[Added 12-6-1988; approved 12-8-1988]
A.
Inspection and tests. It shall be the duty of the
administrative authority to enforce the provisions of this chapter
and code and to make the inspections and tests required thereunder.
B.
Right of entrance and inspection. The administrative
authority shall also have the right to enter into or upon any building
or premises for the purpose of examining, inspecting, reinspecting,
testing or retesting any plumbing and drainage at such times as may
be deemed necessary to protect the public health.
C.
Any refusal by any person or persons to permit such
inspection, or any interference with such inspector in the performance
of his duty, will be proceeded against according to law.
D.
Correction of faulty conditions. Upon written notice
from the administrative authority or the Ulster County Department
of Health, the owner or lessee shall be required to correct promptly
any and all unsanitary or defective conditions which are likely to
have immediate detrimental effects. He shall also correct as soon
as possible other unsanitary or defective conditions which may, over
a period of time, have a detrimental effect on health.
E.
Removal of imperfectly installed plumbing. The Plumbing
Inspector may order the removal of any plumbing work installed contrary
to these rules and regulations.
F.
Plumbing condemned by Department of Health. Whenever
the plumbing within the city limits shall be condemned by the Ulster
County Commissioner of Health as being unsanitary or constituting
a menace to health, the owner of the property shall, when duly notified,
proceed forthwith to make such improvements as may be necessary to
place said plumbing and drainage in sanitary condition, in accordance
with the requirements of these rules and regulations.
All piping of a drainage or plumbing system
(except in case of repairs) shall be tested by the plumber in charge
in the manner stated in the code, in the presence of the Inspector
of Plumbing.
No part of any plumbing or drainage system shall
be covered until it has been inspected, tested and approved. If any
part is covered before being tested and approved, it shall be uncovered
at the expense of the Master Plumber under the direction of the Plumbing
Inspector.
When the plumbing or drainage system is completed
and fixtures are installed, the final inspection shall be made; and
no such plumbing or drainage system shall be used until it has been
inspected and approved, unless special permission is given by the
proper authorities for its temporary use.
When additional fixtures are installed, or the
style or location of any fixture is changed, or when changes are made
in the piping system, the work shall be inspected.
The water test shall be applied by closing all
openings in the pipes with proper testing plugs, to the highest opening
above the roof, and completely filling the system with water, or upon
danger of freezing, an air test with pressure of at least five pounds
shall be used, or the peppermint test. If the pipes are found free
from defects and leaking joints, the test shall be considered complete
and satisfactory.
The Master Plumber shall notify the Inspector
in writing when the work is ready for inspection. Twelve hours' notice
must be given when the work is sufficiently advanced for all inspections
and tests. If the inspection is not made within a reasonable time
after the notice is given, the plumber in charge may proceed with
the work.
The material and labor for tests shall be furnished
by the Master Plumber.
The entire house drain with all its branches,
receptacles and connections shall be brought so far as practicable
to the surface or grade of basement floor and tested with water or
air. Upon being found free from defects and leaking joints, the test
shall be considered satisfactory.
Soil, waste and vent pipes, rainwater leaders,
and all work known as roughing in and under floor work between the
house drain connections to points above the finished floors and beyond
the finished face of walls and partitions, shall be tested.
[Amended 12-16-1999 by L.L. No. 2-2000; approved 1-3-2000]
Any plumber obtaining permit to make connections
with a city sewer shall save harmless the City of Kingston from all
suits, accidents and damages consequent thereupon for or by reason
of any opening in any street, alley or avenue made by him, or by those
in his employment, for making any connection with public or private
sewer, or for any other purpose or object whatever, and he will also
replace and restore the street over such opening in as good a state
and condition as he found it, or reimburse the Mayor for the cost
of same when done by said Mayor; keep guards by day and light by night,
and keep and maintain the same in good order and comply with all ordinances
of the Mayor applicable thereto.
If tests or inspections disclose defective material,
leakage or unworkmanlike construction which does not conform to the
requirements of the code, and which is condemned by the Inspector
of Plumbing, the same shall be removed and replaced within three days,
and, when necessary, retested.
The presence of any foreign substance, other
than that provided for in the code, about a joint or any part of a
plumbing or drainage system shall be sufficient cause for condemning
such joint or part of the system. Any split fittings, hubs, pipes
or defects in material which do not conform to the requirements of
the code and which have been condemned by the Inspector shall be removed
from the work and not used again.
