Apple Valley, CA Building Safety: Plumbing Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Adopted code
- CA Plumbing Code, 2025 Edition + Appendices
- Covered systems
- Septic tanks, seepage pits, leaching lines
- Annual permit option
- For continuous-supervision engineers
- Annual report due
- Within 30 days of fiscal year end
- Enforcing officer
- Town Building Official
- Dishonored check
- Automatically revokes the permit
- Violation class
- Infraction or misdemeanor
Summary
Apple Valley enforces the 2025 California Plumbing Code, including its appendices and referenced installation standards, as its plumbing code under Section 8.18.010, and folds plumbing work into the same Chapter 8.10 permit, fee and penalty framework that governs every other building trade in Town.
The California Plumbing Code, 2025 Edition, prepared and published by the California Building Standards, including Appendices thereto and installation standards incorporated therein, is hereby adopted and made a part of this Chapter by reference. ... proposes to install, alter or repair any electrical wiring, devices, appliances, plumbing, drainage systems, septic tanks, seepage pits, leaching lines, heating, ventilating, refrigeration or water conservation equipment in an existing facility located on property under the direct control of such person, firm or corporation.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 19 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
010 adopts the California Plumbing Code, 2025 Edition, published by the California Building Standards, including its Appendices and incorporated installation standards, as the Town's plumbing code by reference. 100 folds plumbing, drainage systems, septic tanks, seepage pits, leaching lines and water conservation equipment into the same permit structure as electrical and mechanical work: an owner performing continuous maintenance under a California-licensed professional engineer's supervision can obtain a single Annual Permit rather than a separate permit for each job, with a written report on the work due to the Building Official within 30 days of the fiscal year's end, and the annual fee is set by the number of employees doing the covered work.
040 places fee-setting with the Town Council and automatically revokes any permit paid for with a check that later bounces. 080 voids any permit issued contrary to Title 8's requirements.
Violations & Fines
Plumbing work performed without the required permit triggers Section 8.10.110: the Building Official withholds any new permit until the applicant pays all past-due enforcement costs, and the underlying violation is punished as an infraction or misdemeanor under Sections 1.01.200 through 1.01.230 of Title 1, with cost reimbursement to the Town available on conviction.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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