1936 Ordinance C-2BILL No. 2
Ordinance i:o. C-2
ORDINANCE Amending erection 4-A of the Plumbing Ordinance
Tao. C-2 Assessing; License !'axes for Carrying, on Plumbing In-
stallation in the Town of htlantic Leach,
BE IT O1 LAII,:7-,1D BY TP -P, "AYOR AM': TO' )N C0t]1TCIL 0. ' THE TOWN
OF ATLr 'TQC BEACH, FLORIDA:
Section 1. That the following provision of :section 4-A of
Ordinance no. C-2 entitled "An Ordinance rs€essing, License Taxes
for carrying on Plurpbing Installation in the Town of Atlantic
Beach," namely plumbing; installation license of Live
Lollars per annum, be and the same is ?-preby amenr_aed to read
ss follows: plumbing Installation 25p00__,_.
,ection 2. All ordinances and arts of ordin_rices in con-
flict herewith are to the extent of ouch conflict hereby repeal(.:
-.ection 3. This ordinance shall take effect immediatpl«.
rassea by the town Council July 6th, 1936.
Attest:
1n
RULES and
REGULATIONS
GOVERNING
PLUMBING
In The C4ty of
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
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Revised as of March 15, 1939
Compiled General Laws of Florida
1927
CHAPTER XXIX—PLUMBERS
3587, 3588. Plumber's Certificate — Any
person now or hereafter engaged in or
working at the business of plumbing in
cities of seven thousand and five hundred
population or more in this State, either as
master plumber or employing plumber -or
as journeyman plumber, shall first receive
a certificate thereof in accordance with the
provisions of this Chapter.
3589, 3590. Application for certificate;
examination — Any person desiring to en-
gage in or work at the business of plumb-
ing, either as a master plumber or employ-
ing plumber or as a journeyman plumber,
in cities having a population of seven thou-
sand five hundred or more and a system of
water supply or sewerage, shall make ap-
plication to a board of examiners herein-
after provided for, at such times and places
as said board may direct. Said examina-
tion may be made in whole or in part in
writing and shall be of a practical and ele-
mentary character, but sufficiently strict to
test the qualifications of the applicant.
3591, 3592. Board of examiners; quali-
fications; terms of office; compensation —
cities having a population of seven thou-
sand five hundred inhabitants or more, a
board of examiners of plumbers, consisting
of three members, one of which shall be
chairman of said board of health; a second
member, who shall be a master plumber,
and a third member, who shall be a jour
neyman plumber. Said second and third
members shall be appointed by the appoint-
ing power of said city or town as provided
by charter or ordinance for the term of
one year from the first day of January in
the year of appointment, thereafter annual-
ly before the first flay of January, and shall
be paid from the treasury of said city the
same as other officers, in such sums as the
authorities may designate.
3593, 3594. Examinations of applicants;
fees, _ etc. — Said board of examiners shall,
as soon as may be after their appointment,
meet, and shall then designate the times and
places for examination of all applicants
desiring to engage in or work at the busi-
ness of plumbing within their respective
jurisdiction. Said board shall examine said
applicants as to their practical knowledge
of plumbing, house drainage, and plumbing
ventilation, and, if satisfied of the compe-
tenvcy of such applicant, shall thereupon
issue a certificate to such applicant author-
izing him to engage in or work at the busi-
ness of plumbing, either as master plumber
or employing plumber or as a journeyman
plumber. The fee for a certificate for a
master plumber or employing plumber shall
be five dollars; for a journeyman plumber
it shall be two dollars. Said certificate shall
be valid for the term of one year, but the
same can be renewed if application for re-
newal is made to said board not less than
thirty days before the expiration of said
certificate. The fee- for renewals shall be
one dollar. All moneys shall be paid into
the city or town treasury for the use of said
city or town.
3595, 3596. Cities to provide rules for
construction of all plumbing; plumbing in-
spector; qualification; reports to city board
Of health — All cities or towns in this State
and within the provisions of this Chapter,
shall provide by ordinance, rules and reg-
ulations for the tconstruction and mainte-
nance of all plumbing and draining placed
in or - on any building or the premises there-
of in such city or town, and no work of this
character shall be done unless a permit be
issued therefor, excepting the repairing of
leaks. It shall be the further duty of said
cities or towns to provide for the appoint-
ment or election of a plumbing inspector
and such assistants as are necessary, but
said inspector and assistants must be prac-
tical plumbers of not less than ten years'
experience, whose duty it shall be to see
that all rules and regulations touching such
Plumbing are faithfully and diligentlob-
served and executed. y
The plumbing in-
spector shall preside. at all meetings of the
examining board of plumbers and shall have
the deciding voice and vote in all matters
connected with the examination of appli-
cants and granting of certificates, whenever
the remaining members of said board are
unable to agree. The plumbing department
of every city or town embraced in this
Chapter, consisting of the examining board,
the plumbing inspector and his assistants,
shall be under the supervision of the board
of health of said city or town, and the
ctor shall
rluming ete
eport of this edepartment make
said board l of
health at the end of each year, and oftener
as may be required by said board, or pro-
vided for by ordinance.
3597, 3598. Counties containing cities
of certain population to appoint plumbing
inspector; duties. In c
containing ounties of this State
cities or towns having a popu-
lation of seven thousand five hundred in-
habitants or more according to the Federal
census of 1910, or any subsequent Federal
census, the county Commissioners or govern-
ing board of said counties are required and
hereby empowered to appoint an inspector
Of plumbing who shall be a plumber of not
less than ten years' experience. His duties
shall be to inspect all plumbing and drain- RULES AND REGULATIONS
age installed in the territory embraced in
a radius of one mile beyond said city or GOVERNING r
town's limits, and to do such other work as PLUMBING
the said county commissioners may require.
All plumbing and drainage done in this ter- In the City of
ritory shall be done in conformity with the
rules and regulations governing plumbing JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
in the city or town contiguous thereto.
ORDINANCES—L-71, T-19, T-991 T-202
V-43, V-79 and Y-92
SECTION 1. That the following rules and
regulations be, and the same are hereby
adopted for the construction, maintenance
and repairs of plumbing in the city of Jack-
sonville.—L-71.
Board of Control
SEC. 2. All plumbing done in the City
of Jacksonville shall be done under the sup-
ervision and control of the City Commission
of said city.—T-99.
Examining Board
SEC. 3. There shall be a Board of Ex-
aminers of Plumbers consisting of three
members, one of whom shall be the Chair-
man of the City Board of Health, a second
member who shall be a master plumber,
and a third member who shall be a journey-
man plumber. The said second and third
members of said Board of Examiners
shall be appointed by the City Commission
for the term of one year from the first
day of January in the year of appointment
and thereafter annually before the first day
of January. Each member of said Board,
except the Chairman, shall receive for his
compensation the sum of Ten dollars per
month until Jan. 1, 1939'and Twenty Dol-
lars per month from and after Jan. 1, 1939,
whilch shall be paid from the funds provided
for the operation of the Health Departnient
of said City. The said Board of Examiners
shall, as soon as may be after their appDi t-
ment, meet and shall then designate the
time and place for examination of all ap-
plicants desiring to engage in or work at
the business of plumbing in said City. Said
Board shall examine said applicants as to
their practical knowledge of plumbing, house
drainage and plumbing ventilation, and if
satisfied as to the competency of such appli-
cants, shall issue a certificate to such ap-
plicant authorizing him to engage in or work
at the business of plumbing, either as a
master plumber or employing plumber or as
a journeyman plumber. The fee for exami-
nation for a master plumber or employing
plumber shall be Five Dollars; for a journey-
man plumber it shall be Two Dollars. Said
certificate shall be valid for the term of one
year, but the same can be renewed without
further examination if application is made
to said Board not less than thirty days be-
fore the expiration of said certificate. The
fee for renewing shall be One Dollar. Said
Certificate shall be revocable at any time
by said Board for cause. All moneys re-
ceived hereunder shall be paid into the fund
provided for the operation of the Health De-
partment of said City. Any person de;,:r-
ing to engage in or work at the business of
plumbing, either as a master plumber or an
employing plumber or as a journeyman
plumber, shall make application to said
Board of Examiners hereinbefore provided
for at such times and places as said Board
may designate. Said examination shall be
made in whole or in part in writing, and shall
be of a pr=tical and elementary character,
but sufficiently strict to test the qualifica-
tions of the applicant.—T-99. Amend Y-92.
Proper Licenses to be Issued
SEC. 4 It shall be the duty of the Board
of Plumbing Examiners to issue to compet-
ent plumbers proper certificates and it shall
be unlawful for any person not the holder
of a certificate thus issued to engage in the
business or trade of plumbing within the
limits of the City of Jacksonville, Florida. -
43 -1.
Master and Journeyman Plumber Licensed
SEC. 5 Every master, employing or
journeyman plumber carrying on his busi-
ness or trade in the City of Jacksonville
shall appear in person before the said Board
of Examiners and pass an examination as
to his competency as required by law. —
T-99. Amend Y-92.
Master Plumbers to Give Bond
SEC. 6. It shall be required of every
person obtaining a master plumber's cer••
tificate, before engaging in the business of
master plumber, to pay to the City Treas-
urer the sum of Twelve Dollars and Fifty
Cents ($12.50) for a license to conduct said
business and to execute a bond in the sum of
One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) with a re-
sponsible surety company authorized to do
business in Florida as surety, t,onditioned to
protect said City and/or the owner or own-
ers of premises against all loss or damage
occasioned by the negligence of the principal
therein in failing to promptly execute and
protect all work done by him or his em-
ployees or under his direction or supervi-
sion and from all loss or damage occasioned
by or arising in any manner from any such
work done by said principal or his employ-
ees or under his direction or supervision,
whik.h is not caused by the negligence of
said City, its agent or employees; Condi-
tioned, further, that the prindipal therein
will keep and observe all ordinances at any
time enacted by said City, relating in any
way to plumbing or plumbing work.
Said bond shall be approved by the City
Council of said City before the same be-
Qomes effective, and may be sued on by
said City, and in case of the owner or own-
ers of premises damaged by such work,
such owners shall be authorized to bring
suit in any court of competent jurisd:kztion
in the name of the City, for their use and
benefit. Provided, however, that in any ac-
tion by the owner or owners of the prem-
ises damaged, the same shall not involve the
City to any expense whatever. — 79-7.
Amend W-24.
When Licenses and Bonds Expire
SEC. 7. All certificates issued by the
Board of Plumbing Examiners, licenses and
bonds shall expire on and be null and void
after September 30th of any year and no
plumbing work shall be done and no per-
mits .shall be issued to any master or em-
ploying plumber who has not such certifi-
cate, license and bond as hereinbefore pro-
vided in full fov--e and effect. --43-2.
Plumber Not to Allow the Use of His Name
SEC. 8. No licensed plumber shall allow
his name to be used by any person or party,
directly or indirectly, either for the purpose
of obtaining a permit, or to do any work un-
der his license. -71-8.
Licensed Plumbers Required on Plumbing
SEC. 9. No master or employing plumb-
er shall send any person on any job in the
capacity of a plumber without such person
being in possession of and entitled to a cer-
tificate issued by the Board of Plumbing
Examiners. -43-3.
Plumbing Work Not to be Delayed
SEC. 10. It shall be the duty of a mas-
ster plumber to construct and complete all
plumbing work intrusted to his care
without unreasonable delay and with all
possible speed. Where work is ordered done
by. the Board of Health and the master
Plumber fails to do the work within a rea-
sonable time by his own neglect or by rea-
son of the request of the party for whom
he is to do the work he shall forfeit his
license for the period of one year and the
said license shall be revoked by the board
of plumbing examiners. -71-51.
Extra Penalty Affecting Journeymen
Plumbers
SEC. 11. Any journeyman plumber
violating any of the sections of this ordi-
nance shall forfeit his license for a period
of one year, which license shall be revoked
by the board of plumbing examiners. --
71-52.
Plans to be Submitted to the Inspector
SEC. 12. The drainage and plumbing of
all buildings, both public and private, shall
be done in accordance with plans previously
approved by the Plumbing Inspector. Draw-
ings and complete descriptions of proposed
work shall be made on forms furnished at
the office of the Department of Building.
They shall be signed by the owner, or his or
their authorized agent, of the property and
shall be filed by the master plumber in the
office of the Department of Building. Plans
must be legibly drawn in ink or copying
pencil, one vertical section and one plan
being sufficient, if they can be made to show
all the work; if not, two or more forms
shall be used. Plans shall show the distance
in feet from the nearest manhole or inter-
secting street property line to the point at
which the house sewer or drain is required,
the number of the lot, or part thereof, and
the•number of the block or square and the
name of the subdivision. Alterations in ex-
isting work must be shown in black lines
for old work and red lines for new work
shown on the same plan. Plans will be ap-
proved or rejected within two days from
the time of filing, and the work shall not
be commenced or proceeded with until said
plans have been so filed and approved and
a permit to do the work issued by the
Plumbing Inspector -79-1.
Permits Must be Procured
SEC. 13. A permit will be required to
do plumbing work of any character, repair
any plumbing, makg any change", exten-
sions or disconnect plumbing or change the
location of any fixture, except the repair of
leaks.
A leak is hereby defined for the purposes
of this section to be only such as can be
stopped or fixed without changing a fixture
or any appurtenance thereof.
Before issuing any permit the Plumbing
Inspector shall ascertain whether new or
second hand fixtures are proposed to be
used in the work and whenever second hand
fixtures are proposed, the Plumbing In-
spector shall require of the applicant satis-
factory evidence in writing of the owner-
ship of said fixtures and keep a record of
the same -43-5.
Permits to Master Plumbers
SEC. 14. Permits to do plumbing work
will be issued to master plumbers only, who
shall have a bona fide place of business in
the City of Jacksonville, and who shall dis-
play on the front of his or their place of
business a sign bearing the words "licensed
plumber," in addition to the name or names
of the person or firm, in letters of not less
than three inches high, provided, however,
whenever for any cause shown to the plumb-
ing inspector it will work an injustice or
unreasonable and excessive cost upon any
person to employ a master plumber, such
person, may upon special permit being
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granted by said Inspector, employ a licensed
journeyman plumber to perform such work
in accordance with the rules and regula-
tions govering plumbing. --43-6.
Sewer Permits to be Paid for
SEC. 15. Permits for sewer connections
shall not be issued by the Plumbing In-
spector until after and when the sewer
fees as required by the Sewer Department
shall have been paid to the City Treasurer,
Sewer permits shall be taken out in suffi-
cient time for the connection to be in place,
to be connected to the roughing in of the
building. For the purpose of this Ordinance
the term "roughing in of the building" shall
mean that all supply, waste and vent pipes
shall be in place, ready to receive the fix-
tures. — 79-2.
Permits Available on Work
SEC. 16. All permits must be kept on
the work and be in possession of the person
having charge of or performing the work.
