(A) Any person, partnership or entity engaged in the plumbing business shall, before doing any plumbing work, either for himself or herself or for others in the city, first obtain a permit from the Building Commissioner under the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.
(B) Permits for connections to the city water mains and sewers shall be issued only to a licensed plumbing contractor. Permits for excavations and backfills other than those on owners' premises shall be issued only to licensed plumbers.
(C) (1) Permits for installation of plumbing and drainage within houses and buildings of all types within the city are required. When these installations do not require new or additional connections to the city water mains and additional connections to sewers, permits shall be issued to the building owner on application. The cost of the permit shall depend on the number of fixtures installed and in accordance with the schedule hereinafter set forth.
(2) Permits for repairs or replacements on plumbing within building shall not be required. Repairs shall be taken to mean repairing or replacing of an old fixture by a new one, to be used for the same purpose, forcing out wastes and repairing leaks in waste pipes. These repairs or alterations shall not be construed to include additional fixtures, relocating fixtures, connecting storage tanks, heating plants or apparatus to water systems, running new lines to sewer, water soil waste or vent or leader pipes.
(D) The minimum charges for a permit to alter or change any existing plumbing or pipe work within any building shall be as set forth in the current charges, available for inspection in the Building Commission office.
(Ord. G-85-16, passed 12-2-1985; Ord. G-02-39, passed 10-17-2002)