The city adopts by ordinance the Southern Standard Plumbing Code.
(Ordinance 128 adopted 2/16/87)
An additional fee as set forth in the fee schedule in appendix A of this code 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.
(1984 Code, sec. 6.22; Ordinance adopting 2023 Code)
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 $1,000.00 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 division. 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.
(1984 Code, sec. 6.23)
(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.
(1984 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.
(1984 Code, sec. 6.25)