Dearborn Heights, MI Building Safety: Plumbing Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Adopted code
- Michigan Plumbing Code, 2012 edition
- Governing section
- City Code § 7-156
- Enforcing agency
- Director, Building and Engineering Dept.
- Violation type
- Municipal civil infraction
Summary
In the City of Dearborn Heights, the Michigan Plumbing Code 2012, based on the 2012 International Plumbing Code, governs plumbing work under City Code Sec. 7-156. The director of the building and engineering department is the designated enforcing agency, and violations are municipal civil infractions.
(a)In general. ... A certain booklet, three (3) copies of which are on file in the office of the city clerk of Dearborn Heights, being marked and designated the Michigan Plumbing Code 2012 (which incorporates, with modifications, the 2012 edition of the International Plumbing Code), including all portions thereof ... are hereby referred to, adopted, and made a part hereof as if fully set forth in this article. Further, the city assumes full responsibility pursuant to Act 230 of the Public Acts of 1972, as amended, for the administration and enforcement of the Act and the Michigan Plumbing Code throughout its corporate limits and hereby designates the director of the building and engineering department as the enforcing agency to discharge the city's responsibility under the Act and under the Michigan Plumbing Code. ... (b)Penalty. A violation of the Michigan Plumbing Code is a municipal civil infraction pursuant to this article.
Full Breakdown
City Code Sec. 7-156(a) adopts the Michigan Plumbing Code, 2012 edition, which incorporates the 2012 International Plumbing Code with modifications, as the plumbing code of the City of Dearborn Heights, with three copies on file at the city clerk's office. The stated purpose, quoting Section 101.3 of the code, is to set minimum standards safeguarding life, limb, health, property, and public welfare by regulating the design, construction, installation, quality of materials, location, operation, and maintenance of plumbing equipment and systems. Under authority of Act 230 of the Public Acts of 1972, the city assumes full responsibility for administering and enforcing the Michigan Plumbing Code citywide and specifically designates the director of the building and engineering department as the enforcing agency for that responsibility.
The city clerk's office at 6045 Fenton is where complete copies of the ordinance and code must be made available for public inspection under the publication requirements of Sec. 7-157, since the city publishes only the adopting ordinance rather than the full plumbing code text, consistent with MCL 117.3(k).
Violations & Fines
Sec. 7-156(b) makes any violation of the Michigan Plumbing Code, as adopted, a municipal civil infraction under Article IV of Chapter 7, putting enforcement in the hands of the building and engineering department's designated code official rather than criminal court.
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