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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd1915-041 ;.) r'"T Pi'/lJIf .;b & ~ l . .1 I ...._O:RDINA-1'JCE No. 41 (followed oy ..l.l1l~ndlll~nt) A.~ O"R:lNA.l>{CE Conoerni"lg Conneotions with '3ewl"lrs, Ces82001a and Grease Traps, ~d other Matters Prope~ly Pertaining thereto. 3-r.: IT ORDAIlP!:'j b:" the Gammon Council of the Town of '5ew9.rd, Alaska: PLU:{8ING_.E.h~~ TO B"S_E'U1l;1) S-';;CTION 1. 3efore the construction, reoonstruction, alter- ation or repair (exoept as hereinafter provided) of any portion of the plumbing or drain8{;e s~rstem of ~T building, suitable plans of the work proposed to be done shall be filed at the office of the Health Offioer, by the arohitect or by tUI'} owner or agent of the propert~r, or b~T tIll'} contracting plumber. PLA.."{ S, H01,V _ DRA!'l SEC. 2 All plumbing plans and sections shall show clearl~ the location of all soil, waste and vent pipes, fixtures and traps. PLAN S NOT _B3gQJRB.2 S~C. 3 Plans will not be required in cases of removal of stoppages, repairs of leaks a"ld repairs of, or replaoin~ broken fixtures, tanks, kitohe"l boilers or fauoets. ONE PLAU }!'OR S!:V'SRU BUILDINGS SBC. 4. ~hen a number of buildi"lge are situated on adjoining lots on one street and the plu~bing is the same in each and to be done under the same contract, one plan will be sufficient for all the buildings. In such Case a ~eneral plan shall be filed showing all the houses and the looa.tion of the main drai"1 for each house. RP'Il;C IFI CAT IOli S SEC. 5. ~ve~J plan shall be aocompanied ~y a clearly written description thereof, ~nd an aostraot of the speoifications. APPROVAL OF pL..~.ns S~C. 6. Plans and specifications shall be approved or rejected within two working d~s from the date of filing. In case of rejeo* tion the one filing the plans shall be notified in writing of the reasons for suoh rejeotion. Tlr~ LIllIT OF PLANS s~c. 7. If the work is :>'lot begun lmder the approved plans within six months from the dato of approval, new plans shall be again presented for approval. CHANGES I:!?1ANS --.- S~C. 8. No change of the apyroved plans shall oe permitted, unless suoh change shall oe authorized by the owner or agent, sub- mi tted to the 1ieal th Offioer, /i.nti approved 8."ld plaoed On file /i.S in the case of ori~in/i.l work. ..... D:! SPECT ION --.-.--- S"SC. 9. The ~e/i.lth Officer shall oe notified when any work is ready for inspection; all work shall be left uncovered and convenient for ex~~inatio"l. No notioe shall be sent for any inspeotion until the work is entirely ready! r :~ 7 () ~ _...~ - .fk/5" ~ -It rp/lt1 ~/A'~ ~~~W>v~adAt ./!f.kef ~'~~;,.,.,... ' ,.." '~:'I:.;~ " '-', ";"', ~{77 ORD. No. 41 Pase 2 TIME OF TI SPRCT ION ,-_._._---~-_._- S~C. 10. The Hea.lth Officer sha.ll examine the work within two working days after receiving notice tha.t it is ready for inspection. AIR OR ~AT~R T~ST ----------- SEC. Il.Plumbin3 work shall be tested. l:ly the wahl' or five ~ound air-test in the presence of the Health Officer. Suoh test B~ll include all sewer, soil, waste a.nd vent pipes, the lead l:lranohes an~ ferrule Joints wi thin the 1JU ildin~. 1'leather conditions or constructlo'1 permitting, the choice of test ma~T 1')8 made 'b~' the plumber; but otherwise the test shall 'be decided 'by the 5ealth Officer. FINAL "NSP.":CTION -------.