§ 2-36. Filing of drawings.

A. 

Duplicate applications on forms furnished by the Building Department for all plumbing and draining shall be properly filled in and filed in this Department by a master or employing plumber holding a certificate of competency or license in the Town of North Hempstead. The plans must be drawn to scale in ink on cloth or paper, or they must be cloth or paper prints of such scale drawings, and shall consist of such floor plans and sections as may be necessary to show clearly all plumbing work to be done, and must show partitions and methods of ventilating water closet compartments.

B. 

It shall be unlawful for any such master or employing plumber to commence or proceed with said plumbing and drainage until said drawings and applications shall have been so filed and approved by the Chief Building Inspector and written permit has been issued.

C. 

No modification of the approved drawings and descriptions will be permitted unless either amended drawings and duplicate descriptions, or an amendment to the original drawings and descriptions covering the proposed change or changes, are so filed and approved by the Chief Building Inspector.

D. 

The drainage and plumbing of all buildings, both public and private, shall be executed in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Building Department.

E. 

Alterations may be made upon filing drawings and descriptions in the Building Department and applying for and receiving permits to make such repairs or alterations.

F. 

The permit fee for inspection work shall be paid in accordance with the Town of North Hempstead Fee Schedule. The fee for inspection for each connection to a municipal sewer or special district sewer shall be paid in accordance with the Town of North Hempstead Fee Schedule.

[Amended 4-11-2006 by L.L. No. 5-2006]

G. 

Ordinary repairs to the plumbing system may be made by a master plumber duly licensed in the Town of North Hempstead without application to the Chief Building Inspector. Such repairs, however, shall not be construed to include addition to, alteration, replacement or relocation of any standpipe piping, water distribution piping, house sewer, private sewer or drainage system including leaders, or any soil waste or vent pipe, or any gas distribution system. Such repairs are classified as additions and alterations and shall not be made until application has been made and a permit granted. Where repairs include replacement or installation of fixtures only, without addition or alteration of existing piping, a permit will not be required but written notice of such repairs shall be given to the Chief Building Inspector before the same are commenced, and the work shall be done in accordance with this code and/or any rules and regulations prescribed by the Building Department.

H. 

Where repairs or alterations ordered by the Board of Health for sanitary reasons include cases where new vertical and horizontal lines, or soil, waste, vent or leader pipes are proposed to be used or old ones replaced, drawings and descriptions must be filed with and approved by the Chief Building Inspector before same shall be commenced or proceeded with.

I. 

Repairs and alterations may comply in all respects with the weight, quality, arrangement and venting of the rest of the work in the building, except when an existing soil waste or vent line has been damaged by fire or other causes to the extent of 50% or more of its entire length; and same must be replaced by new lines installed in accordance with the rules and regulations governing new lines.

J. 

No plumbing or drainage or any part thereof, except as stated in § 2-36G, shall be commenced until the plumber who is to do the work shall sign the specifications and made affidavit that he is duly authorized to proceed with the work. Affidavit must give the name and address of the plumber, and such other information as may be required by the Examining Board of Plumbers. It shall be unlawful for any licensed plumber to sign the specifications and act as agent for a plumber who has not obtained a license from the Examining Board of Plumbers as an employing or master plumber. A violation of this rule will be deemed a sufficient reason by the Chief Building Inspector for the cancellation of a license.

K. 

One set of specifications will be received for not more than 10 houses, and then only when on adjoining lots and houses are exactly alike.

L. 

Written notices must be given to the Chief Building Inspector by the plumber when any work is begun, and at such times as the work is ready for inspection.