All permits shall be exhibited upon a re-
quest to do so, by any authorized person.
—19-185.
Owner's Risk
SEC. 17. Permits for all rain water
pipes, sewers, plumbing or appurtenances
thereto are given on condition that the own-
er, builder or occupant assume all risk of
damage that may result from the installation
of same. -19-186.
Plumbing Inspector, Control, Supervision,
Duties
Plumbing Inspector
SEC. 18. When the words 'Plumbing
Inspector" are used, it means the person
charged with the enforcement of the rules
and regulations governing plumbing. -19-171.
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Control and Supervision
SEC. 19. The Plumbing Inspector shall
have reasonable control and supervision of
the methods and materials used in any part
of a plumbing or drainage system. -19-172.
SEC. 21. All inspectors shall have had
at least ten (10) years practical experience
in plumbing and shall not be directly or in-
directly engaged in any way with any firm
or corporation engaged in the business of
contracting or installing plumbing. -19-174.
Authority to Enter Buildings
SEC. 22. The Plumbing Inspector is
empowered and authorized to enter into or
upon any public or private building or
premises for the purpose of examining, in-
specting or testing the plumbing drainage,
sewerage or ventilation within such build-
ing or premises. -19-175.
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Investigation of Complaints
SEC. 23. The Plumbing Inspector shall
examine all premises about which a com-
plaint of the plumbing or drainage is made,
and he shall, upon evidence of the unsani-
tary or unfinished condition thereof, con-
demn same and notify the owner or agent
of such premises in writing. Any person
or persons failing to place the plumbing of
such premises or buildings in a proper and
sanitary condition, as instructed by the
Plumbing Inspector within the time fixed by
the Plumbing Inspector, shall be subject to
prosecution. -19-176.
Approval of Plans
SEC. 24. The Plumbing Inspector shall
examine all plans and specifications filed
in his office for his approval. He shall also
issue and sign all notices, certificates, plumb-
ing and sewer permits. -19-177.
Basic Plumbing Principles
SEC. 25. 1. All premises intended for
Yuman habitation or occupancy shall be
provided with a supply of pure and whole-
some water.
2. Buildings in which water -closets and
other plumbing fixtures exist shall be pro-
vided with a supply of water adequate in
volume and pressure for flushing purposes.
3. The pipes conveying water to water -
closets shall be of sufficient size to supply
the water at a rate required for adequate
flushing without unduly reducing the pres-
sure at other fixtures.
4. Devices for heating water and stor-
ing it in boilers, or hot water tanks, shall
be so designed and installed as to prevent
all dangers from explosions and also prevent
a back flow of hot water through a meter
connected with a public water supply.
5. Every building intended for human
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Duties
SEC.
20. The duties of the Plumbing In-
spector
shall be—
(a)
The examination and approval of
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plans and specifications.
(b)
The issuance of permits.
(c)
The collection of fee.
p (d)
The inspection of plumbing, drain-
age and sanitation.
(e)
The conduct of tests.
(f)
The issuance of certificates of in-
spection and approval.
(g)
Advisory service to the public in
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matters of plumbing regulations.
(h)
The re -inspection and sanitary
maintenance of plumbing.
(i)
Service on complaint. -19-173.
Qualifications
SEC. 21. All inspectors shall have had
at least ten (10) years practical experience
in plumbing and shall not be directly or in-
directly engaged in any way with any firm
or corporation engaged in the business of
contracting or installing plumbing. -19-174.
Authority to Enter Buildings
SEC. 22. The Plumbing Inspector is
empowered and authorized to enter into or
upon any public or private building or
premises for the purpose of examining, in-
specting or testing the plumbing drainage,
sewerage or ventilation within such build-
ing or premises. -19-175.
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Investigation of Complaints
SEC. 23. The Plumbing Inspector shall
examine all premises about which a com-
plaint of the plumbing or drainage is made,
and he shall, upon evidence of the unsani-
tary or unfinished condition thereof, con-
demn same and notify the owner or agent
of such premises in writing. Any person
or persons failing to place the plumbing of
such premises or buildings in a proper and
sanitary condition, as instructed by the
Plumbing Inspector within the time fixed by
the Plumbing Inspector, shall be subject to
prosecution. -19-176.
Approval of Plans
SEC. 24. The Plumbing Inspector shall
examine all plans and specifications filed
in his office for his approval. He shall also
issue and sign all notices, certificates, plumb-
ing and sewer permits. -19-177.
Basic Plumbing Principles
SEC. 25. 1. All premises intended for
Yuman habitation or occupancy shall be
provided with a supply of pure and whole-
some water.
2. Buildings in which water -closets and
other plumbing fixtures exist shall be pro-
vided with a supply of water adequate in
volume and pressure for flushing purposes.
3. The pipes conveying water to water -
closets shall be of sufficient size to supply
the water at a rate required for adequate
flushing without unduly reducing the pres-
sure at other fixtures.
4. Devices for heating water and stor-
ing it in boilers, or hot water tanks, shall
be so designed and installed as to prevent
all dangers from explosions and also prevent
a back flow of hot water through a meter
connected with a public water supply.
5. Every building intended for human
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habitation or occupancy on premises abut-
ting on a street in which there is a public
sewer shall have a connection with the
sewer.
6. In multiple dwellings provided with a
house drainage system there shall be, for
each family, at least one private water -
closet.
7. Plumbing fixtures shall be made of
smooth non-absorbent material, shall be free
from concealed fouling surfaces, and shall be
set free of enclosures.
8• The entire house drainage system shall
be so designed, constructed and maintained
as to conduct the waste water or sewage
quickly from the fixture to the place of dis-
posal with velocities which will guard against
fouling and the deposit of solids and will pre-
vent clogging.
9. The drainage pipes shall be so design-
ed and constructed as to be proof, for a rea-
sonable life of the building, against leakage
of water or drain air due to defective ma-
terials, imperfect connections, corrosion,
settlements or virbrations of the ground or
building, temperature changes, freezing or
other causes.
10. The drainage system shall be pro-
vided with an adequate number of clean -
outs so arranged that in case of stoppage
the pipes may be readily accessible.
11. Each fixture or combination fixture
shall be provided with a separate, access-
ible, self -scouring reliable water -seal trap
placed as near to the fixture as possible.
12. The house -drainage shall be so de-
signed that there will be an adequate cir-
culation of air in all pipes and no danger
of syphonage, aspiration, or forcing of trap
seals under conditions of ordinary use.
13. The soil stack shall extend full size
upward through the roof and have a free
opening; the roof terminal being so located
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that there will be no danger of air passing
from it to any window, and no danger of
clogging of the pipe by frost or by articles
being thrown into it, or of roof water
drainage into it.
14. The plumbing system shall be sub-
jccted to a water or air pressure test and
to a final air -pressure test in such a man-
ner as to disclose all leaks and imperfections
in the work.
15. No substances, which will clog the
pipes, produce explosive mixtures, or de-
stroy the pipes or their joints, shall be al-
lowed to enter the house -drainage system.
16. Refrigerators, ice -boxes, or recepta-
cles for storing food, shall not be connected
directly with the drainage system.
17. No water -closet shall be located in
a room or compartment which is not prop-
erly lighted and ventilated to the outer air.
18. If water -closets or other plumbing
fixtures exist in buildings where there is
no sewer, within reasonable distance, suit-
able provision shall be made for disposing
of the house sewage by some method of
sewage treatment and disposal satisfactory
to the city board of health.
19. Where a house -drainage system may
be subjected to back flow of sewage, suit-
able provisions shall be made to prevent its
overflow in the building.
20. Plumbing systems shall be maintained
in a sanitary condition. -19-1.
Plumbing Definitions
SEC. 26. Plumbing shall be deemed to
mean the profession, art or trade of, and
all work done and all materials used in and
for: (a) introducing, maintaining and ex-
tending a supply of water through a pipe
or pipes, or any appurtenances thereof, in
a building, lot, premises, or establishment;
(b) installing, connecting or repairing any
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system of drainage whereby foul waste,
rain or surplus water, gas, odor, vapor or
fluid is discharged or proposed to be dis-
charged through a pipe or pipes from any
building, lot, premises, or establishment in-
to any main public or private sewer, drain,
pit, box, filter bed, leaching well, septic
tank, or other receptacle, or into any nat-
ural or artificial body of water, or water-
course, upon private or public propertv;
(c) ventilating any building sewer or fix-
ture, or appurtenance conno3ted therewith;
(d) connecting any building, lot, premises,
or establishment with any service pipe,
building sewer, water pipe, main public or
private sewer or other underground struc-
ture; (e) performing all classes of work
generally done by plumbers.
Plumbing System
2. The Plumbing System of a building
includes the water supply distributing pipes;
the fixtures and fixture traps; the soil,
waste, and vent pipes; the house drain and
house sewer; the storm -water drainage, with
their devices, appurtenances, and connections
all within or adjacent to the building.
Master Plumber
3. A Master Plumber is a person who
assumes responsible charge and direction
of other persons in the installation of
plumbing and holds a Master Plumber's cer-
tificate, issued within the current calendar
year by the Board of Plumbing Examiners
certifying his fitness to assume such respon-
sibilities.
Journeyman Plumber
4. A Journeyman Plumber is a person
who performs the manual work of install-
ing plumbing, under the direction of a Mas-
ter Plumber, and who holds a Journeyman
Plumber's certificate, issued within the cur -
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rent calendar year by the Board of Plumb-
ing Examiners certifying his fitness to per-
form such manual work.
Water Service Pipe
5. The water service pipe is the pipe,
from the water main, to the building served.
Water Distribution Pipes
6. The water distribution pipes are those
which convey water from the service pipe
to the plumbing fixtures.
Fixtures
7. The term fixture shall include water
closets, bath tulls, sitz tubs, catch basins,
slop sinks, kitchen sinks, urinals, wash
trays, wash basins, lavatories, pantry sinks,
showers, drinking fountains, floor drains,
cuspidors, laundry tubs, and each section of
sectional fixtures, and all other appliances
requiring running water or connection to
sewers.
Trap
8. A trap is a fitting or device so con-
structed as to prevent the passage of air
or gas through a pipe without materially
affecting the flow of sewage or waste water
through it.
Trap Seal
9. The trap seal is the vertical distance
between the crown weir and the dip of the
trap.
Vent Pipe
10. A vent pipe is any pipe provided to
ventilate a building drainage system and
to prevent trap syphonage and back pres-
sure.
Continuous Vent
11. A continuous vent is a pipe extend-
ing vertically above the soil or waste branch.
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Loop or Circuit Vent
12. A loop or circuit vent is a pipe which
vents a series of fixture traps on the same
soil or waste branch and which is continued
through the roof or reconnected into a vent
stack above all fixture trap branches.
Soil Vent
13. A soil vent is that part of a stack
which extends above the highest installed
heater closet.
Combination Vent
14. A combination vent is a stack which
extends above the roof and has fixtures,
other than water closets, wasting therein on
all floors.
Wet Vent
15. A wet vent is a pipe connecting to
side outlet fitting venting one water closet,
or where the vent of one fixture is used as
the waste for other minor fixtures.
Local Ventilating Pipe
16. A local ventilating pipe is a pipe
through which foul air is removed from a
room or fixture.
Soil Pipe
17. A soil pipe is any pipe which con-
veys the discharge of water -closets, with or
without the discharge from other fixtures.
Waste Pipe and Special Waste
18. A waste pipe is any pipe which re-
ceives the discharge of any fixture, except
water -closets, and conveys the same to the
building drain, soil, or waste stacks. When
such pipe does not connect directly with a
building drain or soil stack it is termed a
special waste.
Main
19. The main of any system of horizon -
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tal, vertical, or continuous piping is that
part of such system which receives the
wastes, vent or revents, from fixture out-
lets or traps, direct or through branch
pipes.
Branch
20. The branch of any system of piping
is that part of the system which extends
horizontally at a slight grade with or with-
out lateral or vertical extensions or verti-
cal arms from the main, to receive fixture
outlets not directly connected to the main.
Stack
21. Stack is a general term for any ver-
tical line of soil, waste, or vent piping.
Building Drain
22. The building drain is that part of the
lowest horizontal piping of a drainage sys-
tem which receives the discharge from soil,
waste and other drainage pipes inside the
walls of any building and conveys the same
to the building sewer.
Storm Water Drain
23. The storm water drain is any pipe,
or drain, which receives the discharge of
rain water from buildings or premises
(which may include the discharge of seep-
age or ground water) and conveys the same
to any public sewer or water course.
Building Sewer
24. The building sewer is that part of
the horizontal piping of a drainage system
extending from the building drain to its con-
nection with the main sewer or septic tank
and conveying the drainage of but one
building site.
Septic or Sewage Treatment Tanks
25. A septic or sewage treatment tank
Is a watertight receptacle constructed as to
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accomplish the disintegration and decom-
position of sewage.
Sewage
26. Sewage is any liquid waste contain-
ing animal and vegetable wastes in solution;
and may include liquid from laboratories or
industrial institutions containing minerals in
solution.
Leaching Well or Cesspool
27. A leaching well or cesspool is any
pit or receptacle, having porous walls, which
permits seepage into the ground.
Size and Length
28. The given caliber or size of pipe is
for a nominal internal diameter; except that
brass pipe other than iron -pipe -size, is meas-
ured by its outside diameter. The developed
length of a pipe is its length along the cen-
ter line of pipe and fittings.
Dead End
29. A dead end is a branch leading from
a soil, waste, vent, building drain, or build-
ing sewer, which is terminated at a devel-
oped distance of two (2) feet or more by
means of a cap, plug, or other fitting not
used for admitting water to the pipe.
A. S. T. M.
30. Abbreviation. for American Society
for Testing Materials. -19-1.
Water Supply and Distribution
Water Service
SEC. 27• The water -service pipe of any
building shall be sufficient size to permit a
continuous ample flow of water on all floors
at all times. -19-31.
Water Supply to Fixtures
SEC. 28. All plumbing fixtures shall be
provided with a sufficient supply of wa-
ter, for flushing, to keep them in a sanitary
condition. Every water -closet or pedestal
urinal shall be flushed by means of an ap-
proved tank or flush valve of at least 4 gal-
lons flushing capacity for water -closets and
at least 2 gallons for urinals, and shall be
adjusted to prevent the waste of water. The
I flush pipe for water -closet flush tanks shall
be not less than 11/4 inches in diameter, and
the water from flush tanks shall be used for
no other purpose. No water -closets or urinal
bowl shall be supplied directly from a wa-
ter -supply system through a flushometer or
other valve unless such valve is set above
the water -closet or urinal in a. manner to pre-
vent any possibility of polluting the water
supply. -19-32.
