(a) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to construct, install or cause to be installed any plumbing without first securing a permit therefor, except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this section.
(b) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to make any extension to any lines or pipes using water from city water mains, whether within or without the corporate limits of the city, or to add any pipes or to change any pipes or lines from a water line, apartment, house, premises, or meter, without first securing a permit for such changes, except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this section.
(c) 
Permits shall be required for the replacement of water heaters.
(d) 
No plumbing permit shall be required to do minor repairs, such as the maintenance, repair or replacement in kind of the following:
(1) 
Yard hydrants and sill cocks.
(2) 
Flush valves and float-balls in water closet tanks.
(3) 
Accessible traps on lavatories or sinks.
(4) 
Replacing of plumbing fixtures where no change in "roughing-in" is involved, except replacement of water heaters.
(e) 
The above examples are representative only and should not be considered as a limitation on the term "minor repairs."
(Ordinance 145, sec. 5.101, adopted 12/20/2021)
All applications for permits required by this division shall be filed with the city and shall give the complete statement of the work and fixtures to be installed. The plumbing inspector may require a complete plan of the work to be performed, if considered necessary.
(Ordinance 145, sec. 5.102, adopted 12/20/2021)
A special permit may be issued by the plumbing inspector, in writing, when plumbing cannot be installed in accordance with all of the provisions of this article, if in his judgment the conditions require it. Application for this type permit shall be made in writing accompanied by a sketch showing the work to be done, such sketch to be kept on file in the plumbing inspector's office.
(Ordinance 145, sec. 5.103, adopted 12/20/2021)
The fees established from time to time by the city council shall be paid to the city for deposit in the general fund before the issuance of a permit under this division and before any work is started. Such fees shall include the routine inspections required by this article. If any work has to be reinspected for any reason, an additional fee established from time to time by the city council shall be charged for each such re-inspection.
(Ordinance 145, sec. 5.104, adopted 12/20/2021)
The plumbing inspector or his designated representative shall issue all plumbing permits in accordance with the provisions and requirements of this article.
(Ordinance 145, sec. 5.105, adopted 12/20/2021)
Permits required by this division shall be issued only to the following:
(1) 
Any master plumber licensed by the state board of plumbing examiners.
(2) 
Any property owner for plumbing work to be done by him in a building owned or occupied by him as his home.
(3) 
Any appliance dealer or employee of an appliance dealer who is acting as an appliance installation person or appliance service person in connecting appliances to existing piping installations.
(Ordinance 145, sec. 5.106, adopted 12/20/2021)
Each permit issued under this division shall be personal to the permittee. No such permit shall be assigned or transferred to another person and no person shall permit another person to obtain a permit in his name, or permit any plumbing or gasfitting work to be performed under his permit by any person other than a person authorized to do the same.
(Ordinance 145, sec. 5.107, adopted 12/20/2021)
Any person who shall willfully make any false statement in order to obtain a permit under this division shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Ordinance 145, sec. 5.108, adopted 12/20/2021)
Every permit issued under the provisions of this division shall expire one hundred eighty (180) days after the date thereof, unless the work authorized by such permit shall have been commenced within such time. Every such permit shall expire if the work authorized by such permit is suspended or abandoned for as long as one hundred eighty (180) days after it has been commenced. In every case where a permit is permitted to expire, a new permit shall be obtained before any work is resumed.
(Ordinance 145, sec. 5.109, adopted 12/20/2021)
Bad faith or unreasonable delay in the performance of plumbing work shall be deemed a sufficient reason for subjecting the person so offending to a suspension of the permit, and no further permit shall be issued until such act of bad faith or unreasonable delay has been corrected.
(Ordinance 145, sec. 5.110, adopted 12/20/2021)