§ 6-162. Inspection and supervision.

(a)

There is hereby created the position of plumbing inspector who shall be employed by the city.

(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)

It shall be the duty of the plumbing inspector or inspectors to enforce all provisions of this article, and such inspector is hereby granted the authority to enter all buildings within or without the corporate limits of the city, when such buildings are connected, or to be connected to the municipal water and/or sewage system.

(d)

The plumbing inspector shall prepare or cause to be prepared suitable forms for applications, permits, inspection reports and other such materials.

(e)

It shall be the duty of the plumbing inspector to inspect and test all plumbing work for compliance with this chapter and its adopted plumbing code, and to enforce changing of such installations that do 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.

(Code 1955, § 18A-3)