Ordinance No. 62-19 ti
CITY OF TIGA12D, OREGON
ORDINANCE NO. 62 -
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE OREGON STATE PLUMBING LAWS AS THE
PLUMBING CODE OF THE CITY OF TIGARD, PRESCRIBING QUALIFICATIONS
FOR JOURNEYMAN PLUMBER AND FOR THE CONDUCT OF A PLUMBING BUSINESS
IN ACCORDANCE WITH OREGON STATE LAW REQUIRING APPLICATION FOP,
AND ISSUANCE OF PERMITS FOR PERFOiWNCE OF ANY PLUMBING WORK
WITHIN THE CITY OF TIGARD, REQUIRING PLUMBER'S BOND, PROVIDING FOR
INSPECTION OF ALL PLUMBING WORK, PRESCRIBING PERMIT AND INSPECTION
FEES AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION HEREOF,
IT IS ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TIGARD:
Section 1• That the laws of the State of Oregon as set forth in
• Chapter 447 Oregon Revised Statutes, and the regula-
tions prescribed thereunder with respect to installation and main-
tenance of plumbing facilities within the City of Tigard, Oregon,
are hereby adopted as the plumbing code of the City, of Tigard and
shall have the same force and effect as though herein recited in
full, one copy of which shall be maintained at all times at the
office of the City Clerk, and one copy at the Office of the City
Superintendent.
Section 2: That the laws of the State of Oregon as set forth in
Chapter 693 Oregon Revised Statutes and the regula-
tions of the State Board of Health as promulgated thereunder with
respect to the definition and qualification of "journeyman plumber"
and "registration to conduct a plumbing business', and all other
requirements of competency and qualification as in said Chapter 693
set forth, are hereby adopted as the definitions and required qual-
ifications of anyone conducting plumbing work within the City of
Tigard as a journeyman plumber or conducting a plumbing business
within the City of Tigard.
Section 3: it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation,
whether acting as principal, servant, agent or employee,
to uo or cause to be done, or permit to be done, any plumbing work,
or installation of any plumbing materials, whether interior ®r eater-
ior, in connection with waste, sewer, or other facilities, through
or incident to the use of which any liquid or other substance what-
soever shall be discharged into the City's sewers or into any priv-
ate
securingpools a permittic fromathe officeor eofdtheoCityosal fSuperintendent. first
Section 4: Applications for permit shall be on forms prescribed
by the City and shall include a description of the
work to be done, the location, ownership, occupancy, and actual or
prospective use of the premises'upon„anied w*th work
lans, to be specifca-
foamed, the applications per-
be_ _- 'mr- plans,
tions,, drawings,;and such other information as the City Superintend-
ent may deem necessary and pertinent to a clear understanding of
the work to be performed.;
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Section S: No plumbing work for which a permit :s required shall
be commenced in any building o*remises within the
} City until an offi.ial permit covering the work as issued by the
, City is posted in a conspicuous place on said building or premises.
No person shall remove or deface such permit until the work auth-
orized by such permit has been approved in writing by the City
Superintendent or his authorized representative.
Section 6: No permit shall be issued to any person to construct,
install, alter, repair or change any new or existing
plumbing in the City of Tigard unless such person shall hold a
valid journeyman plumber's certificate of competency issued by the
State Board of Health and shall otherwise be qualified as a journey-
man plumber as defined in Chapter 693 Oregon Revised Statutes; pro-
vided that nothing herein contained shall preclude an owner from
A-4-- M. nw., r 1,m'hing work in his own building or on his own prem-
ises provided that he shall first obtain a permit as by this orcin-
ance required and shall comply with all provisions of the ordinances
applicable thereto, the rules and regulation€ of the Oregon State
Board of Health and the State Plumbing Code.
No permit shad be issued to any person. firm or
organization to conduct a plumbing business in the City of Tigard
unless such person, firm or organization shall have made applica-
tion to the State Board of Health and paid a registration fee to
engage in the business, furnish labor and material, or labor only,
to install, alter or repair plumbing, and any work performed pur-
suant to said permit shall be performed by journeyman plumber as
defined in Chapter 693 O.R.S.
Section 7: The City Superintendent is hereby designated as plumb-
inC inspector and it shall be his duty to inspect all
plumbing in the City of Tigard and to require that all plumbing
installations conform with the provisions of this Ordinance. The
City Superintendent or his designated representative acting as
plumbing inspector, is hereby empowered to enter any buildings,
premises or structures at any reasonable time for the purpose of
Inspecting the plumbing thereon installed.