-- SBC. 12. ~hen the work is cornoleted a final inspeotion eh~ll be made 'by the :fiealth Officer. No plumbing work shall 'be used until this inspeotion shall have been made and a. oertifioa.te in duolioate that the work has 1')een approved has l:leen issued oy the Health Officer, one to the master pllLm'ber doing the work ~~d one to Qe filed with the Munioipal Clerk. ,1PJI;:RrrROUN D S'S\f.!i:RS SBC. 13. The sewer pipes in yards shall 1')e of oast iron or the best quality of vitrified olay ~ipe, with jOLnta made water '~~ht, by OklL~ hemp, OT 'burlap gaskets and 800d oement mortar; olay pipe shall not be laid nearer than two feet to any exterior wall of a oUildins. or less than two feet below the surfa.oe of the ground, nor will they be allowed in 'bad or made ground. In all suoh 08ses sewers beneathe the ground shall be of oast iron pi~e. SEWERS WITHn~ BUILDn{rrS s~C. 14. All sewers, soil or waste pipes within the ouilding Shall be supported by substanti~l piers, or properly seoured to walls, or suspended to floor timbers by strong iron hangers. When sewers are neoessarily laid 1')elow the floor rna.~-holes Shall be ~uilt to give aooess to all olean-outs. CLF..AN -OUTS S~C. 15. There shall be a olean-out in every "Y" in the 'oil pipe a.t the foot a.t each vertioa.l line of same, and the kitohen sink wa.ste pipe. All olean-Juts shall be olosed 'by bra.ss aorew oovers, and shall be kept aooessible. FA"Qr IJl'~D~RS 83C. 16. Rain water leaders sha.ll never ~e used as soil, waste, or ve~t ~ipes; not shall a.ny soil, waste or vent pipes be used as a leader. ~here the leader is within the building it shall be of oast iron ~i2e a.s provided in Section 17. 1Vhan outside the building, if of sheet metal with slip joints, ~~d if oonneoted with the sewer, it shall be trapped; the trap 'being a.rranged to ;?revent freezing. In every oase where a leader opens near 8. wi~dow or light shaft it shall be properly trapped at its base. The joints: between inside iron leaders and t}~ roof sha.ll be made tight by means of oaulking ferrules, and lead or oo)per pipes, 2roperly oon- 190t&d to rain water inlets on the roof. CAST IRON l?IP:!: S~C. 17. ~ll oast iron ~i~as shall 08 so~d and free 'om defeots, thoro1lghly ooated inside and. out with ooal tar, I 111haltum or 9itoh. ;~ ~~ :~78 - -~ AL//~ 7c;;7A.d-.1"'i~' "'.; . .... / Y;>.)- - "J,. . j' /,..h.<-(r~ 0rlv ... ~. "~"<.L. _', <--"'" (y - / ~ d.'T~ "1 . ""."';.1-' _, t' '" 'v7- ",c. '..J j".T-c."~~ '~"1t.)<-.!.._.,." .~ . I'L~. If~ .J' < ,:." ~- "'1l..'", YL - / ~ r ;; ~ ~. 4'~ <~'. '-"'- ,.C..{:o, ~ I / q~9 d~ " ORD. No. 41 ;)"D'''' '" .J.r.~v '.J SIZE OF ~OIL PI.PES SEC. 18. When fifteen or more fixtures disoharge i~to a line of soil 'pipe, said soil pi.!,Je shall not l)e leas than 8ix inohes in diameter; in ",,11 other oases the 80110ipe receiving the disoharge of water closets shall not be less. than four inohes in diamete-r. SIZE OF WAST~ PI?~ SEC. 19. The size of waste 'pipes shall l)e as follows: Those reoeiving the discharge froQ eight fixtures sh""l1 be three inohes in diameter: those reoeiving the disoh~rge from three to seven fixtures Shall 08 two inohes in diameter: and thoBe re- ceiving the discharge of les8 than three fixtures shall be not less than one and one-half inches in diameter, and no wrousht iron pipe shall be used for a waste pipe. JOINTS, :::rOW IilADE SEC. 20. Joints in cast iron pipes shall be made with an oakum gasket and pure lead, well oaulked, and no paint, varnish or putty will be allowed until the Jobt has 1>e"m tested; joi!lts in wroughta,ron pipes shall be sorew Joints; joints in lead oioes shall be in oases wiped; joints between lead and iron Qioes . ~ Shall be ma!e oy cast or drawn brass sor~w nipples, or.with orass 09"lking ferrules of the full size of th'3 iron pipes. VErI TPIPES S:;C. 21. Eaoh and every trap shall oe ventilated b~T an air'pipe. In oases where the size of the jrap is two inohes or less, the vent pipe shall start not more than four inohes QWay from the w~ter line ~f the trap, exoept P traps which may be ten inohes. In Oases of larger sized traps the vent pipe shall start from the vent horn, and if no horn, from the lead bend. Bach vartiole line of vent pipes over eight feet in length shall oe galvanized or cast iron, or oonneoted to trap at an angle of 45 degrees. The branoh T of vent pipes shall be set aoove the fixtures so that the vent cannot aot as a waate p19-8. .