It shall be unlawful to do plumbing or drainage work except
pursuant to approved drawings and descriptions or approved amendments
thereof. The owner or agent shall file a plan with the Plumbing Inspector,
to scale, showing the system of plumbing to be installed, which drawings
and descriptions must be approved by the Plumbing Inspector before
work is begun. No modification of the approved drawings and descriptions
shall be permitted unless amended or supplemental drawings and descriptions,
covering the proposed change or changes, are filed and approved. All
such plans and descriptions shall be submitted in duplicate, and one
copy, stamped with the approval of the Plumbing Inspector, kept on
the premises where the installation is carried on.
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Editor's Note: Former Secs. 16-52 and 16-53, which immediately
preceded this section and dealt with the adoption of the plumbing
standards of the State Building Construction Code and definitions,
were repealed 6-13-1988 by L.L. 4-1988.
[Amended 6-13-1988 by L.L. No. 4-1988]
No work shall be started until the master plumber has filed
a notification card with the Examining Board of Plumbers, on a form
prescribed and furnished by said Board, and obtained a permit.
Repairs, replacements and alterations of plumbing and drainage
may be made without the filing of drawings and descriptions with the
Board, but said exemption from filing of drawings and descriptions
for repairs, replacements and alterations shall not be construed to
include any case where new, or replacements of, vertical and/or horizontal
lines of soil, waste or vent pipes are proposed. In any event, however,
notification cards shall be filed and a permit obtained before the
starting of work. Said repairs and alterations shall comply in all
respects with the weight, quality, arrangements and venting as provided
in the plumbing standards of the City. The provisions of which shall
apply to all extensions, alterations and other work to be done in
connection with plumbing or house drains in old buildings the same
as in new buildings, except minor repairs, which shall be construed
as meaning repairs to the existing plumbing system known to the trade
as "jobbing."
Workmanship shall be of such character as fully to secure the
results sought to be obtained in this chapter.
The Plumbing Inspector may order the removal of any plumbing
work installed contrary to this chapter.
