There are hereby adopted by the city council rules and regulations for the governing of all plumbing installed, altered or repaired within the city, wherever water and/or sewage service originating from the municipal water and/or sewer system is furnished. The provisions and regulations of the International Plumbing Code, 2006 edition, and the whole thereof, save and except such portions as are hereinafter deleted, modified or amended, of which code one copy is on file in the offices of the city as a public record and duly authenticated by the city administrator-secretary, is hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out in length herein, and from the date on which this section shall take effect the provisions thereof shall be controlling within the city limits.
(Ordinance 554, sec. 1, adopted 7/5/1967; Ordinance adopting 1994 Code; Ordinance 1363 adopted 3/9/2009; 1994 Code, sec. 3.401)
There is hereby created the position of plumbing inspector, who shall be employed by the city, appointed by the city administrator-secretary. He shall have had at least two (2) years' experience as a plumber, shall be of good moral character, shall be versed in the approved methods of plumbing construction for safety of life and property and shall receive such compensation as the city may decide.
(Ordinance 554, sec. 2, adopted 7/5/1967; 1994 Code, sec. 3.402; Ordinance adopting 2024 Code)
It shall be the duty of the plumbing inspector to enforce all provisions of this division and such inspector is hereby granted the authority to enter all buildings within or without the city limits when such buildings are connected or to be connected to the municipal water and/or sewage system. The plumbing inspector shall prepare or cause to be prepared suitable forms for applications, permits, inspection reports and other such materials. It shall be the duty of the plumbing inspector to inspect and test all plumbing work for compliance with this division and its adopted plumbing code, and to enforce changing of such installations that does not meet the requirements. It further shall be his duty to see that all persons installing or altering plumbing shall be qualified by state law.
(Ordinance 554, sec. 3, adopted 7/5/1967; 1994 Code, sec. 3.403)
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 permit may be issued to a homeowner to install or alter plumbing in a single-family residence, providing the homeowner does the work himself and that the building is owned and occupied by the owner as his home. All such work shall meet the code requirements. All applications for permits shall be made on suitable forms provided and shall be accompanied by fees set by the plumbing inspector.
(Ordinance 554, sec. 4, adopted 7/5/1967; 1994 Code, sec. 3.404)
Every master plumber doing business in the city shall execute and deliver to the city administrator-secretary a bond with a surety bonding company in the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) to indemnify the city or any citizens 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 as been delivered to the city administrator-secretary and is in full force and effect.
(Ordinance 554, sec. 5, adopted 7/5/1967; 1994 Code, sec. 3.405)
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. 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 sidewalk clean and in perfect repair. 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.
(Ordinance 554, sec. 6, adopted 7/5/1967; 1994 Code, sec. 3.406)
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. The city water department and the 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 the city may terminate service without further notice as provided in section 12.05.034, and all water services shall be discontinued thereafter until the requirements of this code have been complied with.
(Ordinance 554, sec. 7, adopted 7/5/1967; 1994 Code, sec. 3.407; Ordinance adopting 2024 Code)
Any person, firm or corporation found guilty of violating any of the provisions of this division shall be subject to a fine in accordance with the general penalty provision found in section 1.01.009 of this code, together with the costs of such prosecution. Each day during which a violation continues shall be a separate offense.
(Ordinance 554, sec. 8, adopted 7/5/1967; 1994 Code, sec. 3.408)