[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Ossining 3-8-1966 by L.L. No. 1-1966. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Issuance of appearance tickets by Building Inspector — See Ch. 7, Art. I.
Building construction — See Ch. 63.
Electrical standards — See Ch. 82.
Street openings — See Ch. 87, Part 1.
Sewers — See Ch. 160.
Water — See Ch. 195.
[Amended 12-22-1998 by L.L. No. 9-1998]
Any person desiring or intending to conduct the trade, business or calling of a plumber or of plumbing or desiring to do plumbing in the unincorporated area of the Town of Ossining (hereinafter referred to as "the town") as employing or master plumber is hereby required to submit to an examination before the examining Board of Plumbers of Westchester County as to experience and qualifications for such trade and calling, and it shall be unlawful for any person to do plumbing or to conduct the trade, business or calling of a plumber unless a certificate of competency shall first be issued to such party by the examining Board of Plumbers and submitted to the Building Inspector of the Town of Ossining.
[Amended 12-22-1998 by L.L. No. 9-1998]
Any domestic corporation desiring to conduct the trade, business or calling of a plumber or of plumbing in the town as employing or master plumber may do so, provided that one or more officers of such corporation separately or aggregately hold at least 51% of the issued and outstanding capital stock of such corporation and provided that each of such officers holding such percentage of the stock is a holder of a certificate of competency of the examining Board of Plumbers of Westchester County. Each and every member of said corporation holding a certificate of competency shall comply with all the rules and regulations applicable to master or employing plumbers in the town.
[Amended 3-26-1985 by L.L. No. 3-1985; 5-25-2010 by L.L. No. 1-2010]
Any person who violates or refuses to comply with or resists any section of this chapter or any part of the State Building Code applicable thereto shall be subject to a fine and/or imprisonment in accordance with the provisions of § 382 of the Executive Law of the State of New York.
There shall be appointed as provided by law an Inspector of Plumbing, who shall also be the Building Inspector, and whose duties, in addition to those prescribed by law and those which may be enjoined or required by the Town Board, Commissioner of Health or Department of Health, shall be to inspect the construction and alteration of all plumbing work performed in the town and to report the results of such inspection to the Town Board or the Westchester County Department of Health. They or he shall also report in like manner any person engaged in or carrying on the business of employing plumber without having the certificate herein provided.
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Editor's Note: Former § 148-7, Expiration of license and registration and renewal, as amended, was repealed 12-22-1998 by L.L. No. 9-1998.
Whenever any inspector or other person reports a violation of any such rules and regulations for plumbing, drainage, gas or water supply or a deviation from any officially approved plan or specifications for plumbing and drainage, gas and water supply filed with any board or department, the inspector shall first serve a notice of the violation thereof upon the master plumber doing the work, if a registered plumber.
[Amended 3-26-1985 by L.L. No. 3-1985]
Such notice may be served personally or by certified mail, return receipt requested, and, if by mail, it may be addressed to such master plumber at the address registered by him with the Town Clerk, but the failure of a master plumber to register will relieve the Town Board from the requirement of giving notice of violation. Unless the violation is removed within three days after the day of serving or mailing such notice, exclusive of the date of serving or mailing, the town may proceed according to law.
[Amended 12-22-1998 by L.L. No. 9-1998]
Plans and specifications of the work, together with the application signed by the owner or his agent for the permit, must be submitted to the Building Inspector for approval, and the permit must be obtained before any part of the building or work is commenced. There shall be a separate plan for each building, public or private, accompanied by specifications describing the drainage of said buildings on blanks prescribed and furnished for this purpose, showing the size and kind of pipe, traps, closets, fixtures, etc., to be used, the same to be examined and placed on file in the office of the Building Inspector. Plans must be made by the architect or engineer where one is employed.
Application for change in plans or work in the building must be made in writing by the plumber, duly signed by the owner or his agent and a written permit obtained from the Building Inspector before any part of the change is commenced.
A. 
Any person desiring or intending to conduct the trade, business or calling of a plumber in the town shall first comply with all the provisions of law relating to the registration, examination and licensing of plumbers and shall pay all fees provided by law.
B. 
The Building Inspector shall prosecute all violations of law and of these rules and shall promptly apply to the Town Board for the cancellation of the registration of all plumbers violating such rules and regulations.
No person shall commence any plumbing work until he shall first have given to the Building Inspector written notice of the time when he intends to commence the same. Such plumbers shall likewise, from time to time, notify the said Inspector when such work is ready for inspection, and no part of such plumbing work shall be enclosed or covered until it has been tested and approved by the Building Inspector.
[Amended 12-22-1998 by L.L. No. 9-1998]
It shall not be lawful for any person to conduct the business of plumbing in the Town of Ossining or to make a connection with the village sewers or with any private sewer or any cesspool or to do any work in relation to the draining, ventilating or sewering of any property in the town, unless he is licensed therefor by Westchester County.
