A. Required; Application: No plumbing shall be installed, nor additions or alterations made in existing plumbing, except as provided in subsection C of this section, without first obtaining a permit. Application for such permits shall be in writing to the city recorder and shall describe the nature of the work to be done and affirm that the plumbing will conform to the plumbing code. No permit shall be issued to any applicant during the time that he shall fail to correct any defective plumbing installed by him after he has been notified in writing by the building inspector of the defective work. (1980 Code § 9-568; amd. 2002 Code)
B. Homeowners Permit: Any permit required by this chapter may be issued to any person to do any plumbing or drainage work regulated by this chapter in a single-family dwelling used exclusively for living purposes, including the usual accessory buildings and quarters in connection with such buildings, in the event that any such person is the bona fide owner of any such dwelling and accessory buildings and quarters and that the same are occupied by or designed to be occupied by the owner; and further provided, that the owner shall furnish the building inspector with a complete layout drawing of the proposed work, satisfies the building inspector that he has a working knowledge of the requirements contained in this chapter, pays the necessary fees and calls for all inspections required by this chapter. (1980 Code § 9-573; amd. 2002 Code)
C. Exceptions:
1. Repairs which involve only the working parts of a faucet or valve, the clearance of stoppages, the repairing of leaks or the replacement of defective faucets or valves may be made without a permit; provided, that the permits shall be procured to replace fixtures, traps, soil, waste and vent pipes, unless waived by the building inspector.
2. Any person regularly employed by an owner or lessee of property, or his agents, for the sole purpose of operating and maintaining such property and to make minor repairs thereof, and any owner or lessee of property, shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter when doing work for which permits are not required. (1980 Code § 9-572; amd. 2002 Code)
D. Denial: The building inspector may refuse to issue permits for any plumbing work to any person who has had a permit revoked in accordance with this chapter during such time as such person fails to perform plumbing work in conformance with this chapter. (1980 Code § 9-571; amd. 2002 Code)
E. Expiration: Every permit issued by the building inspector shall expire and become null and void if the work authorized by such permit is not commenced within sixty (60) days from the date such permit is issued, or if the work authorized by such permit is suspended or abandoned at any time after the work is commenced for a period of one hundred twenty (120) days or more. (1980 Code § 9-570; amd. 2002 Code)
F. Revocation: The building inspector may revoke any permit when the person to whom the permit is issued fails, neglects or refuses to do the work thereunder in conformance with this chapter, or when the permit is issued in error. (1980 Code § 9-569; amd. 2002 Code)