Pontiac, MI Building Safety: Plumbing Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Adopted code
- Current Michigan Plumbing Code (§ 22-2)
- Enforcing agency
- Dept. of Community Development (§ 22-6)
- Fine range
- $100 to $500 per day (§ 22-3)
- Contractor registration
- Annual renewal required (§ 22-7)
- Work hours
- 7 a.m.-7 p.m. weekdays (§ 22-4)
- Repealed permit sections
- §§ 22-227-22-229 repealed 2025
Summary
The City of Pontiac has adopted the current Michigan Plumbing Code, with all appendixes, as its construction code under City Code § 22-2, and Article IV of Chapter 22 exists to set minimum standards for plumbing work in the city. Any plumbing installation, alteration, or repair requires a permit under that adopted code, and the Department of Community Development enforces it through its inspection staff.
The City of Pontiac hereby adopts the current version of the International Property Maintenance Code, Michigan Building Code, Michigan Electrical Code, Michigan Plumbing Code, Michigan Mechanical Code, and Michigan Residential Code along with all appendixes for each code and to further adopt future versions of the codes as amended at this time and as amended in the future. ... The purpose of this article is to adopt and provide minimum standards for all ... plumbing work conducted in the city, in order to protect the public safety and welfare.
Full Breakdown
Pontiac City Code § 22-2 adopts "the current version of the International Property Maintenance Code, Michigan Building Code, Michigan Electrical Code, Michigan Plumbing Code, Michigan Mechanical Code, and Michigan Residential Code along with all appendixes for each code," plus future amended versions, as the city's construction codes, so the Michigan Plumbing Code governs plumbing work citywide. Article IV of Chapter 22, titled Plumbing Code, states its purpose is "to adopt and provide minimum standards for all plumbing work conducted in the city, in order to protect the public safety and welfare." The Division 1 sections that formerly covered plumbing code adoption, penalties, and the enforcing agency, §§ 22-227 through 22-229, were repealed by Ordinance No.
2467 in May 2025 and had derived from the 1985 Code's §§ 18-1, 18-4, and 18-5, so § 22-2's adoption of the Michigan Plumbing Code is now the operative permit authority. Division 2 of the same article once licensed sewer installers under former §§ 22-251 through 22-282, repealed by Ordinance No. 2305 in August 2013. Under § 22-6, the Department of Community Development, through its director, officials, inspectors, plan reviewers, and code enforcement personnel, is designated the enforcing agency for the adopted plumbing code. Plumbing contractors must register with the city before starting work and renew that registration each license year under § 22-7, with the annual fee set by City Council resolution.
Section 22-4 limits plumbing and other construction work to 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Sunday, except for emergency work authorized by a short-term permit from the building inspector.
Violations & Fines
City Code § 22-3 makes any violation of Chapter 22, including plumbing work performed without the required permit, a municipal civil infraction punishable by a fine of not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00, plus costs and expenses, with each day of continuing violation treated as a separate offense. The city may also seek an injunction in district court to restrain or abate unpermitted plumbing work under § 22-3.
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