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It shall be unlawful to install any plumbing, drains or sewers in or about any house or premises in the city without compliance with the Illinois Plumbing Code, issued and published by the Department of Public Health of this state, most recent code edition, which Illinois Plumbing Code is hereby adopted.
(1990 Code, § 6-357) (Ord. 72-207, passed 4-17-1972; Ord. 77-515, passed 5-2-1977; Ord. 2000-1987, passed 12-4-2000; Ord. 05-3073, passed 2-7-2005; Ord. 15-3477, passed 2-16-2015) Penalty, see § 150.999
Statutory reference:
Illinois State Plumbing Code, see ILCS Ch. 225, Act 320, § 35
This subchapter shall be administered and enforced by the Plumbing Inspector of the city. Whenever this subchapter provides that anything must be done to the approval of, or subject to the direction of, the Plumbing Inspector, this shall be construed to give the Plumbing Inspector only the power to determine whether the rules and regulations established by this subchapter have been complied with and shall not be construed as giving him or her discretionary powers.
(1990 Code, § 6-359) (Ord. 72-207, passed 4-17-1972)
Every plumbing contractor, as defined in § 2 of the Illinois Plumbing License Law, engaged in the business of plumbing in this city, shall furnish proof to the city of being currently registered as a plumbing contractor with the State Department of Public Health, as required by ILCS Ch. 225, Act 320, § 13.1, as now in effect or as hereafter amended.
(1990 Code, § 6-360) (Ord. 72-207, passed 4-17-1972; Ord. 2000-1987, passed 12-4-2000; Ord. 04-3039, passed 4-5-2004)
Statutory reference:
Illinois Plumbing License Law, see ILCS Ch. 225, Act 320, §§ 1 et seq.
(A) Required.
(1) No plumbing shall be installed, altered or changed in any building or structure within the corporate limits of the city, until a permit for the installation, alteration or change shall have been obtained from the Plumbing Inspector. The permit shall be issued only to a plumbing contractor who has furnished to the city proof of registration with the State Department of Public Health as required by § 150.209 of this code, or any other person as specified in ILCS Ch. 225, Act 320, § 3(2), as now in effect or as hereafter amended.
(2) Applications for permits shall be submitted on forms approved by the city. After the permit shall have been issued by the Plumbing Inspector, no change or modification in the plans or specifications shall be made, unless that change shall first have been submitted to the Plumbing Inspector and approved.
(B) Fees. The City Treasurer shall collect the following fees for permits issued, which fees shall be paid prior to the issuance of the permit. The fee shall be the same in the case of alteration or change of existing plumbing as in the case of the installation of new plumbing. The fee for modular construction, when the plumbing has been inspected in the factory in accordance with State Department of Public Health regulations, shall be one-half of the normal permit fee.
Item | Fee |
Item | Fee |
Single-family and two-family residences | |
Cross-connection control device | $15 |
Each plumbing fixture | $10 |
Rough-in inspection | $15 |
Water conditioner | $10 |
Water heater | $15 |
Multi-family, institutional, commercial and industrial plumbing | |
First $1,000 cost or contract bid | $20 |
Each additional $1,000 or fraction thereof | $10 |
Water service inspection fee | |
Inside corporate limits | $20 |
Outside corporate limits | $40 |
(C) Rough-in inspections. Whenever any changes in soil, waste or ventilation pipe are made, and no changes made in the location or number of fixtures, a rough-in inspection permit shall be obtained.
(1990 Code, § 6-361) (Ord. 72-207, passed 4-17-1972; Ord. 88-1190, passed 1-18-1988; Ord. 91-1386, passed 2-18-1991; Ord. 91-1396, passed 3-18-1991; Ord. 2000-1987, passed 12-4-2000; Ord. 04-3039, passed 4-5-2004; Ord. 04-3068, passed 12-20-2004; Ord. 22-3682, passed 10-3-2022)
The Plumbing Inspector shall be notified by the person doing the work when any plumbing work is begun and when it is ready for inspection. All work shall be left uncovered and convenient for examination until inspected and approved. A Plumbing Inspector shall examine the work within 48 hours after receipt of notice that the work is ready for inspection. All plumbing must be tested in accordance with Subpart M of the Illinois State Plumbing Code in the presence of the Plumbing Inspector, and all defective materials and work replaced and corrected. Upon satisfactory completion of the work, the Plumbing Inspector shall issue a certificate of approval.
(1990 Code, § 6-362) (Ord. 72-207, passed 4-17-1972; Ord. 2000-1987, passed 12-4-2000; Ord. 04-3039, passed 4-5-2004)
RENTAL LICENSING PROGRAM
The recitals set forth in the preamble to the ordinance from which this subchapter derives are hereby incorporated into this section and made a part of this subchapter in the same manner as if the recitals were set forth here in full. It is the purpose of the city Rental Licensing and Inspection Program adopted herein to assure that rental housing in the city is maintained in a good, safe, and sanitary condition and does not create a nuisance or blighted conditions to its surroundings, to ensure these conditions and to aid in the enforcement of the housing code and other relevant provisions of the city code, the City Council hereby establishes this rental licensing and inspection program for all applicable residential rental units within the city.
(1990 Code, § 6-414) (Ord. 98-1875, passed 12-21-1998; Ord. 18-3567, passed 6-18-2018)
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