(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)