Size of Water Supply Pipes
SEC. 29. The minimum size of water -
service pipes from the curb to the building
shall be (3/4") three-quarter inch to the
farthest riser and to fixtures as follows:
Sill Cocks, Hot Water Boilers,
Laundry Trays, Sinks, Lavatories, Bath
Tubs, Water Closet tanks and Shower Baths
1/E inch. -19-33.
Water Supply Control
SEC. 30. A main shut-off, on each wa-
ter supply line, shall be provided near the
curb. Accessible stop and waste cocks or
valve and bleeder shall be provided on the
main ,supply line, just inside or outside the
foundation wall of a building, and an indi-
vidual stop on each water closet, urinal, or
boiler supply, and a sediment cock in bot-
tom of said boiler. -19-34.
Water Supply Pipes and Fittings Materials
SEC. 31. All water -supply pipes, for a
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plumbing system, shall be lead, galvanized
wrought -iron, galvanized steel, brass or cast
iron; with brass or galvanized cast iron or
galvanized malleable iron fittings. No pipe
or fittings that have been used for other
purposes shall be used for distributing wa-
ter. -19-35.
Water Supply Protection
SEC. 32. All exposed pipes or tanks,
subject to freezing temperatures, shall be
efficiently protected against freezing. —19-
36.
Relief Valves
SEC. 33. Wherever a check valve, or reg-
ulating valve, is installed on the cold -water
supply pipe, between the street main and
the hot water tank, there shall be installed,
on the hot water distributing system, a suit-
able relief valve. -19-37.
Pumps and Hydrants
SEC. 34. All pumps and hydrants shall
be protected from surface water and con-
tamination. -19-38.
Application for City Water
SEC. 35. Application for water connec-
tions with the City mains shall be made on
blanks furnished at the office of the City
Commission and shall show the required
location of tap, stated in feet, from the
nearest intersecting street property line, the
number of the lot or part thereof, the num-
ber of the block or square and the name of
the subdivision. This application shall be
filed by the Master Plumber at the office of
the City Commission. -79-3.
Separate Water Service Required
SEC. 36. The water service pipe for any
building, lot or premises, shall not be laid
over or through any other building, lot or
premises, and no person shall connect or
J cause to be connected any building, lot or
premises with the water service pipe be -
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longing to or supplying any other building,
lot or premises, excepting that stables or
other outhouses in the rear of the buildings,
used in connection with same, may be sup-
plied from same service pipe. For any vio-
lation of this section the water may be cut
off, until the same is corrected. -71-36C.
BUILDING DRAINS AND SEWERS
Independent System
SEC. 37. The drainage and plumbing
system of each new building and of new
work installed in an existing building shall
be separate from, and independent of, that
of any other building; and every building
shall have an independent connection with a
public or private sewer when within two
hundred feet; excepting that buildings of
single ownership, located on a single lot or
building site, may have one sewer connec-
tion. -19-39.
Laterals
SEC. 38. Laterals must be connected
to the "Y" branch in the main sewer ad-
joining each building site. Where a sewer
or lateral is to be connected to an existing
sewer or lateral serving an adjoining prem-
ises the connection shall be taken off the
existing sewer or lateral as close to the
street curb as possible. Sewer pipe from
the curb line to the main sewer shall be
not less than four (4) inch pipe. No part
of said pipe shall be laid less than thirty-
six (36) inr-hes from the top of said pipe
to the top of the established or existing
street grade, when possible; and further
provided that where such pipe cannot be
covered at all points by twenty-four (24)
inches of earth such pipe shall be cast iron
pipe. -19-40.
Building Sewer
SEC. 39. The building sewer shall be
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covered, at all points, by not less than
twelve (12) inches of earth, unless cast iron
pipe is used. -19-41.
Old Building Sewers and Drain
SEC. 40. Old building sewers and
drains may be used in connection with new
buildings or new plumbing, only when they
are found, on examination and test, to con-
form in all respects to the requirements gov-
erning new sewers or drains, as pre -Board
of Health. -19-43.
Correction with Septic Tanks
SEC. 41. When a sewer is not available,
drain pipes from building shall be connected
with septic tanks, approved by the Board of
Health. -19-43.
Excavations
SEC. 42. Each building sewer shall be
laid in a separate trench, provided that
trenches cut through rock may be benched
not less than 18 inches on the side for wa-
ter pipe. All excavations required to be made
for the installation of a building drainage
system, or any part thereof within the walls
of a building, shall be open tre=h work. All
such trenches shall be kept open when
practicable until the piping has been inspect-
ed, tested and approved. -19-44.
Material
SEC. 43. (a) The building sewer, be-
ginning three (3) feet outside the building
shall be of cast iron, concrete or vitrified
clay pipe. (b) The building drain when
underground shall be of lead, brass or cast
iron. (c) The building drain when above
ground shall be of cast iron, lead or brass. -
19 -45.
Location of Sewers and Drains
SEC. 44. No building sewer or under-
ground building drain shall be laid parallel
to or within three (3) feet of any bearing
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v. -,all or foundation, where said drain runs
deeper than the wall or foundation. -19-46.
Sizes of Sewers and Drains
SEC. 45. The required sizes of sanitary
building drains and sanitary building sew-
ers shall be determined on the basis of the
total number of fixture units drained by
them in accordance with the following table:
Diameter Equivalent
in Inches Number of
1/g Inch Slope Water -
Fixture Units to One Foot Closets
1 to 120 4 1— 20
121 to 300 5 21— 50
301 to 720 6 51-120
721 to 1080 8 121-180
1081 to 1920 10 181-320
The required sizes of storm -water build-
ing drains and building sewers and other
lateral storm drains shall be determined on
the basis of the total drained area in hori-
zontal projection in accordance with the fol-
lowing table:
Number
of
Diameter in
3b Inch /4 Inch
Inches
1/a Inch
Square Feet
Drained Area
to one
Foot
to one
Foot
to one
Foot
Up to
90
11/z
11/a
1 rrs
91 to
400
3
2
2
401 to
660
3
3
2
661 to
1200
4
3
3
1201 to
1800
4
4
3
1801 to
2500
5
4
4
2501 to
4100
5
5
4
4101 to
4600
6
5
5
4601 to
5300
6
6
6
5301 to
7500
8
6
6
7501 to
11100
8
8
6
11101 to
15700
10
8
8
15701 to
19500
10
10
8
19501 to
24800
12
10
8
24801 to
31000
12
12
10
31001 to
44000
14
12
10
44001 to
60000
14
14
12
—19-47.
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Combined Storm and Sanitary Sewer
Systems
SEC. 46. Whenever a combined sewer
system is permitted, the, required size of
the building sewer shall be determined by
adding to the drained area, in square feet,
one hundred eighty (180) square feet by
each "fixture unit" of the sanitary system
(see Section 119) and then applying the
total to the preceding table for storm sew-
ers, except that no combined sanitary and
storm sewer shall be less than four (4) inch-
es in diameter. The required sizes of the
sanitary building drain and the storm build-
ing drain up to their point of junction may
be independently determined from the table.
—19-48.
Building Sewer in made Ground
SEC. 47. The building sewer when laid
in made or filled-in ground shall be extra
heavy vast iron pipe A. S. T. M. approved
standards. -19-49.
Drainage Below Sewer Level
SEC. 48. In all buildings, in which the
whole or part of the building drainage and
plumbing system thereof lies below the
crown level of the main sewer, sewage or
building wastes shall be lifted by approved
artificial means and discharged through
properly vented trap into the building sew-
er or building drain. -19-50.
Sumps and Receiving Tanks
SEC. 49. All sub -building drains shall
discharge into an air -tight sump or receiv-
ing tank, so located as to receive the sew-
age by gravity, from which sump or receiv-
ing tank the sewage shall be lifted and dis-
charged into the building sewer by pumps
or ejectors in duplicate or any equally ef-
ficient method. Such pumps shall be either
automatically discharged or be of sufficient
capacity to receive the building sewage and
wastes for not less than twenty-four hours. --
19-51.
Ejectors Vented
SEC, 50. The soil or vent pipe leading
to an ejector or other appliance for raising
sewage or other waste matter to the street
sewer shall, where a water -closet or closets
are installed be provided with a vent pipe
not less than four (4) inrches in diameter,
and where fixtures other than water -closets
are installed the waste vent pipe shall be
the same diameter as the waste pipe. —
19-52.
Motors and Compressors
SEC. 51. All motors, air compressors
and air tanks shall be located where they
are open for inspection and repair at all
times. The air tanks shall be so propor-
tioned as to be of equal cubic capacity to
the ejector t.onnected therewith, in which
there shall be maintained an air pressure
of not less than two (2) pounds for each
foot of height the sewage is to„be raised.
19-53.
Temperature of Discharge into Sewers and
Drain
SEC. 52. The Temperature of liquid
wastes discharges into a building sewer or
drain shall not exceed one hundred forty
(140) degrees fahrenheit.-19-54.
Exhaust Blow -offs and Drip Pipe
Connections
SEC. 53. The exhaust, blow -off, sedi-
ment or drip pipe from a steam boiler shall
not connect directly with any sewer, drain,
soil or vraste pipe. Such pipes shall dis-
charge into the top and above the line of
discharge of a suitable closed tank or con-
denser, made of wrought or cast iron, pro-
vided, with a relief pipe, of at least double
the area of the blow -off pipe, extending to
the outer air above the roof. The waste
from said tank or condenser shall be taken
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from the bottom and be at least one size
larger than the inlet, but not less than three
(3) inches in diameter, and provided with
a trap that has a seal of not less than
twelve (12) inches and wherever possible
shall connect to the building sewer and not
to the building drain. -19-55.
Storm Water Drains, Drainage of Yards,
Areas and Roofs
SEC. 54. Roofs, paved areas, yards,
courts, and courtyards may be drained into
the stormwater sewerage system or the
combined sewerage systems, if permitted by
the City Engineer, but not into sewers in-
tended for sewage only. When drains used
for this purpose are connected with the
combined sewerage systems, they shall be ef-
fectually trapped. One trap may serve for
all such connections. Where there is no
sewer accessible, such connections may be
discharged into public gutter, and in such
case need not be trapped. -19-56.
Sizes of Gutters and Leaders
SEC4 5y. No ,gtitter or inside leader
shall be of less size than the following:
Area of Roof Gutter Leader
in Square Diameter Diameter
Feet Inches Inches
Up to 90 3 11/z
91 to 270 4 2
271 to 810 4 21/2
811 to 1800 5 3
1801 to 3600 6 4
3601 to 5500 8 5
5501 to 9600 10 6
Gutters eight (8) inches or over in width
on new buildings shall be hung with
wrought -iron hangers of approved type.
The above sizes of rain leaders are based
on diameter of circular rain leaders and
gutters based on semi -circular sheet metal
gutters with the top dimension given. Other
shapes shall have the same sectional area.
—19-57.
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Inside Conductors
SEC. 56. When placed within the walls
or any buildings or run in a inner or in-
terior court or shaft, all conductors or roof
leaders shall be constructed of cast iron,
galvanized genuine wrought -iron, or not less
than 16 ounce Copper pipe. -19-58.
Outside Conductors
SEC. 57. When outside conductors or
down spouts of sheet metal are connected
with the building drains, they shall be so
connected by means of not less than one
(1) length of cast iron pipe extending ver-
tically'at least two (2) feet above the grade
line. -19-59.
Defective Conductor Pipes
SEC. 58. When an existing sheet -metal
conductor pipe within the walls of any build-
ing becomes defective, such conductor shall
be replaced by one which conforms to Sec-
tion 56.-19-60.
Vent Connections With Conductors
Prohibited
SEC. 59. Conductor pipes shall not be
used as soil, waste, or vent pipes; nor shall
any soil, waste or vent pipes be used as
conductors. -19-61.
Overflows
SEC 60. Overflow pipes from cisterns,
supply tanks, expansion tanks, and drip pans
shall connect only indirectly with any
building sewer, building drains, soil or waste
pipe. -19-62.
Permit Required for Entrance to Sewerage
System
SEC. 61. No person, other than an au-
thorized city employee, shall enter any pub-
lic sewer, or appurtenance thereof, or make
any connection thereto without a written
permit from the city engineer. -19-63.
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Prohibited Wastes and Connections to
Sewerage System
SEC. 62. No person shall make or main-
tain any connection with any public or pri-
vate sewer, or appurtenance thereof, where-
by there may be converted into the same
any suffocating, corrosive, inflammable or
explosive liquid, gas, vapor, substances or
material. -19-64.
Unlawful to Impair or Cbstruct Sewers
SEC. 63. No person shall do any act or
thing which may impair or obstruct the flow
of any public sewer or clog up any ap-
purtenance thereof, or place therein any
substance; solid or liquid, other than the
waste products for which said sewers are
provided. -19-65.
PLUMBING FIXTURES
Materials
SEC. 64. All receptacles used, as water -
closets, urinals, or otherwise, for the dis-
posal of human excreta, shall be vitrified
earthenware; excepting that roll rim en-
amelled iron closets may be used in out-
houses not used for living purposes. —
19-66.
How Installed
SEC. 65. All plumbing fixtures shall be
installed open in a manner to afford access
for cleaning. When practicable all pipes
from fixtures shall be run to the wall. -
19 -67.
Water Closet Bowls
SEC. 66. Water -closet bowls and traps
shall be made in one piece and of such form
as to hold sufficient quantity of water, and
shall be provided with integral flushing rims
constructed so as to flush the entire interior
of the bowl. -19-68.
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Fixtures Prohibited
SEC. 67. The use of kitchen or scullery
sinks, constructed of wood, and wall, lip
or trough urinal, long hopper closets or simi-
lar fixtures is prohibited. -19-69.
Fixtures Required in Buildings
SEC. 68. The owner or agent of any
building, or any place where a person or
persons are sheltered or employed, shall
cause to be installed at least one (1) water
closet and one (1) sink with proper water
supply and sewer connections, a lavatory
may be set on the roughing for a sink when
approved by the plumbing inspector. -19-70.
Fixtures Required in Public Places of
Amusement and Restaurants
SEC. 69. Public places of amusement
and restaurants shall have at least (1) wa-
ter -closet and one (1) lavatory for each sex,
properly designated and of easy access.
19-71.
Fixtures Required in Dwellings and Stores
SEC. 70. Dwellings — one (1) water -
closet and one (1) sink for each family.
Stores — one (1) water -closet and one (1)
sink. -19-72.
Hotels, Boarding Houses and Rooming
Houses
SEC. 71. One (1) water -closet, one (1)
lavatory, one (1) bath -tub or shower on
each floor for each sex for every ten (10)
rooms or major fraction thereof, also one
slop -sink on each floor for every twenty-five
(25) rooms or major fraction thereof, and
at least one (1) sink in the kitchen. -19-73.
Apartment Houses
SEC. 72. One (1) water -closet, one (1)
bath -tub or shower and one (1) sink for
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each suite of three (3) or more rooms.
