0345 (Plumbing Code)ORDINANCE NO. .341451.
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A PLUMBING CODE PRESCRIBING
REGULATIONS GOVERNING INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE
OF ALL PLUMBING IN THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA;
PROVIDING FOR A PLUMBING INSPECTION DEPARTMENT;
PRESCRIBING THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE PLUMBING
OFFICIAL; PROVIDING FOR APPLICATION FOR, ISSUANCE
OF AND FEES FOR PLUMBING PERMITS; PROVIDING FOR
INSPECTIONS AND CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL; PROVIDING
FOR LICENSING AND BONDING OF PLUMBERS; PROVIDING
FOR APPEALS FROM DECISIONS OF THE PLUMBING OFFICIAL;
PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION; ESTABLISHING
VALIDITY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED By the Mayor and City Council of the City of
Okeechobee, Florida:
Section 1. ADOPTION OF SOUTHERN STANDARD PLUMBING CODE:
There is hereby adopted by the City of Okeechobee, Florida, for
the purpose of prescribing regulations governing installation
and maintenance of all plumbing in the city, in the interest
of the public health, safety, convenience and welfare, that
certain code known as The Southern Standard Plumbing Code, 1967
Edition with 1970 Revisions thereof and the whole thereof, save
and except such portions as are hereinafter deleted, modified
or amended, of which code not less than three (3) copies have
been and now are filed in the office of the City Clerk of the
City of Okeechobee, and the same are hereby adopted and
incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein, and from
the date on which this ordinance shall take effect, the
provisions thereof shall be controlling within the municipal
limits of the City of Okeechobee, Florida.
Section 2. PLUMBING OFFICIAL: The Building Official of
the City of Okeechobee is hereby designated as the Plumbing
Official. The said Plumbing Official shall be inspector of
plumbing, and as to said Official, the experience requirements
of Section 102.2 of the Southern Standard Plumbing Code shall
not be applicable.
Section 3. APPEALS: Any person whose application for
any permit hereunder has been refused, of who feels aggrieved
by any decision or action of the Plumbing Official or inspector
of plumbing, may appeal to the Board of Adjustments and Appeals
in accordance with the procedure set forth in Sections 112
and 113 of the Southern Standard Building Code.
Section 4. VALIDITY: Should any section, paragraph,
sentence, or word of this ordinance or of the code hereby
adopted be declared for any reason to be invalid, it is the
intent of the City Council that it would have
portions of this ordinance independent of the
passed
all other
elimination
herefrom of any such portion as may be declared invalid.
Section 5. EFFECTIVE DATE: This Ordinance shall take
effect upon it passage by the City Council and approval by
the Mayor.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED this O day of June, 1971.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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APPROVED by me this $ day of June, 1971.
President of City Council
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Okeechobee
Mayor, Ci