Glendale, AZ Building Safety: Plumbing Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Adopted code
- 2024 International Plumbing Code
- Enforcing agency
- Building Safety Division
- Minimum sewer depth
- 12 inches below grade
- Water closet limit
- 1.28 gallons per flush
- Violation classification
- Misdemeanor
Summary
Glendale adopts the 2024 International Plumbing Code by reference, administered by the Building Safety Division, and requires permits for plumbing installations with fees set annually by council resolution. Local amendments set minimum sewer depths, water-closet flow limits, and route sewage disposal issues to the Water Services Department.
Section 305.4.1 Sewer Depth is amended as follows: Building sewers that connect to private sewage disposal systems shall be installed not less than 12 inches below finished grade at the point of septic tank connection. Building sewers shall be installed not less than 12 inches below grade.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 115).
Full Breakdown
City Code § 9-16 adopts the 2024 International Plumbing Code, published by the International Code Council, including Appendix Chapters B, C and E, as if set out at length in the city code. 1 to require building sewers connecting to private sewage disposal systems be installed not less than 12 inches below finished grade at the septic tank connection, and not less than 12 inches below grade generally. 28 gallons on the full-flush cycle. 13. 1. Chapter 7 interceptor, special waste, and drainage-damage provisions are deferred to the Maricopa County Environmental Services Department or the City of Glendale Water Services Department depending on the section, and Chapter 13 non-potable water systems are deleted entirely in favor of Maricopa County and state requirements.
Permit fees, plan review fees, and valuation methods for all trade permits, including plumbing, run through the amended Section 109 adopted under § 9-17, with fees set by council resolution.
Violations & Fines
Violating any provision of the adopted 2024 International Plumbing Code is a misdemeanor under § 9-16(b). Commencing plumbing work before a permit is obtained triggers a mandatory special investigation under the amended Section 109.5 before a permit may be issued, and a suspended or revoked permit bars further work until the building official reinstates it in writing.
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