ARTICLE 4: PLUMBING AND GAS-FITTING CODE

Section

   4-401   Definition

   4-402   Uniform Plumbing Code incorporated

   4-403   Additional provisions

   4-404   Building Official; authority

   4-405   Plumbing Inspector; appointment

   4-406   Same; duties

   4-407   Same; powers

   4-408   Same; right of entry

   4-409   Clarification; modification

   4-410   Plumbing permit required; exception

   4-411   Same; application information required

   4-412   Same; plans and specifications

   4-413   Same; fees

   4-414   Same; posting

   4-415   Request for inspection

   4-416   Inspection; concealment of prior work

   4-417   Inspection fee

   4-418   Certificate of approval

   4-419   Connection to gas or water supply

   4-420   Condemnation; appeal

   4-421   Plumber or plumbing contractor; defined

   4-422   Plumber’s or plumbing contractor’s license required; plumbing permits; unlawful acts

   4-423   Same; application; granting

   4-424   Same; license fees; conditions; renewal; unlawful acts

   4-425   Plumber’s or plumbing contractor’s bond required; conditions; approval; rights reserved

   4-426   Insurance

   4-427   License suspension; revocation; appeal; unlawful acts

   4-428   Excavations

   4-429   Work by property owners

   4-430   Approved materials

   4-431   Liability

   4-432   Severability

§ 4-401 DEFINITION.

   For the purpose of this article, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

   PLUMBING. The installation of gas or water pipes, fixtures, apparatus and the necessary connections either for supplying gas or water to premises or for the removing of liquid and water-borne wastes from premises in the city, or both such purposes, and shall also denote installed fixtures, drainage and vent systems and gas or water distribution systems as the case may be.

§ 4-402 UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE INCORPORATED.

   (a)   There is hereby adopted and incorporated by reference, for the purpose of establishing rules and regulations for the practice of plumbing and gas-fitting, including the installation, maintenance, extension and alteration of all pipes, fixtures, appliances and appurtenances in connection with sanitary sewers and public and private water and fuel gas systems, the Uniform Plumbing Code, 2012 Edition, as recommended by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials, such code being made as a part of the ordinances and code of the city as if the same had been set out in full herein, all as authorized and in the manner prescribed by K.S.A. 12-3009 through 12-3012 including any amendments thereto. One copy of the uniform code shall be marked or stamped “Official Copy as Incorporated by the Code of the City of Howard”, and shall be filed with the City Clerk to be open to inspection and available to the public at all reasonable hours of business.

   (b)   Any person violating any provisions of such code shall be punished as provided in § 1-116 of this code.

§ 4-403 ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS.

   The following sections of this article are in addition to the provisions of the standard code incorporated by reference in § 4-402.

§ 4-404 BUILDING OFFICIAL; AUTHORITY.

   The person designed by the city or his or her authorized designee shall be responsible for the administration and enforcement of this article and appointment of a Plumbing Inspector in accordance with § 4-204, which apply in a like manner to this article.

§ 4-405 PLUMBING INSPECTOR; APPOINTMENT.

   The person designated by the city may assume the responsibilities of or appoint some qualified officer or employee of the city to be and perform the duties of Plumbing Inspector as may be required, subject to the consent and approval of the governing body.

§ 4-406 SAME; DUTIES.

   The Plumbing Inspector shall have the following duties:

   (a)   To enforce all regulations relating to plumbing construction, alteration, repair or removal;

   (b)   May permit, with the approval of the governing body, on the basis of duly authenticated reports from recognized sources, the use of new materials or modes of construction, not provided for in this article, and may, for the purpose of carrying out the intent of this article adopt an accepted standard of material or workmanlike practices of federal or state bureaus, national, technical organizations or fire underwriters;

   (c)   To examine all buildings in the process of erection, construction, alteration or relocation in the city for the purpose of determining whether the work is in compliance with the plumbing permit given and in compliance with the regulations of the city pertaining to such work, including zoning regulations; and

   (d)   To keep comprehensive records of applications, of permits or certificates issued, of inspections made, of reports rendered, and of notices or orders issued. All such records shall be open to public inspection during stated office hours, but shall not be removed from the office of the Building Official or Plumbing Inspector without his or her written consent.