Where less than three' (3) rooms are in a
suite rules governing hotels shall apply
excepting that in every" room where cook-
ing is done there shall be provided one (1)
kitchen sink. -19-74.
Public Buildings and Office Buildings
SEC. 73. One (1) water -closet and one
(1),lavatory for each sex to every ten (10)
rooms or major fraction thereof, and one
(1) slop sink on each floor. -19-75.
Work Shops and Manufacturing Plants
SEC. 74. One (1) water -closet and one
(ly lavatory for each sex to every ten (10)
occupants' or major fra)Aion thereof; ex-
cepting that where urinals are provided for
males, they may be installed instead of wa-
ter closets to the extent of fifty (50) per
cent of this requirement. -19-76.
Water Closet Seats
SEC. 75. All public water closet seats
shall be of the open front type. -19-77.
Fixtures Required for Buildings in Course
of Construction
SEC. 76. For a building in course of
construction, at least one (1) water - closet
with proper water supply shall be installed;
provided a sewer connection and water sup-
ply are available. -19-78.
Fixtures Required in School Buildings
SEC. 77. Separate toilet rooms shall be i
provided for tea0chers and other adults in-
dependent of pupil's toilet rooms. Pedestal
urinals are prohibited. Floor drains shall be
provided for all toilet rooms containing three j
(3) or more water closets. There shall be
at least one (1) water -closet and one (1)
urinal for every iforty (40) boys or major
portion thereof and one (1) water -closet for
every twenty (20) girls or major fraction
thereof. -19-79.
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GENERAL REGULATIONS
Slope and Supports of Horizontal Piping
SEC. 78. All horizontal piping shall be
run in practical alignment at a uniform
slope of not less than one,-eithth (1/R) of an
irch per foot, where practicable, and shall
be supported or anchored at intervals not to
exceed five (5) feet. All stacks shall be
properly supported at, each floor, and all
pipes shall be rigidly secured. -19-80.
Change %n- Direction
SEC. 79. All changes in direction shall
be made by the appropriate use of forty-five
(45) degree Y's, half Y's, sixth, eighth,
sixteenth bends, or not less than eighteen
(18) inch radius sweep bends; except that
sanitary tees or crosses may be used on
vertical stacks and short quarter bends may
be used in soil and waste lines where the
change in direction of flow is from the hori-
zontal to the vertical. Tees and crosses may
be used in vent pipes. -19-81•
Prohibited Fittings
SEC. 80. No double hub, double T. or
double sanitary T shall be used on horizon-
tal soil or waste lines,, nor shall double
hubs be used on vertical soil or waste lines.
The drilling and tapping of building drains,
building sewers, soil, waste or vent pipes,
and the use of solder bushings, saddle hubs
and bends is prohibited. -19-82.
Dead Ends
SEC. 81. In the installation of any drain-
age system dead ends, longer than five (5)
feet shall be prohibited. -19-83.
• Protection of Pipes
SEC. 82. All pipes passing under or
through walls shall be protected from break-
age. The passing of pipes through or un-
der cinder concrete or other corrosive ma-
terial shall be prohibited. -19-84.
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Workmanship
SEC. 83. All plumbing work shall be
done in a workmanlike manner and to the
entire satisfaction of the Plumbing Inspec-
tor. -19-85.
Protection Against. Mosquitoes
SEC. 84. A film of oil or other equally
effective substance shall be maintained on
the surface of all liquids in any exposed
basin, trap, tank, or receptacle not in regu-
lar use. All rain or storm water drains shall
be put in so as to drain dry. -19-87.
Protection Against Rats
SEC. 85. All concealed lead work in a
building, not enclosed in concrete shall be
made rat proof by covering with a galvan-
ized wire cloth well fastened on. -19-88.
Rain Water Discharging from Sidewalks
SEC. 86. Rain water pipes shall not dis-
charge over sidewalks but must be con-
ducted under same to the gutter through
proper channel or pipe with approved side-
walk plate. -19-187.
Pipes not to be Built in
SEC. 87. No soil, drain, waste, vent or
supply pipe shall be built into masonry or
concrete walls, but the same shall have
suitable chases arranged for them, such
chases may be lathed and plastered so as
to conform to wall -71-22.
Bar and Soda Fountain Connections
SEC. 88. The waste pipes from bar sinks,
soda fountains, ice boxes or drinking foun-
tains may be emptied into a cath basin or
Slop sink placed in the floor close to the fix-
tures, provided that the catch basin or slop
sink used shall be of such make as can be
caulked on to the trap and the trap caulked
into the sewer, and that no waste pipe is
Put over five feet in length, between the
catch basin and the fixture, said waste pipe
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to be trapped. Wherever it is practicable,
the catch basin may be constructed of con
trete, as the inspector may direct. -71-48.
Dental Cuspidor Waste
SEC. 89. Dental cuspidors may be put
in by connecting the trap adjacent to a vent-
ed waste line and extension made therefrom
to the connector plates, provided, however,'
that said plates are not more than 25 feet
distant along said extension, which extension
ll not be less than 3/4 irfah in diameter. -
71 -30C.
Water Supply Outlet to be Over a Fixture
SEC. 90. Every cock, spigot, bib, faucet,
hydrant or other outlet from a water supply
pipe, when within a building shall discharge
over a properly trapped and vented fix-
ture connected with a sewer. -71-30D.
Non -Syphon Traps, When Allowed
SEC. 91. Where it is impracticable to
revent a fixture, as in making additions to
Old work, or where a fixture must be placed
in a position away from any wall, non -
syphoning traps may be used, of such makes
as the inspector may approve. -71-35.
Unsanitary Plumbing not to be Replaced
SEC. 92. No plumbing work or fixture
found in an unsanitary condition after hav-
ing been examined by the plumber shall be
replaced, but the same shall be reported to
the plumbing inspector, or placed in such
condition as
regulations gto comply with the rules and
to
plumbing.-71-14:
Buildings not to be Occupied
SEC. 93. No owner or agent shall oc-
cupy any new building in the City of Jack-
sonville, or allow the same to ,be occupied
by any person, nor shall the water be left
turned on by the Water Department or any
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person until after the plumbing . in said
building shall have been approved by the
Plumbing Inspector. -97-4.
House Traps not Allowed
SEC. 94. The use of house traps and
fresh air inlets is prohibited, except that
they may be placed only when deemed nee-
essary.by the plumbing inspector. -71-39.
?QUALITY AND WEIGHTS OF
MATERIALS
Materials, Quality of
SEC. 95. All materials, used in any drain-
age or plumbing system or part thereof, shall
be free from defects. -19-89.
Label -Cast or Stamped
SEC. 96. Eatch length of pipe, fitting,
trap, fixture, and device, used in a plumb-
ing or drainage system, shall be -stamped
or indelibly marked with the weight - or
quality thereof. -19-90.
Vitrified Clay Pipe
SEC. 97. All Vitrified clay pipe shall
conform to the American Society for Test-
ing Materials, "Standard specifications for
clay sewer pipe" (Serial Designation C.13-
20.)-19-91.
Cast Iron Pipe
SEC. 98. All cast-iron pipe and fittings
shall conform to the A. S. T. M. "Standard
specifications for Cast Iron Soil Pipe and
Fittings" (Serial Designation, A. 74-18), and
shall be coated with asphaltum or coal tar
pitch. -19-92.
Wrought Iron Pipe
SEC. 99. All wrought iron pipe shall con-
form to the A. S. T. M. "Standard specifica-
tions for welded Wrought -Iron Pipe" (Semial
Designation, A-72-21), and shall be galvan-
ized. -19-93.
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Mild Steel Pipe
. SEC. 100. All steel pipe shall conform
to the A. S. T.M."Standard specifications
for Welded and Seamless Steel Pipe" (Se-
rial Designation, A-53-21), and shall be gal-
vani7ed.-19-94.
Brass and Copper Pipe
SEC. 101. _ Brass pipe shall conform to
the standard specifications of the A. S. T.
M. for " Brass pipe Standard Sizes" (Se-
rial 'Number B-43-23). Copper pipe shall
conform to the standard specifitcations of
the A. S. T. M. for "Copper pipe, Standard
Sizes" (Serial Number B-42-23).
Traps and exposed waste pipes from traps
'to wall or floor may be iron pipe size brass,
or not less than No. 17 B. and S. guage.
Brass flush pipes and local ventilating
pipes shall not be less than No. 18 B. and
S. gauge.
Brass water supply pipe shall be iron pipe
size. -19-95,
Lead Pipe, Diameter, Weights
SEC. 102. All lead pipe, bends and traps
shall be best quality drawn pipe, of not less
weight linear foot than shown below:
Internal Diameter Weights per Ft.
Inches Lbs.
s.
11/4 2 O 8
11/2 8
3 8
2
3 4 _
4 6 --
8 --
-19-96
Sheet Lead
SEC. 103. Sheet lead shall weigh not less
than four (4) pounds per square foot. —
19-97.
Sheet Copper and Brass
SEC. 104. Sheet copper and brass shall
be not lighter than No. 18 B. and S. gauge;
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except that for local and interior ventilat-
ing pipe it shall not be lighter than No. 26
B. and S. gauge. -19-98.
Sheet Iron, Galvanized
SEC. 105. Galvanized sheet iron shall not
be lighter than the following B. and S. gauge.
No. 26 for two (2) to twelve (12) inch
pipe.
No. 24 for thirteen (13) to twenty (20)
inch pipe.
No. 22 for twenty-one (21) to twenty-six
(26) inch pipe. -19-99.
Caulking Ferrules
SEC. 106. Brass caulking ferrules shall
be of the best qualitv red cast brass, with
weights and dimensions in accordance with
the following table:
Actual Inside
Pipe size. Diameter Length Weight
2 inches 21/4 inches 41/2 inches 1 lb.
3 inches 31/4 i=hes 41/2 inches 1 lb. 12 oz.
4 inches 41/4 inches 41/2 inches 2 lbs. 8 oz.
The use of tapering ferrules is prohibited.
—19-100.
Soldering Nipples
SEC. 107. Soldering
nipples shall be
of brass pipe, iron pipe size, or of heavy cast
red brass, not less than the
following weights:
Diameters
Weights
1/2 inch.
3 ozs.
3/4 inch.
4 ozs.
1 inch.
5 ozs.
11/4 inches
6 ozs.
11/2 inches
8 oza.
2 inches
14 ozs.
—19-101.
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JOINTS AND CONNECTIONS
Water and Air Tight Joints
SEC. 108. All joints and connections
mentioned under this article shall be made
permanently gas and water tight -19-102.
Vitrified Pipe Joints
SEC. 109. Joints on vitrified clay pipe
shall be thoroughly made of joint compound
or with Portland Cement mortar made of
one part cement and not more than two parts
of clean sharp sand by measure. The ce-
ment and sand shall be mixed with water
and used immediately. No retempered ce-
ment shall be used. Mortar kept more than
one-half (1/2) hour shall not be used.
An approved tight fitting follower or
swab shall be inserted before each joint is
'cemented and withdrawn after the joint is
finished in such manner as to thoroughly
free the pipe from cement obstructions.
Earthenware pipe and fittings laid in wa-
ter, or earthenware pipe through which wa-
ter is running, shall be protected by heavy
cloth wrapped around the joints in such man-
ner as to keep the cement in place. -19-103.
Lead Pipe
SEC. 110. Joints in lead pipe, or be-
tween lead pipe and brass or copper pipes,
ferrules, soldering nipples or traps in all
cases on the sewer side of the trap and in
concealed joints on the inlet side of the trap,
shall be full -wiped joints, with an exposed
surfatce of the solder to each side of the
joints of not less than three-quarters
( 3/4) of an inch and a minimum thickness at
the thickest part of the joint of not less than
three -eights (3/8) of an inch. Lead to cast
iron joints shall be made by means of a brass
calking ferrule or a brass nipple. -19-104.
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Cast Iron Calked Joints
SEC. 111. All calked joints shall be firm-
ly packed with oakum or hemp, and shall be
secured only with pure lead, not less than
one (1) inoch deep, well calked, and no paint,
varnish or putty will be permitted until af- i
ter the joint is tested. — 19-105.
Slip Joints and Unions
SEC. 112. Slip joints will be permitted
only in trap seals or on the inlet side of the
trap. -19-106. .
Roof Joints
SEC. 113. The joints at the roof shall be
made water -tight by use of copper, gal- _
vanized iron, sheet lead, or cast iron plates
or approved flashings and counter flashed
by a sleeve caulked on to the stack. — 19-
107. 71-23.
Floor Connections for Water Closets, Ped-
estal Urinals and Traps and Standard
Slop Sinks
SEC. 114. A brass floor connection shall
be wiped or soldered to lead pipe, and the
floor connection bolted to an earthenware
trap flange. An approved compound, lead
gasket or washer shall be used to make a
tight joint. Excepting that a cast iron calk-
ed flange may be used in ground when set
in cement floor. -19-108.
Increasers and Reducers
SEC. 115. Where different sizes of pipe
or pipes and fittings are to be connected
proper size increasers or reducers, pitched at
an angle of forty-five (45) degrees between
the two sizes, shall be used. -19-109.
Prohibited Joints and Connections
SEC. 116. Any fitting or connection
which has an enlargement, chamber, or re-
cess with a ledge, shoulder or reduction
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of the pipe ar_a in the direction of the flow
on the outlet or drain side of any trap is
prohibited. -19-110.
Expansion Bolts
SEC. 117. Connections of wall hangers,
pipe .supports, or fixture settings with the
masonry, stone, or �' oncrete backing shall
be made with expansion or toggle bolts
without the use of wooden plugs. -19-111.
SOIL, WASTE AND VENT PIPES
Materials
SEC. 118. All main cr branch soil,
waste and vent pipes within or attached to
the building, shall be of cast iron, lead, brass
or copper. All cast iron pipe and pipe fit-
tings shall be the grade known as1 extra
heavy. No wrought iron or steel pipe shall
be used in any case on the sewer side of
traps. -19-112.
Fixture Units
SEC. 119. One (1) cubic foot per min-
ute or seven and one-half (7y2) gallons per
minute, is the basis for a fixture unit dis-
charge. The following table shall be em-
ployed to determine fixture equivalents:
Fixture Units
Drinking Fountains------------------------------------1�
One Lavatory or Wash Basin ------------------
1
Refrigerator or Ice Box ----------------------------
1
One Bath Tub -------------------
2
One Laundry Tray ---------------------------•-------
3
One Shower Bath -
3
One Floor Drain =
3
One Combination Fixture __________________________
4
One Urinal ----------- --
4
One Kitchen Sink ---..-------•-------- --- _- -- _--
4
One Slop _Sink ------------------------------------------------4
One Water Closet ------------------------
6
—19-113.
