[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Ossining 3-8-1966 by L.L. No. 1-1966. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Amended 12-22-1998 by L.L. No. 9-1998]
Any person desiring or intending to conduct
the trade, business or calling of a plumber or of plumbing or desiring
to do plumbing in the unincorporated area of the Town of Ossining
(hereinafter referred to as "the town") as employing or master plumber
is hereby required to submit to an examination before the examining
Board of Plumbers of Westchester County as to experience and qualifications
for such trade and calling, and it shall be unlawful for any person
to do plumbing or to conduct the trade, business or calling of a plumber
unless a certificate of competency shall first be issued to such party
by the examining Board of Plumbers and submitted to the Building Inspector
of the Town of Ossining.
[Amended 12-22-1998 by L.L. No. 9-1998]
Any domestic corporation desiring to conduct
the trade, business or calling of a plumber or of plumbing in the
town as employing or master plumber may do so, provided that one or
more officers of such corporation separately or aggregately hold at
least 51% of the issued and outstanding capital stock of such corporation
and provided that each of such officers holding such percentage of
the stock is a holder of a certificate of competency of the examining
Board of Plumbers of Westchester County. Each and every member of
said corporation holding a certificate of competency shall comply
with all the rules and regulations applicable to master or employing
plumbers in the town.
[Amended 3-26-1985 by L.L. No. 3-1985; 5-25-2010 by L.L. No. 1-2010]
Any person who violates or refuses to comply
with or resists any section of this chapter or any part of the State
Building Code applicable thereto shall be subject to a fine and/or
imprisonment in accordance with the provisions of § 382
of the Executive Law of the State of New York.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former §§ 148-4
and 148-5, regarding registration, were repealed 12-22-1998 by L.L.
No. 9-1998.
There shall be appointed as provided by law
an Inspector of Plumbing, who shall also be the Building Inspector,
and whose duties, in addition to those prescribed by law and those
which may be enjoined or required by the Town Board, Commissioner
of Health or Department of Health, shall be to inspect the construction
and alteration of all plumbing work performed in the town and to report
the results of such inspection to the Town Board or the Westchester
County Department of Health. They or he shall also report in like
manner any person engaged in or carrying on the business of employing
plumber without having the certificate herein provided.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 148-7, Expiration
of license and registration and renewal, as amended, was repealed
12-22-1998 by L.L. No. 9-1998.
Whenever any inspector or other person reports
a violation of any such rules and regulations for plumbing, drainage,
gas or water supply or a deviation from any officially approved plan
or specifications for plumbing and drainage, gas and water supply
filed with any board or department, the inspector shall first serve
a notice of the violation thereof upon the master plumber doing the
work, if a registered plumber.
[Amended 3-26-1985 by L.L. No. 3-1985]
Such notice may be served personally or by certified
mail, return receipt requested, and, if by mail, it may be addressed
to such master plumber at the address registered by him with the Town
Clerk, but the failure of a master plumber to register will relieve
the Town Board from the requirement of giving notice of violation.
Unless the violation is removed within three days after the day of
serving or mailing such notice, exclusive of the date of serving or
mailing, the town may proceed according to law.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 148-10,
Sewer or water connections, was repealed 12-22-1998 by L.L. No. 9-1998.
[Amended 12-22-1998 by L.L. No. 9-1998]
Plans and specifications of the work, together
with the application signed by the owner or his agent for the permit,
must be submitted to the Building Inspector for approval, and the
permit must be obtained before any part of the building or work is
commenced. There shall be a separate plan for each building, public
or private, accompanied by specifications describing the drainage
of said buildings on blanks prescribed and furnished for this purpose,
showing the size and kind of pipe, traps, closets, fixtures, etc.,
to be used, the same to be examined and placed on file in the office
of the Building Inspector. Plans must be made by the architect or
engineer where one is employed.
Application for change in plans or work in the
building must be made in writing by the plumber, duly signed by the
owner or his agent and a written permit obtained from the Building
Inspector before any part of the change is commenced.
A.
Any person desiring or intending to conduct the trade,
business or calling of a plumber in the town shall first comply with
all the provisions of law relating to the registration, examination
and licensing of plumbers and shall pay all fees provided by law.
B.
The Building Inspector shall prosecute all violations
of law and of these rules and shall promptly apply to the Town Board
for the cancellation of the registration of all plumbers violating
such rules and regulations.
No person shall commence any plumbing work until
he shall first have given to the Building Inspector written notice
of the time when he intends to commence the same. Such plumbers shall
likewise, from time to time, notify the said Inspector when such work
is ready for inspection, and no part of such plumbing work shall be
enclosed or covered until it has been tested and approved by the Building
Inspector.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former §§ 148-15
through 148-24, regarding loaning, selling or transfer of license,
fees, application for license and oath were repealed 12-22-1998 by
L.L. No. 9-1998.
