Permits required by the provisions of 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 man or appliance service man in connecting appliances to existing piping installations.
(1967 Code, sec. 34-65; 2008 Code, sec. 82-431)
A special permit may be issued by the building official, in writing, when plumbing cannot be installed in accordance with all of the provisions of this division, 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. The sketch must be kept on file in the building official’s office. In other work pertaining to but not specifically covered by this division, the building official may prescribe such specifications as may be necessary and shall be consulted before any work is started.
(1967 Code, sec. 34-67; 2008 Code, sec. 82-432)
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 such work.
(1967 Code, sec. 34-68; 2008 Code, sec. 82-433)
Any person who shall willfully make any false statement in order to obtain a plumbing permit shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Bad faith or unreasonable delay in the performance of plumbing work shall be deemed a sufficient reason for subjecting the plumber 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.
(1967 Code, sec. 34-69; 2008 Code, sec. 82-434)
Every permit issued under the provisions of this division shall expire 90 days after the date thereof unless the work authorized by such permit shall have been commenced within such time. Every permit shall expire if the work authorized by such permit is suspended or abandoned for as long as 90 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.
(1967 Code, sec. 34-70; 2008 Code, sec. 82-435)
The fees set forth in the permit fee schedule in appendix A of this code shall be paid to the city before the issuance of a plumbing permit and before any work is started.
(1967 Code, sec. 34-71; 2008 Code, sec. 82-436)