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ORDINANCE SETTING PLUMBING REGULATIONS
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Any plumber desiring to do business in connection with the City water or sewer districts, shall before receiving license to do so, first file his application for license with the City Inspector of Plumbing, setting forth in writing the name and place of business of himself or his firm, that he expects to do a general plumbing business, carry such stock as is needed in his line, and shall furnish a bond in the sum of one thousand dollars with sufficient sureties to be approved by said Inspector conditioned that he will duly observe all ordinances and regulations which are now and may hereafter be prescribed for the observance of plumbers, and will indemnify and save harmless the City and municipal water, light and sewer districts from all damages and losses that may be sustained by reason of his failure to comply with such rules. Thereupon, if approved, license shall be issued to such application by the City Inspector provided that nothing herein shall prevent apprentices or persons learning the plumber’s trade from working with and under an authorized and licensed plumber who shall be actually engaged in the work himself.
Before undertaking any plumbing work for supplying premises with water, the plumber must obtain a “service permit” from the City. As soon as possible and within 48 hours after the completion of said work, he must return said permit, duly filled out and signed, giving correct location of stop box, and showing the date of the completion of the work.
Each and every house, within three hundred feet of the City sewer, if used or occupied, shall be required to install at least one water closet.
All hotels or private boarding houses where cooking is done, shall be provided with a kitchen sink, fitted up with grease trap of sufficient size to separate grease from water, and to prevent sewer gas from entering the kitchen.
All waste pipes within and to a distance of three feet outside of exterior walls of the building, shall be of standard cast iron soil pipe, not less than four inches in diameter for water closets, nor less than two inches in diameter for any other fixture; and where above ground they shall be suspended to floor, joists or wall; with strong iron hangers, or hooks. They shall have a fall of not less than one foot in fifty towards the outlet. All changes in pipe shall be made with regular fittings and where connected to horizontal pipe, shall be made with Y’s and sanitary T’s.
Vent pipes may be galvanized or cast iron, extending at least one foot above roof, and in no case shall it terminate on a level with window or ventilator, unless said opening be more than twenty feet distant from the end of the pipe. Waste pipes must be cast iron. The joints in cast iron must be packed with picked oakum or hemp, and run with molten lead, thoroughly caulked and made tight.
Vents must extend to at least one foot above roof, or in case of no independent vent, may connect into soil pipes but not less than 18 inches above highest fixtures. In no case shall vent pipe be carried through chimney or flue, but whenever practicable must be carried up inside of house. They shall also be run as direct as possible.
Connections of lead pipe to iron must be made with brass ferrules wiped to lead pipe and caulked to iron.
Traps of lead, when placed between ceilings and floor must be of not lighter weight than five pounds per square foot.
All water closets in residence located five feet or more from main stack, must be back vented by no less than two-inch pipe, and three or four more than twenty feet. Groups of three to five water closets must have not less than two-inch re-vent, and above five shall be the same size as vent pipe.
Where a yard closet is within five feet of vent stack, and there are no other fixtures connected to stack above the water closet, it may not be back-vented.
No re-vent pipe for small fixtures shall be less than one and one-quarter inch, and where more than one fixture is connected, to vent, it shall be at least one and one-half inches. In no case, shall long runs of one and one-quarter and one and one-half inch lead pipe be run through buildings for vent pipe; but they shall be run to cast or galvanized wrong iron pipe, which will continue through building and roof.
Connections to vent pipes must be made with lead or brass-joined as in Section 300, and each vent shall have a trap in it not more than six inches above connection with trap, unless back vent is connected with trap by brass union, or connected into drum-trap. Trap screws may be left off water closet vents. All vents must be run in such a way that in no case could said vent carry waste from fixtures.
Each and every water closet shall be supplied from a separate tank and no flush from same shall be less than one and one-quarter inch pipe. Flush tanks shall not be less than five feet from bottom of floor except when low-down tank closets are used.
