O-76-274 - 6/22/1976ORDINANCE NO. 274
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR REGULATIONS GOVERNING PLUMBING
FIXTURES, PLUMBING INSTALLATION, INCLUDING ALTERATIONS,
REPAIRS, REPLACEMENT, EQUIPMENT, APPLIANCES, FIXTURES,
FITTINGS AND/OR APPURTENANCES THERETO AND/OR WHEN
CONNECTED TO THE WATER OR SEWAGE SYSTEM; PROVIDING FOR
PLUMBING INSPECTIONS FOR ALL PLUMBING WHEREVER WATER
ORIGINATES FROM THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK WATER SYSTEMS;
PROVIDING FOR A PLUMBING OFFICIAL; FIXING QUALIFICATIONS
OF THE PLUMBING OFFICIAL AND PLUMBING INSPECTORS;
PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF THE 1975 STANDARD PLUMBING CODE
WITH 1976 AMENDEMENTS; PROVIDING FOR PENALTY FOR THE
VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS
CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECT OF THIS ORDINANCE ON
OTHER ORDINANCES OR RESOLUTIONS.
WHEREAS, the City of Round Rock, Texas, owns and operates in a
governmental capacity, a Water System, as a Municipal Utility; such
system having plants, pumps, and transmission lines within and without
the corporate limits of the City of Round Rock, Texas; and
WHEREAS, certain municipalities, private companies, governmental
agencies, firms, and individuals not within the corporate limits of
the City of Round Rock, Texas, are purchasers of water from the said
Water System; and
WHEREAS, the City of Round Rock, Texas, is very desirous of
maintaining a pure water supply;
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS:
Section 1:
Terms not defined in this ordinance shall be defined in the Zoning
Ordinance and Subdivision Ordinance heretofore adopted by the City of
Round Rock, Texas.
Section 2:
The Standard Plumbing Code, 1975 Edition, with 1976 amendments,
three (3) certified copies of which shall be on file with the Office of
the City Secretary, is hereby adopted by reference and all regulations,
parts, notations, references, and specifications therein are hereby
adopted and made a part of this ordinance except as deleted or amended
hereafter.
Section 3:
There is hereby created the position of Plumbing Official and
Plumbing Inspectors, who shall be employed by the City of Round Rock,
Texas. The Plumbing Official and Inspectors shall have experience in
plumbing to the extent that enables them to know when plumbing is installed
correctly. The Plumbing Official and Inspectors shall not be directly
connected in any way with any person, firm, or corporation directly or
indirectly engaged in the business of plumbing, or plumbing suppliers.
The Plumbing Official and Plumbing Inspectors shall receive as full
compensation for his or their services, a salary designated by the City
of Round Rock, Texas.
It shall be the duty of the Plumbing Official to enforce all pro-
visions of this ordinance, and such official is hereby granted the
authority to enter all buildingswithin or without the corporate limits
of the City of Round Rock, Texas, when such buildings are connected or
to be connected to the Municipal Water and/or Sewage System.
The Plumbing Official shall prepare or cause to be prepared suitable
forms for applications, permits, inspection reports and other such
materials.
It shall be the duty of the Plumbing Official to inspect and test
all plumbing work for compliance with this ordinance and the plumbing
code adopted herein, and to enforce changing of such installations that
do not meet the requirements. It shall further be his duty to see that
all persons installing or altering plumbing shall be qualified by state
law.
Section 4:
Before beginning any work in the City of Round Rock, Texas, the
person installing or altering same shall apply to the Plumbing Official
or other designated official and obtain a permit to do such work. Only
those persons legally authorized to do plumbing may be issued permits.
A permit may be issued to a homeowner to install or alter plumbing in
a single-family residence, providing the homeowner does all the work
himself and that the building is owned and occupied by the owner as
his home. All such work shall meet the code requirements and such
persons shall be required to obtain the regular permit for that particu-
lar job.
All applications for permits shall be made on suitable forms provided.
The application shall be accompanied by fees in accordance with the schedule
set forth in the Standard Plumbing Code or in a schedule approved by the
City Council. An additional charge of $2.50 for each permit issued for
installation outside the city limits is authorized. An additional fee of
$2.00 shall be charged for each additional trip on the part of the Plumbing
Inspector, caused by the negligence of the plumber of not being ready for
inspection or return for inspection of a corrected installation.
Section 5:
Every master plumber doing business in the City of Round Rock, Texas,
shall execute and deliver to the City a bond with a surety bonding
company in the sum of $2,000.00 to indemnify the City or any citizen
for any damage caused by the failure of such master plumber to comply
strictly with the provisions of this ordinance. No plumbing permit
shall be issued to any master plumber unless this bond has been
delivered to the City and is in full force and effect.
Section 6:
The City Water Department of the City of Round Rock, Texas, and the
City Plumbing Official of the City of Round Rock, Texas, be and they
are hereby authorized to discontinue or cause to be discontinued all
water service or services to any and all premises, lands, buildings,
or structures where it is found that an immediate hazard exists to
the purety or potability of the City Water Supply.
The City Water Department of the City of Round Rock, Texas, and
the City Plumbing Official of the City of Round Rock, Texas, be and
they are hereby authorized and directed to take such steps as are
necessary to determine all potential hazards to the purety or
potability of the City Water Supply which exist. Upon determining said
potential hazards, it shall be the duty of said department and said
inspector to immediately cause notice to go to the owner or such other
person responsible for said premises, specifying said hazards, and
notifying said person that in the event that said hazard is not
corrected within 30 days from the date of said notice, all water
services shall be discontinued thereafter until the requirements of
this code have been complied with.
Section 7:
Any person, firm, or corporation found guilty of violating any of
the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction shall be subject to a fine of not more than $200.00,
together with costs of prosecution. Each transaction and violation of
any of the provisions hereof shall be deemed a separate offense, and
as a separate offense, shall be deemed committed on each day during or
on which a violation occurs or continues.
Section 8:
All ordinances, parts of ordinances or resolutions in conflict
herewith are expressly repealed.
Section 9:
The invalidity of any section or provision of this ordinance or of
the code hereby adopted shall not invalidate other sections or provisions
thereof.
READ, PASSED, AND ADOPTED this a„l day of June, 1976.
ATTEST:
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ELIZABJ H LOOBY, City Secrej Ty
I o Mayor
City of Round Rock, Texas