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Soil and Waste Stacks
SEC. 120. Every building except acces-
sory buildings thereto, in which plumbing
fixtures are installed shall have at least one
four inch (4") soil stack, extending full
size through the roof. All soil stacks car-
ried to the second floor must be extended
full size through the roof. Soil and waste
stacks shall be as direct as possible and free
from sharp angles and turns. The required
size of a soil or waste stack shall be inde-
pendently determined by the total fixture
units of all fixtures connected to the stack
in accordance with the following tables:
WASTE STACKS
Number Diameter
Fixture Permitted
Units Stacks Length
1 to 10 2 inches
11 to 40 3 inches 75 feet
100 feet
SOIL AND WASTE STACKS
Number
Number
Water Diameter Maximum
Fixture Closets or
Units Equivplent 1p Permitted
41 to 300 13 to 50 4 Stacks
225feet301 to 720 51 to 120 5 inches 300 feet
721 to 1080 121 to 180 6 inches 400 feet
1081 to 1920 191 to 320 8 inches 600 feet
19-114.
Soil and Waste Fixture Connections
SEC. 121. All soil and waste stacks and
branches shall be installed with correctly
faced inlets for fixture conneoctions.
—19-115.
Altering Soil and Vent Pipes
SEC. 122. In existing buildings where
the soil or waste vent pipe is not extended
undiminished through or above the roof, or
where there is a sheet metal soil or waste
vent pipe, and the fixture is changed in
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style or location or is replaced, a soil or
waste vent pipe of the size and material
prescribed for new work shall be installed.
—19-116.
Prohibited Connections
SEC. 123. No fixture waste connection
shall be made to a lead bend or lead spud
of a water closet or similar fixture' unless
waste pipe is connected with ninety (90)
degrees bend properly vented and not to
Qonnect in heel of bend. -19-117.
Roof Extensions
SEC. 124. All extensions of soil, waste
and vent stacks, shall be run full size at
least one-half (1/2) foot above the roof, and
when the roof is used for other purposes
shall not be less than seven (7) feet above
the roof. -19-118.
Terminals
SEC. 125. The roof terminal of any
stack or vent, if within fifteen (15) feet of
any door, window scuttle, or a air shaft,,
shall extend at least three (3) feet above.
the same. Vent pipes shall not terminate un-
der the overhang of the building. -19-119.
Terminals Adjoining High Buildings
SEC. 126. In the event .that a new build-
ing is built higher thanan existing adjoin-
ing building, the owner of the new building
shall not locate windows within fifteen (15)
feet of any existing vent stack on the ad-
joining lower building unless the owner of
such new building; shall defray the expenses
or shall himself make such alteration to con-
form with Section 125.-19-120.
VENTING
Traps Protected, Vents
SEC. 127. Every fixture trap shall be
protected against siphonage and back pres-
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sure; and air circulation shall be assured
by means of a soil waste vent, continuous
gent, stack vent, loop or circuit vent. No
crown vent shall be installed. -19-121.
Distance of Vent from Trap Seal
SEC. 128. No trap shall be placed more
than five (5) feet, horizontal developed
length, from its vent. The distance shall be
measured along the central line of the waste
or soil pipe from the vertical inlet of the
trap to the vent opening. The vent opening
from the soil or waste pipe, except for wa-
ter -closets and similar fixtures, shall not be
below the dip of the trap. The vertical drop
01 a water -closet waste shall not be more
than twenty-four (24) inches from the floor
to the vent. -19-122.
Main Vents to Connect at Base
SEC. 129. All main vents or vent stacks
shall connect full size at their base to the
main soil or waste stack at or below the
lowest fixture branch and shall extend, un-
diminished in size, above the roof or shall
be reconnected with the main soil or waste
vent at least six (6) inches above the over-
flow point of the highest fixture. -19-123.
Vents, Required Sizes
SEC. 130. The required sizes of main
vent stacks shall be determined on the basis
of the size of the soil or waste stack, the
number of fixtures or fixture units con-
nected to the soil or waste stack, and the
developed length of the main vent or vent
stack in atocordance with the following
tables:
Branch and Individual Vents
SEC. 131. No vents shall be less than
one and one-quarter (11/4) inches in diam-
eter. For one and one-quarter (11/4) and one
and one-half (1y2) inch wastes, the vent shall
be of the same diameter as the waste pipe,
and in no case shall a branch or main vent
have a diameter of less than one-half that of
the soil or waste pipe served; and in no case
shall the length of a branch vent of given
diameter exceed the maximum length per-
mitted for the main vent serving the same
size soil or vent stack. -19-125.
Vent Pipe, Slopes and Connections
SEC. 132_ All vent and branoch-vent
pipes shall be free from drops or sags and
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WASTE
STACKS
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Fixture
Maximum
Diameter
units
Diameter
Length
of Stack
on stack
of vent
of vent
2 inches
1 to 18
2 inches
74 feet
3 inches
19 to 36
3 inches
150 feet
43 to 72
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3"
75'
Branch and Individual Vents
SEC. 131. No vents shall be less than
one and one-quarter (11/4) inches in diam-
eter. For one and one-quarter (11/4) and one
and one-half (1y2) inch wastes, the vent shall
be of the same diameter as the waste pipe,
and in no case shall a branch or main vent
have a diameter of less than one-half that of
the soil or waste pipe served; and in no case
shall the length of a branch vent of given
diameter exceed the maximum length per-
mitted for the main vent serving the same
size soil or vent stack. -19-125.
Vent Pipe, Slopes and Connections
SEC. 132_ All vent and branoch-vent
pipes shall be free from drops or sags and
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SOIL AND WASTE STACKS
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4"
24 to 42
4 to 7
3"
100'
4"
43 to 72
8 to 12
3"
75'
4'
73 to 150
13 to 25
3"
60'
4"
73 to 150
13 to 25
4"
225'
4"
151 to 300
26 to 50
4"
100'
4"
151 to 300
26 to 50
5"
225
5"
301 to 480
51 to 80
3"
50'
5"
301 to 480
51 to 80
4"
175'
5"
301 to 480
51 to 80
5"
300'
5"
481 to 720
81 to 120
4"
50'
5"
481 to 720
81 to 120
5"
125'
5"
481 to 720
81 to 120
6"
300'
6"
721 to 840
121 to 140
4"
75'
6"
721 to 840
121 to 140
5"
225'
6"
721 to 840
121 to 140
6"
400'
6"
841 to 1,080
141 to 180
5"
125'
6"
841 to 1,080
141 to 180
6"
300'
6"
841 to 1,080
141 to 180
8"
400'
8"
1,081 to 1,920-
181 to 320
5"
60'
8"
1,081 to 1,920
181 to 320
6"
150'
8"
1,081 to 1,920
181 to 320
8"
600'
Branch and Individual Vents
SEC. 131. No vents shall be less than
one and one-quarter (11/4) inches in diam-
eter. For one and one-quarter (11/4) and one
and one-half (1y2) inch wastes, the vent shall
be of the same diameter as the waste pipe,
and in no case shall a branch or main vent
have a diameter of less than one-half that of
the soil or waste pipe served; and in no case
shall the length of a branch vent of given
diameter exceed the maximum length per-
mitted for the main vent serving the same
size soil or vent stack. -19-125.
Vent Pipe, Slopes and Connections
SEC. 132_ All vent and branoch-vent
pipes shall be free from drops or sags and
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be so sloped and connected as to drip back
to the soil or waste pipe by gravity. Where
vent pipes connect to a horizontal soil or
waste pipe the vent branch shall be taken
off above the center line of the pipe, and
the vent pipe must rise vertically or -at angle
of forty-five (45) degrees to the vertical, to
a point six (6) inches above the fixture it
is venting, before offsetting horizontally or
connecting to the branch, main waste, or
soil vent. -19-126.
Circuit and Loop Vents
SEC. 133. A circuit or loop vent will be
permitted as follows: A branch soil or
waste pipe, to which two (2) and not more
than eight (8) water closets, urinal stalls,_
pedestal urinal's, trap standard slop sinks, or
shower stalls spaced not more than thirty-
six (36) inches apart, are connected in the
series may be vented by continuing the waste
line full size in the form of a loop back to
the stack above all fixtures, or into a sep-
arate vent stack. Vent shall be taken off
in front of the last fixture connection. Four
basins may be put in as above using a two-
inch waste pipe with a one-half "S" trap to
each basin. -19-127.
Vent not Required
SEC- 134. No vents will be required on
a down spout or rain leader trap nor a back
water trap. The trap of a garage catch
basin or a soda fountain catch basin or a
cellar floor drain need not be back vented,
provided the trap is located within fifteen
(15) feet from the building drain or build-
ing sewer, and the branch is taken off the
drain at a distance of five (5) feet or more
from the base of a stack . Where bath
rooms or waste closets or other fixtures are
located on. opposite sides of a wall or par-
tition or directly adjacent to each other
within the prescribed distance, which are
served by a vertical common waste and
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common vent, all such fixtures shall have a
separate waste to common vent, unless waste
line is increased in size. -19-128.
Fixture Branches Vented
SEC. 135. Traps serving fixture branches
connecting directly to a stack below a water
closet branch on the same stack shall be
vented19-129.
Small Fixture Units Discharged into Wet
Vents
SEC. 136. Two (2) lavatories or two
(2) baths may discharge into a two (2) inch
soil vent, a loop vent, a circuit vent, a
branch vent or a relief vent, when all such
fixtures are located on same floor. Where
more fixtures other than water closets are
required on floors above, the vent may be
increased to three (3) inch not over fifty
(50) feet in length to carry eight (8) units
or four (4) inch not over one hundred (100)
feet in length may carry sixteen (16) units.
—19-130.
Horizontal Wet Vents
SEC. 137• No horizontal wet vent shall
exceed fifteen (15) feet in length. -19-131.
Stack Venting Permitted
SEC. 138. A water -closet on a floor
where the discharge of the fixtures on the
floor above does not exceed ten (10) fixture
units may be vented by connecting the vent
to the side inlet branch of a side outlet tee
fitting. The vent to the side inlet branch
may receive the discharge of a lavatory and
a bath tub or shower --19-132.
Combination ,Waste and Vent
SEC. 139. The waste pipes from any
fixtures, other than water closets, may be
installed on a combined waste and vent
system as follows: The waste stack shall
be run from house drain direct through the
roof undiminished in size according to the
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following table; provided branches are plac-
ed so as to use one-half (1/2) S traps and
that the waste pipe of said branches do not
exceed (5) feet in length between the stack
and the seal of the trap and the trap shall
be placed so that th lowest point of the
bran# -,h shall not be any lower than the bot-
tom of said trap, and provided further that
no sink waste shall be placed in any two (2)
inch stack used for vent.
Diameter
Fixture units ,
Maximum
Of stack
on stack
height
2 inch
4
3 inch
16
30 feet
4 inch
32
50 feet
5 inch
50
100 feet
200 feet g
—19-133.
TRAPS AND CLEANOUTS
Traps
SEC. 140. Every trap shall be self -
'cleaning. Traps for baths, lavatories, sinks,
and other similar fixtures shall be of lead,
brass or cast iron. -19-134.
Traps Prohibited
SEC. 141. No form of trap which de -
o
-
pends, for its seal, upon the action of m
able parts or concealed interior partitions
shall be used; nor shall any bell trap, drum
trap, pot trap or bottle trap be used. -19-135.
Traps, Where Required
SEC. 142. Each fixture shall be sepa-
rately trapped by a water -seal trap placed
as near to the fixture as possible; in no case
more than eighteen (18) inches from the
outlet. No fixture shall be double trapped.
—19-136.
Trap Saes
SEC. 143.
Fixture Size
Lavatory ----------------------------------------------11/4 inches
Drinking Fountains --------------------------11/4 inches
Cuspidor ---------------11/2 inches
Refrigerator ---------------------------------------11/ inches
Bath Tub - - --11/2 inches
Sink, Kitchen ------------------------------------- 11/2 inches
Laundry Tray . ----------------------------------- 11/2 inches
Combination Fixtures ----------------------11/2 inches
SlopSink -------------------------------------------- 2 inches
Stall Urinal --------------------- •-------------------- 2 inches
Shower Bath --------------------------------.----2 inches
Floor Drain ----•----------------------------------4 inches
(a) Water Seal. Each fixture shall have
a water seal of not less than one and a half
(11/2 ) inches.
(b) Trap Cleanouts. Trap cleanouts are
prohibited on all concealed traps.
(c) Trap Levels and Protection. All
traps shall be set level in relation to their
water seals and protected from siphonage.
19-137.
Pipe Cleanouts
SEC. 144. The bodies of cleanouts shall
be of extra heavy cast iron and brass plugs
with standard pipe threads, State of Ohio
pattern or equal. They shall be the same
nominal size of the pipe in which they are
to be used up to four inches except that ex-
tra heavy soil pipe fittings with integral
cleanout may be used provided the cleanout
is a brass -plug as above -79-5.
Cleanouts, Where Required
SEC. 145. All cleanouts shall be acces-
sibly loicated for use. A cleanout shall be
placed at each change of direction of all
horizontal sink and/or urinal wastes when
practicable. Cleanouts shall be placed in all
buildings or house drains and/or sewers so
that the entire drain and/or sewer can be
cleaned with sewer rod or wire. All clean -
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Outs shall be extended to ground or floor
level, or through the wall of the building
so that they can be conveniently used. A
cleanout shall be placed in a drain and/or
sewer approximately every 75 feet when
practicable. The threads on cleanout bodies
and plugs shall be coated with a graphite
and grease compound before being installed.
—79-6.
Manholes
SEC. 146. All underground traps and
cleanouts, of a building; except where clean -
outs are flush with the floor; and all exterior
underground traps shall be made accessible
by manholes with proper cover. -19-140.
Cleanouts Equivalents
SEC'. 147. Any floor or wall connection
of fixture traps, when bolted or screwed to
the floor or wall, shall be regarded as a
cleanout, provided that this shall not in-
clude sink and urinal cleanouts.-19-141.
PLUMBING FIXTURES IN BASEMENT
WHEN ALLOWED
SEC. 148. No water closet or other fix-
ture shall be installed in any basement cel-
lar or area, the top of which closet or fix-
ture is below the level of the natural grade
in the streets abutting said property. Pro-
vided, however, a permit will be issued, con-
ditioned that the owner or owners take all
risk of damage that may result from water
setting back into premises from main sew-
ers; and in order to prevent as much as
possible, the setting back of water, the
owner is hereby required, at his own cost
and risk, to put in a self acting or other
valve in all cases where the back flow from
a sewer is to be apprehended; and it shall
be the duty of the owner to keep said valve
in order, and he shall be responsible for its
action in all cases. The valve must be
arranged so as not to interfere with the
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operation of the plumbing system above
street level. -71-42.
