HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 157 - Regulating Plumbing and Gas Fitting Work - 06/22/1971 VILLAGE OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO 157
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING PLUMBING AND GAS FITTING WORK IN
THE VILLAGE INCLUDING THE INSTALLATION OF WATER SOFTENING
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AND FILTERING EQUIPMENT; REQUIRING LICENSES, PERMITS AND
BONDS; REQUIRING CONNECTION TO THE SEWER SYSTEM: AND
PRESCRIBING A PENALTY; REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 5 AND ALL
OTHER ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
HEREWITH.
The Village Council of the Village of Eden Prairie does hereby ordain as
follows:
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1 License Required for Plumbing Work; Responsibility of Owner.
2 Evidence of License.
3 Bond Required.
4 Liability Insurance. r
5 Minneapolis Plumbing Code Adopted.
6 Minneapolis Plumbing Permit Fees Adopted.
7 Official Copies on File .
8 Additional Regulations for Plumbing Installations.
9 Connection Required.
10 Failure to Comply; Notice .
11 Connection by Village .
12 Assessment and Collection.
13 Certain Connection Forbidden; Removal Thereof.
14 License Required for Gas Fitting Work.
15 Class A and Class B Licenses.
16 journeyman Gas Fitter's License.
17 License Procedure or Control; Penalties; License Period.
18 Applications.
19 Bond .
20 Liability Insurance .
21 Fee
22 Minneapolis Gas Piping Installation Ordinance Adopted .
23 Minneapolis Gas Fitting Permit Fees Adopted.
24 Who May Install Water Softening and Filtering Equipment ,
25 Application for License.
26 License Fee.
27 License Procedure and Control; Penalties; License Period.
28 Surety Bond.
29 Permits; Fee .
30 Regulations.
31 Type of Copper Tubing Required.
32 Inspection.
33 Procedure in Case of Violation.
34 Penalty.
35 Repeals.
Section 1. License Required for Plumbing Work; Responsibility of f
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Owner.
No person shall construct, reconstruct, extend, alter or repair any plumbing
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work or building drainage, or construct cesspools, or construct, recon-
struct, or connect any building drainage with cesspools or the sewer
system of the Village either directly or indirectly, unless such person shall
hold a valid plumbing license from the Minnesota State Board of Health .
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to do such work; provided that a journeyman plumber shall be permitted i
to do plumbing work only under the supervision of a master plumber. No
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holder of any such license shall allow his name to be used by any other
person or persons for the purpose of doing plumbing work or obtaining a
permit for doing such work, or cause or permit any person in his employ
to do or perform any plumbing work for him or them unless such employee
shall hold a valid license to do plumbing work issued by the Minnesota
State Board of Health. No person shall display any sign stating or
implying that he is carrying on the business of plumbing unless he holds
a valid master plumber' s license issued by the state. No owner, lessee
or occupant of any premises in the Village, nor the representative or
agent of any such owner, lessee or occupant, shall knowingly hire or
otherwise engage any person to do plumbing work on such premises who
does not hold a valid license issued by the state. Anyone not so
licensed may do plumbing work which complies with the provisions of
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the minimum standard prescribed by the State Board of Health on premises
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(' or that part of premises owned and actually occupied by him as his
residence, unless otherwise forbidden to do so by a local ordinance.
Section 2 . Evidence of License Before obtaining any permit
hereunder to do plumbing work in the Village , the applicant shall furnish
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proof to the Village Plumbing Inspector that he holds a valid master's plumbing {
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license issued by the Minnesota State Board of Health. f
Section 3 . Bond Required. Before obtaining any permit hereunder to
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do plumbing work in the Village, the applicant shall have on file with the
Village Clerk a bond running to the Village in the penal sum of $2000 . 00 , 4
which bond shall be conditioned that the applicant will save the Village
harmless from all actions or damages arising from his failure to comply
with any provisions of this ordinance, or from any opening in any street,
lane or avenue made by him or by any person in his employ, or with
whom he has contracted for the work, for the purpose of putting down
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service pipes connecting with the water works or sewerage system of the
Village, and that he will restore all streets, lanes and avenues ex-
cavated by him to their former good condition, and will keep and
maintain such streets, lanes and avenues in good condition for the period
of one year next thereafter, and that he will reimburse the Village for any
expense which it may incur in completing , reconstructing or repairing
any faulty or incomplete plumbing work done or to be done by him and
that he will pay all penalties imposed upon him by the Village for the
violation of any portion of this ordinance. The bond shall apply tc all
plumbing work to be done by the applicant in the Village during a period
expiring on January 1 of the year next following the year in which any work
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is to be done under any permit issued to the applicant.
