Georgetown, KY Building Safety: Plumbing Permits (2026)

Section 8-88 adopts the state plumbing code, promulgated by the state board of health and on file with the Legislative Research Commission in Frankfort, by reference. Two carve-outs apply: section 1 of regulation PC-1 does not apply, and the article does not apply to farmsteads as defined by KRS 318.010(8). Permits to construct, install or alter plumbing, sewerage or drainage within the city are issued to any person on proper application and payment of the fee prescribed in PC-1, sections 2 and 3.

Section 8-89 is the permit mandate. No person shall construct, install or alter any plumbing, sewage or drainage system in the city without first procuring a plumbing installation permit from the county health department. Repairing leaks, cocks or valves and cleaning out waste or sewer pipes need no permit. All plumbing shall comply with the state plumbing code.

Section 8-90 sets the application contents: a plan of the proposed plumbing installation, the type of sewerage disposal, and the location of the septic tank or drain field to be used. No plumbing permit is issued until the plans of the plumbing and sewerage disposal have been submitted to and approved by the building official.

Section 8-87 defines plumbing as the art of installing in buildings the pipes for distributing the water supply, the fixtures for using water and drainage pipes for removing wastewater and sewage, with fittings, appurtenances and appliances, all within or adjacent to the building. It includes the water service pipe from the property line to the building, private water supply systems, house sewers, and storm sewers, rainwater piping and private sewage disposal systems.

Two related rules apply to new work. Section 8-91 requires dwellings and buildings used for business or industrial purposes that are constructed or remodeled to have inside water facilities connected to the public water supply and inside toilet facilities connected to the public sewer where available, or otherwise to an approved septic tank. Section 8-92 bars new construction, repair, remodeling or additions that involve installing water and toilet facilities without the written approval of the county health department.