The city council shall appoint and/or contract with a plumbing inspector and any assistants necessary to aid him in the discharge of his duties.
(Ordinance 145, sec. 5.31, adopted 12/20/2021)
The plumbing inspector shall be of good moral character and shall be possessed of such executive ability, training and experience as is required for the performance of his duties in the enforcement of this article. He shall hold and keep in force a plumbing inspector's license issued by the state board of plumbing examiners.
(Ordinance 145, sec. 5.32, adopted 12/20/2021)
The duties of the plumbing inspector shall be to receive, approve and countersign, either in person or by an authorized representative, all applications for permits to do plumbing work or make sewer connections in the city, or outside the boundaries of the city if connections are made to the city's sewer system; to personally inspect and pass on all plumbing work, and sewer connections now in use or being constructed or which may be constructed in the city, or outside the boundaries of the city if connections are made to either the city water or sewer system, and to issue his certificate of approval thereof if he shall approve them, or, if he shall not approve them, to direct by written order the owner or agent in charge of any building or premises where imperfect plumbing, including water, sewer or gas piping, may be located, or the plumber in charge of such construction, to stop the use of or construction of same until it shall have been properly repaired or constructed in accordance with the provisions of this article; to investigate all alleged violations of this article; and to file complaints against all persons whom he may have reason to believe have violated any of the plumbing or sewer ordinances of the city. Assistant inspectors of plumbing shall perform all of the duties and have all of the powers of the plumbing inspector. The plumbing inspector shall have the power and it shall be his duty, where any building, premises or construction contains improper or defective plumbing or where the same has been constructed, erected, altered or repaired without a permit as provided by this article, to give prompt written notification to the utility involved to cut off the water or gas supply thereto until such improper or defective plumbing shall be made to comply fully with the provisions of this article and a certificate of the plumbing inspector has been issued.
(Ordinance 145, sec. 5.34, adopted 12/20/2021)
The plumbing inspector shall have the right to enter any building or premises at any reasonable time in the discharge of his official duties, or for the purpose of making any inspection, re-inspection or test required by this article.
(Ordinance 145, sec. 5.35, adopted 12/20/2021)
Where action is taken by the plumbing inspector to enforce the provisions of this article, such action shall be in the name of and on behalf of the city, and the inspector in so acting shall not render himself personally liable for any damage which may accrue to persons or property as a result of an action committed in good faith in the discharge of his duties. Any suit brought against any inspector by reason thereof shall be defended by the city attorney until final determination of the proceedings contained therein.
(Ordinance 145, sec. 5.36, adopted 12/20/2021)