Avondale, AZ Building Safety: Plumbing Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Code adopted
- 2024 IPC + Avondale Amendments (§ 4-76)
- Appendices adopted
- B, C, and E
- Enforcement officer
- Chief Building Official (§ 4-1)
- Fees
- Set under § 4-17 building-code fee schedule
- Penalty
- Class 1 misdemeanor, up to $2,500 / 6 months (§ 4-2)
Summary
Avondale adopts the 2024 International Plumbing Code, with its own amendments and Appendices B, C and E, as the city's Plumbing Code, and makes it unlawful to install, alter, repair or maintain any plumbing system or fixture in the city contrary to it. City Code § 4-76 is the local hook that pulls the IPC's permit requirement into force here.
That certain document designated and marked as the 2024 International Plumbing Code (IPC), including appendices B, C, and E, and those portions of the document entitled "The Avondale Amendments to the 2024 International Plumbing Code", three (3) copies of each of which are on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Avondale, are hereby adopted by reference as the Plumbing Code of the City of Avondale, as if fully set forth herein. This Code shall regulate and control the design, construction, quality of materials, erection, installation, alteration, repair, location, relocation, replacement, addition to, use, or maintenance of any plumbing systems and fixtures within all buildings, structures, premises, and property located within the corporate limits of the City of Avondale. It is hereby declared unlawful for any person to install, alter, repair, maintain, use, or cause or permit the same to be done in a manner contrary to or in violation of the adopted Plumbing Code, and any such violation shall be subject to enforcement, penalties, and remedies as provided under the City Code.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 38 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
Section 4-76 adopts by reference 'the 2024 International Plumbing Code (IPC), including appendices B, C, and E,' together with 'The Avondale Amendments to the 2024 International Plumbing Code,' with three copies of each kept on file with the city clerk. That adopted code regulates the design, construction, quality of materials, erection, installation, alteration, repair, location, relocation, replacement, addition to, use, and maintenance of any plumbing systems and fixtures in every building, structure or premises within city limits, and § 4-76 declares it unlawful to do any of that work in a manner contrary to the adopted code.
The chief building official is the enforcement officer for this and all other adopted construction codes under § 4-1, with authority to appoint deputies to handle inspections, plan review, permit issuance and enforcement, and permit, plan-review and inspection fees for plumbing work are set under § 4-17 as part of the city's ICC Building Codes fee schedule, taking effect immediately on adoption by the chief building official. Because Chapter 4's general penalty clause, § 4-2, expressly lists the IPC among the codes it covers, a plumbing violation is enforced the same way as any other adopted construction-code violation: as a Class One misdemeanor, with the chief building official empowered to issue stop-work orders, revoke permits, or suspend a certificate of occupancy in addition to the criminal penalty.
Violations & Fines
Installing, altering, repairing, maintaining or using plumbing contrary to the adopted IPC is a Class One misdemeanor under § 4-2, punishable by a fine up to $2,500, up to six months in the county jail, or both, with each day of a continuing violation a separate offense; the chief building official may also suspend or revoke a certificate of occupancy.
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