Warner Robins, GA Building Safety: Plumbing Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Adopted code
- 2012 International Plumbing Code
- New home fee
- $50 per living unit
- Backwater valve
- Required on sewer connections
- Sewer pipe standard
- Schedule 40 ASTM D2665
- Addition fee cap
- $20 (at $5/fixture)
Summary
Warner Robins enforces the 2012 International Plumbing Code as its local plumbing code under Section 6-211, with local amendments requiring backwater valves on sewer connections and an inspection-fee schedule in Section 6-213 that applies per fixture on every residential and commercial job.
A certain document, one (1) copy of which is on file in the office of the city clerk, being marked and designated as the 2012 International Plumbing Code, adopted by the Southern Building Code Congress International, Inc., is hereby adopted as the plumbing code of the city; all of the regulations, provisions, conditions and terms of this Standard Plumbing Code are hereby referred to, adopted and made a pert of this article, as though fully set out at length herein, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes as are prescribed in section 6-212 of this article.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 69).
Full Breakdown
Section 6-211 adopts the 2012 International Plumbing Code, originally issued by the Southern Building Code Congress International, as the city's plumbing code, incorporating 'all of the regulations, provisions, conditions and terms' of that code as though fully set out in the local article, subject to the local changes in Section 6-212. Those local changes rename the code's 'plumbing official' and 'plumbing inspection department' as the city's building inspection department, define 'administrative authority' and 'local governing body' as the mayor and council, approve plastic pipe for water mains and service lines, and require backwater connection valves with forty-five-degree long sweeps and clean-out valves on both sides for every residential structure tied into the city's sanitary sewer.
Section 6-213 sets inspection fees per fixture: $5 per fixture for commercial work, $5 per fixture for a residential addition (capped at $20), $50 per living unit for a new single-family or multi-family dwelling, and $4 per fixture for rehab projects, with a separate schedule for heating and air conditioning tonnage. Section 6-214 requires all outside building sewer lines installed after June 18, 1990 to use Schedule 40 ASTM D2665 plastic pipe or its equivalent. The building inspection department administers both the permitting and the inspection process citywide.
Violations & Fines
Plumbing work that skips permitting or inspection is subject to Section 1-7's general Code penalty, since Article VI doesn't set its own fine: a conviction carries up to a $1,000 fine, up to twelve months in jail, or both, with each day of noncompliant work treated as a separate offense. Installing sewer lines without the required Schedule 40 ASTM D2665 pipe under Section 6-214, or skipping the mandatory backwater valve under Section 6-212(f), are each independently citable.
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