City of New Kensington, PA Chapter 156 Plumbing

[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of New Kensington 8-9-1977 by Ord. No. 5-77 as Part 17, Art. 1713 of the 1977 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]

GENERAL REFERENCES

Building construction — See Ch. 78.

Code enforcement — See Ch. 94.

§ 156-1 Adoption of standards.

[Amended 8-9-1977 by Ord. No. 8-77; 12-16-1986 by Ord. No. 8-86; 12-20-1994 by Ord. No. 2-94; 3-11-2002 by Ord. No. 2-02]

There is hereby adopted and incorporated by reference, as if set out at length herein, for the purpose of establishing minimum plumbing standards which will provide reasonable safeguards for sanitation to protect the public health against the hazards of inadequate, defective or insanitary plumbing installations, that certain code known as the "2000 International Plumbing Code," published by Building Officials and Code Administrators International, Inc., subject to the modifications hereinafter provided.

§ 156-2 File and distribution copies.

[Amended 8-9-1977 by Ord. No. 8-77]

Three copies of the International Plumbing Code herein adopted are on file with the City Clerk, kept with the city ordinance book and available for public use, inspection and examination. In addition, the City Clerk has copies available for distribution to the public at cost.

§ 156-3 Enforcement and administration.

All of the provisions of Chapter 94, Code Enforcement, are hereby adopted with this chapter. The administration and enforcement of the International Plumbing Code herein adopted shall be carried out by the Office of Code Enforcement, in accordance with the procedures established in Chapter 94 and by the International Plumbing Code herein adopted. Chapter 94 provides for certain powers and duties of a Code Enforcement Officer, for the creation of a Code Hearing Board and for procedures relative to applications, fees, permits, inspections, appeals, penalties and other matters.

§ 156-4 Construal of terms.

The term "administrative authority," as used in the International Plumbing Code herein adopted, shall mean the Code Enforcement Officer and/or Office of Code Enforcement, as used in Chapter 94, Code Enforcement.

§ 156-5 Permit required; fee.

A. A permit shall be required for plumbing work in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, the International Plumbing Code herein adopted and Chapter 94, Code Enforcement.

B. There shall be a fee of $0.50 for each $100 of total valuation of plumbing work to be performed, except that no fee shall be less than $5.[1]

[Added 12-20-1994 by Ord. No. 2-94]

[1] Editor's Note: Original Sec. 1713.06, Amendments, which immediately followed this section, was deleted 12-20-1994 by Ord. No. 2-94.

§ 156-6 Violations and penalties.

[Added 12-20-1994 by Ord. No. 2-94]

Any person, firm or corporation who or which violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment thereof, shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not more than 90 days. Each day's continuation of a violation shall constitute a separate offense.