(A) Section 103.1 of the 2018 Uniform Plumbing Code is hereby amended to add the following sentence.
The authority having jurisdiction shall be the Plumbing Inspector or his authorized representative.
(B) Sections 106.3 of the 2018 Uniform Plumbing Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
VIOLATION AND PENALTIES: Any person, firm or corporation violating any provisions of this Code shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00) or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each separate day, or any portion thereof, during which any violation of this Code occurs or continues shall be deemed to constitute a separate offense and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable as herein provided.
The issuance or granting of a permit or approval of plans and specifications shall not be deemed or construed to be a permit for, or an approval of, any violation of any of the provisions of this Code. No permit presuming to give authority to violate or cancel provisions of this Code shall be valid, except insofar as the work or use which is authorized is lawful.
The issuance or granting of a permit or approval of plans shall not prevent the administrative authority from thereafter requiring the correction of errors in such plans and specifications or from preventing construction and operation being carried on thereunder when violation of this Code or any other ordinance or from revoking any certificate of approval when issued in error.
(C) Section 103.3 of the 2018 Uniform Plumbing Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Issuance of Certificate of Qualification and Registration: The Building Department shall issue Certificates of Qualification for Licensing and or Registration pursuant to the following provisions:
(a) Master Plumber’s Certificates of Qualification or Registration shall be issued to every person who makes application for such certificate, pays the required fee and successfully passes the examination conducted through the Uniform Plumbing Code provided, however, that in lieu of an examination, the Building Department may issue such a certificate to any person who makes application therefor, pays the required fee and possesses and presents to the Building Department, a valid Certificate of Qualification or Registration issued to him by any other governmental agency giving an examination the scope and character of which, in the opinion of the Building Department, is at least equal to that given by the Uniform Plumbing Code
(b) Journeyman Plumber’s Certificate of Qualification or Registrations shall be issued to every person who makes application for such certificate, pays the required fee and successfully passes an examination conducted through the Uniform Plumbing Code provided, however, that the Building Department may issue such a certificate to any person who makes application therefor, pays the required fee and presents a valid Journeyman Plumber’s Certificate of Qualification or Registration issued to him by any other governmental agency giving an examination, the scope and character of which in the opinion of the Building Department, is at least equal to that given by the Uniform Plumbing Code.
(c) JOURNEYMAN PLUMBER: “Journeyman Plumber” is hereby defined to be any licensed plumber employed by a Master Plumber, other than a plumber’s apprentice or helper, who as his principal occupation is engaged in the practical installation, alteration, repair or removal of plumbing.
(d) MASTER PLUMBER: “Master Plumber” is hereby defined to be any person skilled in the planning, superintending and practical installation of plumbing and drainage and who is familiar with the ordinances and regulations governing the same, and who is engaged as a contractor in the installation, repair, alteration or removal of plumbing or drainage with the full responsibility of supervision, whether doing such work by himself or employing journeyman plumbers and apprentices to assist him. Said term “Master Plumber” shall include every person doing work of any character connected with the installation, removal or drainage of buildings or property and all other plumbing, other than journeyman plumbers or plumber’s apprentices or helpers, as defined in this Ordinance. Only one Master Plumber’s License shall be issued to a person, but should a person be employed by several different businesses, each business shall be required to execute a bond along with the licensee who is employed by such business.
EXPIRATION OF CERTIFICATES OF QUALIFICATION OR REGISTRATION.
Every Certificate of Qualification or Registration shall remain in force and effect until its expiration date unless canceled or revoked.
(a) Plumbing Contractor’s Certificates of Qualification or Registration shall expire on April 30 of each year.
(b) Journeyman Plumber’s Certificates of Qualification or Registration shall expire on April 30 of each year.
REGISTRATION FEE: Every person applying for a Plumber’s Certificate of Qualification, Registration or Renewal, shall pay to the City Clerk at the time he or she makes application, those fees as established by resolution of the City of Columbus. All certificates of Qualification or Registration, except certificates that have been canceled or revoked, may be renewed from year to year upon request and payment of the required renewal fee. No certificates shall be renewed more than ninety (90) days after the expiration of such certificate.
(D) Chapter 13: Health Care Facilities and Medical Gas and Vacuum Systems is hereby deleted.
(Prior Code, § 150.046) (Ord. 98-13, passed 5-4-1998; Ord. 01-27, passed 5-7-2001; Ord. 01-49, passed 10-15-2001; Ord. 11-09, passed 3-21-2011; Ord. 15-28, passed 1-18-2016; Ord. 17-19, passed 9-5-2017; Ord. 20-28, passed 1-4-2021)