If the City Supe`intendent finds that said plumbing
does not conform with the requirements of this Ordinance and the
State Plumbing Code, he shall give notice in writing thereof to
the owner of the premises, or to the contractor as the case may be,
setting forth specifically in what respects said work, or material,
does not conform with this Ordinance, and the owner or contractor
as the case may be, shall immediately and within a reasonable time
bring the plumbing work and materials into conformity with the
State Plumbing Lode, provided that nothing in this Ordinance shall
be construed as authorizing or permitting the City Superintendent
ing installations pre-existing this Ordinance
to require any plumb
`' to be removed or changed to conform to the State Code except to the
�e extent that such action is necessary to protect public health and
to conform to the use limitations prescribed for the sewer system
of the City of Tigard.
',Section 8: Prior to engaging upon any plumbing work within the
City of Tigard, other than minor repairs, a journey-
;{gar man plumber, or person, firm or org$anization licensed by the State
' Aoard of Health to conduct a plumbing business, shall file with the
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City Clerkof the City of Tigard a good and sufficlaut sura.y .,,,,- s
j executed by a s'_Yety pmpaay authorized to transact a surety buss-
' Hess in the State of Oregon with liability in the amount or
$1 000.00 the form of said bond to be in substantial conform-
' ity w t i;•e orm hereto attached, marked "Exhibit A", and by re£-
erence made apart hereof, said bond to be in lieu of al`1 other ®
bonds required by the City of Tigard for the conduct of a plumbing
business or performance of work as journeyman plumber within the
"City of Tigard.
Sottish 9: a and
within the purview of this Ordinaid for hnce,stthe
ce
applicant shall pa as a condition precedent to issuance of said
permit, a fee of WOO
Section 10,: Each owner or contractor undertaking plumbing work
..,�+Hi„ the City of Tigard requiring inspection under
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the terms of this approval
nthe WorklbyatAeaCity Superintendent, in-
and prior to app
spection fees as follows:
(a) A minimum fee of $2.00.
(b) A further additional sum computed at the rate of
$1.00 for each sewer opening in excess of one,
including openings for additional basins, urinals,
sinks and other facilities and devises which
discharge into the sewer system.
Section 11 The City Superintendent shall inspect
all work
or author-
ized by any permit, for the pure
ning
whether such work conforms to the requirements of this Ordinance.
He shall issue a written approval for any work found in conformity
therewith, and shall reject all work or materials which are not in
conformity herewith.
Whenever the Superintendent shall find any plumbing
work being conducted or accomplished within any premises or build-
ing-,, which shall be deemed defective, leaking or unsanitary, or in
violation of ordinances of the City of Tigard, it shall be Us duty
to notify the owner of the premises, the contractor, and the person
actually performing the work, of such findings, and shall request
that the defective work be removed or re-installed in accordance
with the requirements of this Ordinance and the Plumbing Cade of
the State of Oregon. Such notice shall specify a reasonable time
within which such conditions shall be corrected or in which such
work 'shall be removed or re-installed, as the case may be.
Should any person served by such notice fail or refuse
to comply with such orders within therewith specified, orhfail
btore-
in good faith undertake to comply
such fact
ported by the City Superintendent to the City,Council for further .
action.
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3eetior_ 12: Au person found in violation of the pr«siS:L0- °f
the a Ordinance, after rzczi p,. .++ *."he
notice
required, shall be deemed to be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
WD „W..Action thereof shall be subject Co fine in an amount not to
exceed S Z jj- for each violation. Each day in which any vio-
lation s —continue shall be deemed a separate offense.
PASSED BY: THE COUNCIL this div."iday of 9c6aLa-r 1462.
APPROVED BY: THE MAYOR this ,aday of S 1962.
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That we,
as Principal, and
a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State
of and duly licensed to transact a surety
business rn the State o Oregon, are jointly and severally held
and firmly 'bound to the City of Tigard, a municipality of the
State of Oregon in the penal sum of ONE THOUSAND AND N0/l00 DOLLARS
fat-nn0,001, lawful money of the United States of America, for the
-•—,'_ - �.. •• mirrelves; and
payment of which well and truly ro be lade W.•, b4-..d
each of us, our successors, heirs, executors and administrators
forever firmly, jointly and severally by these presents.
THE CONDITION OF THIS OBLIGATION IS SUCH, That whereas the
said Principal has applied for and has been issued a permit for
the conduct of
or the performance of work as
within the City of Tigard;
NOW, if the said Principal shall faithfully comply with all
provisions of the Ordinances of the City of Tigard with respect to
the conduct of
of the performance o war as
within the City of Tigard, an s rt er comply with-the State
of Oregon Plumbing Code and the rules and regulations of the Oregon
S ate Board of Health, then. this obligation shall at the expiration
o thelicenseor permit for said purpose be void, otherwise to
remain in .cull force and effect until
Dated this day of s 19
By.
Principal
Countersigned: By; —
By: Title:
Surety
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