Such bond shall be submitted on the form on fiLc- in the office of the
Village Clerk . Copies thereof shall be available to all applicants without
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charge. The surety thereon shall be a corporation duly authorized to act
as such under the laws of the State of Minnesota.
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Provided, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to nor
shall any bond be required of, any journeyman plumber who is employed
only as such.
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Section 4. Liability Insurance. The applicant for a plumbing permit
shall.also furnish proof that a policy of public liability insurance has been
procured with respect to work to be performed by him during the period of
the permit for death or personal injury arising therefrom to any person or
persons, in amounts of not less than $100,000 for each person and
$300 , 000 for each incident, and for damage to property arising from any
incident in the amount of not less than $5 0, 000 .
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Section 5 . Minneapolis Plumbing Code Adopted. There is hereby
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adopted by reference the Plumbing Code of the City of Minneapolis, being
chapters 130 and 131 of the Minneapolis Ordinance Code of 1uly 1, 1960 ,
with all amendments subsequently made thereto, including the amendments
made in 1970 , as the regulations which shall apply in the Village of
Eden Prairie for the installation, extension or alteration of all plumbing.
In the application and interpretation of said Code, all references
therein to the "City" shall be construed as referring to the Village; all
references therein to "Inspector of Building" or "Department of Buildings"
shall be construed as referring to the Village's Plumbing Inspector; and
all references therein to "Commissioners of Health" or "Department of
Health" shall be construed as referring to the Village Health Officer or the
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Village Public Health Sanitarian, either or both.
Section 6 . Minneapolis Plumbing Permit Fees. Adopted. There is also
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hereby adopted by reference Chapter 203 (Plumbing Permit Fees) of said
Minneapolis Ordinance Code of July 1, 1960 with all amendments sub-
sequently made thereto, as the schedule of fees for permits for all
plumbing work in the Village of Eden Prairie for which a permit is required;
provided, that the minimum fee for any plumbing permit shall be $5 . All
references therein to "City" shall be construed as referring to the Village;
and all references therein to "Inspector of Buildings" shall be construed
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as referring to the Village' s Plumbing Inspector.
Section 7 . Official Copies on File. Three copies of the ordinance
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above described, together with three copies of each code or standard
referred to in said ordinance, shall be marked as official copies and filed
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for use and examination by the public in the office of the Village Clerk.
Section 8 . Additional Regulations for Plumbing Installations .
The following additional regulations shall apply to all plumbing work:
Sewer lines shall be constructed of extra heavy cast iron, vitrified clay
or transite.
If water lines are laid in the same ditch or within 10 feet of the sewer,
the sewer must be extra heavy cast iron.
Joints in clay pipe shall be made with well packed oakum and good
cement mortar, well packed oakum and hot or cold plastic, or ASTM-C- j
425-type 1 or 3 factory made joint.
Joints in cast iron sewer pipe shall be made with well packed oakum
and caulked with lead, or with neoprene gaskets.
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All sewers shall be laid with an even pitch without sags or bows.
Grades of one inch per 8 feet minimum and not over one inch per 2 feet
maximum . All lines shall be laid on firm ground with back fill well
compacted.
All water service pipe up to and including 12" shall be type K copper.
Underground connections shall be of the compression type. Water service
2 " and over shall be Class 15 0 and Federal Spec.WW-P-421 B cast iron
watermain and 150# hydrostatic test shall be placed on main at time of
inspection. All water services shall be individually valved. All bends
and fittings in cast iron main shall be adequately blocked , shored and/or
rodded.
