(A) Pursuant to the Illinois plumbing license law, the city is authorized to require permits for the installation and repair of plumbing and collect a permit fee.
(B) The permit application to begin proposed plumbing work shall be made to the City Building Department by such plumber as agent of the property owner. The applicant shall supply such information as required by the Building Department.
(C) Permits for installation and repair of plumbing shall not be issued without verification by the City Plumbing Inspector that the applicant has a valid plumbing license or that the applicant is the owner-occupant of a single-family residence that is the subject of the permit. For the purpose of this section, the term OCCUPANT shall have the meaning as provided by the Illinois plumbing license law.
(D) Upon payment of the applicable permit fee and verification required as set forth in this section, the Building Department will issue a permit, which will be presented to the Department of Water and Sewer as notice of the plumber’s authority to begin work. No such work whatsoever shall begin until such issuance and presentation of the authorizing permit.
(E) Upon completion of any plumbing work, and before covering the plumbing work in any manner as to hinder inspection, the Plumbing Inspector shall be notified by the plumbing contractor. The Plumbing Inspector shall inspect the installation to determine if it is in compliance with the plumbing code, with this subchapter and with the details of the permit.
(F) If the plumbing work is found to be in compliance, the Water and Sewer Department or the plumbing contractor, depending on the size of the service pipe, shall make a final tap to the city main and begin the supply of water, if the plumbing work is not in compliance, such tap to main shall not be made, or if made for testing shall be disconnected until compliance is reached.
(Ord. 06-007, passed 1-24-2006; Ord. 2014-007, passed 2-11-2014; Ord. 2015-040, passed 12-8-2015)