[R.O. 2007 §  520.010; Ord. No. 4728 §§  1—2, 1-26-2007; Ord. No. 5609 §§  1—2, 6-23-2011; Ord. No. 6930, 3-8-2018]
The 2015 International Plumbing Code®, as published by the International Code Council®, Inc., as amended, is hereby adopted as the Plumbing Code of the City; and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions, and terms of the 2015 International Plumbing Code® are hereby referred to, adopted and made part thereof, as if fully set out in this Chapter, with additions, insertions, deletions, and changes prescribed in this Chapter.
[R.O. 2007 §  520.020; Ord. No. 4728 §§  1—2, 1-26-2007; Ord. No. 5609 §§  1—2, 6-23-2011]
Throughout the Plumbing Code adopted in Section 520.010, wherever the term "Name of Jurisdiction" or "Local Jurisdiction" appears, it shall be deemed to mean the City of St. Peters.
[R.O. 2007 §  520.030; Ord. No. 4728 §§  1—2, 1-26-2007; Ord. No. 5609 §§  1—2, 6-23-2011]
Throughout the Plumbing Code adopted in Section 520.010, whenever the term "Code Official" or "Plumbing Code Official" appears, it shall be deemed to mean the Building Commissioner.
[R.O. 2007 §  520.040; Ord. No. 4728 §§  1—2, 1-26-2007; Ord. No. 5609 §§  1—2, 6-23-2011; Ord. No. 6930, 3-8-2018]
A. 
The Code adopted in Section 520.010 is amended as follows:
1. 
101.1 — Delete.
2. 
106.1.3 Integrated Permits. The Building Code Official may issue integrated building, plumbing, electrical and mechanical permits on a single permit application.
3. 
106.4.1 Licensing, Certifying, And Bonding Of Plumbing And Drain Layer Contractors. Any contractor wishing to enter into the plumbing or drain laying contracting business within the City of St. Peters, Missouri, shall first be duly examined and successfully passed and licensed by St. Charles County.
4. 
106.4.2 Supervision. Any firm or corporation in the business of installing plumbing or drain laying work shall employ a duly licensed supervisor, under the provisions of this code, who shall be responsible for installations made by said firm or corporation.
5. 
106.4.3 Use Of License By Other. No person having obtained a license under the provision of this code shall allow his/her name to be used by another person, either for the purpose of obtaining permits, or for doing business or work under the license.
6. 
106.4.4 Persons Excepted From Plumbing And Drain Layer Licensing Requirement:
a. 
Homeowner in an existing building owned and occupied by them as their place of residence;
b. 
Person doing work in an existing structure owned and occupied by them as their farm;
c. 
Person or public entity servicing or repairing its own plumbing system with its own personnel specifically trained for such service or repair; and
d. 
Person who is a plumbing employee employed by a licensed plumbing contractor.
7. 
106.6.2 Fee Schedule. (See Appendix A of Title V of the Municipal Code of St. Peters.)
8. 
106.6.3 Amount Due Or Refunds. The Code Official shall authorize the refunding of money. The collection of fees due to the City and the refunding of money shall be as follows:
1) 
Refund the full amount of any fee paid hereunder which was erroneously paid or collected.
2) 
Refund ninety percent (90%) or collect ten percent (10%) of the permit fee when no work has been done on the site and no plan review is required, or considered a "same as" permit.
3) 
Refund eighty percent (80%) or collect twenty percent (20%) of the permit fee when no work has been done on the site and application required a plan review to process a permit.
4) 
No refund if permit has been voided; if work has been stopped; or if any work has been done at the site.
The Code Official shall not authorize the refunding of any fee paid, except upon written application filed by the original permittee not later than one hundred eighty (180) days after the date of fee payment.
9. 
108.4 Violation Penalties. Any person who shall violate a provision of this Code or shall fail to comply with any requirement thereof or shall install plumbing work in violation of an approved plan or direction of the Building Code Official, or of a permit or certificate issued under the provisions of this Code shall be guilty of an offense. Each day that a violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense. Refer to Section 520.050: Penalty.
10. 
108.5 Stop Work Order. Upon notice from the Building Code Official, work on any plumbing system that is being done contrary to the provisions of this code or in a dangerous or unsafe manner shall immediately cease. Such notice shall be in writing and shall be given to the owner of the property, or the owner's agent or the person doing the work. The notice shall state the conditions under which work is authorized to resume. Any person, who removes the stop work order or continues to work, except such work as that person has been directed to perform by the Building Code Official to remove a violation or unsafe condition, shall be guilty of an offense.