[Amended 12-22-1998 by L.L. No. 9-1998]
The plumbing, draining, ventilating (water piping) and sewer connection of all buildings, both public and private, in this town shall be constructed as is set forth in the New York State Building Construction Code, and such code is hereby adopted as a part of this chapter. All repairs, alterations or extensions of existing plumbing, drainage, ventilation or sewer work shall also be executed in accordance with the New York State Building Construction Code, except such minor work as repairing leaks, removing obstructions, etc., which will be permitted to licensed plumbers, in the discretion of the Building Inspector; and this regulation is intended to apply to all plumbing in buildings, the pipes, fixtures and other apparatus for bringing in the water supply and removing liquid- and water-carried wastes. Plumbing, for the purpose of this chapter, shall be understood to include any and all work in a building or pertaining to connections to a building wherein said work is included in the New York State Building Construction Code Applicable to Plumbing.
[Amended 12-22-1998 by L.L. No. 9-1998]
Before making any sewer connection or commencing any new plumbing work or the repair of any old work, the licensed plumber shall file with the Building Inspector duplicate plans and specifications for such work, and at the same time written application shall be made to the Town Board by the licensed plumber for a permit to do said work. No plumbing work shall be done and no sewer connections shall be made until such plans and specifications have been approved and a permit issued to a licensed plumber for such plumbing and sewer connections.
[Amended 12-22-1998 by L.L. No. 9-1998]
The plans shall consist of such floor plans and sections as may be necessary to show clearly all the work to be done, including all leaders, sewers, drains, soil, waste and vent pipelines, the location of fixtures and their traps and connections, etc., as may be required by the Plumbing or Building Inspector. All plans must be drawn to a scale, in ink, or may be prints of such scale drawings.
[Amended 12-22-1998 by L.L. No. 9-1998]
The specifications shall be of the form prescribed by the Plumbing or Building Inspector and shall contain the names of the owner, architect and plumber, the location of the buildings and a clear and detailed description of all the work to be done, including kind and size of sewer, drain, soil, waste, vent and supply lines and trap, number and location of fixtures, etc., and shall be signed by the owner or attorney in fact.
Plans and specifications will be numbered in the order of their filing and shall be so examined by the Building Inspector, and if they are found by him to be in accordance with this chapter, he shall attest his approval by endorsement on the copy of the plans and specifications to be returned to the owner filing the same. The duplicate copy shall be placed on file in the office of the Building Inspector.
The Building Inspector shall also certify to such approval of the plans upon the application for a sewer connection filed by the plumber, and such certificate shall be directed to the Superintendent of Highways, recommending that permission be granted the applicant to make excavation for and connect with the town sewers. A cash bond to guarantee the repairs to the road is required.
No modification of the approved plans and specifications or of the work described therein will be permitted unless proper application in writing from the owner or architect, covering the proposed changes, has been previously submitted to and approved by the Building Inspector.
In cases where the plumbing was completed before this chapter was in force, the application for sewer connection shall be accompanied by full plans and specifications as required for new work; and if the Building Inspector shall find, upon examination of the plans and of the buildings, that the work has been done in accordance with this chapter, permits will be granted for sewer connections, as provided for new work. If, however, the work is found not in accordance with this chapter, such alterations shall be made therein as the Building Inspector shall direct to make the plumbing safe to the persons occupying the building and such as to be no source of injury or obstruction to the sewer. In all such cases, main soil and waste pipes must extend above the roof, the drain must have a trap, air inlet and all traps must be adequately protected from syphonage and must be safe and clear, all pipes must have sufficient fall, fixtures must be safe and clean and provided with proper water supply for flushing and the plumbing must be proved tight, to the satisfaction of the Building Inspector, under a proper test, as set forth in the New York State Building Code Applicable to Plumbing.
As the rules require all work to be done in accordance with the approved plans, due written notice must be given to the Building Inspector by the licensed plumber, from time to time, when any part of the work, including house sewer, drains, pipelines, cesspools, connections, tests, etc., is ready for inspection; and no part of the work shall be covered until it has been examined, tested and approved by the Building Inspector. This section applies whether the connection is with a public or private sewer.
It shall be the duty of the Building Inspector to receive and pass upon all plans submitted, to endorse applications for all plumbing permits, to inspect all buildings in the course of erection, alteration or repair and to see that all plumbing, drainage, ventilation, gas and water and all sewer connections are done in accordance with the provisions of the New York State Building Code Applicable to Plumbing.[1]
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Editor's Note: Former § 148-36, regarding reciprocal licensing provisions for which immediately followed this section, was repealed 12-22-1998 by L.L. No. 9-1998.