[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of
Lower Makefield: Art. I, 9-26-1966 as Ord. No.
75; Art. II, 9-19-1994 as Ord. No. 290.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 9-26-1966 as Ord. No. 75]
No individual shall engage in the business of plumbing in the Township
of Lower Makefield, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, unless licensed as a master
plumber under the provisions of this Article.
No individual, firm, partnership or corporation shall engage in the
business of installing, repairing and altering plumbing unless the plumbing
work performed is under the direct supervision of a master plumber.
All examinations shall be conducted by the Regional Cooperation Council
Testing Center, P.O. Box No. 94, Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania. All applications
for examination shall be filed therewith and the testing fee paid to the Testing
Center by the applicant. Licenses will be issued to each person who meets
the qualifications thereof and successfully passes the examination given by
the Testing Center, Regional Cooperation Council, upon payment of the license
fees referred to hereafter.
The Board of Supervisors may issue a temporary license, pending examination,
provided that the applicant holds a similar license for an equivalent examination.
Such permit shall not be valid for more than thirty (30) days.
Any person desiring to be licensed as a master plumber shall pay an
annual fee as set forth by resolution of the Board of Supervisors. Any person
desiring to be licensed as a journeyman plumber shall pay a fee as set forth
by resolution of the Board of Supervisors. Any person who desires to be apprenticed
as a plumber shall pay a registration fee as set forth by resolution of the
Board of Supervisors. All fees are to be paid to the Township of Lower Makefield,
Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
A person who has been issued a master plumber's license shall execute
and deposit with the Township of Lower Makefield a bond in the sum of two
thousand dollars ($2,000.); such bond to be conditioned that all plumbing
work be performed by the licensee or under his supervision and shall be performed
in accordance with the provisions of this code and that he will pay all fines
and penalties properly imposed upon him or his agents for violation of this
provision of the code. A master plumber's license shall not be valid
unless a bond is executed and deposited as herein provided, and also a certificate
of insurance to the effect that the master plumber is insured for a minimum
of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.) for liability shall be filed with
the township.
All licenses issued by the Board shall expire on December 31 of the year in which issued but may be renewed upon payment of fees in the amount provided in §§ 150-5 and 150-6. Expired licenses may be renewed at any time upon payment of the penalty as set forth by resolution of the Board of Supervisors.[2]
The Board may revoke any license if obtained through nondisclosure,
misstatement or misrepresentation of a material fact or if a penalty has been
imposed on the licensee under § 150-13 of this Article. Before a
license may be revoked, the licensee shall have notice, in writing, enumerating
the charges against him and is entitled to a hearing by the Board of Supervisors
not sooner than five (5) days from receipt of the notice. The licensee shall
be given an opportunity to present testimony, oral or written, and shall have
the right to cross-examination. All testimony shall be given under oath. The
Board shall have power to administer oaths, issue subpoenas and compel the
attendance of witnesses. The decision of the Board shall be based on the evidence
produced at the hearing and made part of the record thereof. A person whose
license has been revoked shall not be permitted to apply within one (1) year
from date of revocation.
No person who has obtained a plumber's license shall allow his
name to be used by another person either for the purpose of obtaining permits
or for doing business or work under the license. Every person licensed shall
notify the Board of the address of his place of business, if any, and the
name under which such business is carried on and shall give immediate notice
to the Board of any change in either.
[Adopted 9-19-1994 as Ord. No. 290]
A certain document, three (3) copies of which are on file with the Secretary of the Township of Lower Makefield, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, being marked and designated as the "BOCA National Plumbing Code, Ninth Edition, 1993" as published by the Building Officials and Code Administrations National, Inc., be and is hereby adopted as the Plumbing Code of the Township of Lower Makefield, Bucks County, Pennsylvania for the control of buildings and structures as herein provided; and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said BOCA National Plumbing Code, are hereby referred to, adopted and made a part hereof as if fully set forth in this Article, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in § 150-11 of this Article.
The following sections are hereby revised as follows:
A.
Section P-101.1. Insert Lower Makefield Township.
B.
Section P-113.2. Fee shall be in accordance with Resolution
No. 674 or the latest supplement.
C.
[1]Section P-116.4. This Section is deleted in its entirety and the
following is hereby inserted:
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Penalties. Any person, corporation, partnership, firm or the like, who
or which shall violate a provision of this code or shall fail to comply with
any of the requirements thereof or who shall erect, construct, alter or repair
a building or structure in violation of an approved plan or directive of the
Building Official or of a permit or certificate issued under the provisions
of this Code shall be punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars
($1,000.,) plus court costs and reasonable attorney fees. Each day that a
violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense. If the defendant neither
pays nor timely appeals the judgment, the township may enforce the judgment
pursuant to the applicable rules of civil procedure.
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D.
[2]Section P-117.2. This Section is amended to include therein the
following provisions:
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Unlawful continuance. Any person who shall continue any work in or about
the structure after having been served with a stop-work order, except such
work as that person is directed to perform to remove a violation or unsafe
condition, shall be liable to prosecution and subject to the penalties as
set forth in Section 116.4 of this code. Furthermore, any unlawful continuance
of an action or the maintenance of a condition proscribed by this Article
is subject to action by the Township in a court of equity in the appropriate
jurisdiction to enjoin the unlawful continuance, all of which shall be in
accordance with applicable law.
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E.
Section P-304.3. Distance in feet is one thousand (1,000)
feet.
H.
Section P-403.4. This provision shall be amended by adding
thereto as the last sentence the words "all water services installed underground
shall be of approved copper pipe or tubing."
I.
Sections P-1808.1 through P-1808.8. The aforementioned
sections are deleted in their entirety.
Nothing in this Article or in the Plumbing Code hereby adopted shall be construed to affect any suit or proceeding impending in any court or any rights acquired or liability incurred or any cause or causes of action acquired or existing, under any act or ordinance hereby repealed as cited in § 150-11 of this Article, nor shall any just or legal right or remedy of any character be lost, impaired or affected by this Article.