11. 
109.1 Application For Appeal. A person shall have the right to appeal a decision of the Building Code Official to the Board of Appeals as established in Chapter 505. An application for appeal shall be based on a claim that the true intent of this code of the rules legally adopted hereunder has been incorrectly interpreted, the provisions of this code do not fully apply, or an equally good or better form of construction is proposed. The application shall be filed on a form obtained from the Building Code Official within twenty (20) days after the notice was served.
12. 
109.2 — Delete.
13. 
109.2.1 — Delete.
14. 
109.2.2 — Delete.
15. 
109.2.3 — Delete.
16. 
109.2.41 — Delete.
17. 
109.2.5 — Delete.
18. 
109.2.6 — Delete.
19. 
109.3 — Delete.
20. 
109.4 — Delete.
21. 
109.4.1 — Delete.
22. 
109.5 — Delete.
23. 
109.6 — Delete.
24. 
109.6.1 — Delete.
25. 
109.6.2 — Delete.
26. 
109.7 — Delete.
27. 
305.4 Freezing. A water, soil or waste pipe shall not be installed outside of a building, or concealed in outside walls or in any place subjected to freezing temperature, unless adequate provision is made to protect such pipe from freezing by insulation or heat or both. Water service pipe shall be installed not less than thirty-six (36) inches below grade.
28. 
305.4.1 Sewer Depth. Building sewers that connect to private sewage disposal systems shall be a minimum of thirty-six (36) inches below grade at the point of septic tank connection. Building sewers shall be a minimum of thirty-six (36) inches below grade.
29. 
403.2 Separate Facilities. Where plumbing fixtures are required, separate facilities shall be provided for each sex. Exceptions:
1) 
Separate facilities shall not be required for dwelling units and sleeping units;
2) 
Separate facilities shall not be required in mercantile occupancies in which the maximum occupant load, including both employees and customers, is fifty (50) or less;
3) 
Separate facilities shall not be required in business occupancies in which the maximum occupant load, including both employees and customers, is twenty (20) or less;
4) 
Separate facilities shall not be required in structures or tenant spaces with a total occupant load, including both employees and customers, of fifteen (15) or less.
30. 
410.1 Approval. Drinking fountains shall conform to ASME A112.191M, ASME A112.19.2M or ASME 112.19M and water coolers shall conform to ARI 1010. Drinking fountains and water coolers shall conform to NSF 61, Section 9. Where water is served in restaurants, drinking fountains shall not be required. In other occupancies, where drinking fountains are required, water coolers or bottled water dispensers shall be permitted to be substituted for not more than fifty percent (50%). Of the required drinking fountains. Exceptions:
1) 
In occupancies of less than 20, water coolers or bottled water dispensers shall be permitted to be substituted.
31. 
412.5 Residential Laundry Areas. Floor drains serving a laundry machine located within a dwelling unit shall not be required to be larger than two (2) inches.
32. 
412.5.1 Connections. With respect to new construction only, the floor drain shall be connected either indirectly to a basement floor drain or by a direct connection above the laundry standpipe trap. The standpipe trap may serve as a combination water seal for the standpipe and the laundry floor drain. A combination fitting (wye and one-eighth (1/8) bend) shall be used for a floor drain waste connection to the standpipe. The standpipe length shall not exceed forty-eight (48) inches from the inlet to the trap weir.
33. 
603.3 Water Service Piping. From the City's water main to the meter box and from the meter box to the house for service line size of two (2) inch or less shall be of Type K copper meeting ASTM B 75, 88, 251, 447 for service sizes larger than two (2) inch Type K copper or polyvinyl chloride (PVC) meeting ASTM D1785, ASTM D2241, Class 200 on all services a twelve (12) gauge insulated copper tracer wire shall be included from the main to the structure.
34. 
701.2 Sewer Required. Refer to Municipal Code Chapter 710, Section 710.040 "Sewer connections required."
35. 
903.2 Frost Closure. Every vent extension through the roof or wall shall be a minimum of two (2) inches in diameter. Any increase in the size of the vent shall be made inside the structure a minimum of one (1) foot below the roof or the inside of the wall.
[R.O. 2007 §  520.050; Ord. No. 4728 §§  1—2, 1-26-2007; Ord. No. 5609 §§  1—2, 6-23-2011]
Any person violating any of the provisions of the code adopted in this Chapter shall be deemed guilty of an offense and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in an amount not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) or be imprisoned in the City or County Jail for a period of not exceeding ninety (90) days, or both such fine and imprisonment. Each day such violation is committed or permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as such hereunder.