Meters shall be set at least 1 foot above the floor and not over 4 f
feet above it. There must be a gate valve on each side of the meter. 1
All water services passing through a portion of the building shall be
run under the floor or slab to the location of the meter.
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Water services run in a common ditch with a cast iron sewer line must
be at least 18" above the sewer line on a shelf or well compacted ground.
No water service shall be run in a common ditch with a sewer unless the
sewer is extra heavy cast iron. Minimum depth of house service line shall
be 7 feet.
Curb boxes must be brought up to grade and must be plumb, and
operable after backfilling.
All sewer services being cut into manholes where required shall be
inside drops of cast iron with pipe strapped to the manhole wall and
painted with two coats of INERTOL PDXITAR paint or equal.
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Safety regulations applicable whenever the plumbing work requires the
digging of ditches or holes more than four feet deep:
There must be two men on each job at all times when work is in progress.
All hand dug holes must be cribbed from the top to bottom as they are dug.
All machine dug holes or ditches with perpendicular side walls must be
shored or braced from top to bottom for their entire length. Metal box
frames with 3/4" plywood sides or 3/4" plywood with metal jack
spreaders spaced every 3 ' on center horizontally and vertically are
acceptable as shoring . All frames or shoring must be left in the ex-
cavation until after the inspection.
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Unshored holes and ditches are acceptable only if the sides are sloped
one foot out for every one and one half feet in depth . A seven foot
ditch must be 11'4" across the top, an eight foot ditch must be 12'8"
across the top, and a nine foot ditch must be 14 feet across the top,
assuming a two foot width across the bottom, ti
All materials shall be kept back at least two feet from the edge of the 4
ditch. All rocks or large frozen pieces must be piled far enough back
to prevent their rolling back into the ditch.
Where it is necessary to tunnel or undermine a slab or a curb or gutter
to make a connection, the slab or curb and gutter must be shored with
4x4 timbers. A 4x4 header must be placed under the slab or curb and
gutter and supported by 2 4x4 timbers resting on solid ground. Shores
shall be placed at no more than 3 foot intervals. When digging next
to foundations the proper safety precautions shall be observed, in-
cluding bracing and shoring of walls to prevent cave-in.
All excavations must be covered or barricaded when work is not in
progress. All excavations on streets or sidewalk ways must be
protected by flares and barricades .
Because of the numerous underground services installed in the Village
by the public utilities, the location of gas lines, telephone lines
and electric lines must be ascertained by the person in charge of the
work before digging is started.
Section 9. Connection Required. Whenever property in any platted
area abuts upon any public street or alley in which any sanitary sewer mains
have been constructed, the owner or occupant of every dwelling house or
business building located on such property shall within 5 years after the date this
ordinance becomes effective or after the date such sanitary sewer mains
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did or will become useable, whichever date is later, connect the sewage
disposal lines in such house or building with such mains in such a street
or alley; provided , that such connection shall be made immediately if such
mains are useable and if the private sewage disposal system into which
the sewage disposal lines in the dwelling house or business building on
such property drain shall overflow, back up or otherwise fail.
Section 10. Failure to Comply;_Notice. Any person required by Section
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make such connection within ten days after written notice is given to such
person to make such connection. The written notice shall be prepared and
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mailed by certified mail or delivered by the Village Public Health Sanitarian 3
on order of the Village Manager.
Section 11 . Connection by Village. Whenever any owner or occupant
shall fail to comply with such written notice, the Council may by resolution`
direct that a connection be made with the sanitary sewer and that the cost of
said installation be paid in the first instance out of the general revenue fund
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and then assessed against the property benefited.
Section 12 . Assessment and Collection . After such installation and j
connection is completed by order of the Council, the Village Clerk shall serve
a written notice of the assessment upon the owner or his representative direct-
ing him to pay said assessment within ten days after the service of said
notice to the Village Treasurer. If such assessment is not paid within ten
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days the Village Clerk shall certify the amount thereof to the county
auditor for collection in the same manner as other special assessments and
the same shall become a lien upon said property until paid; provided,the
Village Council may by resolution provide that the assessment be spread
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over a term of three years upon request of the owner of the property or his
representative .
