(a)
Permit required.
(1)
It shall be unlawful to construct, install or cause to be installed
any plumbing as defined herein without first securing a plumbing permit.
(2)
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.
(b)
Exemptions.
No plumbing permit is required to do minor
repairs such as the maintenance, repair or replacement in kind of
the following:
(c)
Application; issuance.
The plumbing inspector or his
designated representative shall issue all plumbing permits in accordance
with the provisions and requirements of this code. All applications
for permits shall give the correct location of the building, the name
of the owner of such building, and a 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.
(d)
Special permits.
The plumbing inspector, in writing,
may issue a special permit when plumbing cannot be installed in accordance
with all of the provisions of this code, 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; said sketch must
be kept on file in the plumbing inspector’s office. In other
work pertaining to but not specifically covered by this code, the
plumbing inspector may prescribe such specifications as may be necessary
and shall be consulted before any work is started.
(e)
Persons who may obtain permit.
Permits 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 and 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 serviceman in connecting
appliances to existing piping installations.
(f)
Transfer.
Each permit issued under this code 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.
(g)
False statements; bad faith or unreasonable delay.
Any
person who shall willfully make any false statement in order to obtain
a permit shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to the penalty
provided herein. 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.
(h)
Expiration.
Every permit issued under the provisions
of this code shall expire ninety (90) days after the date thereof
unless the work authorized by such permit shall have been commenced
within such time, and every permit shall expire if the work authorized
by such permit is suspended or abandoned for as long as ninety (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.
(2003 Code, sec. 5.121)
The permit and inspection fees herein provided shall be paid to the city before the issuance of a permit and before any work is started. The fees shall be as established by the city council from time to time. On all buildings, structures or alterations requiring a plumbing permit, a fee shall be paid as required at the time of filing application in accordance with the fee schedule listed in appendix B.
Editor’s note–Appendix B is not printed herein.
(2003 Code, sec. 5.122)
(a)
Generally.
All new plumbing work, and such portions
of existing systems as may affected by new work or any changes, shall
be inspected to insure compliance with all requirements of this division.
It shall be the duty of the plumber to give reasonable advance notice
to the plumbing inspection department when plumbing work is ready
for inspection.
(b)
Drainage and vent system test.
All the piping of new
installations, and of major additions or renovations of existing systems,
shall be tested with water. The water test shall be applied to the
drainage system either in its entirety or in sections. All openings
in the portion under test shall be tightly plugged except the highest
opening and the system filled with water to the point of overflow.
No joint or pipe in the system (to a point at least level with the
top floor) shall be submitted to less than a twelve-inch head of water
above the floor level.
(c)
Water supply system test.
Upon completion of the water
system or section thereof, it shall be tested and proved tight under
a water test at least as great as city water pressure or under an
air test at forty pounds (40 lbs.) per square inch. Water for testing
must be from a potable supply. Pressure must be on systems for at
least thirty (30) minutes prior to inspection. Caulking or use of
any patching material is strictly prohibited. All faulty pipe and
materials shall be replaced with good materials.
(d)
Building sewer test.
All building sewers shall be inspected
and approved prior to backfill.
(e)
Gas system test.
The test on house piping shall be made
by closing all openings and subjecting the pipes to an air pressure
that will support a column of mercury ten (10) inches in height. If
this column of mercury is supported by the air pressure for at least
one (1) hour, during periods of constant temperature, the piping shall
be considered tight. A final test shall be made for final inspection.
A twenty pounds (20 lbs.) per square inch gauge test observed for
one (1) hour without pressure drop may be submitted [substituted]
for the mercury column test.
(f)
Prohibited methods of testing.
Water shall not be used
in testing gas piping for leaks, and piping into which water has been
introduced will not be approved but will be condemned as faulty. A
fire test is not permitted under any circumstances on inside work.
(g)
Gas system inspection.
When the plumber has completed
the gas piping system and has all branches and branch extensions firmly
and permanently fastened, he shall test the piping, and if found tight
shall make application for inspection, and the plumbing inspector
will call and inspect the piping and witness the test, and if he finds
the piping tight, and the sizes and work in accordance with the provisions
of this code, he will issue a certificate of inspection and attach
an inspection tag to the work.
(h)
Covering plumbing.
No part of the plumbing system shall
be covered before it has been tested, inspected and approved as prescribed
in this section. If any part is covered prior to the provisions of
this section, it shall be exposed upon the direction of the plumbing
inspector.
(2003 Code, sec. 5.123)
No person, firm, corporation, or other entity shall install
or perform any plumbing work as defined in this code without first
having secured a permit in accordance with the provisions of this
code.
(2003 Code, sec. 5.125)
No person, firm, corporation, or other entity shall cause or
permit any plumbing installation to be connected with the city water
or sewer system or to any gas distributing system, nor shall such
person, firm, corporation or other entity use or permit the use of
any such plumbing installation or cause or permit any water, sewage
or gas to flow through the same, before it has been inspected and
approved as herein provided.
(2003 Code, sec. 5.126)