Back -water Valves
SEC. 149. Backwater valves shall have
all bearing parts or balls of non -corrosive
metal and so constructed as to insure a
positive mechanical seal and remain closed
except when discharging wastes. -19-143.
Water Closet and Urinal Apartment
Ventilation
SEC. 150. In every building, the water
closet or urinal apartment unless provided
with mechanical ventilation shall have a
window not less than four square feet in
area, arranged so as to open direct to the
outside air, or into a light shaft with an
area of not less than four square feet for
every water Closet or urinal compartment
opening into same. Said light shaft may
be built square, round or re-otangular, no
one dimension of which shall be less than
twenty-four inches but must have a glass
top with louvres on sides of same area as
shaft. In all buildings where the water -
closet or urinal apartment is partitioned off
from a room used for other purposes, the
partition shall extend up to the ceiling of
the room or be ceiled over, and said parti-
tions must be to all intents and purposes air
tight, said compartment shall be ventilated
as hereinbefore provided. No water -closet
or urinal apartment shall be ventilated by
any window opening through the wall of the
building when said wall is built on the party
line. Ventilating pipes from fixtures and
toilet room shall be separate and distinct and
have no connection whatever with the other
ventilating ducts or pipes in the buildings.-
71-43,
uildings-71-43, 19-144.
Public and Interior Bath or Toilet Rooms
SEC. 151. The walls, to a height of five
(5) feet, and the floors shall be covered
with tile or other non-absorbent material. -
19 -145.
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REFRIGERATOR, SAFE AND SPECIAL
WASTES
Refrigerator Wastes
SEC. 152. Refrigerator waste pipes
shall discharge, only
(a) Into an open portabale pan.
(b) Into an open water -supplied fixture
in constant use, other than a water closet
or urinal.
(c) Into a floor drain with a deep seal
trap.
sin.
(d) Into an approved trap or catch ba -
All said receptacles shall be arranged so
as to over -flow when stopped, on a floor
or at an observeable point not over two (2)
feet from the edge of a building if under
same.
(e) Refrigerator _safe waste over twenty
(20) feet in. length shall be trapped; but
such trap need not be vented. Refrigerator
safe waste pipes shall be installed and clean -
outs arranged so that all parts of the pipe
are accessible for cleaning.
(f) Refrigerator traps located one above
another need not be separately vented; pro-
vided that the waste pipe is continued full
size through the roof.
(g) All refrigerator traps .and pipes shall
be exposed or made accessible.
(h) Vertical and horizontal refrigerator
waste and safe pipes offsets and all changes
in direction of such pipes shall be provided
with cleanouts.
(i) The drainage from refrigerator
rooms in which food or ice is placed shall
discharge into an accessibly located catch
basin or other approved fixture located out-
side of such room.
(J) The minimum size of vertical safe
waste pipes for refrigerators in private
dwellings and apartment houses shall be
52
two (2) inches for nine (9) to eighteen
(18) refrigerators; or as provided in waste
stack table herein.
(k) There shall be an open air space
between all refrigerators or ice box waste
openings and the traps and receptacles re-
ceiving waste water. -19-146.
Overflow Pipes and Motor Exhausts
SEC. 153. Pipes from a water supply
tank or exhaust from a water lift shall not
be directly connected with any building
drain, soil, or waste pipe. Such pipe shall
discharge into an open fixture or discharge
as for refrigerator wastes. -19-147.
Acid Wastes
SEC. 154. Liquid wastes, which carry
acids in solution, shall be properly neutral-
ized and diluted before being discharged
into any soil or waste pipe or any metal
building drain or sewer, or such waste may
be discharged into pipes of non -corrosive
materials. -19-148.
Swimming Pools and Bath Houses
SEC. 155. At least six (6) shower baths
for males and three (3) shower baths for
females shall be provided in connection with
each swimming pool and bath house. Such
shower bath for females shall be enclosed
by dwarf partitions and doors. At least one
(1) shower bath shall be provided in con-
nection
onnection with each private pool or plunge.
Each shower shall be provided with a soap
retainer.
(a) Floor drains around swimming pools
shall be provided for the purpose of inter-
cepting floor drainage.
(b) Approved expectorating troughs or
scum gutters shall be provided for all swim-
ming pools. Same shall be extended around
the entire pool. Floor drainage may be car-
ried into expectorating troughs.
53
(c) Each public pool or plunge shall have
at least one (1) water -closet and one (1)
urinal for males and at least (1) water -closet
for females. Same shall be located adjacent
to shower bath, for the convenience of the
bathers only. Each water -closet compart-
ment shall be provided with proper floor
drainage facilities.
(d) All pools and plunges, not to be
emptied each day, shall be provided with ap-
proved automatic sterilizing apparatus. -
19 -149.
YARD SINKS, GREASE TRAPS AND
CATCH BASINS
Yard Sinks
SEC. 156. Where yard sinks are used they
must be accessibly located for use and be
built of non-absorbent material; and, where
terra-cotta is used, it shall not be less than
ten (10) inches, or more than fifteen (15)
inches deep, or less than twelve (12) inches
in diameter, with a trap not less than four
(4) inches, and the opening in the trap shall
be protected by a heavy bar grating fasten-
ed tight. Where a branch line for a yard
sink does not exceed fifteen (15) feet in
length from the main house sewer, reventing
may be omitted. -19-152.
Grease Traps
SEC. 157. Grease traps shall be used on-
ly when considered necessary by the plumb-
ing inspector Kitchen or other greasy
wastes from hotels, restaurants, club houses,
public institutions, boarding houses. or other
establishments in which much cooking is
done or greasy waste obtained, shall be in-
tercepted by a catch basin or a grease trap,
of at least twice the capacity of the dish
washing machines and sinks, and conducted
to the building drain or sewer.
Catch basins, sumps, or grease traps
54
which receive fecal discharge or greasy dis-
charges from sinks when located within a
building, shall be of cast iron or other ap-
proved non-absorbent material. All grease
traps and catch basins shall have heavy
cast iron covers. -19-53.
Garage )Waste
SEC. 158. All liquid wastes from ga-
rages shall be intercepted, before entering a
sewer, by a suitable catch basin properly
trapped and vented.
Such wastes shall not drain over, or into,
any street, alley, sidewalk, court -yard or
paved approach. -19-154•
Garage Catch Basins
SEC. 159. All garages, or other places,
where repair or assembly work for automo-
biles is done or where machines are washed
for the public, shall be provided with ap-
proved two chamber catch basins.
Such catch basins shall have accumulated
oils or other inflammable fluids pumped or
otherwise removed at regular intervals.
All catch basins and drains for garages
shall be arranged in such manner as to in-
tercept oil, gasoline or other inflammable
fluids as well as sand, silt and other solids
for the purpose of excluding same from the
sewer system. -19-155•
DRINKING FOUNTAINS
SEC. 160. Where drinking fountains are
installed, they shall be arranged so as to be
of an approved bubbling cup type. -19-156.
MAINTENANCE
Defective Fixtures
SEC. 161. All plumbing fixtures shall be
maintained in a sanitary and cleanly condi-
tion and if found defective or in an insan-
itary condition shall be repaired, renovated,
replaced, or removed at once. -19-150.
55
Openings in Buildings
SEC. 162. All openings and chases which
are to receive plumbing pipes shall be en-
closed or sealed so as to exclude vermin
from the building. -19-151.
INSPECTIONS AND TESTS
Inspections
SEC. 163. All piping, traps and fixtures
shall be inspected by the Plumbing Inspec-
tor to insure compliance with all require-
ments of this code and the installation and
construction of the system in accordance
with the approved plans and the permit, -
19 -157.
Material and Labor for Tests
SEC. 164. The equipment, material, pow -
and labor necessary for the inspection
and tests shall be sspplied by the plumber. -
19 -158.
System Tests
SEC. 165. All the piping of a plumbing
system shall be tested with water or air.
Where any plumbing work is sufficiently
advanced for testing and all necessary lead
connections or spuds are in place to receive
the fixtures, notice in writing properly filled
in upon blanks furnished at the office of the
plumbing inspector, stating the location of
the work, the name of the owner, the name
of the master plumber having the permit
and the name of the, plumber doing the work,
shall be given to the plumbing inspector at
the department of building. As soon as
practilcable thereafter the inspector will noti-
fy the plumber in charge of said work, when
he will inspect the same and the plumber
shall test the work in the presence of the in-
spector. Notices to inspect work must be
given into the office, for morning inspections,
before 5 o'clock p. In. the preceding day and
for afternoon inspections, before 1 o'clock p.
m. the same day.
56
If, after the first visit to a job on a
written notice to inspect the same, it is
necessary to return to reinspect any part of
the work whether from a defect or the work
not being ready, the inspector will return on-
ly on another written notice, and not less
than twenty-four hours thereafter, and shall
charge a fee of one dollar ($1.00) for so do-
ing, all other notices taking precedence.
After the entire completion of the work,
a notilce, the same as the, fcregoing shall be
given the inspector for a final inspection and
if he finds the work has been satisfactorily
done, he shall issue a certificate of approval
upon the request of the plumber or owner.
This certificate does not relieve the plumb-
er of his reonsibility for any defective
work which may have escaped the notice of
the inspector, and when deemed necessary
by the inspector a smoke test shall be ap-
plied to the work by the plumber. -19-159.
Order of Tests
SEC. 166. The tests may be made sep-
arately as follows:
(a) For the building sewer, and all its
branches, a tee branch shall be placed at
the curb line for the purpose of inserting a
test plug. The test shall consist of filling
the building drain 'with water from said test
plug to the level of the toilet on the first
floor and the drain must hold the water
at this leve -1 for a period of ten (10) min-
utes.
(b) A ball three-quarters (%) inch less,
in diameter, than the drain shall be passed
through the drain from the last stack on
the line furthest from the street and be tak-
en out of the tee at the curb.
(c) The building drain, including all
piping, to the height of ten feet above the
57
highest point on the building drain, except
the exposed connection to fixtures.
(d) The soil, waste, vent, inside 'con-
ductor, and drainage pipes which would be
covered up before the building is inclosed or
ready for completion. The test required for
(c) and (d) may be combined.
(e) The final test of the whole system.
19-161.
JWbrk Not.To Be Covered Until Inspected
SEC. 167. After any plumbing work has
been inspected by the inspector and he finds
that it has been done according to the pres-
cribed rules, he shall place thereon white
sticker seals showing the work has been "in-
spected" and passed and no person shall cov-
er up or conceal any plumbing work which
does not bear said "inspection" seals. If
the work is not properly done the inspector
will place thereon yellow "condemned" seals.
—71-54.
Uncovering of Work
SEC. 168. If any drainage or plumbing
system or part thereof is covered before be-
ing regularly inspected, tested, and approv-
ed, it shall be uncovered upon the order of
the Plumbing Inspector. -19-163.
Defective Work
SEC. 169. If any plumbing work shows
defects, such defective work or materials
shall be replaced within three (3) days and
inspection and test repeated. -19-164.
Alterations, Repairs and Extension
SEC. 170. All alterations, repairs, or ex-
tensions, which shall include more than ten
(10) feet shall be inspected and tested. —
19-165.
Conductor Pipes
SEC. 171. Conductor pipes and their
roof connections within the walls of build-
ings, shall be tested by the water or air
test. -19-166.
Test of Water Distribution System
SEC. 172. Upon the completion of the
entire water distribution system, it shall be
tested and proved tight under a water pres-
sure not less than the maximum working
pressure under which it is to be used. —
19-167.
Smoke Test on Defective Work
SEC. 173. The air test shall be used in
testing the sanitary condition of the drain-
age or plumbing system of all buildings
where there is reason to believe that it has
become defective. In such buildings con-
demned by the Health Department because
of unsanitary conditions of the plumbing or
drainage such work shall not be considered
as repairs, but shall be done as in the (case
of new buildings. -19-169.
Penalty for Violations
SEC. 174. Any person violating any of
the provisions of this ordinance shall, upon
conviction before the municipal court, be
punished by a fine of not less than twenty-
five ($25.00) dollars, nor more than five
hundred ($500.00) dollars or imprisonment
not exceeding ninety (90) days. -71-56.
58 59
ORDINANCE L-71
Passed by City Council April 16, 1912.
Approved April 22, 1912.
l WM. S. JORDAN, Mayor
I Attest:
III G. D. ACKERLY, Recorder.
(Seal)
ORDINANCE T-19
Passed by City Council Aug. 16, 1927.
Approved Aug. 16, 1927.
JOHN T. ALSOP, JR., Mayor.
Attest:
R. T. SMOTHERMAN, City Rek-order.
(Seal)
(Published, Jax Journal, Aug. 17, 1927)
ORDINANCE T-99
Passed by City Council March 13, 1928.
Approved March 27, 1928.
JOHN T. ALSOP, JR., Mayor.
Attest:
II R. T. SMOTHERMAN, City Recorder.
u (Seal)
(Published Florida Times -Union
March 29, 1928)
ORDINANCE T-102
Passed by City Council Jan. 22, 1929.
Approved .Tan. 28, 1929.
JOHN T. ALSOP, JR., Mayor.
Attest:
R. T. SMOTHERMAN, City.: -Recorder.
(Seal)
(Published Florida Times -Union
January 30, 1929)
60
ORDINANCE NO. V-43
Passed by City Council Dec. 8, 1931.
Approved Dec. 30, 1931.
JOHN T. ALSOP, JR., Mayor.
Attest:
W. PERRY ATKINS, City Recorder.
(Seal)
(Published Florida Times -Union
Dec. 31, 1931)
ORDINANCE NO. V-79
Passed by the City Council June 28, 1932.
Approved July 11, 1932.
JOHN T. ALSOP, JR., Mayor.
Attest:
W. PERRY ATKINS, City Recorder.
(Seal)
(Published Florida Times -Union
July 15, 1932)
ORDINANCE No. Y-92
Passed by the City Council August 23,
1938.
Approved August 29, 1938,
G. C. BLUME, Mayor.
Attest:
W. C. ALMAND, City Recorder.
(Seal)
(Published Florida Times -Union
August 30, 1938)
61
LEGAL NOTICE
ORDINANCE .NO. X-147
BILL NO. X-229
AN ORDINANCE Requiring Plumbing and
Electrical Contractors to Make Written Re-
port to the Chief of Police of All Purchases
of Sec6nd Hand Equipment; Prohibiting the
Purchase of such Equipment During Cer-
tain Hours; and Prohibiting the Purchase of
Any Such Equipment from Minors.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR
AND CITY COUNCIL, OF TRE CITY OF
JACKSONVILLE
SECTION 1. That all plumbing contrac-
tors who purchase, deal in or in anyWise
use second hand plumbing equipment, and
all electrical contractors who purchase, deal
in or in anywise use second hand electrical
equipment shall make a written report to
the Chief of Police of all purchases of any
such equipment within 24 hours after pur-
chase thereof, which report shall contain a
full description of all such second hand ma-
terials purchased with trade mark or reg-
istered name, where so marked, together
With the name and address of the person, or
persons, from whom purchased and the li-
cense number of the vehicle in which such
equipment was delivered to the purchaser.