[Amended 12-22-1998 by L.L. No. 9-1998]
It shall not be lawful for any person to conduct
the business of plumbing in the Town of Ossining or to make a connection
with the village sewers or with any private sewer or any cesspool
or to do any work in relation to the draining, ventilating or sewering
of any property in the town, unless he is licensed therefor by Westchester
County.
[Amended 12-22-1998 by L.L. No. 9-1998]
The plumbing, draining, ventilating (water piping)
and sewer connection of all buildings, both public and private, in
this town shall be constructed as is set forth in the New York State
Building Construction Code, and such code is hereby adopted as a part
of this chapter. All repairs, alterations or extensions of existing
plumbing, drainage, ventilation or sewer work shall also be executed
in accordance with the New York State Building Construction Code,
except such minor work as repairing leaks, removing obstructions,
etc., which will be permitted to licensed plumbers, in the discretion
of the Building Inspector; and this regulation is intended to apply
to all plumbing in buildings, the pipes, fixtures and other apparatus
for bringing in the water supply and removing liquid- and water-carried
wastes. Plumbing, for the purpose of this chapter, shall be understood
to include any and all work in a building or pertaining to connections
to a building wherein said work is included in the New York State
Building Construction Code Applicable to Plumbing.
[Amended 12-22-1998 by L.L. No. 9-1998]
Before making any sewer connection or commencing
any new plumbing work or the repair of any old work, the licensed
plumber shall file with the Building Inspector duplicate plans and
specifications for such work, and at the same time written application
shall be made to the Town Board by the licensed plumber for a permit
to do said work. No plumbing work shall be done and no sewer connections
shall be made until such plans and specifications have been approved
and a permit issued to a licensed plumber for such plumbing and sewer
connections.
[Amended 12-22-1998 by L.L. No. 9-1998]
The plans shall consist of such floor plans
and sections as may be necessary to show clearly all the work to be
done, including all leaders, sewers, drains, soil, waste and vent
pipelines, the location of fixtures and their traps and connections,
etc., as may be required by the Plumbing or Building Inspector. All
plans must be drawn to a scale, in ink, or may be prints of such scale
drawings.
[Amended 12-22-1998 by L.L. No. 9-1998]
The specifications shall be of the form prescribed
by the Plumbing or Building Inspector and shall contain the names
of the owner, architect and plumber, the location of the buildings
and a clear and detailed description of all the work to be done, including
kind and size of sewer, drain, soil, waste, vent and supply lines
and trap, number and location of fixtures, etc., and shall be signed
by the owner or attorney in fact.
Plans and specifications will be numbered in
the order of their filing and shall be so examined by the Building
Inspector, and if they are found by him to be in accordance with this
chapter, he shall attest his approval by endorsement on the copy of
the plans and specifications to be returned to the owner filing the
same. The duplicate copy shall be placed on file in the office of
the Building Inspector.
The Building Inspector shall also certify to
such approval of the plans upon the application for a sewer connection
filed by the plumber, and such certificate shall be directed to the
Superintendent of Highways, recommending that permission be granted
the applicant to make excavation for and connect with the town sewers.
A cash bond to guarantee the repairs to the road is required.
No modification of the approved plans and specifications
or of the work described therein will be permitted unless proper application
in writing from the owner or architect, covering the proposed changes,
has been previously submitted to and approved by the Building Inspector.
In cases where the plumbing was completed before
this chapter was in force, the application for sewer connection shall
be accompanied by full plans and specifications as required for new
work; and if the Building Inspector shall find, upon examination of
the plans and of the buildings, that the work has been done in accordance
with this chapter, permits will be granted for sewer connections,
as provided for new work. If, however, the work is found not in accordance
with this chapter, such alterations shall be made therein as the Building
Inspector shall direct to make the plumbing safe to the persons occupying
the building and such as to be no source of injury or obstruction
to the sewer. In all such cases, main soil and waste pipes must extend
above the roof, the drain must have a trap, air inlet and all traps
must be adequately protected from syphonage and must be safe and clear,
all pipes must have sufficient fall, fixtures must be safe and clean
and provided with proper water supply for flushing and the plumbing
must be proved tight, to the satisfaction of the Building Inspector,
under a proper test, as set forth in the New York State Building Code
Applicable to Plumbing.
As the rules require all work to be done in
accordance with the approved plans, due written notice must be given
to the Building Inspector by the licensed plumber, from time to time,
when any part of the work, including house sewer, drains, pipelines,
cesspools, connections, tests, etc., is ready for inspection; and
no part of the work shall be covered until it has been examined, tested
and approved by the Building Inspector. This section applies whether
the connection is with a public or private sewer.
It shall be the duty of the Building Inspector
to receive and pass upon all plans submitted, to endorse applications
for all plumbing permits, to inspect all buildings in the course of
erection, alteration or repair and to see that all plumbing, drainage,
ventilation, gas and water and all sewer connections are done in accordance
with the provisions of the New York State Building Code Applicable
to Plumbing.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 148-36,
regarding reciprocal licensing provisions for which immediately followed
this section, was repealed 12-22-1998 by L.L. No. 9-1998.
