Las Vegas City Ordinances, July 18, 1911 to March 31, 1933, lvc000013-52

Ordinance No. 36. An ordinance providing for the issuance of plumbing and sewer connection permits, for the inspection of plumbing and sewer connections and for the regulation and construction of plumbing work in the City of Las Vegas. The Board of City Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas Do ordain as follows; Section 1. Any person or persons carrying on, conducting assuming control of, constructing or causing to be constructed, either as owner or otherwise, any plumbing or house drainage affecting the sanitary conditions of any house or building within the limits of then City of Las Vegas, shall apply to the plumbing inspector of said City for a permit so to do, at the same time filing with said plumbing inspector a plan or drawing and description of the work proposed to be constructed before any part of said work shall be commenced, and no part of said work shall be done until after the plumbing inspector has approved of the plans and drawings and description and issued a permit for the proposed work to be done, in accordance with the rules and regulations hereinafter set forth and provided for. In case where a building permit is necessary, the plumbing permit will not be issued until after the building permit has been issued. Section 2. All work done shall be subject to inspection, and notice must be given to the plumbing inspector by the contractor or owner doing said worK or having the same done, as soon as said work is ready for inspection, the plumber to have a competent man on the work at the time of inspection. A charge of one dollar will be made for every extra visit made by the inspector. A charge of fifty cents will be made for the inspection of rough work and also for the inspection of finished work and fifteen cents for each opening, but no work will be accepted by the inspector until the above mentioned charges are paid into the office of the plumbing inspector. All work must be left uncovered convenient for examination until inspected and approved by the plumbing Inspector. Such inspection shall be made within forty-eight hours of such notification being received by the said plumbing inspector, and no plans shall be changed without the permission of said plumbing inspector. The inspecting officer may apply the water pepperment or smoke test; and all necessary tools, labor and assistance for such test shall be furnished by such person or persons assuming control of the work, and such person or persons shall remove or repair any defective material or work when so ordered by the inspecting officer. Any soil pipe, drain pipe, trap, water closet, urinal, sink, or other fixtures set up or fitting or fittings laid, used or constructed otherwise than in accordance with these regulations, or which shall in the opinion of the Plumbing Inspector, be or become of bad or defective quality shall, upon notice, either verbal or in writing, from said plumbing inspector, be removed or repaired in the manner determined, and within the time fixed by the inspecting officer, and it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to occupy or make use of any house or buildings where the plumbing work has been constructed in accordance with the regulations of this ordinance, unless the owner, agent or lessee of said building, shall have secured a final certificates of acceptance from the plumbing inspector duly signed by such officer. Section 3. The plumbing inspector shall not issue a permit to any person or persons to do any plumbing or house drainage work until said person or persons has or have registered his or her name or names and addresses or address in a book kept for that purpose. It will not be necessary to obtain a permit in case of repairs, which are defined as follows; leaks in drains, soil, waste or vent pipes; but should any trap, soil pipe, waste or vent pipe be or become bad and defective and it be necessary to remove and replace with sound material in any part or parts a permit must be procured and inspection made as herein provided. Section 4. Every house or building in, or for which any house drainage or plumbing arrangements are constructed, shall be separately and independently connected with an accepted City sewer, when such sewer is constructed upon the street or alley upon which the property abuts or when such house or building is within 200 feet of such sewer, provided that in case it is impractical