§ 8-499. Plumbing Code adopted.

(a)

The Illinois Plumbing Code, 77 Ill. Admin. Code 890 et seq., shall be and the same hereby is adopted by reference as The Plumbing Code of the village, as fully as if set out at length herein, save and except the following deletions, modifications or amendments thereto. Three copies are filed in the office of the Village Clerk, and the same are hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein.

(b)

The Plumbing Code of the village is supplemented with the following additional requirements: Fees for permits for connection with sewer and water mains and inspection fees of water heater and fixtures shall be as set forth in section 26-107.

(1)

Public systems available. A public water supply system and sewer system shall be deemed available to premises used for human occupancy anywhere within the corporate limits of the village, and connections to the public water supply and sewer system conforming with the standards set forth in this Code may be made thereto.

(2)

Fee schedule. The permit fees for construction, reconstruction, alteration and installation shall be those established from time to time by the village.

(3)

Unlawful continuance. Any person who violates a provision of this Code, or fails to comply with any of the requirements thereof shall be subject to penalty as provided in subsection (b)(7) of this section. Any person who shall continue any plumbing work in or about the structure after having been served with a stop work order, except such work as that person is directed to perform to remove a violation or unsafe conditions, shall be subject to penalty as provided in subsection (b)(7) of this section.

(4)

Freezing. Water service piping and sewers shall be installed below recorded frost penetration, but not less than five feet below grade for water piping and four feet below grade for sewers.

(5)

Overhead plumbing. All new buildings and newly constructed additions with basements, floors, rooms or occupancy areas below ground level at the building site shall have overhead plumbing. No Building Permit application will be accepted nor any permits issued for construction of any structure in a new building unless plans and specifications therefor provided for overhead plumbing in accordance with this section.

(6)

WaterSense fixtures. Subject to other provisions of the Illinois Plumbing Code, 77 Ill. Admin. Code 890 et seq., and the Law Irrigation Contractor and Law Sprinkler System Registration Code, 77 Ill. Admin. Code 892 et seq., from and after September 30, 2015, all replacement plumbing fixtures and new plumbing fixtures and irrigation controllers installed on properties connected to the village water supply system shall bear the WaterSense label (as designated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency WaterSense Program), when such labeled fixtures and controllers are available.

(7)

Penalty. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of violation punishable by a fine of not less than $200.00 and no more than $750.00 for each offense. A separate offense shall be deemed committed for each day that an offense continues.

(8)

Application. The provisions of said plumbing code, together with the aforesaid amendments thereto, shall apply to the construction of all buildings and structures within the corporate limits of the village. Wherever in said code the term "city" is used, it shall be held to mean the village.

(Code 1993, § 9-6.1; Ord. No. 85-O-7, 4-16-1985; Ord. No. 90-O-86, 12-4-1990; Ord. No. 95-O-88, 11-28-1995; 2000-O-11, 4-25-2000; Ord. No. 2010-O-07, 5-11-2010; Ord. No. 2015-O-51, 6-14-2016)