Dixmont, ME Building Safety: Plumbing Permits (2026)

Plumbing in Dixmont is governed by reference to state law. Section 10(E) of the Town of Dixmont Building Code Ordinance (March 21, 2009, officially amended March 17, 2018) says all interior and exterior plumbing work shall be done in compliance with all applicable Maine State laws, rules and regulations pertaining to plumbing and to subsurface wastewater disposal. The ordinance prints no local plumbing code, no plumbing permit and no plumbing fee line in the Section 7 schedule, so the state rules supply the technical standards and the local officer enforces them through the building permit.

The enforcement hook is Section 8, which bars the Code Enforcement Officer from issuing a building permit unless the proposal complies with all applicable state law and regulation, local ordinances, and the listed standards. Section 6(B) ties wastewater to the application itself: no application for a building that needs a subsurface wastewater disposal system is considered complete until it includes a Maine Department of Human Services Bureau of Health Engineering site evaluation form, HHE-200, completed by a licensed site evaluator and showing adequate soil conditions. The officer then has 15 days from a completed application to return the permit or a written denial under Section 6(C).

Section 3(B) provides that the stricter provision controls when this ordinance conflicts with another local ordinance or state or federal law. Section 5 authorizes the Code Enforcement Officer to inspect any building in town as necessary to enforce the ordinance and other local or state laws on construction, which reaches plumbing work. A denial or other administrative decision can be appealed to the Dixmont Board of Appeals within 30 days under Section 12(B).