SECTION 2. It shall be unlawful for any
Plumbing contractor to purchase second hand
Plumbing equipment and for any electrical
contractor to purchase any second hand
electrical equipment between the hours of
6:00 P. M. and 7:00 A. M. of the week days
and between the hours of 6:00 P. M. on Sat-
urday and 7:00 A M. on the following Mon-
day.
t
equipment from a�y person below the
age of twenty-q'ne years.
SECTION 4• J Any person, firm or in the
case of a corporation, the officers thereof,
violating the,' provisions of this ordinance
shall on conviction in the Municipal Court
be punished by fine not exceeding One Hun-
dred Dollars ($100.00) or by imprisonment
not exceeding ninety (90) days, and on the
second convi�;tion during any license year,
his, their or its license may be revoked by the
Mayor.
SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take
effect upon its becoming a law.
PASSED BY CITY COUNCIL JUNE 8,
1937.
APPROVED June 14, 1937.
John T. Alsop, Jr.
ATTEST: Mayor.
W. C. Almand, (seal)
Recorder.
(Published in The Fla. Times -Union Jun -
15, 1937).
(Adv. No. 3-660).
SECTION 3. It shall be unlawful for any
Plumbing or electrical contractor to pur-
chase second hand plumbing or electrical
62
63
INDEX
Page
No.
Compiled General Laws of Florida _________-1, 2, 3, 4
Application for Certificate; Examination1
Board of Examiners; Qualifications; Terms of
Office; Compensation ___________________________________ _
Cities to Provide rules for construction of all 1
Plumbing; Plumbing Inspector; Qualification.;
Reports to City Board of Health ----------- 2
Counties containing cities of certain population
to appoint Plumbing Inspector; D'uties______________ 3
Examinations of Applicants ; Fees, etc. 2
Plumber's Certificate
Back -water valve ------ --------------------------- 149
Sec.
Page
Acid wastes
13
No.
----------No.
ns- e fees ees -----•-•--
Additional licens _------
154
3
53
--- _________________
Air compressors
5
_.._____._
Air tests. final
51
27
__________166
Alterations—to be considered __- new
9
57
Plumbing----------------------------------------173
to be inspected and tested____________
S
19
59
____170
to soil and vent pipes --------------------------
Annual renewal of certificates__________________
122
58
42
Application for examination --- _--------------
3
3
5
5
-
Application for sewer connection ------------
Application for City water
12
9
________________________
Application for Plumbing Permit
35
12
22
------------
Approval of Plans
24
25
9
----------------------------- --------
Area Drains
24
13
_____________ _ __ ______ _ __________
A. S. T. M., definition of ------------------------54
26
2g
20
Authority of Plumbing Inspector ------- ----
22
12
Back -water valve ------ --------------------------- 149
51
Basic Plumbing Principles __________ ______
-'"'---
25
13
Basis for fixture unit _.____.___------- -----------
113
40
Bath houses .....
93
35
23
Bar connections _________________ .._.__..__ 88
Blanks for drawings - .• .•
34
- -
Board of Control -----------•-•-----------
12
2
9
----------•
Branch, definition of ________________131, 41,
26
S
19
vents 13b,
------ g----------------------------------
Brass floor flange _____________ ___----__________
136
47
40
Brass ferrules, weight of _ -116
Cast pipe
Catch basins, when required ________________
38
Brass ......----------------106
Pipe, quality of ____________________________101
Building drain, definition of
Catch basins, concrete _.._.._._ _-•____••_-:_____156
37
----------- _.....
Location of ------------ -..........
26
44
19
............. -.......
Materials and sizes _ -------------------------
Building sewer, definition
45
24
25
of --------------------
Depthof
26
19
-------------------- ...............................
Location of
39
23
--------------•----•----------- -----•-----•-•
Materials for --------------------
44
25
Sizeof --------------------- - ................... .......
45
26
INDEX (Continued)
see
Page
No.
No.
not to be occupied --------------------
93
35
23
Buildings
Buildings to have sewer -------------------•------
37
C
Calking ferrules, quality of --------------------
106
38111 40
Cast iron pipe, calked joints -----------
iron to be tar coated ----------
_98
36
Cast pipe
Catch basins, when required ________________
_-_-159
56
54
Catch basins, concrete _.._.._._ _-•____••_-:_____156
20
12
Certificate of Inspection _.._.____.________________
87
34
Chases----------------------------------• --- -------
Circuit vent, definition of ......................
--_-..
26
-18
46
Installation of ------------------------------------•-133
Cistern. etc., overflow of ------------------------
60
29
36
Clay Pipe, quality of
- 97
50
Cleanout equivalents -----•----------- --•---------147
49
Ferrules and plugs ------------ -_ -
_144
14b
49
Locations __.-
------------- -------
48
For Traps --•---I----------- ---142
Combination vent, definition of ------------ 26
18
47
Installation of ---------------------------•-••---------139
46
26
Combined sewer system -------------------
-seals
b8
Condemned ---------------- -------_--_--------167
139
47
Combined waste and vent .................._. --
110
39
Connections with lead and iron --- -
-----------
136
47
Continuous or wet vent -__ ----------- -
-----------
29
Conductors, defective ________________________________
58
57
29
Outside ---------------------------------
Inside---------------------------------------------•-------
58
Tests of ______________171
114
40
Connections, floor ------- _-----------------------------
57
29
Ofdown spouts ----••--•----•------•--••--•-------
38
23
Of laterals---------------------------------- -------------
----
.----------- 129
44
Of main vents _ ---------------- -
45
Of vent Pipes --------------------------------------132
63
3o
Prohibited
.
39.
Tobe tight ----------------------------------------------108
41
Tomasonry -----•---•-•-------•---------------•-------117
41
24
T'o septic tanks -----------------------------------
for
61
29
To sewer, Permit ----------------------------
42
Tostack ---------------•------------------•-----•--- ---.121
Contamination,' mprotection from ______________ 34
22
37
Copper pipe, quality of --------------------------------101
58
Covering of work
......167
Dead end, definition of D ...................._--- 26
81
20
33
Maximum length --------•--------•---------•----•
58
29
Defective conductor -------- - -------------------
_------
161
55
Fixtures -----------------------------------
95
36
Materials--------------- -•--------------------------------
59
Plumbing, tests of --------------------------------173
169
58
Work ---------------------------
INDEX (Continued)
Sec. -Page
No. Vr
Definitions—A. S, T. M. 26-30
13m.eb _
........_.
.......................
-----.-•--_......... -- . 26-20
Building drain
Building sewer ----------- _------- ---------------26-2 --••-----_26-224
Cesspool ------ ----- —26-27
Circuit vent
Combination vent ------ ....... -------- -26-14
Continuous vent -"
Dead end -- -26-11
— ------------------------------------
__..:.___- --•---------•--------••------26-29
Fixtures ----------- - 26- 7
House drainage ------ —.- -- 26
Journeyman Plumbek .__._.__..____..__. 26- 4
Length
Leaching well ---.---. " "
_-------_-.26-27
Local """""""""`- -
_ ventilatin
26-28
Looe g Pipe -------------------- --26-16
vent
.2 6-12
Main .. -•------------
mbing..... ------------------------------ 3
PIu---- -
Plumbing system ---- ------------------------- -26- 2
Septic tank ---- ---._. 26-26
Sewage ---•---.._•-------••-• --
26-26
Sewage treatment tank .._.___.__.___.._--_-26-25
Size_......—.._.---_._.-. ---_-------.26-28
Soil Pipe --- ------- —.-26-17
-----
Soil vent .
---- —------------------ --- ----- -- 26-13
Special waste.........................""'_-_
Stack ..........- 26-18
-- --rain ................................
.:... 26-21
Storm water drain .......... 26-21
Trap - '-'
26-23
............. --------••---------`-........... 26- 8
Trap seal �__..___._
Vent pipe .....................-- ........ 26_ 9
Waste Pipe .........................26-18
WPipes
'Water distribution __ """
Water service Pipe " .-----___ 26_ 6
Wet vent --- ................
Wet 5
---- ------------------------------•----26-15
Depth of building sewer ......................... .. 39
Of laterals ....... - - -
Dental cwspidor waste ------------------------------ 89
Disconnect plumbing, permit required.... 13
Distance of trap from. vent ------- - -------- 1.128
Drainage below sewer level48
Drains for basement floors for old
buildings
Drawings 40
• -..__. -
Drilling Prohibited "'---'---'-"—'
- 12
Drinking fountains __._.___-__- 80
- __.,160
Duties of Plumbing Inspector -------- .-..... 18
20
19
19
19
20
18
18
17
20
17
17
16
20
20
18
18
18
16
15
16
19
20
19
20
18
18
18
19
19
17
17
17
18
17
17
18
23
23
35
10
44
26
94
9
33
55
11
Earthenware fixtures ------------------ -------- ---- 64 30
Ejectorvents ...... _.,...................................... 50 27
Enameled water closets ............. _..... I .... .... 64 30
Examining Board .......................................... a 5
Extra Penalty affecting Journeymen
Plumbers ........ ............. ............... 11 0
INDEX (Continued) Sec. Pave
No. No -
3
Examination, application for -.--------------- 3
--
6
6
Fees for ----------------------------------------------
'-- 42
24
Excavations ---------------------------•--•-----------
53
27
Exhausts ----------------------- --
bolt connections ----- ---
117
41
46
Expansion, ---------•- -- ---
Extension, above roof ----
17 134 0
58
To be inspected and tested ----------
F
Fees— -
15
11
To City Treasurer ---- -------- - - - -
3
6- -.
For examination certificates ---------------
_.. 15
11
For permits ------------------------------------ -3
6
For renewal certificate -------------------------16
11
Fixtures ---'-----------------------•-------------------
15
11
Waste o-)emngs ------------------------ - -
14----10
49
Ferru'es, for pipe cleanouts ____________________
38
Quality Of --------'------------------------•--------5
56
Fine for ra-inspection __.____._.-- -------•-----•-165
S0
33
Fittings prohibited -----------------------------------
43
Five foot limit for closets ---- ------------------127
.127
43
Five foot limit for wastes _-----_-------_
__ 148
4
50
Fixtures below street level ------------------
26
17
Fixtures -----------------------------------------------•---
131
45
Branch vents --------------------------------------------
42
Connections to stack ___________________________121 -161
55
Defective ------------------------------------------
28
17
Definition of -------------------------------•---------•-
15
11
Fees for ------------------------------------ -------
----
66
30
InstaP,atioR ------------------ ---------------------
-----
- 64
30
Materials -------------------•- --------------------
67
31
Prohibited ------------------------------------ --"fi8 _-to
74
31
Reiluired-------------------------------•----
62
Second hand ----------------------------= -- ----------142
48
To be trapped -------------------------------------------
43
Trap protection --------------------- -------------127
119
41
Unit basis and table - -
28
21
Water supply for ----------------------- _-----------
113
4
Flashing of stacks -----------------------------------
114
40
Flood Connections ----=--------------•-----•-'-'-'-
_'148
60
Drain, basement ----------------------------------
-
51
Non-absorbent ------------------------------ ------'151
28
21
Flushing requirements __--------------------------
55
Fountains for drinking --------------_ ---------------160
32
22
Freezing, protection from ---------------------
Galvanized wire cloth __G--------------------------
85
31
5T
Glass top or vent shaft ._.-_____.__._-____-_____150
159
55
Garage catch basins ------------------------ - --------
158
55
Waste--- ---------- -----------------
55
28
Butters, sizes of ------------- ------------- ------ -------
....... 156
54
Grating in yard sink ------- __------ - --- __._
54
Grease Traps -------------------•-------------•------'-157
Graoe of sewer and waste Pipes _- ---------- 76
33
INDEX (Continued)
Sec. Page
No. No.
H
Horizontal, piping, installation__________
House drainage, definition
78
of .___.__._-__
House sewers to connect
25
to-
Lateral proper
--- 26-_ 133
House sewers to be separated
38
37
House traps, not allowed ----------------••
----------------------
94
Main, definition of -------------•--------.._..---_.
Identity of Plumbing Inspector ------------
Ine4easers-------------------------------------------------115
18
Independent systems required __________________ 37
Individual vents
____________ ______
Inside conductors - ------------""------131
Inspections required ---------- —------------------------
Investigation
56
of complaints _______________163
23
J
Joints, east iron calked
Lead pipe - - •--••111
----------------------------------•-------._ 110
Prohibited -116
Roof-----•----------------•-•-•----- -
---•----------.113
Slip and uni0n .-_.____ ____112
To be tight ---•----------- ----
Vitrified _ elay---p1P-- -------108
Journeyman Plumber, definition of __-_ 109
... -' 2 6
K
Kitchen or slop sink ------------ __---- __........
Label, cast or stamped ---
L____.___
Labor for tests ------ 96
Leaching well, definition of .164
_.__-_____-__-_-__
Lead pipe, quality of 26
Joints '-•-•---•--•--•------•--•-•--.102
- ---- --------------110
Leaders, size of _
Lead work to be rat proof ______ - 55
Length Of -'brass ferrules ••. 85
o
Length, definition of _ ------"------•-"""-106
Levels f traps --------------•----------
___. 26
License fees, where
e - ..................................143
required_-_____.____
Licensed Plumbers required n plumb_ 6
o
ing work •--------•- 9
Licenses and bonds expire _ _ _ 7
Limit for yard sink waste ....................b6
Location of building drains " 44
Building sewers
Cleanouts'-•-•---..--..----------------------- 44
----•-144
C'o'mpressors __..__._-•.....
---.--""'"
Motors. ........................... 51
33
14
23
23
36
11
40
23
45
29
56
13
40
39
40
40
40
39
39
16
31
36
56
20
37
39
28
34
38
20
49
7
8
8
54
24
24
49
27
27
INDEX (Continued)
Sec.
No.
Loop vent, definition of -------------- ----
--- 26-_ 133
-----------------•-
Installation of ---•--- "
and when allowed ---- -----------
133
Loop vent ...._150
Louvres in vent shaft --------------------- __.
M
Main, definition of -------------•--------.._..---_.
26
_ _-146
Manholes required .---'------------_-_ 5
Masters and Journeymen licensed ------------
6.....
Master Plumbers to give bond ...........
26
Master Plumbers, definition of .::.....
24
To file Plans .---------- -----------...
building sewers __________________
..
