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Cross References — Water and sewers, Title VII; backflow protection, §§710.220 — 710.310.
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Charter Reference — Authority to adopt technical codes by reference §2.17.
Cross References — Building code, ch. 500, art. II; fire prevention code adopted, §500.070; electrical code adopted, §505.010; mechanical code, ch. 515.
[CC 1979 §23-15; Ord. No. 921 §2, 5-18-1976; Ord. No. 87-17, 8-18-1987; Ord. No. 93-19 §§1, 2, 6-1-1993; Ord. No. 16-2000 §1, 4-18-2000; Ord. No. 196-2005 §1, 1-18-2005; Ord. No. 325-2008 §2, 3-18-2008; Ord. No. 08-2013 §1, 1-22-2013; Ord. No. 20-2019, 4-2-2019]
A certain document, a copy of which is on file in the office of the Building Inspector of the City of Neosho, being marked and designated as "International Plumbing Code, 20018 Edition," as published by the International Code Council, Inc., be and is hereby adopted as the Plumbing Code of the City of Neosho, Missouri, regulating the design, construction, quality of materials, erection, installation, alteration, repair, location, relocation, replacement, addition to, use or maintenance of plumbing systems in the City of Neosho and providing for the issuance of permits and collection of fees therefore; and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said Plumbing Code are hereby referred to, adopted and made a part hereof, as if fully set out in this Section, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in Section 510.015 of this Article, except as otherwise provided by this Chapter.
[Ord. No. 16-2000 §2, 4-18-2000; Ord. No. 196-2005 §2, 1-18-2005; Ord. No. 08-2013 §1, 1-22-2013; Ord. No. 20-2019, 4-2-2019; Ord. No. 177-2021, 5-4-2021]
The following Sections are hereby revised as follows:
Section 101.1. Insert: City of Neosho, Missouri.
Section 106.6.2. Insert: Section 510.080 of this Chapter.
Section 106.6.3. Insert: Fifty percent (50%) and fifty percent (50%).
Section 108.4. Insert: Misdemeanor, Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), Thirty Dollars ($30.00).
Section 108.5. Insert: Zero ($0) and five hundred dollars ($500.00).
Section 305.4.1. Insert: Eighteen (18) inches and eighteen (18) inches.
Section 714 is amended to read as follows: 714.1 Sewage backlow. All plumbing fixtures shall be protected by a backwater valve installed in the building drain.
[Ord. No. 16-2000 §3, 4-18-2000; Ord. No. 196-2005 §3, 1-18-2005; Ord. No. 08-2013 §1, 1-22-2013; Ord. No. 20-2019, 4-2-2019]
A. 
Any person violating any of the provisions of the Chapter or the provisions of the International Plumbing Code adopted in this Chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction therefore 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.
B. 
In addition to the imposition of the penalties herein described, the Building Inspector is authorized to institute appropriate action to prevent unlawful construction or to restrain, correct or abate a violation; or to prevent illegal occupancy of a structure or premises; or to stop an illegal act, conduct of business or occupancy of a structure on or about any premises.
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Cross Reference — Licenses and miscellaneous business regulations, ch. 605.
[Code 1962 §23-26; CC 1979 §23-28; Ord. No. 08-2013 §1, 1-22-2013; Ord. No. 20-2019, 4-2-2019]
No person shall engage in the business of plumbing or do any plumbing work whatsoever, except minor repair work, unless he/she is licensed by the City.
[Code 1962 §23-27; CC 1979 §23-29; Ord. No. 08-2013 §1, 1-22-2013; Ord. No. 20-2019, 4-2-2019]
Any person desiring to do business as a plumber in the City shall file in the office of the License Clerk an application, giving the name of such person and his/her place of business, and asking to be licensed as a plumber.
[Code 1962 §23-28; CC 1979 §23-30; Ord. No. 08-2013 §1, 1-22-2013; Ord. No. 20-2019, 4-2-2019]
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No person, master plumber or journeyman plumber shall begin any job of plumbing work in or about any building until he/she has secured from the Building Inspector a permit to do such work, except as provided by this Section, and in order to secure such special permit written application shall be made on blanks furnished by the Building Inspector.
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Such application shall show the name of the owner, agent or occupant of premises, street and house number, the name of the master plumber having charge of the work and a description of the work to be done, setting forth the number and kind of fixtures.
C. 
No special permit shall be required on minor repair work such as the repairs of leaks in pipes, traps or cocks, opening up stoppage in waste or supply pipes, traps or drains or replacing broken fixtures when waste pipes are not disturbed and thawing frozen pipes inside of buildings, but where waste pipes from fixtures are changed, or a waste pipe is run from a fixture, a special permit shall be obtained and the Building Inspector notified and the work inspected before the same is covered up.
[Code 1962 §23-30; CC 1979 §23-32; Ord. No. 08-2013 §1, 1-22-2013; Ord. No. 20-2019, 4-2-2019]
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The Building Inspector shall be notified when plumbing work is ready for inspection and tests, and all work shall be left uncovered for examination.
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When soil pipes shall be completed through the building, the waste pipes from the different fixtures have been run, all openings in lead pipes soldered up and iron pipes properly plugged or capped and the work tested and made tight, and before any joint in soil pipe or fitting and waste pipes shall be covered up. At such time all openings shall be left in soil or waste pipes for the proper connection of all fixtures.
2. 
When all fixtures have been attached and the water turned on to test the same.
B. 
If, upon examination and test pursuant to this Section, the Building Inspector finds that the work has been done according to the provisions of this Chapter; he/she shall furnish the plumber doing the work a inspection record to that effect without expense.
[Code 1962 §23-31; CC 1979 §23-33; Ord. No. 93-27 §1, 8-10-1993; Ord. No. 16-2000 §4, 4-18-2000; Ord. No. 261-2006 §1, 9-5-2006; Ord. No. 08-2013 §1, 1-22-2013; Ord. No. 20-2019, 4-2-2019]
A fee of thirty-five dollars ($35.00) shall be collected by the Building Inspector for inspecting any work done in or about any building, seventy dollars ($70.00) for sewer connections, one hundred dollars ($100.00) for a four (4) inch sewer saddle and one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125.00) for a six (6) inch sewer saddle. Such fees are to be paid into the General Fund of the City. No permit shall be issued until parties applying therefor have paid to the Building Inspector such inspection fee. No work shall be approved by the Building Inspector until the inspection fees are paid.