[Amended 12-20-1977 by L.L.
No. 9-1977]
None but plumbers licensed as master plumbers by the Village of Spring
Valley will be permitted to alter, repair or make connections to any part
of the plumbing system, house drain or house sewer of any building located
within the limits of the village.
No person shall be examined unless he shall have had an experience of
at least five (5) years as a journeyman plumber and is able to furnish satisfactory
evidence of such fact.
No person shall engage in the business of master or employing plumber
before the issuance of a certificate of competency from the Village Clerk.
Before issuing a certificate to engage in the business of master or
employing plumber, the Village Clerk shall inquire into the applicant's fitness
and qualifications for conducting such business and may require the applicant
to submit under oath such evidence, in addition to the examinations and test
hereinbefore provided, as will satisfy the Village Clerk that he is a person
of good repute, character and responsibility and otherwise qualifies to engage
in business as a master or employing plumber.
In all cases where the Village Clerk shall refuse to grant a certificate
of competency to an applicant, said Village Clerk shall file a written statement
to that effect with the Board of Trustees and shall certify to the Board his
reasons for refusing to grant such certificate of competency. In all cases
where such certificate is refused, the applicant shall have the right to appeal
to the Board of Trustees, which Board, after a hearing, is authorized to grant
a certificate of competency. The holder of a certificate granted by the Board
of Trustees shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges of a holder
of a certificate granted by the Village Clerk.
All plumbing and house drainage installed in the village shall be executed
in conformity with the rules, regulations and specifications of this Article.
The following terms, when used in this Article, shall be construed as
follows:
BRANCH WASTE
The length of waste pipe conducting wastewater from fixtures except
water closets and slop hoppers to the main waste or soil pipe.
HOUSE DRAIN
That part of the main horizontal drain and its branches inside the
wall of the building, vault or area and extending to and connecting with the
house sewer.
HOUSE SEWER
That portion of the sewerage system of any building which extends
from a point five (5) feet outside the wall of the building to its intersection
with either a public sewer, lateral or cesspool.
MAIN WASTE PIPE
Any pipe, extending through the roof, receiving the discharge from
any fixtures except water closets.
SOIL PIPE
Any vertical line of pipe extending through the roof, receiving the
discharge of one (1) or more water closets, with or without other fixtures.
VENT PIPE
Any special pipe provided to ventilate the system of piping and to
prevent trap siphonage and back pressure.
VERTICAL
More than forty-five degrees (45º) from the horizontal.
[Amended 12-20-1977 by L.L. No. 9-1977; 6-26-1984 by L.L. No. 4-1984]
When plans and specifications for plumbing work are filed with the Building Department, as provided in §
185-12 herein, the fees, as provided in Chapter
118, Fees, must be paid to defray the expenses of inspecting the drawings and specifications and supervising the work.
Whenever it appears to the Building Department that the plumbing system
in any building is not in a proper sanitary condition, the owner shall change
the same to conform to the plumbing regulations set forth in this chapter
within fifteen (15) days after notification to do so from the Building Department.
For any and every violation of the provisions of this chapter, the owner,
general agent or contractor of a building or premises where such violation
has been committed or shall exist, and the lessee or tenant of an entire building
or entire premises where such violation has been committed or shall exist,
and the owner, general agent or contractor, lessee or tenant of any part of
a building or premises in which part such violation has been committed or
shall exist, and the general agent, architect, builder, contractor or any
other person who commits, takes part or assists in such violation or who maintains
any building or premises in which such violation shall exist shall be punished
by a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000.) or by imprisonment
not to exceed fifteen (15) days, or both.