(a)
A
separate permit shall be required for each separate building.
(b)
The
permit fee shall be as established and as approved by the city council
from time to time.
(c)
In
any case where work commences before a permit is issued, the fee therefor
shall be doubled.
(1986 Code, ch. 3, sec. 2(C); 1993
Code, sec. 3.301)
(a)
Installation of plumbing.
It shall be unlawful to construct, install or cause to be installed any plumbing as defined herein without first securing a plumbing permit therefor, except as otherwise provided in section 3.03.104. A separate permit shall be required for each separate building.
(b)
Work on water lines.
It shall be unlawful for any person to make any extensions 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, except as otherwise provided in section 3.03.104.
(c)
Replacement of water heater.
Permits and inspections
shall be required for the replacement of water heaters.
(1986 Code, ch. 3, sec. 2(E); 1993
Code, sec. 3.303(a)–(c))
(a)
License required.
All persons who engage in or work
at the actual installation, alteration, repair and renovating of plumbing
shall possess either a master or journeyman plumber’s license
in accordance with the provisions of the Plumbing License Law (V.T.C.A.,
Occupations Code, chapter 1301).
(b)
Exemptions.
The following acts, work and conduct shall
be expressly permitted without a license:
(1)
Homeowners.
Plumbing work done by a property owner in
a building owned or occupied by him or her as his or her home;
(2)
Maintenance, utility and appliance work.
Plumbing work
done by anyone who is regularly employed as or acting as a maintenance
person or maintenance engineer, incidental to and in connection with
the business in which he or she is employed or engaged and who does
not engage in the occupation of a plumber for the general public;
construction, installation and maintenance work done upon the premises
or equipment of a railroad by an employee thereof who does not engage
in the occupation of a plumber for the general public; plumbing work
done by persons engaged by any public service company in the laying,
maintenance and operation of its service mains or lines and the installation,
alteration, adjustment, repair, removal and renovation of all types
of appurtenances, equipment and appliances; and appliance installation
and service work done by anyone who is an appliance dealer or is employed
by an appliance dealer, and acting as an appliance installation person
or appliance service person in connecting appliances to existing piping
installations; provided, however, that all work and service herein
named or referred to shall be subject to inspection and approval in
accordance with the terms of all local valid city or municipal ordinances.
(1986 Code, ch. 3, sec. 2(E); 1993
Code, sec. 3.303(d), (e))
No plumbing permit is required to do minor repairs such as the
maintenance, repair or replacement in kind of the following:
(1)
Yard
hydrants and sill cocks;
(2)
Flush
valves and float balls in water closet tanks;
(3)
Accessible
traps on lavatories or sinks; and
(4)
Replacing of plumbing fixtures where no change in “roughing-in” is involved, except replacement of water heaters. See section 3.03.102(c).
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The above examples are representative only and should not be
considered as a limitation on the term “minor repairs.”
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(1986 Code, ch. 3, sec. 2(F); 1993
Code, sec. 3.304)
The plumbing inspector or a 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.
(1986 Code, ch. 3, sec. 2(G); 1993
Code, sec. 3.305)
A special permit may be issued in writing by the plumbing inspector
if, in his or her judgment, the plumbing cannot be installed in accordance
with all the provisions of this code and if the permit is 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.
(1986 Code, ch. 3, sec. 2(H); 1993
Code, sec. 3.306)
Permits shall be issued only to persons who have obtained a plumbing license in accordance with section 3.04.001 of this chapter.
(1986 Code, ch. 3, sec. 2(I); 1993
Code, sec. 3.307)
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 or her name, or permit any plumbing or gasfitting work to be
performed under his or her permit by any person other than a person
authorized to do the same.
(1986 Code, ch. 3, sec. 2(J); 1993
Code, sec. 3.308)
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.
(1986 Code, ch. 3, sec. 2(K); 1993
Code, sec. 3.309)
Every permit 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.
(1986 Code, ch. 3, sec. 2(L); 1993
Code, sec. 3.310)
