It shall be unlawful for any person to open or make any excavation
in any public street or alley within the city for the purpose of making
a connection with the city sewer system.
(1965 Code, sec. 15-58)
A fee shall be paid for a permit and inspection by the applicant
for all plumbing work to be done as described in the application for
permit. Such fee shall be as provided for in the most recent fee schedule
adopted by the city.
(1965 Code, sec. 15-61; Ordinance
adopting Code)
Prior to the issuance of any permit, required by this division,
each master plumber shall have on file with the city secretary a good
and sufficient performance bond, payable to the city in the sum of
one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), good for one year from date of issuance,
and the surety company shall be duly and legally authorized to do
business in the state and the city and be acceptable to the city council.
The performance bond shall be conditioned upon faithful compliance
with the rules and regulations set out in this article and shall fully
indemnify and save whole and harmless the city from all costs or damages
arising out of any real or asserted claim or cause of action against
it and from any and all costs or damages arising out of any wrongs
or injuries for damages, either real or asserted, claimed against
it that may be occasioned by the negligence or fault of such master
plumber, his agents, servants or employees, for failure to perform
the work satisfactory to the city and in accordance with the terms
and provisions of this article. Such master plumber and surety company
shall be severally and jointly liable for the failure of such master
plumber by reason of negligence or failure to perform in accordance
with the provisions of this article, it being the intent of the city
to first give to such master plumber an opportunity to fully complete
any work not done in accordance with the terms and provisions of this
article, and thereafter upon his failure or refusal to comply, such
master plumber and his surety company shall be held accountable and
liable for damages by reason of such master plumber’s failure
to comply.
(1965 Code, sec. 15-62)
Requests for inspection of plumbing work shall be filed at the
offices of the city plumbing inspector before 9:00 a.m. for morning
inspection, and before 1:30 p.m. for afternoon inspection.
(1965 Code, sec. 15-64)
No water, gas, soil, sewer, drain or vent pipe shall be covered
from view or concealed until after the work has been tested, inspected
and approved by the plumbing inspector. If any part is covered before
being inspected and approved, it shall be uncovered at the direction
of the inspector and at the expense of the plumber, or person obtaining
permit for such plumbing work.
(1965 Code, sec. 15-65)
After final inspection, the plumbing inspector shall issue to
the plumber a final inspection certificate showing the work has been
completed and accepted, if materials and construction comply with
the requirements of this article. After such certificate has been
issued, the city plumbing inspector shall also issue to the city water
department or upon request to any other person furnishing water, and
the company furnishing gas, a certificate showing that the plumbing
and gas piping have been inspected, tested and approved.
(1965 Code, sec. 15-68)
It shall be unlawful for any person owning or controlling any building in the city, or outside the boundaries of the city, if same be connected to either the city water or sewer systems, in which new gas, water or sewer piping may be installed or existing pining altered, or any plumber, or any other person to knowingly allow or permit water, gas, or sewage to flow through such piping until the same has been inspected, tested, and inspection certificate as required in section
3.05.083 is issued by the plumbing inspector.
(1965 Code, sec. 15-69)
When any gas piping, appliance, fixture, or apparatus has been
disconnected and rendered inoperative by the city plumbing inspector
or the service discontinued, as set forth in this article, it shall
be unlawful for any person to in any manner reconnect the same or
cause the same to be reconnected to any supply of gas or to use the
same as a part of any gas piping system until a certificate of acceptance
has been issued by the city plumbing inspector.
(1965 Code, sec. 15-70)
Each specific permit issued by the plumbing inspector under
the provisions of this article shall expire by limitation and become
null and void, if the work authorized by such permit has not been
started within six (6) months from the date of such permit, or if
the work authorized by such permit is suspended or abandoned at any
time for a period of six (6) months after the work is started. A new
permit shall be obtained before such work can be started again. All
permit fees paid for permits rendered null and void for the above
causes shall be retained by the city as compensation for work done
in checking plans and issuance of permits.
(1965 Code, sec. 15-71)
The chief plumbing inspector shall have the right to declare
a permit null and void if there has been misrepresentation of facts
or any violation of the provisions of this article.
(1965 Code, sec. 15-72)
Plumbing inspectors are hereby empowered to attach to plumbing
fixtures, equipment, pipes, and other parts of the plumbing system,
any official notice or seal to prevent use of such plumbing, and it
shall be unlawful for any other person to place or attach notice,
tag, or seal or to break, change, destroy, tear, mutilate, cover,
or otherwise deface or injure any such official notice or seal posted
by a plumbing inspector.
(1965 Code, sec. 15-73)