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§ 154.02 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR.
   The Building Inspector shall sign and issue all notices, permits, and certificates required by this Article. He shall keep a record of the performance of his duties which shall include a record of all notices issued, applications received, and permits granted. He shall keep a record of violations of this Article. He shall cause to be inspected in the manner required by law, and for the purpose thereof may enter, all buildings in the course of erection and all buildings undergoing alteration or repair as often as may be necessary to ensure conformance with the requirements of this Article. He shall compel all work in plumbing to be performed in accordance with applicable State law and the provisions of this Article.
(Prior Code, Art. 15, § 15.2)
§ 154.03 PLUMBING PERMITS.
   No plumbing (except replacement of existing fixtures only) shall be installed, altered, or changed in any building or structure; nor shall any plumbing be installed, altered, or changed upon any service or lateral between a structure and the City’s water or sewer system within the corporate limits of the City of Mt. Vernon or any area outside of the corporate city limits serviced by the City of Mt. Vernon water and/or sewer system except by authorized employees of the City until a permit for such installation, alteration, or change shall have been obtained from the Building Inspector. Said permit shall be issued only to a plumber contractor, employing plumber, or self-employed journeyman plumber licensed under the Plumber’s License Law of the State of Illinois or to the owner occupant or lessee occupant of a single-family residence. After the permit shall have been issued by the Building Inspector, no change or modification in the plans or specifications shall be made unless such change shall first have been submitted to the Building Inspector and approved.
(Prior Code, Art. 15, § 15.3)
§ 154.04 FEES FOR PERMITS.
   (A)   The City Clerk shall collect the following fees for permits issued, which said fees shall be paid prior to the issuance of the permit.
 
ITEM
FEE
Each water tap or connection per § 50.022
$500.00 + meter cost
Each sewer tap or connection per § 50.097
$500.00
 
   (B)   The fees for the permits above described shall not be charged to or collected from an applicant if all of the following criteria are met:
      (1)   The work is being done for the use of a governmental entity or a not-for-profit organization whose purposes are religious, educational, or charitable.
      (2)   The applicant shall file a written declaration with the City that said fees have not been and will not be included in any payment to any contractor or other person.
      (3)   Such organization shall apply for and obtain all necessary permits and otherwise fully comply with the Ordinances of the City, unless exempted therefrom by any law of the State of Illinois or of the United States.
(Prior Code, Art. 15, § 15.4)
§ 154.05 NOTIFICATION TO BUILDING INSPECTOR.
   (A)   The Building Inspector shall be notified by the firm or person doing the work when any plumbing work is begun and when it is ready for inspection. The Building Inspector shall cause all inspections to be made, except inspections of taps for sewer or water, which inspections will be caused to be made by the Director of Public Works, all of said inspections to be made by a licensed plumber. All work shall be left uncovered and convenient for examination until inspected and approved. If such work shall not be left uncovered and convenient for inspection, the Building Inspector, the Director of Public Works, or their respective designee is hereby authorized to require such excavation as shall be necessary to make the inspection.
   (B)   The inspection shall be made within one day after receipt of notice that the work is ready for inspection. All plumbing must be tested as provided by law in the presence of the inspector, and all defective materials and work replaced and corrected. Upon satisfactory completion of the work, the Building inspector or Director of Public Works as applicable shall issue a Certificate of Approval.
(Prior Code, Art. 15, § 15.5)
§ 154.06 LICENSE, PERMIT, AND NUISANCE VIOLATIONS.
   No person shall engage in the business of plumbing as a journeyman plumber, contracting plumber, or employing plumber in the City without having obtained a license from the State of Illinois. No person shall commence any plumbing work within the City without first having obtained a permit as required herein. No person shall refuse, neglect, or disobey any order of the Building Inspector to correct or remove a nuisance existing by reason of unsanitary plumbing or plumbing installed in violation of this Article.
(Prior Code, Art. 15, § 15.6)
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