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HomeMy WebLinkAbout402: Plumbing Code SECTION 402 PLUMBING CODE Building Regulations SUBSECTIONS: 402.100: 402.200: 402.300: 402.400: 402.500: 402.600: 402.700: 402.800: 402.900: 402.1000: STATE PLUMBING CODE ADOPTED PLUMBING INSPECTOR PLUMBERS TO BE LICENSED PLUMBER'S LICENSE FEE, SURETY BOND AND INSURANCE ISSUANCE OF LICENSES PLUMBING PERMITS; FEES INSPECTION OF WORK; COMPLIANCE INSPECTION FEES REVOCATION OF LICENSE PENALTY 402.100: 402.200: STATE PLUMBING CODE ADOPTED: The provisions of the Minnesota Plumbing Code were adopted by the City with its adoption of the Minnesota Plumbing Code, by reference, pursuant to Ordinance No. 88-10. Three (3) copies are on file in the office of the City Planning and Inspection Department for public inspection. PLUMBING INSPECTOR: There is hereby created the position of "Plumbing Inspector". The City Council shall appoint the Plumbing Inspector who shall be a competent individual, having had experience in the plumbing field and the practice of his trade and shall be versed in the approved methods of plumbing construction, the Statutes of the State of Minnesota and the Minnesota Plumbing Code. Said Plumbing Inspector shall receive as his compensation for services such fees as the Council by resolution shall provide. 402.300: (2) PLUMBERS TO BE LICENSED: It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business of plumbing or install, maintain or repair plumbing within the limits of the City without first having obtained a license so to do as hereinafter pro/ided. Any person desidng to engage in said business within the City shall make application in writing to the City Manager or his staff by filing said application with the City Clerk. The following information and such other information as may be requested, shall be set forth in the application: The name and place of residence of the applicant. The exact location of the premises at which the applicant proposes to carry on said business. City of Prior Lake 402/pl Building Regulations (3) (4) (5) Whether the applicant has ever engaged in said business, and if so, where and when. The date upon which the applicant was licensed by the State of Minnesota as a master plumber. If the applicant is a firm or corporation, the name and place of residence of the master plumber in charge of its work and the date upon which said master plumber was licensed by the State of Minnesota. 402.400: 402.401 402.402 PLUMBER'S LICENSE FEE; SURETY BOND AND INSURANCE: The fee for such plumber's license shall be determined by the City Council annually and must be paid upon the submission of the application. All liCenses shall terminate on December 31 next after their issuance. Licenses shall not be transferable. No plumber's license shall be issued until the license shall have been filed with the City Clerk and the Council shall have approved a surety bond in the face amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) running to the City, conditioned that the City will be saved harmless from any loss, damage, cost or expense by reason of any work performed under this Chapter or other ordinances of the City, or by reason of improper or inadequate performance or compliance with he terms of this Chapter or other ordinances of the City by the holder of the license, or his agents or employees. No plumber's license shall be issued until the license shall have filed with the Clerk and the City manager or his staff shall have approved, certificates of insurance or copies of public liability and property insurance policies approved by the City Manager or his staff, and containing a provision that they shall not be cancelled without ten (10) days' notice to the City Clerk, showing not less than twenty five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) for injuries, including accidental death to any one person and subject to the same iimt for each person, in an amount of not less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) on account of any accident, and property damage insurance in the amount of no less than twenty five thousand dollars ($25,000.00). 402.500: ISSUANCE OF LICENSES: The City Manager or his staff shall direct such investigation of said application as it may deem necessary to determine whether said applicant is qualified to engage in said business and shall thereafter consider the application and grant or deny the same; provUed, that no license shall be granted to any person who has not been licensed as a master plumber by the State of Minnesota or any firm or corporation which does not haven and maintain in its employ a master plumber in charge of its work. Appeals from thedenial of any license application shall be made to the City Council. City of Pdor Lake 402/p2 402.600: 402.601 402.602 (1) (2) (3) (4) Building Regulations PLUMBING PERMITS; FEES: No plumbing work shall be performed by any licensed plumber without first having obtained a permit therefore from the City. It shall be unlawful to construct, install, alter or repair any plumbing, drain, vent, sump, water closet, sink, lavatory or any other plumbing fixture within the City without first obtaining a permit to do