Section 13 . Certain Connection Forbidden; Removal Thereof. No
person, owner, lessee or occupant of any parcel of land, building or premises
situated within the corporate limits of the Village shall discharge, or permit
to be discharged, directly or indirectly into the sanitary sewer system, water
from roofs, yards, lawns, streets, or alleys; water or other fluid used for
the operation of air cooling and air conditioning equipment, plants or units;
nor discharged or permit to be discharged, directly or indirectly, into the
sanitary sewer system, any gravel, sand, dirt or any other heavy material
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or any substance causing any extraordinary, obnoxious odors or gases, or
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Any person, owner, lessee or occupant, and any plumber or building
contractor who has heretofore made or permitted to be made, or shall
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hereafter make or permit to be made, any connection to the sanitary sewer
system for the purpose of discharging into said system the substances
described in this section shall immediately remove such connection. If such
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connection is not removed within 15 days after notice of such violation
delivered personnally to such person, owner, lessee or occupant, or posted j
in the premises where such violation may occur, the Council. may order the
Plumbing Inspector to cause such connection to be removed at the expense
of the Village, and the expense of such removal shall be assessed against
such premises and certified to the county auditor of Hennepin County for
collection in the same manner as other special assessments, and the same
shall become a lien on such property until paid. Any person, owner, lessee ,
occupant, plumber or building contractor may in addition be prosecuted for
having committed a misdemeanor.
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Section 14. License Required for Gas Fitting Work. No person except
a person holding a Class A or Class B Gas Fitter's License hereunder or a
licensed journeyman gas fitter working under the immediate supervision of
a person holding a Class A or Class B gas fitter's license hereunder shall
install , alter or repair any gas piping for illuminating or fuel gas or install,
alter, repair or service any gas burning devices connected thereto, in or
for any building or structure in the Village..
Section 15 . Class A and Class B Licenses. Licenses hereunder shall
be issued for either of the following classes of work: '
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(a) Class A License. A Class A Gas Fitter's license shall entitle the
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holder thereof to engage in all branches of the business of installing, altering
and repairing gas piping for illuminating or fuel gas and installing, altering ,
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repairing and servicing gas burning devices connected thereto, including
gas burners and gas burner equipment, as herein defined; and for the purpose, i
of this ordinance the term "gas burner" shall mean : (1) a device for the
final conveyance of the gas, or a mixture of gas and air, to the combustion
zone of a boiler or furnace used in connection with a heating system; (2) 1
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a power burner in which either gas ^r air, or both, are supplied at pressures
exceeding, for gas, the house line pressure, and for air, atmospheric
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pressure; or (3) an atmospheric burner (other than a gas range or gas water
heater) in which air at atmospheric pressure is injected into the burner by a f
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jet of gas under pressure, and whose input exceeds 50, 000 BTU per hour, j
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and the term "gas burner equipment" shall include "gas burners" as above
defined; and all piping (other than supply piping from meter to appliance
shutoff valve, blowers, control devices and accessories connected to such
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burners) .
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(b) Class B. License . A Class B Gas Fitter's license shall entitle the
holder thereof to engage in all branches of the business covered by Class A
license , as above set forth, except the installing , altering, repairing and
servicing of "gas burners" and "gas burner equipment" as above defined.
Section 16 . Journeyman Gas Fitter's License . Every person doing gas
fitting work for any Class A or Class B licensee hereunder shall hold a
journeyman gas fitter's license hereunder.
Section 17. License Period. Licenses and renewals shall be granted
or denied by the Plumbing Inspector and every license hereunder shall expire
on the 1st day of January next following. '
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Section 18. Application. The application for a Class A or Class B
license or renewal of license shall be accompanied by proof that the applicant
holds either a master's certificate of competency issued by the Minneapolis
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Board of Examiners of Plumbers or gas fitter' s license of the same class as
that for which the application is made issued by the City of Minneapolis ,
or the City of Bloomington or the City of St. Louis Park. The application
for a journeyman gas fitter's license shall be accompanied by proof that
the applicant holds a journeyman gas fitter's license issued by one of the ?
