No person shall engage in work or the conduct of the business
of plumbing or landscape irrigation within the city, except as herein
specifically exempted, unless such person is the holder of a valid
license as issued by the state board of plumbing examiners or the
state board of irrigators. Plumbing work by a landscape irrigation
installer, however, is limited to the installation and repair of irrigation
systems and connection of these systems to the customer’s side
of the water service. Nothing contained herein shall prohibit the
employment of a journeyman plumber or irrigator or apprentice to engage
in plumbing work under the general supervision of a master plumber
nor plumbing work done by a property owner in a building or on premises
owned or occupied by him as his home.
(2001 Code, sec. 150.42)
(a)
The
city adopts the International Plumbing Code of the International Code
Congress Series (2009).
(b)
In
the event that any provision, specification, or regulation of the
adopted code is in conflict with any ordinance or previously adopted
code, rule, or regulation, the International Plumbing Code shall take
precedence and priority.
(c)
Any
person or entity found to be in violation of the International Plumbing
Code may be subject to a fine not to exceed $500.00. Such fine may
be issued for every day that said person or entity is in violation
of the code.
(d)
Any
person or entity desiring a copy of the above-referenced code, or
specific regulations and requirements of said code, may receive a
copy of same at the city hall.
(Ordinance adopting Code; Ordinance 01-06 adopted 4/10/01)
The International Plumbing Code, 2009 edition, is amended by
adding the following:
A two-way cleanout is required to be located within three feet
of the point at which any sanitary sewer line exits a structure. Such
cleanout shall be elevated to floor level of the structure. A minimum
two-foot-square concrete slab shall be poured around the cleanout.
(2001 Code, sec. 150.41)
Fees for required plumbing permits shall be provided for in section A5.004 of the fee schedule (appendix A of this code).
(2001 Code, sec. 150.43)