such work. Application for such permit shall be made at the off`ce of the Clerk on forms supplied by the City. The application for a permit shall be accompanied by the respective fees which shall be established by the City Council. Provided, however, that no permit shall be required in case of repairs not effecting sanitation, such as mending leaks in faucets, valves or water supply pipes, mending of broken fixtures, tanks, kitchen boilers, releasing frozen pipes or rodding and flushing any house sewer or drain. Any person who shall commence work of any kind for which a permit is required under the provisions of this Section without having first received the necessary permit therefor shall, when subsequently securing such permit, be required to pay double the fees provided by subsection 402.600 for such permit, ard shall be subject to all the penal provisions of this Section Any person not a licensed plumber desiring to construct or connect a Municipal water system to a building within the City shall apply to the City Clerk for a permit for said construction. The application shall be submitted on forms furnished by the City Plumbing Inspector and shall be accompanied by a permit and inspection fee to be determined annually by the City Council. A permit shall be required for each separate construction site or job. A permit shall be required for each connection to the Municipal water system if there are more than one on a particular construction site or job. NO permit shall be issued unless the applicant has filed with the City Clerk a surer/ bond in the face amount of five thousand ($5,000.00) running in favor of the City, saving the City harmless for any loss, damage, cost or expense by reason of any work performed under this Chapter or by reason of improper or inadequate performance or compliance with the terms of this Chapter, said bonding being subject to approval by the City Council. Subsequent to receiving a permit, written notice of intent to commence construction shall be given the City Plumbing Inspector at least twenty four (21.) hours before commencement of construction; provided, that if not notice is given, the applicant shall pay a one hundred dollar ($100.00) penalty at the discretion of the City Council unless the applicant was confronted with an emergency situation. (5) It shall be the duty of the City Plumbing Inspector to inspect the construction City of Prior Lake 402/p3 (6) Building Regulations regulated by this Section, and all construction found to be in violation of either State law or City ordinance shall be corrected by the applicant and if said corrections are not made within a reasonable time, the City Plumbing Inspector may either remove the work done or correct the violation and he may charge the cost of said removal or correction to the applicant, or the City may effect a partial or complete forfeiture of the applicant's surety bond to pay said costs. Nothing in subsection 402.602 shall permit installation or connection of any plumbing within the premises other than connection of, or running to the premises, the water main from the Municipal system to he premises.) 402.700: INSPECTION OF WORK; COMPLIANCE: It shall be the duty of the City Plumbing Inspector to enforce the provisions of this Section. All plumbing work hereafter constructed shall be inspected and if not found to be in accordance with he said Plumbing Code, such work shall be corrected. If after written notice to the person installing the work, such person neglects or refuses to conform to such order, the City or the City Plumbing Inspector may remove such work and charge the costs thereof to the person installing the same. No person shall cover any work without being duly inspected, or refuse to correct work when so ordered by the City Plumbing Inspector. Whenever it is necessary that more than one re-inspection be made by reason of the fact the installation does not comply with the provisions of the ordinances of the City, the permittee shall pay to the City Clerk, as such reinspection fee, for each additional re-inspection, the same fee as herein provided for the original permit,and the Inspector shall not make such re-inspection until said fee has been paid. The Plumbing Inspector shall have the right during reasonable hours to enter any building in the discharge of his duties or for the purpose of making any inspection or test of the installation of plumbing work. 402.800: INSPECTION FEES: An inspection fee, as determined by the City Council, shall be paid to the Plumbing Inspector. 402.900: REVOCATION OF LICENSE: The license herein provided for shall expire on December 31 next following the date of the issuance, but the City Manager or his staff may revoke said license at any time if the licensee shall violate the provisions of this Section or any other ordinance of the City governing the performance of plumbing work. 402.1000: PENALTY: Any person violating the provisions of this Section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) or City of Prior Lake 402/p4 by imprisonment not to exceed ninety (90) days, or both. Building Regulations (This Space Intentionally Blank For Future Amendments) City of Prior Lake 402/p5