[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Laconia 12-29-1975 as Ch. 31
of the Public Ordinances of 1975; amended in its entirety 8-31-1981 by Ord. No.
52-81.6. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,
the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
The Building Officials and Code Administrators International,
Inc.
The City of Laconia.
A person, who is a legal resident of the City, or a firm
or a corporation having an established business in the City.
A person, firm or corporation who resides or is engaged in
business outside of the state, but performs plumbing services, as
herein defined, in the City.
The same as provided in Chapter 329-A of the Revised Statutes
Annotated or any statute in amendment thereof.
The State of New Hampshire.
A person, firm or corporation who resides in or is engaged
in business in the state, but outside the boundary limits of the City,
but performs plumbing services, as herein defined, in the City.
[Amended 5-27-1985 by Ord. No. 104-85.7; 4-26-1988 by Ord. No. 153-88.7; 4-14-1997 by Ord. No.
07.97.07]
A certain document, three copies of which are on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Laconia, being marked and designated as the "BOCA National Plumbing Code/1993," as published by the Building Officials Conference of America, Inc., along with any State of New Hampshire amendments to said code, be and is hereby adopted as the Plumbing Code of the City of Laconia in the State of New Hampshire for the control of buildings and structures as herein provided, and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of the BOCA National Plumbing Code/1993, as now and hereinafter supplemented, are hereby referred to, adopted and made a pert hereof as is fully set out in this chapter, with the additions, insertions and changes, if any, prescribed in § 177-4 of this chapter.
[Amended 5-27-1985 by Ord. No. 104-85.7; 4-14-1997 by Ord. No. 07.97.07; 7-9-2007 by Ord. No.
06.2007.06]
Before any plumbing work is done or any additions are made to
old work, excepting necessary repairs, the plan proposed shall be
approved by and a permit obtained from the administrative authority.
All work done on such plans shall be subject to the inspection of
said administrative authority or his duly authorized agent, and no
alterations shall be made to any plan or in the work without first
obtaining a special permit, in writing, from said administrative authority
or his duly authorized agent. For each private, commercial, industrial
or institutional unit, structure, facility or integral part thereof,
the plumbing permit fee shall be calculated on the basis of drainage
fixture units for which the basic charge rate shall be $5 per drainage
fixture unit, as defined in Table P-603.1 of the BOCA National Plumbing
Code. There shall be a minimum service charge of $5 for issuance of
said permit. If unusual fixtures are involved, the drainage fixture
unit charge shall be determined by the administrative authority. All
such fees shall be paid to the City Treasurer to be charged to the
credit of the Sanitary Sewerage Fund.
[Amended 4-26-1988 by Ord. No. 153-88.7; 4-14-1997 by Ord. No. 07.97.07]
The following sections of the BOCA National Plumbing Code/1993
and State of New Hampshire amendments to said code are hereby revised
as follows:
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P-304.1 General. The drainage system of any building in which
plumbing fixtures are installed shall be connected by a sewer system,
if available, or to a septic system which meets all the requirements
and specifications of the New Hampshire Department of Environmental
Services and the Health Officer of the City of Laconia. Where either
a public water supply or sewer system or both are not available, an
individual water supply or individual sewage disposal system, or both,
shall be provided.
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Section P-304.3, entitled "Public system available," shall be deleted
and replaced by the following:
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P-304.3 Public system available: A public sewer system shall
be deemed available to premises and used for human occupancy if such
premises are within 250 feet, measured from the closest part of the
building to the public sewer system, along or across the shortest
available easement.
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Section P-309.4, entitled "Freezing," shall be deleted, along with
Section P-309.5, and replaced by the following:
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P-309.4 Freezing: Water service piping and sewers shall be installed
below recorded frost penetration, but not less than six feet below
grade for water piping and six feet below grade for sewers. In climates
with freezing temperatures, plumbing piping in exterior building walls
or areas subjected to freezing temperatures shall be adequately protected
against freezing by insulation or heat, or both.
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P-809.3 The sanitary and storm drainage system of a building
shall be entirely separate.
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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 acquitted or liability incurred or any cause or
causes of action acquired or existing under any act or ordinance hereby
repealed, nor shall any just or legal right or remedy of any character
be lost, impaired or affected by this chapter.
The administrative authority acting as Director of Public Works
or his duly authorized agent shall enforce the provisions of this
chapter. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter
shall be guilty of a violation punishable by a fine of not more than
$500 or imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both. Such person
shall be deemed to be guilty of a separate offense for each and every
day during any portion of which any violation of this chapter is committed,
continued or permitted by such person and shall be punishable therefor
as provided therein; provided, however, that no penalty shall be imposed
until after written notice has been given.
