As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
PLUMBER
Includes any person, firm, corporation or other legal entities
engaged in the planning, supervision and installation of plumbing
work and who is engaged in contracting to furnish labor, or labor
and materials, for the installation, maintenance, repair, extension,
alteration or renovation of plumbing.
PLUMBING WORK
All uses, installations, alterations, repairs, removals,
replacements, connections, disconnections and/or maintenance of any
plumbing system in the Township.
No plumbing work shall be performed, nor shall
any building permit be issued for plumbing work, unless the plumber
shall be licensed or a "bona fide representative" of the plumber,
as defined in N.J.S.A. 45:14C-2(d), shall be licensed pursuant to
the State Plumbing License Law of 1968, also known as N.J.S.A. 45:14C-1
et seq.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply
and no license shall be required in the case of a single-family homeowner,
who has prepared his own plans and will perform his own plumbing work
on a structure used or intended to be used exclusively as his private
residence, providing that said plans are, in the opinion of the Construction
Official and appropriate subcode officials, legible and complete and
will result in plumbing work being completed in compliance with the
regulations promulgated pursuant to the State Uniform Construction
Code Act, N.J.S.A. 52:27D-119 et seq.
Any person, firm, corporation or other entity
convicted of a violation of this chapter, or any section thereof,
shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $500 or a term of imprisonment
not to exceed 90 days, or both, in the discretion of the sentencing
court.