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same three cities .
Section 19 . Bond. Every applicant for a Class A license shall file with 1
his application a bond running to the Village in the penal sum of $1 ,000, con-
ditioned that the licensee, in all material and equipment by him furnished and
in all work by him done and performed in installing, altering or repairing as
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piping or installing, altering , repairing or servicing gas burner devices or
gas burner equipment, as herein defined, will strictly conform to the
provisions of the ordinances of the Village relating thereto. The bond shall apply
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to all work to be done under the license during the period from the date
of issuance to the date of expiration of the license.
Section 20. Liability Insurance . The applicant for a Class A or Class
B license shall also furnish proof that a policy of public liability insurance
has been procured with respect to work to be performed by him during the
license period, for death or personal injury arising therefrom to any person
or persons, in amounts of not less than $100,00 0 for each person and
$3 00 ,000 for each incident, and for damage to property arising from any
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incident in the amount of not less than $5 0 , 0 00.
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Section 21. Fee. The fee for each license required by this ordinance
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shall be $10, except that if the license applied for will expire within 6
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months from the date of application, the fee shall be $5 .
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Section 22 . Minneapolis Gas Piping Installation Ordinance Adopted.
There is also hereby adopted by reference Chapter 133 (Gas Piping Install-
ation) and Chapter 113 (Gas Burner Installation) of said Minneapolis
Ordinance Code of July 1 , 1960 , with all amendments subsequently made
thereto, as the regulations which shall apply in the Village of Eden Prairie
for the installation of g a s piping and burners . All reference s therein to
"City" shall be construed as referring to the Village; all references therein
to "Department of Buildings" or "Inspector of Buildings" or "Plumbing
Division of the Department of Buildings" shall be construed as referring
to the Plumbing Inspector of the Village; and all references therein to
"City Treasurer" shall be construed as referring to the Village Treasurer.
Section 23 . Minneapolis Gas Fitting Permit Fees Adopted. There is
also hereby adopted by reference Chapter 204 (Gas Fitting Permit Fee) of
said Minneapolis Ordinance Code of July 1, 1960 , with all amendments
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subsequently made thereto, as the schedule of fees for permits for all gas
fitting work in the Village of Eden Prairie for which a permit is required;
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provided that the minimum fee for any permit shall be $5. All references
therein to "Inspector of Buildings" shall be construed as referring to the
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Plumbing Inspector of the Village.
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Section 24. Who May Install Water Softening and Filtering Equipment. r
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No person may install or connect water softening or water filtering equipment
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unless he is qualified to do plumbing work under Part 1 of this ordinance ,
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except that a person who is engaged in the business of installing water
softeners, though not licensed by the State Board of Health as a master
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plumber or journeyman plumber, but who is licensed hereunder, may install
or connect water softening and water filtering equipment to a private
residence water distribution system, provided provision has previously been
made therefor and opening left for that purpose, or provided such connection
may be made by use of cold water connections to a domestic water heater
or provided it is not necessary to rearrange, make any extensions, or
alterations of, or addition to, any pipe , fixture or plumbing connected with
the water system except to connect the water softener.
Section 25 . Application for License. The applicant shall state the
following in the application for a license:
(a) His name and business and home address, or, if the applicant
is a partnership, association or corporation, the name and
address of such partnership, association or corporation;
(b) If the applicant is a partnership, the names and business and
home addresses of all parties; if the applicant is an association
or a corporation, the names and business and home addresses of
the majority of the owners thereof; and
(c) A description of the experience of each person named in the
application in connecting water softening equipment.
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Section 26 . License Fee. The annual license fee for the license
required by this ordinance shall be $10 .
Section 27. License Period. Licenses and renewals thereof shall be
granted or denied by the Plumbing Inspector, and every license hereunder 1
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shall expire on the lst day of January next following.
