MECKLENBURG COUNTY
Land Use & Environmental Services Agency
ATTENTION
APARTMENT OWNERS & MAINTENANCE STAFF
DO YOU HAVE YOUR BUILDING PERMIT(S) BEFORE YOU
START TO REPLACE THAT WATER HEATER OR
HVAC EQUIPMENT?
BY OBTAINING PERMITS YOU:
9 PROTECT YOUR TENANTS
9 SAVE MONEY, BY INSURING
A CODE COMPLIANT JOB
9 KNOW THAT A LICENSED
CONTRACTOR DID THE JOB.
REMEMBER TO GET YOUR PERMIT(S)
BEFORE WORK COMMENCESBECAUSE IT’S NORTH CAROLINA LAW!!
North Carolina General Statute 153A-357 provides that violations of the above
Permitting requirements constitute a Class 1 misdemeanor. N.C.G.S. 15A-1340.23 provides
that Class 1 misdemeanors are punishable by a fine in the discretion of the Court and
depending upon prior conviction levels, by imprisonment of from one to 120 days.
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Excerpts from the NC Administrative Codes regarding permitting of
Water Heaters
21 NCAC 50 .0402
PERMITS
(a) A licensed contractor shall ensure that a permit is obtained from the local Code Enforcement official before
commencing any work for which a license is required by the Board. The contractor shall also ensure that a request for
final inspection is made within 10 days of substantial completion of the work for which license is required, absent
agreement with the owner and the local Code Enforcement official. Absent agreement with the local Code Enforcement
official the licensee is not relieved by the Board of responsibility to arrange inspection until a certificate of compliance or
the equivalent is obtained from the local code enforcement official or the licensee has clear and convincing evidence of
his effort to obtain same.
21 NCAC 50 .0506 MINOR REPAIRS AND ALTERATIONS
(a) The connection of a factory installed and inspected mobile home drainage system to an existing approved
premises sewer system, which premises sewer system extends from the septic tank or municipal sewer system,
constitutes a minor repair or replacement. The connection of a factory installed mobile home water system to an
existing potable water supply on the premises constitutes a minor repair or replacement
(b) The initial installation or the subsequent replacement of a hot water heater in any structure requires a license in
plumbing contracting.
(c) The installation of a water purification system which interrupts the potable water supply does not constitute a
minor repair or replacement within the meaning of G.S. 87-21(c).
(d) Any connection, repair, or alteration which requires interruption of the potable water supply and if poorly
performed creates risk of contamination of the potable water supply is not a minor repair, replacement or alteration.
(e) Any connection, repair or alteration which if poorly performed creates risk of fire or exposure to carbon
monoxide, open sewage or other gases is not a minor repair, replacement or alteration.
(f) The failure to enumerate above any specific type of repair, replacement or alteration shall not be construed in
itself to render said repair, replacement or alteration as minor within the meaning of G.S. 87-21(c).
History Note: Authority G.S. 87-18; 87-21(a)(1); 87-21(a)(5); 87-21(c);
Eff. February 1, 1976;
Readopted Eff. September 29, 1977;
Amended Eff. November 1, 1993; May 1, 1989; April 15, 1978; February 1, 1978;
Temporary Amendment Eff. September 15, 1997;
Temporary Amendment Expired June 28, 1998;
Amended Eff. April 1, 2003.