(a) 
There is hereby created the position of plumbing inspector or inspectors who shall be employed by the city.
(b) 
The plumbing inspector shall have experience in plumbing to the extent that it enables him to know when plumbing is installed correctly.
(c) 
The plumbing inspector shall not be directly connected in any way with any person, firm, corporation, directly or indirectly engaged in the business of plumbing, or plumbing suppliers.
(d) 
The inspector shall receive as full compensation for his services a salary designated by the city council.
(e) 
It shall be the duty of the plumbing inspector to enforce all provisions of this article, and such inspector is hereby granted the authority to enter all buildings within the corporate limits of the city, when such buildings are connected or to be connected to the municipal water and/or sewer system.
(f) 
The plumbing inspector shall prepare or cause to be prepared suitable forms for applications, permits, inspection reports and other such materials.
(g) 
It shall be the duty of the plumbing inspector to inspect and test all plumbing work for compliance with this article, and its adopted plumbing code, and to enforce changing of such installations that do not meet the requirements.
(h) 
It further shall be his duty to see that all persons installing or alternating plumbing shall be qualified by state law.
(1983 Code, sec. 6.21)
(a) 
The following plumbing installations are subject to inspection:
(1) 
Installation of gas yard lines before being covered.
(2) 
All roughed plumbing (water and wastes lines) before being covered.
(3) 
Sewer taps and lines before being covered.
(4) 
Top-out (vent system) before being covered.
(5) 
Gas test if gas is being installed.
(6) 
Final inspection when plumbing system is complete.
(b) 
The plumbing contractor is responsible for ensuring the necessary inspections are called into the building official’s office and approved before further work continues.
(Ordinance 89-9, sec. 6.34, adopted 11/6/89)
(a) 
Before beginning any work in the city, the person installing or altering same shall apply to the plumbing inspector or other designated official and obtain a permit to do such work. Only those persons legally authorized to do plumbing may be issued permits.
A homeowner may make application for a plumbing permit for plumbing work only for the residence in which he owns and resides as his homestead. The homeowner must sign an affidavit attesting to same, which will remain on file in the building official’s office.
All such work shall meet the code requirements.
(b) 
An additional fee of $5.00 shall be charged for each additional trip on the part of the plumbing inspector, caused by the negligence of the plumber of not being ready for inspection or a return for inspection of a corrected installation.
(1983 Code, sec. 6.22; Ordinance 89-9, sec. 6.31, adopted 11/6/89; Ordinance 2019-0715-01, ex. A, adopted 7/15/19)
(a) 
Every master plumber doing business in the city shall execute and deliver to the city a bond with a surety bonding company in the sum of $1000, to indemnify the city or any citizen for any damage caused by the failure of such master plumber to comply strictly with the provisions of this article. No plumbing permit shall be issued to any master plumber unless this bond has been delivered to the city and is in full force and effect.
(b) 
Before any person is issued a permit to do any plumbing work, such person must file with the building official a bond in the sum of five thousand ($5,000.00), with good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the building official. The conditions of the bond are that the applicant for the permit will:
(1) 
Obey all provisions of this code, state law and city ordinances regulating plumbing work;
(2) 
Obey all provisions of this code, state law and city ordinances regulating excavation in or puncturing of streets, allays or other public property;
(3) 
Refill said excavations or punctures according to standards established by the city and in compliance with requirements under the permit;
(4) 
Place lights and guards around all plumbing materials or apparatus left in any street, alley or other public way;
(5) 
Place lights and guards around all excavations or punctures;
(6) 
Repair all damages that arise in making connections with water and sewer mains or laterals;
(7) 
Hold the city free and harmless from all damages that may occur by reason of any plumbing work or by reason of any excavation or punctures made by said applicant.
All bonds will be required to expire January 31st of each year. This provision shall not apply to continuation bonds. Continuation bonds shall be required to give a 30-day notice prior to termination. Bond forms shall be provided by the city.
(1983 Code, sec. 6.23; Ordinance 89-9, sec. 6.33(a), adopted 11/6/89)
A person desiring to lay pipes for water, steam or any purpose in any street or alley upon which sewers are laid shall give at least twenty-four (24) hours’ notice to the building official before opening the street or alley, and the manner of excavating for the laying and backfilling over such pipe shall be subject to the approval of the building official. All such work shall be planned and executed so that no injury shall occur to any house sewer or drain connected therewith.
(Ordinance 89-9, sec. 6.29, adopted 11/6/89)
(a) 
All openings made in the public streets or alleys to install plumbing must be made as carefully as possible, and all materials excavated from the trenches shall be removed or placed where the least inconvenience to the public will be caused.
(b) 
All openings must be replaced in precisely the same condition as before the excavation started, and all rubbish and materials must be removed at once, leaving the street or sidewalks clean and in perfect repair.
(c) 
All openings shall be marked with sufficient barriers. Flares or red lamps shall be maintained around the opening at night, and all other precautions shall be taken by the plumber or excavator to protect the public from damage to person or property.
(1983 Code, sec. 6.24)
(a) 
The city water department and the city plumbing inspector are hereby authorized to discontinue or cause to be discontinued all water service or services to any and all premises, lands, buildings, or structures where it is found that an immediate hazard exists to the purity or potability of the city water supply.
(b) 
The city water department, and the city plumbing inspector, are hereby authorized and directed to take such steps as necessary to determine all potential hazards to the purity or potability of the city water supply which exist. Upon determining said potential hazards it shall be the duty of said department and said inspector to immediately cause notice to go to the owner or such other person responsible for said premises, specifying said hazards, and notifying said person that in the event that said hazard is not corrected within thirty (30) days from the date of said notice, all water services shall be discontinued thereafter until the requirements of this code have been complied with.
(1983 Code, sec. 6.25)
The city, acting through the building official, or other authorized officers shall have the power to stop and prevent from discharging into the sewer system any private sewer or drain through which substances are discharged which are liable to injure the sewers or obstruct the flow of the sewage or interfere with the operation of the disposal plant.
(Ordinance 89-9, sec. 6.30, adopted 11/6/89)
The bathtub drain area where exposed to the ground shall be filled to a minimum depth of two (2) inches by mortar, tar, or other approved material to effect a barrier from the ground to the interior of the structure. It is the intent of this section to deter infiltration of this area into the structure.
(Ordinance 89-9, sec. 6.35, adopted 11/6/89)