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ARTICLE IV. PLUMBING CODE. -- Section 1. Subject to the limitations and exceptions in Article I of this resolution and subject to the following modifications, Indian River County hereby adopts by reference, as a plumbing code for the said county, the Southern Standard Plumbing Code, 1967 Edition, as prepared by the Southern Building Code Congress, three (3) copies of which are filed in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Indian River County, Florida. Section 2. The following provisions of said Southern Standard Building Code, Part 111, Plumbing, are hereby modified as follows: (1) Section 102. 1 is amended to read: "There is hereby established a divisiond the Building Department to be called the Plumbing Division, which shall be In charge of the County Building Official (some- times hereinafter referred to as the Plumbing Official). " (2) Inspectors. Section 102.2 is amended to read: "With the approval of the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida (referred to herein as the Chief Appointing Authority), a Building Official appointed by the Chief Appointing Authority may appoint .such nunilwr of officcrs, inspectors, assistants and other employees as shall be authorized frot'n time to time. No person shall be appointed as Inspector of Plumbing who has not had tit least ten (10) years' experi- ence as a plumbing Inspector, journeyman plumber, master plumber, engineer or as a superintendetit fore- man or competent mechanic in charge of plumbing con- struction. " (3) Unsafe Installations. Section 103.4 is amended to read: "All plumbing Installations, regardless of type, which are unsanitary or which constitute a hazard to human life, health or welfare are hereby declared Illegal and shall be abated by repair and rehabilitation or by demo- lition in accordance with the Procedure as outlined In Section 103. 4 --Unsafe Buildings, of the Southern Standard Building Code, as modified by paragraphs 3 and 4 of Section 2 d Article 11 of this resolution. " (4) Requirements Not Covered by Code. Section 103.5 is amended to read: "Any requirement necessary for the safety, strength or stability of an existing or proposed plumbing Installation, or for the safety of the occupants of a building or structure, 31