Amending Ordinance No. 1808 with Reference to a Plumbing Code

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-7- that the following work may be done under the supervision of a licensed master plumber in which case a permit need not be obtained; any repairs not effecting sanitation such as mending leaks in soil, waste or vent pipes; faucets, valves or water pipes, mending or replacing broken fixtures, closet bowls, tanks, kitchen boilers, or removing stoppage or releasing frozen pipes, and it shall be unlawful for any person to do, cause, suffer or permit to be done any work other than that herein specified without permit. Section XX. Fee for permit. A fee shall be charged for each permit issued. This fee shall be a minimum of One ($1.50) Dollar and fifty cents and shall be paid into the office of the Plumbing Inspector. This minimum fee shall cover four (4) trap or vented fixtures, in excess of four (4) the Plumbing Inspector shall make a charge of fifty (50�) cents. In determining the amount to be paid the following shall count as one fixture: water closet, bath tub, wash basin, sink, urinal, set of laundry trays, slop sink, refrigerator, soda fountain, drinking fountain, shower bath, bar fixture, dental cuspidor, gas water heater, floor drain and any trap except area drain; also any opening into a soil or waste pipe roughed in for the future installa- tion of any of the aforegoing named fixtures shall be counted as a fixture. Section XXI. Permit necessary. The master plumber shall, before starting any work contemplated under this ordinance, obtain a permit, which said permit shall be placed in a conspicuous place on the building where the plumbing work is being performed and which said permit shall be properly signed and filled out by the master plumber in whose name the permit was issued.. Section XXII. Plumbing Inspector appointment and duties.