[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of East Hills 9-12-1983 by L.L. No. 1-1983 as Ch. 168 of the 1983
Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Includes all necessary equipment and labor to provide a properly
installed system of piping and plumbing fixtures, appropriate to the
size and class of the building under consideration, supplied with
hot and cold water in adequate volume and pressure for cooking, laundering,
bathing and toilet purposes and to provide a water-carriage sewage
system for the safe disposal of wastes from fixtures and installed
in a manner to provide healthful and sanitary living conditions.
[Amended 1-21-1997 by L.L. No. 3-1997]
All plumbing work as defined in this chapter shall be installed
by plumbers duly licensed by the Village.
A.
Before any plumbing work is begun, the licensee under this chapter
shall secure a permit to be issued by the Village Clerk.
B.
Before a plumbing permit is issued, line drawings and specifications
of the rough plumbing shall be filed with the Village Building Inspector
of the Village and approved by him or her. Such drawings and specifications
may be filed at the time application is made for building construction
permits but shall be shown separately and approved separately.
A separate fee for plumbing work shall be paid in connection
with the construction of a new building, but the cost thereof shall
be included in determining the fee for the issuance of a building
permit.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Fee Schedule is on file in the Village
offices.
Plumbers licensed by the Village shall be registered, and a
register thereof shall be kept in the office of the Village Clerk.
Plumbers licensed by the Village may also be required to execute
a bond to the Village in an amount to be fixed by the Board of Trustees
of the Village, not to exceed $500, for the execution and completion
of any and all work undertaken by such plumbers within the corporate
limits of the Village in a manner satisfactory to the Village Building
Inspector.
It shall be unlawful for any person without a license previously
issued by the Village to such person or to his or her employer or
supervisor to install any plumbing or plumbing fixtures or equipment
in or upon any property, buildings or structures located in whole
or in part within the Village, other than upon property, buildings
or structures owned by such person.
A.
No license shall be issued under this chapter unless and until the
applicant therefor shall have demonstrated to the Building Inspector
of the Village his or her fitness and ability to do and perform such
work or installation.
B.
A current existing certificate of competency issued by any governmental
agency in the State of New York to the applicant for such license
shall be deemed sufficient evidence of the fitness and ability of
such applicant to obtain a Village license.
The license required by this chapter may be issued to any applicant
passing a practical and theoretical test as to his or her knowledge
of standard plumbing practices, or, in lieu thereof, such applicant
must exhibit evidence of having been duly licensed by any city, town
or Village of the first class in the State of New York.
The fee for a license required by this chapter and any renewal
thereof shall be payable to the Village and shall be in such amount
as provided for in the ordinances of the Village.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Fee Schedule is on file in the Village
offices.
Every license required by this chapter shall be in writing and
shall be issued by the Village Clerk.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original § 168-13, Term of license,
which immediately followed this section, was repealed 1-21-1997 by
L.L. No. 3-1997.
Every license issued under this chapter shall expire on December
31 of the calendar year in which issued.
