Opn. No.

Requestor: Jeffrey N. Mis, Esq., City Attorney City of North Tonawanda City Hall 216 Payne Avenue North Tonawanda, N.Y. 14120-5489

Written by: James D. Cole, Assistant Attorney General in Charge of Opinions

You have asked whether a homeowner may do plumbing work within his home and whether the city's common council or the city's examining board of plumbers is authorized to amend the city plumbing code to permit such work.

In prior opinions of this office, we have examined provisions of the General City Law regulating plumbing and drainage. Op Atty Gen Nos. 81-127; 82-69; 85-74. We found in these…