2020-05 Ordinance Amending City Code Chapter 70.1 - Plumbing Code

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ORDINANCE NO. ��0� O� ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY CODE -CHAPTER 70.1— -PLUMBING CODE— BE IT ORDAINED, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS: Section 1. That Chapter 70.1 of the City Code of the City of Decatur, Illinois, be, and the same is hereby modified and amended, effective February 1, 2020, by amending language to Sections 5, 6, 10 and 11 reflecting the amendment. Said Sections 5, 6, 10 and 11, as so modified and amended, shall provide as follows: 5. FEES REQUIRED. No permit shall be issued except upon prior payment of the total building fees as set forth in Chapter 67, Section 9. The fee schedule set forth is cumulative, and is in addition to all other fees required by applicable provisions of the municipal code, unless specifically noted to the contrary. All applications for building permits shall be accompanied by complete and finalized plans, specifications, and cost estimates. 6. ENFORCEMENT. This Chapter and the Code, as modified thereby, shall be administered by the Building Inspection Manager through the Inspection Division of the Community Development Department which, among other things, is authorized hereby to cause stop orders to be issued and enforced as to any work not in conformance and compliance with the provisions thereof, or of the reasonable rules and regulations promulgated to implement the same. (Amended, Ordinance No. 2017-07, February 6, 2017) (Amended, Ordinance No. 2010-03; Ordinance No. 2000-11) 10. RE-INSPECTION FEES. A re-inspection fee of$45 shall be assessed against the applicant for a construction permit, or in the case of a combined permit, against the licensed subcontractor, who has requested an inspection which cannot be completed and/or approved by the Inspection Division for any of the following reasons: (1) the work for which the inspection has been requested is not installed or completed to the extent that an inspection can be made; (2) the inspection reveals that there are more than three (3) material items which need substantial correction before an approval for code compliance can be made; or (3) the work for which the inspection has been requested has been covered up or hidden from view so that an inspection cannot be made. If an inspection can be made,but 3 or fewer items are found which need correction to fully comply with the Building Code,the permit applicant or licensed subcontractor shall be notified in writing by the Inspection Division of the corrections required, and a re-inspection fee of$45 shall be assessed against the permit applicant or licensed subcontractor only when any subsequently requested inspection reveals that any of the previously noted code violations have not been corrected. Fees assessed as herein provided may be appealed to the Construction and Housing Board of Appeals (Board)by filing a notice of such appeal with the City Clerk within fourteen (14) days