A.
No plumbing work shall be commenced in the County until a permit
to do such work has been issued by the Division of Permits and Inspections
to a licensed master plumber.
[Amended 8-18-2015 by Bill No. 2015-14; 11-20-2019 by Bill No. 2019-16]
B.
Application for such a permit shall be made on forms prepared and
provided by the Office of Permits and Inspections and accompanied
by the appropriate fee required.
C.
Repairs which involve only the working parts of a faucet or valve,
the clearance of stoppages, the repairing of leaks or the replacement
of defective faucets or valves may be performed without a permit,
provided that no alterations are made in the existing piping to fixtures.
A.
Bad faith or unreasonable delays in the performance of work or the
failure to respond promptly to official communications shall be deemed
sufficient reason for rescinding permits or withholding future permits,
and the master plumber shall be held responsible for the violation
of these regulations by him or his employees.
B.
At any time that the Division of Permits and Inspections or any designated
Code Enforcement Officer or inspector of the County determines that
any person, firm or corporation erects, constructs, alters, repairs,
removes, demolishes, and/or installs any plumbing apparatus or system
or causes the same to be done in violation of this code or the Plumbing
Code as adopted by the Cecil County Council, notice shall be sent
to said person, firm or corporation advising of said violation and
corrections necessary. Said notice shall be presumed received upon
being mailed to the address of said person, firm or corporation provided
on any permits issued or other information obtainable for such person,
firm or corporation three days after mailing. Until such violation(s)
has been corrected, the Division of Permits and Inspections and/or
any appropriate Code Official of the County shall have the power to
suspend any permit issued to said person, firm or corporation, withdraw
any permits issued to said person, firm or corporation and/or deny
any further permits requested by said person, firm or corporation.
[Amended 11-20-2019 by Bill No. 2019-16]
C.
For the purpose of this section, "person, firm or corporation" shall
be defined to mean the party to whom the permit was issued and/or
the owner of the property not in compliance and shall also include
any party actually performing work upon such property. The person,
firm or corporation shall include any officer of any corporation,
any partner of any partnership or any related corporation, partnership,
limited-liability company or limited-liability partnership owned in
whole or in part by any aforementioned party.
[Amended 11-13-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-12]
D.
Any person shall have the right to appeal any decision of the Code
Official. An application for appeal shall be filed in writing with
the Division of Permits and Inspections within 10 days of receipt
of any notice. All appeals shall be heard by the Plumbing Board.
[Amended 11-13-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-12; 11-20-2019 by Bill No. 2019-16]
A.
In the case where a plumber signs an application for a permit and
does not desire to do the work covered by it, either in part or in
its entirety, he shall so notify the County Plumbing Inspector/Division
of Permits and Inspections in writing, requesting that he be released
from responsibility for that part of the work that he does not desire
to do. He will, however, be held responsible for any work which he
has completed. The Plumbing Inspector's record will indicate
the extent of such completed work and such responsibility, and the
permit will be revised accordingly and held in abeyance.
[Amended 11-20-2019 by Bill No. 2019-16]
B.
In the event that the plumber who signed the application for a permit
dies and the owner calls in a new plumber, the original permit will
remain active upon request, in writing, from the new plumber to the
extent of the incomplete work.
C.
In the case where the plumber who originally signed the application
(and to whom the permit was issued) is removed from the work by the
owner and is replaced by another plumber, the owner shall notify the
Division of Permits and Inspections, in writing, of the proposed change
and no transfer of the permit will be made without his consent in
fewer than seven days. The transfer may then be made by the Division
of Permits and Inspections. The new contractor will be held responsible
for the entire work covered under the scope of the permit.
[Amended 8-18-2015 by Bill No. 2015-14; 11-20-2019 by Bill No. 2019-16]
D.
Licensed master plumbers shall not be allowed to apply for and be
issued a plumbing permit for unlicensed plumbers. Such action is just
cause for revocation of the master plumber's license.
A.
At the time of application for a plumbing permit, any homeowner wanting
to perform the plumbing work within his or her dwelling must take
a test and submit a drawing of all plumbing, including drainage and
water lines. Upon receiving a score of 75, a permit may be issued
to the homeowner. If the homeowner contracts the work to a plumber,
it is his responsibility to determine that the plumber is licensed
in the state and County. It shall be understood that no one except
the homeowner or a licensed master plumber shall be permitted to do
plumbing in the residence.
B.
An individual may not provide plumbing services that make a final
connection between the residence of the individual and a public or
private disposal system or water supply system. This connection shall
only be made by a Maryland licensed master plumber.
C.
Homeowners can only obtain a plumbing permit to provide plumbing
services within their own dwelling once in a five-year period for
new construction. For repair work or additions, the work performed
shall be within the personal residence only.
Under no circumstance whatsoever shall verbal permission given
at any time by any person be considered as a justification for any
work to be accomplished or deviation from approved plans to be made
which violates any of these regulations.
