken fixtures and frozen pipes. When fixtures are in place without traps, or old traps are renewed, approved antisiphon traps may be inserted without "back-air" to sewer, at the discretion of the Commissioner of Public Works or his/her designee; and
B. 
Emergency repairs which are approved in advance by the Commissioner of Public Works or his designee.
A. 
The Commissioner of Public Works shall make the following charges after approval of plans of work to be performed by master plumbers by the Building Inspector or Plumbing Inspector: for issuance of approval of plans and permit, a fee of $10 per fixture will be charged, minimum of $25. The receipt of said program shall be kept on the premises where the work is in progress.
B. 
Definition. As used in this section, the following term shall have the meaning indicated:
FIXTURE
Includes water closets, washbasins, bathtubs, shower stalls, kitchen and pantry sinks, urinals, laundry tubs, automatic washing machines, drinking fountains, openings for future fixtures, soda fountains, bar wastes, dental units, water heaters and refrigerator waste and connections for drip pans and all other plumbing fixtures.
C. 
All plans of proposed work shall be filed with and approved by the Commissioner of Public Works or his/her designee, and permit fee paid before any work is started.
D. 
A final inspection card shall be required on all work, and notification to the Commissioner of Public Works or his/her designee shall be required within 48 hours of its completion.
Whenever, in the opinion of the Commissioner of Public Works or his/her designee, special conditions arise that render it impracticable to comply with all the provisions of this article, modifications may be allowed, provided the premises are left in a sanitary condition.
Any person claiming to be aggrieved by a determination, decision or ruling of the Building Inspector or Plumbing Inspector made pursuant to this article shall have the right to appeal therefrom to the Commissioner of Public Works. The person desiring to take such an appeal must serve a notice in writing upon the Office of the Commissioner within a period of five business days following the day upon which the decision, determination or ruling of the Inspector is first made known to him/her. On any appeal so taken, the Commissioner shall have the authority to approve, modify, or vacate any such decision, determination or ruling.