(A) The 2015 edition of the International Plumbing Code is hereby adopted by reference and incorporated herein as the village Plumbing Code, with the deletions, insertions and amendments prescribed in Ch. 150 of the village code.
(B) Permit fees.
(1) Plumbing permit fees shall be as follows:
(a) Single-family dwellings: $50 for each single-family dwelling unit for a maximum of eight fixture units, and an additional fee of $10 for each fixture unit in excess of eight units;
(b) Multiple-family dwellings: $50 for each and every dwelling unit as defined by the building ordinances and Zoning Code of the village with a maximum of five fixtures per dwelling unit, and an additional charge of $10 for each fixture in excess of five fixtures per dwelling unit.
(c) Commercial, industrial, schools, rest homes, shelter care facilities, nursing homes, hospitals and other applicants not heretofore designated: $100, plus $20 for each and every fixture in excess of three fixtures.
(2) For purposes of this section, FIXTURE shall be defined to include floor drains, downspouts, sill cocks, water heaters and water pumps, and two washing machines shall be computed as “one fixture”.
(Prior Code, § 8-1C-2)
(C) Specifications for plumbing fixtures and appurtenances.
(1) Service pipes. The water service from the street main to the building shall be of copper (type K) or cast iron service pipe.
(2) Waste and vent stacks.
(a) Aboveground waste and vent stacks. All waste and vent stacks above the ground shall be of cast iron, galvanized, copper D.W.V. or plastic P.V.C. - D.W.V.
(b) Underground waste pipes. All underground waste pipes inside the building and five feet outside shall be cast iron soil pipe.
(c) Main waste stacks. The main waste stack in all buildings shall be no smaller than four inches in diameter, except in single-family residences, where three-inch diameter pipe of similar type shall be permitted.
(Prior Code, § 8-1C-3)
(D) Metered water; flushing sewers; water-saving plumbing fixtures.
(1) Metered water required. All new water services shall be metered. New services include, but are not limited to, water service in new construction of all types.
(2) Flushing sewers. Flushing of sanitary sewers with potable water shall be performed through the use of a high velocity-type sewer jet.
(3) Water-saving plumbing fixtures.
(a) Plumbing fixtures generally. In all new construction and in all repair and/or replacement of water-using fixtures, only fixtures not exceeding the following flow rates and/or water usage shall be installed. These ratings are based on a pressure at the fixture of 40 to 50 psi:
Water closets, tank type | 3.0 gal. per minute |
Water closets, flushometer type | 3.0 gal. per minute |
Urinals, tank type | 3.5 gal. per flush |
Urinals, flushometer type | 3.0 gal. per flush |
(b) Lavatories for public use. In addition to the requirements in division (D)(3)(a) above, in all new construction and in all repair and/or replacement of fixtures, faucets of lavatories located in restrooms intended for public use shall be of metering or self-closing type.
(c) Car washes. In all new construction and replacement of fixtures, car wash installations shall be equipped with a recycling system on the wash water unit and the rinse cycle unit.
(d) Closed system air conditioning. In all new construction and in the replacement and in all new remodeling, closed system air conditioning shall be installed.
(Prior Code, § 8-1C-4)
(E) Cross-connection control.
(1) Plumbing installation requirements. All plumbing installed within the village shall be installed in accordance with the State Plumbing Code, 77 Ill. Administrative Code 890.
(2) Backflow prevention devices. If, in accordance with the State Plumbing Code or in the judgment of the Superintendent of Public Works, an approved backflow prevention device is necessary for the safety of the public water supply system, the Superintendent of Public Works will give notice to the water customer to install an approved device immediately. The water customer shall, at his or her own expense, install an approved device at a location and in a manner in accordance with the State Plumbing Code, State Environmental Protection Agency and all applicable village regulations and shall have inspections and tests made of the approved devices upon installation and as required by the State Plumbing Code, State Environmental Protection Agency and village regulations.
(3) Cross-connection approval required. No person shall establish or permit to be established or maintain or permit to be maintained any connection whereby a private, auxiliary or emergency water supply, other than the regular public water supply of the village, may enter the supply or distribution system of the village unless the private, auxiliary or emergency water supply and the method of connection and use of the supply shall have been approved by the Superintendent of Public Works and the State Environmental Protection Agency.
(4) Surveys and investigations of industrial properties. It shall be the duty of the Superintendent of Public Works to cause surveys and investigations to be made of industrial and other properties served by the public water supply to determine whether actual or potential hazards to the public water supply may exist. The surveys and investigations shall be made a matter of public record and shall be repeated at least every two years or as often as the Superintendent of Public Works shall deem necessary. Records of the surveys shall be maintained and available for review for a period of at least five years.
(5) Inspections; entry powers. The approved cross-connection control device inspector shall have the right to enter at any reasonable time any property served by a connection to the public water supply or distribution system of the village for the purpose of verifying the presence or absence of cross-connections, and the Public Works Superintendent or his or her authorized agent shall have the right to enter at any reasonable time any property served by a connection to the public water supply or distribution system of the village for the purpose of verifying information submitted by the customer regarding the required cross-connection control inspection. On demand, the owner, lessees or occupants of any property so served shall furnish to the Superintendent of Public Works any information which he or she may request regarding the piping system or systems or water use on the property. The refusal of the information, when demanded, shall, within the discretion of the Superintendent of Public Works, be deemed evidence of the presence of improper connections as provided in this section.
(6) Discontinuance of service; reconnection fee.
(a) The Village Superintendent of Public Works is hereby authorized and directed to discontinue, after reasonable notice to the occupant thereof, the water service to any property wherein any connection in violation of the provisions of this section is known to exist and to take such other precautionary measures as he or she may deem necessary to eliminate any danger of contamination of the public water supply distribution mains. Water service to the property shall not be restored until the conditions have been eliminated or corrected in compliance with the provisions of this section and until a reconnection fee of $1,000 is paid to the village.
(b) Immediate disconnection with verbal notice can be effected when the Superintendent of Public Works is assured that imminent danger of harmful contamination of the public water supply system exists. The action shall be followed by written notification of the cause of disconnection.
(c) Immediate disconnection without notice to any party can be effected to prevent actual or anticipated contamination or pollution of the public water supply; provided that, in the reasonable opinion of the Superintendent of Public Works or the State Environmental Protection Agency, the action is required to prevent actual or potential contamination or pollution of the public water supply.
(d) Neither the village, its Superintendent of Public Works or its agents or assigns shall be liable to any customer for any injury, damages or lost revenues which may result from termination of the customer’s water supply in accordance with the terms of this section, whether or not the termination was with or without notice.
(7) Liability for costs. The consumer responsible for back-siphoned or back-pressured material or contamination through backflow, if contamination of the potable water supply system occurs through an illegal cross-connection or an improperly installed, maintained or repaired device or a device which has been bypassed, shall bear and pay the cost of clean up of the potable water supply system.
(Prior Code, § 8-1C-5)
(F) Pursuant to § 3730.307(c)(4) of the Illinois Administrative Code (17 Ill. Adm. Code 3730.307), and subject to the Illinois Plumbing Code (77 Ill. Adm. Code 890), be it hereby ordained that in the village, all new plumbing fixtures and irrigation controllers installed after the effective date of this section shall bear the WaterSense label (as designated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency WaterSense Program), when such fixtures are available.
(Ord. 1211, passed 10-4-1990; Ord. 2344, passed 2-9-2017; Ord. 2360, passed 5-4-2017)