Water closet bowls shall be earthen-ware or enameled iron all exposed. The woodwork to consist of seat and back only and in no case shall any wood casings be allowed.
Pan plunger, long hopper, washout closets shall not be used inside of residences, nor business houses or any water closets having an unventilated space or whose walls are not thoroughly finished.
Wastes from all fixtures shall be lead, brass or cast iron. Kitchen sinks, bath rubs, laundry tubs and urinals shall have not less than one and one-half inch waste pipe. Wash basins, pantry sinks and bar sinks shall be no less than one and one-quarter inch. Water closets to be no less than four inch pipe; slop sinks and hoppers to have waste pipes same size as outlets in fixtures.
Drips or overflows from safes under water closets or other fixtures, or from tanks or cisterns, shall in no case be connected to drainage system, but shall be run to some open sink in plain sight. This sink shall be connected to sewer after being properly trapped and vented. The above rule applies to refrigerator or any other receptacles in which food or fresh meat is stored.
Sediment from boilers or drain tub from stop and waste cocks, rain water pipes from houses, nor any other surface, shall not in any case be connected to sewer.
Soil or waste pipes placed in buildings for future use shall be ventilated, tested and subject to the same rules in every respect as if intended for immediate use, and all openings closed by screw plugs, caulked or soldered.
Each lateral sewer must have one cast or galvanized wrought iron pipe for ventilation, not less than four inches in diameter and extending at least one foot above roof or building or outhouse. When outhouse is less than twenty feet from main building the ventilating pipe must be attached to main building, and continued up the side of same to one foot above roof.
Lead pipe in all buildings shall not be lighter than strong lead.
All waste pipes and other pipes passing through lead safes, must be of lead or brass and wiped into the safe.
There must be a risher for each fixture on the ground floor, with a stop and waste cock at the bottom of same with a handle located at a convenient place for the cutting off and on. Each upper floor supply pipe must also have a stop and waste cork at bottom of each riser, with a handle to operate same from first floor. All pipes connected therewith shall be so arranged that they will thoroughly empty themselves when the stop and waste cocks are closed off. A hole at least ten inches square shall be made under all stop and waste cocks, and filled with cinders or broken bats that the water may not stand around same.
All pipes in connection with plumbing shall be so arranged that they can be easily repaired.
No steam or exhaust pipes shall be connected to vent or sewer pipes.
Each fixture must have a trap of prescribed size placed as near a fixture as possible. Lavatories with 2 or 4 bowls may waste in one four-inch drum trap properly vented and connected with sewer. This rule may be applied to wash tubs and traps.
A lead or brass drum-trap four inches wide, by at least eight inches deep, shall be placed as close as possible under each bath tub. Said trap shall have a four inch trap screw, and shall be left in position to be easily got to in case of stoppage. All joints or seams in lead traps must be heavily wiped.
Sewers less than 18 inches in the ground, shall be cast iron, with four inch brass tap screws where accessible where there is a heavy traffic, sewer pipe must be at least two feet below surface.
All houses in which plumbing is now completed shall conform to the above rules and shall be approved by the City Inspector of Plumbing before they may be connected with the City sewer.
Upon completion of the work of installing water connections the water shall be left off, unless the plumber receives express permission from the superintendent of the City Water and Light Plant to the contrary. In making extensions, alterations or repairs if the water is found off, it must be left off upon the completion of said work.
No addition or alteration whatever in or about public or private pipes shall be made until application therefor has been made by the owner or authorized agents and an extension permit issued by the City’s representatives.
All water pipes must be lead or galvanized iron, and of sufficient strength to stand a pressure of two hundred and fifty pounds to the square inch and must be laid not less than 18 inches below the surface through the entire course of the ground.
The plumbing of a business house shall be so arranged that as far as practicable the service for each floor may be isolated and distinct.
Any plumber, property owner or other person violating any of the above ordinances or sections, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars.
Passed and approved this 3rd day of October, 1910