43
Materials for
64
For fixtures --------------------------------------------
For soil, waste and vent pipes ------------
118
164
Fortests --------------- - - -----------------------------
For water supply pipes and fittings.-_- 31
Quality Of ----------•- --••-----•--- ----------------
95
96
To be labeled--------------------------- ------------
Maximum length of dead ends ----------------
81
Methods of testing --------•-----------------•-----165
of lead; in calked
Minimum amount
111
joints---------•--------------------•------
Mosquitoes, protection from ------------------ 84
153
Motor, exhausts ------------------------------- -----------
51
Location of ------------------ ---- _
----- -
Name to be exhibited .N-------................. 14
New plumbing and alterations ________________173
107
Nipples, quality of ----------------------------------
floors and walls --- -------- 151
Non-absorbent
Non -syphon traps -----------------------•----------
--- 91
165
Notices for inspection --------- _-------------------
Notificaticp re.exeminatiens ....... -.........
5
Obstruction prohibited -0----------------------•---
63
24
Office records .............
Openings--- --------- -------------------------- ----------..162
Order of tests -------------•----•--.................166
Outside conductors ----------------------------
...................1713
__--- 57
Overflow and exhausts ----- _----- -
60
Ofcisterns, etc ------------------------------------
Penalty for violating ordinance ------- - ------- 174
10
Penalty for Master Plumbers -----------
----
11
Penalty for -Journeymen Plumbers ..... .......
13
Permits must be procured -------------------
'-
14
Permits for Master Plumbers .... -..........
15
Permits to be paid for --------------------
---
17
Permits, conditions of ....... ......... ---.......
15
Fees for --------------------
12
Inwriting---------------- ---------- ----------------
Page
No.
18
46
46
51
18
50
7
7
15
13
24
30
41
5C
21
36
36
33
56
40
34
53
27
10
59
as
51
35
56
7
30
13
56
57
29
52
29
59
8
9
10
10
11
11
11
9
INDEX (Continued)
Qualification of Plumbers ------------------------
label cast or stamped -_-------------- 96
See.
Page
Available on work
NO,.
------No.
Required -- 16
11
---------•--•------
------------------ 12
To enter sewer
9
---------------------------•-----•---- 61
Pipes not to built in
29
_---._.>_._._
Pipe, brass and copper - ----" ""--• 87
Peer "
34
--------------------101
Cast iron ------ -
37;
_ _ __ __ _
Cleanout ferrules and plugs --------------_144
Cleanout locations
41
49
Lead ----------- -------------------
49
Materialss i - forr supply _102
37
water -------------------- 31
Materials for soil
21
waste and vent -------- 118
Mild steel
41
--ppi- 100
Sizes for watterer
31
y-----------------------------
suuppl-- ----------------------- -_--------
Vitrified clay ------•29
21
Wrought iron 97
36
---------------------------------------
Plans to be submitted- "` 99
36
Plumbing fixtures in basement __-------------- 12
148
9
"-_-__,
Plumber not to allow the use his
50
of
name --------
-- g
Plumbing work not to be delayed-._..-.--.__ 10
8
Plumbing, definition of
8
Plumbing Inspector----------------------------------- 26
15
___ _
Control and supervision __11
_
Duties of
12
-------------------------------�---- 20
---------------
Identity of
12
Qualifications -"'"-._""-
To approve plans _ -----------•-^- ------- 21
12
To investigate comp laints13
To keep'records----- -------- '-.... 23
13
----------------- 20
To place placards-
12
---------
Plumbing system, covering --of _________________167
5.8
Definition of _ 26
16
___________ __ _ __ 26
Pr _
inciples, basic plumbing
14
___- ------------------
Prohibited connections25
13
Conductor 123
43
----------------------------------
"--------•---...-------•--------------•-
Fixture waste ----- 59
29
Overflow --•----------------------•---------------123
43
-------•---------^-------------------------- 60 60
Reduced - -
29
-------.. ---------116
Sewers --""""-----
40
_
-- ___ _
Prohibited drilling and tappin 62
30
Crown vent g ' '----` 80
33
.........
Fittings -------------- 127
43
- ........... - - ..... 80
Fixtures "-------
33
--------------- - ----------------------------------- 67
Materials
31
----------•----•--------••--•---•------------ 95
Obstructions
36
--
Occupancy of buildings 63
30
s------------ '--••------ 93
aps-------'-----•-----'--•-------------•----•-------------141
35
Wastes __-.-... -
48
Protection from mosquitoes _ 84
30
From rats
34
------------------
From - - - --- 85
age
34
---"_--"---_----"
Of hydrants ..... 127
rants
48
Of -•---.......... 34
Pipes
22
-----------------------•••--•-•---- -•- 82
Of trap seal -"""""""
33
----------------- -
Of water supply - --- ........................... 32
48
Pumps, protection from contamination .__• 34
22
22
INDEX (Continued)
Sec. Page
No. No.
Qualifications of Plumbing Inspector__---. 23
Qualification of Plumbers ------------------------
label cast or stamped -_-------------- 96
Quality
Quality of brass and copper pipe -----------
--..101
Calking ferrules ------------------------------------106
98
Cast iron Pipe ------------------------------------
.----
105
Galvanized iron sheets ------
- -----------
Leadpipe ------------------- --------------------------102
95
Materials------------------------------I-----------------
33
Mild steel pipe ---------------------------------------100
--- 3
Sheet brass_
-__104
Sheet copper -----------------------------------104
Sheet lead ----------------------------------------------
103
Soldering nipples -----'---------------
--.---.----.107
97
Vitrified clay pipe -----------------------------------
99
Wrought iron Pipe ------------------------------
---- 124
Rain water discharge --------------------------------
86
Rats, Protection from -------------------------------
85
Receiving tanks----
--. 49
20
Record of office --------------------------------
---
Reducer; -------- --------------------------------------
----_--115
-------------------------------
Refrigerator wastes------------------------------------
--152
-Relief valves ----------------------- ------------------------
33
Renewal of certificates annually
--- 3
Repairs, inspection and tests ------------------169
Permit to connect ------------------------------__-
Replacing defective work -----------
-.
Required fixtures ----------------------------
68 to 74
Risk, owner's. ------------------------------ ------------
17
Roof extensions of stack ---- ---- --------
---- 124
Joints----------------'-------------------------------•-------113
Shut off, water supply --- -----------------
Room ventilation ----------------------------------------150
Signatures of Board Members -------
Seal of traps ------------
----- -----
13
Securing Permits -- -------- ----------- ------------.
140
Self cleaning traps ------------------------------------
Separate water service ..............................
36
Septic tank, connection required
------------ 41
Definition of - -------------------------------------
----- 26
Sewer definition of .... .-------------------
------------ 26
Sewage treatment tank, definition of...- 26
Sewers, old buildings ---- .._- -------------------
_--- 40
Permit to connect ------------------------------__-
61
Sheet brass, quality of .. ............................104
Copper, quality of --------------------------------104
Iron, quality of ------------------------------------105
Lead, quality of ................... ---------_----102
Shut off, water supply --- -----------------
---_. 30
Signatures of Board Members -------
-------- 54
Sinks, yard ------------------------------------------------155
34
34
26
18
40
52
22
6
58
58
31
11
43
40
51
INDEX (Continued)
Sec.
Page
Size, building drain No.
No._____________
Building Sewer _--_--.------__----"'""""--- 45
Combined sewer system ---------------------- - - 45
25
25
Definition of --------------------46
27
.............................__.__.. 26
Gutter and leader
19
--- ___--.__,_ _-.-__ 55
Lateral --"-"--'_""""'
28
--- -----------------------•----•----------------._ 45
Soil and waste stacks 130
Storm and water drains
25
44
-_-,-___„_-___-__
Traps •----- 45
25
- -----------------------------143
Vent Pipes
49
-_ ”---
-•' ............................
Water service Pines
44
_----------------130
------------------`----••--- 29
Water supply Pipes ._-------------------------- 29
Yard sink
21
21
- --------------------
Slip Joints
54
--------------------------------------------------- 112
Slope or horizontal piping
40
........................ 78
vent Pipes -----_--------------- 132
33
Small -------------------
Small fixture units
45
._._______...._ __ __.____136
Smoke test - -•-------
'47
-----------------
Soil - 173
Pipe, definition of .------__-__-,----_-._--_ 26
59
Materials---------------- --------------------------------
Soil stack above roof
18
41
-.--------•------------------
Alterations 124
43
Fixture connections 122
Required sizes - ----------121
42_--.___-_
42
Terminals ......120
42
ctio------------------------------------- ----125
Vent connections
ns___________
43
_
Soil vent, definition of - ----129
Soldering nipples,
44
1F
________________107
Special waste, definition tyofof
38
Stack, connections to .._._..._ --------------- 26
""" 121
18
Definition of '"' -
42
" Extensions ------------ 26
19
-----------------
---------------------------------
Terminals124
43
---------------•--------- --------
Venting 125, 126
--------•----------_...................
43..._......138
-
Steam boiler discharges _____ 53
47
Steel pipe, quality of _-----------------------__100
27
Storm water drain, definition of 2 6
37
-..-__--_.__
Discharge -
19
-
es ---------------- -----.---------54 -
Required sizes
25
_.._._____. ....
Sumps ----•------------------------ 45
25
Sapervision-----------------------•-------- -------------__ 49
26
----------------------19
Support of horizontal piping
12
------------
Swimming pools78
33
Syphonage, tin from ------------155
protection from
53
__.-_-____ _ 127
Sgstem tests of
43
----------------------•--.............165
a
To be independent
56
Urinal, apartment partitions ____________________150
51
Urinals, water supply -------------•------•---------'
Tanks, air ------------T
21
Receiving _. - 61
27
Tapping Prohibited ----- 49
26
-------------------------
Temperature of wastes - •- 80
33
-�__-_-_�_-_.............. 52
Terminals of stacks
27
_------------ - 126, 125
Alterations, repairs
43
-
Before covering --"----""'......---170
work
58
.. ----------167
58
INDEX (Continued)
No.
No.
See.
Page
171
58
Conductor Pipe ----------------------------------------
511
Final------------•-------------•--------------166
Materials and labor for ---- ------
- ----------- 164
6
57
`----------------------166
Methods----------------------------
57
Orderof --------------------------------------------•----166
165
56
System------------
---------------------------------------------------166
57
- ------------------•---
------------------------------------------------------
Water ---------- -
Water distribution system ____________________172
6
12
Written approval of ______________________________
20
156
54
Terra-cottasloP sink ------------- -------------------
8
8
Transfer of certificates forbidden
------ -----
49
Trap cleanouts--•----•---------------------------------143
26
17
Definition sof
- ---
44
Distance from vent --------------------------------128
167
5
Grease----------------- --------------------------------
Levels and protection ----------- _-------------
------
-_143
49
Prohibited
_141
48
Protection from syphonage ---------
-__..... 127
43
48
Required -----------------------------------------
-- !!-------142
49
Sizes -------------------- -----------------------------•-----143
Storm water; drainage ... __---------------------
54
28
To be self cleaning --------- - ---------------------
140
26
48
17
Trap seal, definition of ____________________________
49
Depth of ---------------------•-----
-
Twin waste branches -----------------------..----136
.143
47
Uncovering of work ------- _______________________•-168
58
Union
112
63
40
30
Unlawful to obstruct sewer ------------ -_--------
92
35
Unsanitary plumbing ____________________________________
Urinal, apartment floor and walls ........ 151
51
Urinal, apartment partitions ____________________150
51
Urinals, water supply -------------•------•---------'
28
21
V
Valves, back -water ------------------------------------149
51
Ventilation of rooms --- -------- ---------
--------- --,150
51•
51
Vent shaft, size of ____________________________________150
Vent pipe above roof ------------ -------
----------124
43
Alterations --'------ .................-----------------122
42
44
Connection at base --------------------------------129
Definition of ------------------------------------------- 26
128
17
44
Distance from trap ----------- - ----- _-------------
41
Materials----------------------•---------•--------------118
Required sizes ----------------------------------------130
44
Slopes and connections ----------------- - ---- _--- 132
45
Terminals --_------------------------ ---------
125, 126
43
Vents, branch and individual --------
- ---------- 131
45
Circuit or loop ------------------------- -------- -133
46
Common-------------• .............-.....................134
46
For ejectors -•--------------------------------------
50
27
For fixture branches -------------------
. ........ 135
47
For small fixture units ________________________136
47
Prohibited ...-------------------'------------
------------ 127
43
To stacks -----------------------------•----------------138
47
INDEX (Continued)
See.
Where not required No.
Violations andpenalty -_-•'_
"_-- __- --•-•--•-134
Vitrified clay pipe, --'"""'---
-
--------------------174
@uality of
joints-------------•-
W
Walls to be non-absorbent ________________
Waste, acid - _ ---- 151
Below sewer level
54
Branches ------•----•--•-----•---- 48
Garage -
Prohibited - ""'---. -------158.
Refrigerator _-
62
Steam
------••-•--------------------------152
boiler
Temperature of _----._ _ _ _
------ 53
Waste openings, fees for __--'----'--' 52
Waste pipe, definition of ...... 15
Materials
Waste stack above roof---------------------`------'
118
Alterations .""".......__.......... 124
Connections' """"--•--- -------122
Required sizes -------•------ -------------121
Terminals _ '--_.......... ----------------120
Vent connections _ _ _ ---•- 125-38, 126
Water closet bowls - •` - ----129
Water closets, required No. __--__-.-- _
----- ---- 66
Water closet and sink required -----_, --- 68
Water closets, to have tanks ........ 68
Water closets, vitreous china _ _ ----- '--•-" 28
Water closets, roll rim - ___ _ _-__-"" 6.4
Water closets to have sto - 64
Water closets, size of flush cock 30
Water closets, tra"z Pipe-'----•------- 28
Water closets, p above floor -_o. ---------- 66
approved connection __...... 28
Water distribution pipes .....-._.
Definition of -...... -- 27
Tests of '......
•...
-'---...
-......
•---•---•------•-. 26
Water seal
' ..---•-•---••-•--_..-•---•--172
Water service --------- --------------------------- 143
Definition of pipe ...........................
27
e of ---------•- --------------- 26
Supply
-•-._...--------
Water suppply control 29
g materials .... Pitting '-'---...._---------------•- 30
Pipe materials ............ ----------------- 31
ipesizes .__._.___-__
- .................... 31
Protection _ _ --•--•-- 29
Relief valves -------
To fixtures _-_-_-_-----_- _-_-------------'
_
Water test -••------.---• 28
Wet vent, defin
Wire cloth ition of
-•-•------------•------------16 6
-------•
26
Workin 85
g drawings •....................
Workman+ahip 12
Wrought ironDipe, quality
off ...._...o ------ ---------- 83
..............100
Yard sinks Y
........... .............156
Page
No.
46
59
36
39
51
53
26
47
55
30
52
27
27
11
18
41
43
42
42
42
43
44
30
31
31
21
30
30
21
21
30
21
20
17
59
49
20
17
21
21
21
21
21
22
22
21
57
18
34
9
34
37
54