(A) Any person, firm, or corporation desiring to perform or carry on the work of plumbing, water supply, drainage and plumbing ventilation shall obtain a permit from the city plumbing inspector. Such plumbing permit and any building permit issued by the city where plumbing work is required shall state the name, address, and phone number of the licensed plumber performing any plumbing work in connection with a plumbing permit or building permit. In addition, such permit shall give the state license number of any licensed plumber performing such work.
(B) Third party consultant. The code official shall have the right to have permits be reviewed for code compliance by a plan review consultant and all costs shall be borne by the owner of the building or structure. (Ord. 657, passed 12-19-72; Am. Ord. 882, passed 5-3-83; Ord. 1512, passed 2-18-03)

Before any permit is issued it shall be signed and approved by the plumbing inspector. Each applicant for a permit shall supply plans, materials lists, and the like required by the plumbing inspector prior to the issuance of a permit. (Ord. 1413, passed 3-20-02; Ord. 1512, passed 2-18-03)

No permit shall be issued unless the person, firm, or corporation applying therefor holds a valid plumbing license issued by the State of Illinois. A homeowner may install or perform plumbing but may not employ any person other than a licensed plumber to assist in plumbing work. (Ord. 657, passed 12-19-72; Ord. 1512, passed 2-18-03) Penalty, see Section 153.99

(A) There is hereby adopted by the city as a plumbing code for the city the current Illinois Plumbing Code, save and except such portions as are modified by the other provisions of this Chapter 153. At least three copies have been and are now filed in the office of the city clerk and the same are hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein. From June 1, 1989, the provisions thereof shall be controlling in the plumbing of all buildings and structures therein contained within the corporate limits of the city.
(B) The actual connection of any sewer line or water line with the city’s sanitary sewer system or water system shall be inspected by the city and installed by the homeowner or licensed plumber.
(C) Every property owner served by the city-owned water and sewer system shall conform to Chapters 50, 51, 52, 53, and 54 of the Wilmington City Code of 1978 as amended.
(D) Every restaurant operating within the city limits is required to install, maintain and clean on a periodic basis as needed, a grease trap. The city plumbing inspector shall inspect and approve such grease traps before they are installed, and shall thereafter inspect the same to see that it is in proper working order.
(E) Water meters shall be furnished by the city at the owner’s expense. All meters shall be supplied by the city with a Radio-Head system. All meters shall be tested, approved and sealed by the city water department. Any employee of the city finding a water meter broken shall immediately report the same to the superintendent of the water and sewer department.
(F) Shut off boxes (buffalo boxes) shall be placed on every service pipe and each lot, building or residence shall be served by an individual line from the water main.
(G) All service lines from the city-owned buffalo box to the building shall be installed and maintained by the homeowner or a licensed plumber; the property owner is responsible for all and any costs involved.
(H) All service lines from the main to the meter shall be installed and maintained by a licensed plumber and shall be a minimum of not less than K copper one inch in size for a single-family dwelling
and all above-ground water lines shall be a minimum of not less than "L" copper.
(I) Every building shall be served separately and independently connected with a public sewer or water line when there is such in the street abutting on the lot or parcel occupied by such building.
(J) The entire plumbing system of every building shall be separate and independent from that of any other building.
(K) The sewer pipe for single-family dwellings shall be installed and maintained by a licensed plumber a minimum of six inches in diameter and shall have watertight, sealed joints. The sewer pipe for other than single-family dwellings shall be appropriately sized for the building and use of the building. These types of piping systems not approved: (1) aboveground galvanize W & V; or (2) PVC--Cell Core.
(L) A six-inch sewer clean out with a "WYE" 45 connection or long sweep shall be installed and maintained by the homeowner or a licensed plumber within five feet of the outside of the outer perimeter of any building and shall be above ground level.
(M) A triple basin separator shall be installed in all new commercial and industrial buildings that have a garage door or doors and floor drains. Added to keep original requirements changed by new state plumbing regulations; and
(N) At the final inspection all plumbing must be completed, except for a completely roughed in future bathroom or bathrooms located in the basement area. Added to specify requirements at final inspection. (Ord. 657, passed 12-19-72; Am. Ord. 1009, passed 5-19-87; Am. Ord. 1056, passed 4-18-89; Am. Ord. 1068, passed 6-20-89; Ord. 1512, passed 2-18-03; Am. Ord. 1630, passed 4-20-04; Am. Ord. 1641, passed 8-17-04) Penalty, see Section 153.99

All plumbing work shall be subject to an inspection by the plumbing inspector. No plumbing work or installation shall be covered before an inspection is performed and passed. Further, all violations will be corrected before any work or any installation is covered. (Ord. 657, passed 12-19-72; Ord. 1512, passed 2-18-03) Penalty, see Section 153.99

All workmanship and materials and all plumbing installations or alterations shall conform in all respects to the latest rules and regulations of the National Plumbing Code, except where the same conflicts with or is forbidden by the Plumbing Code of Illinois or the City of Wilmington. (Ord. 657, passed 12-19-72)

The adoption of the Illinois Plumbing Code as herein provided is further modified so that wherever in any of said code it is provided that anything must be done to the approval of or subject to the direction of the enforcing officer, such officer shall have only the authority and power to determine whether the rules and regulations established by this chapter have been complied with, and shall not be construed as giving such officer discretionary powers. (Ord. 1056, passed 4-18-89)

Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision in this title, for which another penalty is not provided, shall for a first conviction be fined not less than $25 nor more than $750, for a second conviction within one year thereafter, the person, firm or corporation shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $750 and for a third or subsequent conviction within one year after the first conviction, the person, firm or corporation shall be fined not less than $250 nor more than $750. A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or which a violation occurs or continues. (Ord. 882, passed 5-3-83; Am. Ord. 1056, 4-18-89; Ord. 1574, passed 7-15-03)