[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Eddystone 12-12-1988 by Ord. No. 522, approved 12-12-1988. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A certain document, a copy of which is on file in the office of the Borough Secretary of the Borough of Eddystone, being marked and designated as the BOCA National Plumbing Code, Seventh Edition, 1987, as published by the Building Officials and Code Administrators International, Inc., be and is hereby adopted as the Plumbing Code of the Borough of Eddystone, Delaware 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 out in this chapter, with the additions, insertions and changes, if any, prescribed in § 222-2 of this chapter.
A.
The following sections are hereby revised as follows:
(1)
Section P-100.1 (page 1, second line), insert: "Borough of Eddystone,
Delaware County, Pennsylvania."
(2)
Section P-104.1 (page 2, second line), insert: (DATE OF ADOPTION).
(3)
Section 114.2 (page 8, third line) insert:
[Amended 12-10-1990 by Ord. No. 546, approved 12-10-1990]
(a)
Any person, firm or corporation who shall contract to perform
or who shall perform any heating work within the Borough of Eddystone
must pay a heating license fee of $30 prior to the commencement of
any work on any heating system. The license obtained hereunder shall
be a yearly license that shall run from January 1 of the given year
and expire on December 31 of the same given year.
(b)
Any person, firm or corporation who shall contract to perform
or who shall perform any plumbing work within the Borough of Eddystone
must pay a plumbing license fee of $50 prior to the commencement of
any plumbing work. The license obtained hereunder shall be a yearly
license running from January 1 of the given year and expiring on December
31 of the same given year.
(c)
Fee schedule. The following plumbing permit fees shall be paid
to the Borough of Eddystone upon filing of an application and shall
apply to all plumbing work performed in the Borough. The fee shall
be based on the actual contract price of any such work or, if no contract
price has been agreed upon, then the applicant's estimated cost;
provided, however, that upon review of the Plumbing Inspector, with
the assistance of the Borough Engineer, if required, such contract
price or estimated cost is unrealistic, then the Plumbing Inspector
shall make the estimate of the cost which shall be final.
[Amended 7-12-1999 by Ord. No. 581, approved 7-12-1999]
[1]
Residential. New construction, alterations, additions and repairs:
$20 per $1,000 of cost or fraction thereof.
[2]
All new construction, other than residential: $30 per $1,000
of cost or fraction thereof for the first $50,000, then $15 per $1,000
of cost or fraction thereof for cost above $50,000.
[3]
All alterations, additions and repairs other than residential:
$30 per $1,000 of cost or fraction thereof for the first $20,000,
then $15 per $1,000 of cost or fraction thereof for cost above $20,000.
[4]
Work started prior to obtaining permit: Where work for which
a permit is required by this chapter is started prior to obtaining
the required permit, the fees set forth herein for such permit shall
not relieve any persons from fully complying with the requirements
of this chapter in the execution of the work or from any other penalties
prescribed herein.
(4)
Section P-117.4 (page 9) shall be amended to read as follows:
[Amended 1-9-1989 by Ord. No. 524, approved 1-9-1989]
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P-117.4 Violations and penalties: Any person who
shall be convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this
chapter before any District Justice shall be sentenced to pay a fine
of not more than $1,000 and cost of prosecution and, in default thereof,
to imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed 30 days.
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(5)
Section P-118.2 (page 10, fourth and fifth lines), insert: "shall
be liable to a fine of not more than $300."
(6)
Section P-303.2 (page 26, third line), insert: "(NUMBER OF FEET)."
(7)
Section P-308.3 (page 27, second line), insert: "(DEPTH IN FEET IN
TWO LOCATIONS)."
(8)
Section P-601.2.1 (page 46 addition), insert: "All underground sewage
pipes must be cast-iron soil pipe."
B.
Certificate of insurance. Upon application for a permit in accordance
with Section P-111.0 of the BOCA National Plumbing Code, Seventh Edition,
1997, the person or agent applying for the permit shall provide the
code official responsible for issuing the plumbing permit, in addition
to all other requirements for issuance of a permit, with a certificate
of insurance showing proof that the person or agent applying for the
plumbing permit has comprehensive liability insurance providing coverage
for damage to property or injury to persons, including employees of
the person or agent applying for the permit, in the following limits:
[Added 9-11-1989 by Ord. No. 531, approved 9-11-1989]
(1)
Workers' compensation and employers' liability insurance:
$100,000 each accident; $500,000 disease, policy limit; and $100,000
disease, each employee.
(2)
General liability insurance: $300,000 bodily injury and property
damage combined, each occurrence; $300,000 bodily injury and property
damage combined, aggregate.
(3)
Automobile liability: $300,000 bodily injury and property damage
combined, each occurrence. This insurance shall cover all owned vehicles
(other than private passenger vehicles), hired vehicles and nonowned
vehicles.
Nothing in this chapter 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 this chapter; nor shall any just or legal
right or remedy of any character be lost, impaired or affected by
this chapter.