Section 28. Surety Bond. No license for installation of water softening j
and filtering equipment shall be effective until the licensee shall have
executed and deposited with the Village Clerk a bond in the penal sum of
$2000, with corporate surety approved by the Village Manager, which bond
shall be conditioned that the applicant will save the Village harmless from
all actions or damages arising from his making connections, repairs and
installations of water softening devices of any kind , and that he will pay
all permit fees and penalties imposed upon him, and will reimburse the
Village for any expense which it may incur in completing, reconstructing
or repairing any faulty or incomplete work done or to be done by him. The
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bond shall apply to all work to be done under the license during the period
from the date of issuance to the date of expiration of the license.
Section 29. Permits; Fee. No water softening devices shall be in-
stalled or connected to any water pipe or main unless a permit for such
installation or connection has been issued by the Plumbing Inspector. The
fee for each permit shall be $5 . 00 . No such permit shall be issued to any
person not authorized to make such installation under Part 6 of this
ordinance. When a permit has been issued for such an installation or
connection , no additional permit shall be required for subsequent interchange
of water softening devices or units using the same water pipe connection
with no additional cutting of the water pipe.
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Section 30. Regulations. All installations and connections of water
softening devices to any private residence water distribution system shall
be made so as to comply with Part 2 of this ordinance.
Section 31. Type of Copper Tubing Required. Any such connection, if
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made with copper tubing, shall use only type "L copper conforming to
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A. S. T. M. "Standard Specifications for Copper Water Tubes" , serial
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designation B88-55 Three copies of said code of specifications marked
"Official Copy" have been filed for use and examination by the public
in the office of the Village Clerk, and are incorporated into this ordinance
by reference, to the extent reference thereto is made above.
Section 32 . Inspection. All work for which a permit is required by
this ordinance shall be subject to inspection by the Plumbing Inspector or
his deputy, who shall be permitted access for purposes of inspection at all
reasonable times by the owner or occupant of the premises where the work
is to be or is being done, and by the person doing the work.
Section 33 . Procedure in Case of Violation.
(a) The Plumbing Inspector of the Village shall notify the Village
Manager or his deputy of any violation of any of the provisions
of this ordinance .
(b) In case of any violation, the Plumbing Inspector may serve upon
the person, firm or company which performed the work or upon
the owner or occupant of the premises where the work was done
a written notice describing the location and nature of the
violation and the steps to be undertaken to remedy the violation,
and ordering that such steps be taken within a reasonable
period from the date of such service, which shall be not less than
5 days nor more than 90 days. Failure by the party so served
to remedy the violation within the period specified shall be
deemed a violation of this ordinance.
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Section 34. PenaLlty. Any person violating this ordinance shall be
guilty of a misedmeanor, and subject to a fine of not exceeding $300
or imprisonment in the Village or county jail for a period of not exceeding
90 days, with costs of prosecution in either case to be added. Such
penalty may be imposed in addition to revocation or suspension of license.
Section 35. Repeals. Ordinance 1sb 5 and all other ordinances and
parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed.
First read at a regular meeting of the Council of the Village of
Eden Prairie this 22nd day of June, 1971, and finally read , adopted and
ordered published at a regular meeting of the Council of said Village on
this 13th day of July, 1971 .
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David W. O sterholt, Mayor of the
Village of Eden Prairie
Attest:
Village Clerk
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newspaper files a copy i,f each issue uninecliately with the State historical Society. (7) Said
newspaper, has c•oniphed with all foregoing conditions far at least two years preceding the day
or dates of publicationmentioned below. 181 Said newspaper has filed with the Secretary of f
State of Minnesota prior to January 1, 1966 and each January 1 thereafter an affidavit in the
form prescribed by the Sec•retary of State and signed by the publisher of said newspaper and or
sworn to before a notary public stating that the newspaper is a legal newspaper.
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of the lov er case alphabet from A to Z both inclusive. and is hereby acknowledged as being TM1,
the size and kind of type used in the composition and publication of said notice, to-wit: �
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