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Auburn plumbing board recommends code changes to limit inactive licenses, allow homeowner fixture work and clarify drainage rules
Summary
The Auburn Plumbing Board voted to ask city council to remove an inactive-license fee, require plumbers to maintain active status, recommend allowing homeowners to replace basic fixtures in owner-occupied homes, and asked code enforcement to draft clearer language on water draining to rights-of-way.
The Auburn Plumbing Board on Jan. 10 voted to recommend several changes to the city code and fee schedule, including removing the low-cost inactive license category and requiring licensed plumbers to retain active status; it also recommended that city council allow owner-occupants to replace a short list of plumbing fixtures without holding a contractor license. Board members asked code enforcement to draft clarified language for drainage that flows to the public right-of-way.
Board members said four people remain on the board’s inactive master plumber and drain-layer list, several of them inactive since about 2018. The board discussed two options: set a multi-year inactivity cutoff (several members cited five years) or require annual renewal to remain on the list. Board members said there is currently no code language…
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