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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1996_1_17_Local_Law_No_1 TOWN OF MAMARONECK LOCAL LAW NO. 1-1996 A Local Law Entitled PLUMBING CODE This Local Law shall be known and cited as "Local Law Regulating the Administration and Enforcement of the Plumbing Code for the Town of Mamaroneck, Outside of the Incorporated Villages." BE IT ENACTED, by the Town Board of the Town of Mamaroneck as follows: SECTION ONE: PURPOSE The purpose of this local law is to protect the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the Town of Mamaroneck by providing for the licensing and regulation of the plumbing trade. SECTION TWO: REPEALED Local Law 41 of 1987 is hereby repealed. SECTION THREE: LICENSED REQUIRED No person shall do any plumbing work on any premises in the Town of Mamaroneck unless such person shall first be duly licensed by the County of Westchester. SECTION FOUR: DISPLAYING LICENSE Any person, firm or corporation doing plumbing work in the Town of Mamaroneck shall exhibit his or its license upon request to any officer of the Town, and shall, while opening any highway for purposes incidental to such work and while such highway is opened, display a sign at least one (1) foot square, plainly marked, showing the number of such license. No street or highway may be opened without first complying with all regulations pertaining to street opening. SECTION FIVE: PRIOR APPROVAL OF PLANS A. Before any plumbing work including installation of fuel/oil and gas appliances and the installation or removal of oil storage tanks is started or before any additions or alterations are made to old work, an application on regular printed forms properly filled out in ink and signed by a licensed master plumber shall be filed in the office of the Building Inspector, together with plans and a description in duplicate showing and describing the proposed work, except that where only stoppages are removed or leaks repaired or where plumbing fixtures or residential cooking appliances are replaced without altering or disturbing any gas supply piping, drain, soil, waste, or vent pipe, no application or permit will be required. Page 2 B. The plumbing plans shall consist of such floor plans and sections as may be necessary to show clearly all the work to be done including all sewers, drains, soil, waste, and vent pipelines and the location of fixtures and their traps and connections. All plans shall be drawn to scale in ink or may be the prints of such scale drawings. C. No work shall commence until the plumbing plans and specifications referred to in this section have been approved in writing by the Building Inspector. D. Modification of approved plans or of the work described therein shall not be permitted unless such changes have been previously approved in writing by the Building Inspector on written application, signed by the owner or architect. E. Approval of all plans expires six (6) months from date of issuance of the permit unless work is in progress. If work is not begun under approved plans within that time, such plans shall again be presented to the Building Inspector for reconsideration. SECTION SIX: FEES FOR INSTALLATION The Town Board shall from time to time, by resolution, fix fees for installation and inspection. SECTION SEVEN: HOUSE SEWER INSPECTIONS All house sewers between the building and the street line shall be laid by a licensed plumber under the specifications set forth. This work shall be inspected once by the Inspector upon notification by the plumber that the entire line is complete and ready for inspection. SECTION EIGHT: PLASTIC AND FIBER PIPE Plastic pipe to be used in roof leaders, other storm water pipes and underground drainage pipes for ground water may not be used until samples of plastic or fiber pipe of strong and durable quality are submitted to the Building Inspector for approval. Only if approved may they thereafter be used in and around structures as set forth in plans submitted to the Building Inspector. SECTION NINE: NOTICE OF VIOLATIONS A. Whenever a person violates any of the provisions of this local law or whenever any person omits or refuses to comply with the provisions of this law or deviates from the approved plans and specifications for plumbing and draining filed with the Inspector, the Building Inspector shall serve notice of violation thereof upon the master plumber doing the work and upon the owner or occupant of the premises. Page 3 B. Such notice may be served personally or by mail and, if by mail, may be addressed to such master plumber at the address registered by him with the Building Inspector and upon the owner or occupant at the address given by him upon any application made by him for the plumbing work in connection with which the violation occurs; or, if no permit is obtained, notice shall be served upon the owner or occupant at the location of the work, but the failure of the master plumber to register shall relieve the Building Inspector from the requirement of giving such notice to the master plumber. Unless the violation is removed with five (5) days after the day of serving or the mailing of such notice, exclusive of the day of serving or mailing, then each day thereafter that such violation continues shall be considered a separate offense. SECTION TEN: VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES Any person who omits or refuses to comply with or resists, willfully violates any of the provisions of this local law, or who obstructs or hinders any inspector or officer in the due performance of his duty hereunder, shall be punishable for each conviction by a fine of not less than Fifty ($50) Dollars nor more than Five Hundred ($500) Dollars or by imprisonment in case of default in payment of the fine, for a period not exceeding fifteen (15) days. Each day the provisions of such law are violated after due notice has been served upon the offender in writing shall constitute a separate offense and subject the offender to a like penalty. Such violation shall also subject any person committing the same to a penalty in the sum of One Thousand ($1,000) Dollars, recoverable in a civil action brought by or on behalf of the Town of Mamaroneck. In addition, the Town may take whatever additional actions in the nature of injunction or otherwise that is otherwise provided for by law. SECTION ELEVEN: SEVERABILITY If any term, part, provision, section, subdivision, or paragraph of this law shall be held unconstitutional, invalid, or ineffective in whole or in part, such determination shall not be deemed to invalidate the remaining terms parts, provisions, sections, subdivisions and paragraphs thereof. SECTION TWELVE: EFFECTIVE DATE This local law shall become effective immediately upon filing in the Office of the Secretary of State in accordance with the Municipal Home Rule Law.