As used in this chapter, the following terms
have the meaning indicated:
PLUMBING
Includes the following:
A.
All piping, fixtures, appliances, equipment,
devices and appurtenances in connection with the water supply, water
distribution and drainage systems, including hot-water storage tanks,
water softeners and water heaters connected with such water and drainage
systems, and the installation thereof.
B.
The construction, connection or installation
of any drain or waste piping system from the outside, or proposed
outside, foundation walls of any building to the mains or other sewerage
system terminal within bounds of or beneath an area subject to easement
for highway purposes, including private domestic sewage treatment
and disposal systems, and the alteration of any such systems, drains
or waste piping.
C.
The water service piping from the outside or
proposed outside foundation walls of any building to the fire protection
main or other water utility service terminal within bounds of or beneath
an area subject to easement for highway purposes and its connections.
D.
The water pressure systems other than municipal
systems as provided in Ch. 281, Wis. Stats.
E.
A plumbing and drainage system so designed and
vent piping so installed as to keep the air within the system in free
circulation and movement; to prevent, with a margin of safety, unequal
air pressures of such force as might blow, siphon or affect trap seals
or retard the discharge from plumbing fixtures or permit sewer air
to escape into the building; to prohibit contamination or pollution
of any potable water supply and distribution system; and to provide
an adequate supply of water to properly serve, cleanse and operate
all fixtures, equipment, appurtenances and appliances served by the
plumbing system.
Fees shall be as set from time to time by the
Common Council. The fees shall be doubled for any work commenced prior
to obtaining a permit.
The permittee or an authorized representative
shall, in writing or orally, request inspections by the Plumbing Inspector
at appropriate times required for the enforcement of this chapter.
The Plumbing Inspector shall perform the requested inspection within
48 hours after notification, except the final inspection. The work
shall not proceed beyond the point of inspection until the inspection
has been completed, except if inspection has not taken place within
48 hours of notification, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays,
unless otherwise agreed upon between the permittee and the Plumbing
Inspector.
Grease catch basins or separators of a capacity
based upon the temperature and the amount of the water tributary shall
be installed wherever kitchen or other greasy wastes from hotels,
restaurants, clubhouses, boardinghouses, public or private institutions,
hospitals or similar places are discharged into a public sewer or
private sewage disposal system. Garbage disposal units shall not be
tributary to grease catch basins or interceptors.
See Chapter
324, Streets and Sidewalks, of this Code.
Whenever practical, the sanitary system and
drainage system of each dwelling or building must be separately or
independently connected with the street sewer, except that where a
building stands in the rear of another on the same lot, the drain
from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the
whole will be considered as one drain.
Whenever necessary to disturb a drain or pipe
in actual use, the same shall not be obstructed or disconnected without
special permission of the Plumbing Inspector. No person shall make
any new connections or extensions to an old drain or pipe without
permission of the Plumbing Inspector.
In all cases where any sanitary system or other
drainpipe to be laid is obstructed by water, gas, steam, pipe or conduit,
the decision to pass over or under the obstruction or the raising
or lowering of the obstruction so as to permit the construction and
installation of such pipe shall be made by the Director of Public
Works.
All water, sewer, drain, gas, conduits or other
pipes must be protected to the satisfaction of the Plumbing Inspector
from injury by frost or settling.
No person shall permit any earth, sand or solid
materials to enter any main sewer during progress of any work in laying
drains and sewers or in making alterations, extensions or repairs
to the same, or in connecting such drains or sewers to the sewer main
of the City.
[Amended 6-3-2021 by Ord.
No. 2021-05]
See Chapter
340, Utilities, of this Code.
This chapter shall not be considered as assuming
any liability on the part of the City or any official or employee
thereof for damages to anyone injured or for any property destroyed
by any defect in any building or equipment, or in any plumbing or
electric wiring or equipment.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter or any order, rule or regulation thereunder shall be subject to a penalty as provided in Chapter
1, §
1-4 of this Code.