Before any plumbing work is done, a permit therefor
shall be secured from the Division of Health. In the case of new construction
or substantial replacement or extension, the plumber or applicant
for such permit shall file in the office of the Division, on blanks
furnished by the Division and signed by the applicant, a description
and location of the building or buildings, together with a plan or
drawing in ink and a written description of the work to be done, showing
and describing the complete plumbing and drainage system from its
connection with the house sewer to every point throughout the entire
building, including the location of all fixtures, traps, ventilating
pipes and other parts of the system.
In cases of work other than those covered by §
152-4, the said plan and written description shall show and explain to the satisfaction of the Division all portions of the proposed construction. One drawing showing a vertical section of building and work to be done will be sufficient where it can be made to show all the work included in the application for permit. If more than one drawing shall be required by the Division, additional plans or drawings shall be furnished by the applicant before permit is issued.
No portion of the said plumbing or drainage
work shall be done until plans, drawings and written description thereof
shall have been approved in writing and a permit issued therefor by
the Division or its duly authorized agent. The work must be executed
strictly in accordance with the approved plans, drawing or drawings
and description. After a plan has been approved and a permit issued,
no alteration or deviation shall be made except upon the written application
of the plumber, approved by the Division or its duly authorized agent.
The regulations set forth in §§
152-4,
152-5 and
152-6 shall also apply to any extensions or alterations of existing systems, with the additional requirement that in cases of such extension or alteration, a plan of the old system as well as a plan and description of the proposed changes must be filed in the office of the Division of Health. If, in the judgment of the Plumbing Inspector, during the course of alteration it becomes necessary to change the existing plumbing system to comply with the new conditions, the Inspector shall have the power, with the approval of the Division, to order the same done.
At the time of filing the plans and specifications
of any plumbing or drainage system, the applicant shall pay a fee
of $2 to cover the cost of the inspection and filing of said plans
and specifications. In addition thereto and for the purpose of defraying
the expense of subsequent inspection and testing of the work, the
applicant shall, at the time of filing the plans and specifications,
pay a fee of $8 plus a fee of $1 for each sewer-connected fixture
to be placed in the building in excess of three.