That certain standard plumbing code known as the “National Plumbing Code,” published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 29 West 38th Street, New York, New York, is hereby incorporated by reference herein and made a part of this article, save and except such portions as are hereinafter or may hereafter be amended or deleted, as authorized and in the manner prescribed by the statutes of the State of Kansas.

(a)   Plumbing Permit Required. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm or corporation to uncover a public sewer for any purpose, or to open or take off any manhole, flush tank or inlet cover, or to make or cause to be made any connections with the mains or laterals of the public sewer of the City, or to build any sewer connections without having first received a written plumber’s permit from the City Clerk, granted upon written application describing contemplated work, the premises to be sewered, and the plumbing fixtures to be put in. No permits shall be issued to anyone not holding an annual plumber’s license. The plumber’s permit shall be issued upon payment of an inspection fee of Two Dollars ($2.00) to the City clerk and the receipt of the same will serve as a permit for connecting the sewer main of lateral.

(b)   Permits Not Required, When. No permit shall be required under this article for any minor repair work. By minor repair work is meant the repairs of leaks in pipes, traps or drains, or replacing broken fixtures when waste pipes are not disturbed, and replacing frozen pipes inside of buildings.

(c)   The term “Administrative Authority,” as used in the Standard Plumbing Code incorporated by reference by this article, shall mean the Plumbing Inspector of the City of Florence.

Every plumber shall, before engaging in the business of plumbing in the City, secure a license from the City Clerk. The fee for a license shall be Twenty Five Dollars ($25.00) per year. Every plumber shall give to the City of Florence a bond in the sum of Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) or submit a Certificate of Insurance designating the City of Florence as certificate holder of a general liability insurance coverage with the minimum coverage of $250,000.00 the same to include general aggregate, products completed/operations aggregate, personal and advertising injury, with respect to each occurrence, to be approved as to its sufficiency by the Governing Body, conditioned that such party will faithfully comply with all the terms and conditions of all ordinances of the City governing street excavations, and indemnify and hold said City blameless against all costs, expenses, damage or injures to the City, sustained by reason of carelessness or negligence of said party operating under this article, or by reason of any failure or negligence of said party operating under this article, or by reason of any failure or neglect to comply with any of the provisions of this article, or any rule and regulation made in pursuance thereof. No bond for this purpose shall run for a longer period than two (2) years, without being renewed, and said bond shall remain in full force and effect as to any excavation or piece of work for six (6) months after the same has been completed or in lieu of said bond a liability insurance policy currently in effect in an amount to be approved by the City Council.

Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in any sum not exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100.00).