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AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED: AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR PLUMBING
INSPECTIONS FOR ALL PLUMBING WHEREVER WATER ORIGINATING FROM
THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN WATER SYSTEMS: PROVIDING FOR PLUMBING
INSPECTOR: FIXING QUALIFICATIONS OF PLUMBING INSPECTOR OR
PLUMBING INSPECTO1tS: PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF THE SOUTHERN
STANDARD (PLUMBING) CODE: FIXING OF WATER SERVICE: RLT'EALING
ORDINANCES OIL PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREIYITH:
DECLARING AN F.'l+IERGENCY AND FOR OTHER RELATED PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, the City of Georgetown, Texas, owns and operates in a governmental
capacity, a Water System as a Municipal Utility; such system having plants, pumps,
and transmission lines within and without the corporate limits of the City of t,
Georgetown, Texas and;
WIHILEAS, certain municipalities, private companies, governmental agencies,
firms and individuals not within the corporate limits of the City of Georgetown,
Texas, are purchasers of water from the said Water System, and;
WHEREAS, the City of Georgetown, Texas, is very desirous of maintaining
a pure Water Supply.
�j BE IT TIiEREFORE ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS,
ef+ THAT:
Section 1. Southern Standard Building (Plumbing) CODE. The Provisions and
regulations of the Southern Standard Building Plumbing Code, and amendments
hereto, are made a part of this ordinance by reference, three certified copies of
which shall be on file in the office of the City Clerk, and shall extend over and
govern the installation of all plumbing installed, altered or repaired within
or without the City of Georgetown, Texas. Wherever water and/or Sewage System is
furnished. That certainbuildingcode known as the Southern Standard Building (Plumbing)
bein pparticuarlyNSYl�CTION AhDtSUi'F4ILVISION•
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(a) There is hereby created the position of plumbing inspector or inspectors
who shall'be employed by the City of Georgetown, Texas.
(b) The plumbing inspector or inspectors shall have experience in plumbing to
the extent that enables him to know when plumbing is installed correctly.
(c) The plumbing inspector or inspectors shall not be directly connected in any
way with any person, firm, corporation, directly or indirectly engaged in the
business of plumbing, or plumbing suppliers.
(d) The inspector shall receive as full compensation for his services, a
salary designated by the City of Georgetown, Texas.
(e) It shall be the duty of the plumbing inspector or inspectors to enforce
all provisions of this Ordinance, and such inspector or inspectors is hereby granted
the authority to enter all buildings within or without the corporate limits of the
City of Georgetown, Texas, when such buildings are connected, or to be connected
to the Municipal Water and/or Sewage System.
(f) The plumbing inspector shall prepare or cause to be prepared suitable
forms for applications, permits, inspection reports and other such materials.
(g) It shall be the duty of the plumbing inspector to inspect and test all
plumbing work for compliance with this Ordinance and its adopted plumbing code, and
to enforce dhanging of such installations that does not meet the requirements. It
further shall be his duty to see that all persons installing or altering plumbing
shall be qualified by State law.
Section 3. APPLICATIONS. PEIulITS:
(a) Before beginning any work in the City of Georgetown, Texas, the person
installing or altering same, shall apply to the plumbing inspector or other designated
official and obtain a permit to do such work. Only those persons legally authorized
to do plumbing may be issued permits. ll:ipermit may be issued to a home owner to
install or alter plumbing in &'single family residence, protiding the home owner
does the work himself and that the building is owned and occupied by the owner as
his home. All such work shall meet the code requirements.