[Adopted 11-10-1969 by Ord. No. 5-1969]
[Amended 2-1-1971 by Ord. No. 2-1971; 7-2-1979 by Ord. No.
4-1979; 10-1-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-3]
There is hereby adopted by the Borough of Towanda, County of
Bradford and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for the purpose of prescribing
rules and regulations for additional toilet facilities, drainage and
kindred matters, that certain plumbing code known as the "2006 International
Plumbing Code," published by the International Code Council, Inc.,
and the whole thereof, save and except such portions as are hereinafter
deleted, modified or amended, and of which not less than three copies
have been and now are filed in the office of the Secretary of the
Borough of Towanda, and the same is hereby adopted and incorporated
as fully as if set out at length herein, and from and after the date
of the passage of this article, the provisions thereof shall be controlling
in the Borough of Towanda, and shall be known as the "Towanda Borough
Plumbing Code." It is the intent of this article that all future additions
and revisions of the 2006 International Plumbing Code shall be deemed
to have been adopted by reference by the Council of the Borough of
Towanda as soon as the same shall be published.
From and after the effective date of this article, it shall
be unlawful, without first securing a permit therefor, to do any plumbing
or pipe fitting work which involves the installation of or the roughing-in
of openings for one or more water closets, toilets, sinks, wash traps,
washtubs, washbasins, leader connections, floor drains, septic tanks
or other item or equipment utilizing water or other liquids to carry
away waste or sewage, or for any similar purpose.
Upon the filing of a written application in such form as the
Building Codes Inspector shall require and upon payment of the required
fee, a permit shall be issued in duplicate, one copy thereof to be
conspicuously posted upon the premises where the work is being done
until the work done has been inspected and approved by the Building
Codes Inspector.
During the progress of the work or within a reasonable time
thereafter, the Building Codes Inspector shall make an inspection
to determine whether or not said work complies with the Plumbing Code,
the statutes and ordinances governing the same. If he shall find that
said work does not so comply, he shall notify and require the owner
of the premises and the plumber to remedy the same within three days
after receipt of such notice, and it shall thereupon be the duty both
of such owner and of such plumber to comply with such notice. Failure
to comply will constitute a violation punishable as herein set forth.
This article shall apply to all structures, installations and
equipment in which any sanitary or waste facilities are an integral
part thereof, including but not limited to residential, commercial
and industrial buildings and house trailers, office trailers or mobile
homes. All owners and general contractors shall be required to provide
temporary sanitary toilet facilities on any and all building construction
work, if permanent facilities are not available.
All references in the International Plumbing Code to "master
plumber" shall be interpreted as a reference to any qualified plumber
or the owner of the property involved.
[Amended 3-1-1976 by Ord. No. 3-1976[1]]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
violate any provision of this article or to cause, permit or suffer
any such violation to be committed. Any such person, firm or corporation
shall be deemed guilty of a summary offense and, upon conviction thereof,
shall be sentenced to pay a minimum fine of $25 or a maximum fine
of $1,000, or by imprisonment for a period not exceeding 30 days.
Provided: Each day's continuance of a violation shall constitute a
separate offense.
Each section of this International Plumbing Code and every part
thereof is hereby declared to be an independent section or part of
a section, and if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase
of this International Plumbing Code shall, for any reason, be held
by any court to be invalid, it is the intent that the validity of
the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, subsections and sections
of the International Plumbing Code shall not be affected thereby.