-.- -. All vent pipes shall be provided with trap sorew, which shall be aooessible. ~o rubber oouplings or solder unions shall be used to oonneot vent pipes. The highest water oloset when looated within eighteen inohes of the main 80il pipe need not be separat.~. ventilated, when a ventilated f1xtllre em.pties into the lEHld bend. SI~~ OF VENT PI~S SEC. 22. The size of vent pipes, exoept for water olosets and slop sinks, shall not be less than that of the trap whioh it serves. A pipe not exoeeding twenty-five feet in length, whioh ventil~tes the traps of water ol~sets or slop sinks shall be two inohes in diarnlSter; if it ventilates more than 1'0111' olosets or Slop sinks it shall be inoreased to three inahes; if the length . oftha vent pipe exoeeds twenty-five feet, the al)ove diameter shall be inoreased one inoh, and not more than four traps sh~11 be vented into one two-inoh pipe. Vent pipes from not more than eight traps may be com~ined by branohing together, and then oarried into four-inoh soil pipe at least two feet aoove the highest fixture. CH.AN(}~ IN lHRl!;CTION OF PIl?~ SEC. 2:3. .All sewer, soil and waste pipes sha.ll oe as , direot a8 possi~le; ohanges in direotion of horiaontal pipes shalli b.~ade with It. Y or h~lf Y branoh, or one-eighth bends; offsets sh~11 be made with 45 degree bends or similar fittings; no one- , quarter bend shall be used unless unavoidaole and shall be es~- {'. lally eet in the plans and speoifioations. , :1'1 ~,~ ..~;,'! , r I '~5-.: 1 ORD. Uo. 41 ?a.ge 4 TERMINATION OF PIPES AT ROOF S~C. 24. ~ll main sewers, sailor waste pipes shall be carried undiminished in size to a. height of at le~st eighteen inohe. above the main roof, except in oases of tenement houses, or roofs used for drying purposes, in ~ll such oases they sh'3.ll extend seven feet above and 'be sui t'lbly br'loed. Pip9s on exten-, sian roofs, when within fifteen feet of any window, sha.ll "be oarried up UL~di~inished in size above the nearest window. There shall be no oaps, oowles, ventilators or return "bendS put on the ends of the pipes above the roof. FH't'UR~S, H01V TRAP?E1) SEC. 25. The waste pipe of each and every sink, b~sin, b9.th, w~ter closet, urina.l, and elJ.oh set of trays or othe r fixtures Shall be separately and effeotively tr9.pped 'except as provided in Seotion 35) The tr9.p shall be as nelJ.r IJ.S practiolJ.ble to the fixture it serves; no fixture sh'lll be set unless supplied with suffioient water to properly flush it. 't'RA? Mj~ W~STE ~t~~ F~0M FI~'t'UR~S ._-- SEC. 26. Tr9.p ~nd branch waste aiues shall be of the following sizes -- For basin and pantrY sinks, 1 1/4 inohes; (Slop sinks at 189.st size of outlet). Kitohen sinks, 1 1/2 or 2 inohes; bath tubs, 1 1/2 or two inohes; urinals, 1 1/2 or 2 inohes; laundry tubs, 1 172 or 2 inches; w~ter olosets, 4 inohes. Q,UALI't'y A.~":)_tVBIGtiT ()~.?Ipv. ~~~~~~~~~~~i?,/~~~~f'~7~~~#~:~~~t:;~~~I:~~~?~~~~~'i~~~~,:~~ ...-","' S~C. 27. All le9.d pipes, benda and tr9.pa shall be drawn, IJ.nd not less th9.n the following weights pe~ line9.1 foot; 1 1/4 inohes __ 2 1/2 pounds; 1 1/2 inohas -- :; pounds; 2 bohes -- 4 pounds; :; inohes -~ 4 pounds; 4 i:"lohes -- 5 pounds. SAFE WASTE PIPES SEC. 28. ~here safes are pl9.oed under fixtures, the safe wastes if any, shall run to some pl9.oe in open sight inside of the build ing. RBFRI!f~RATOR WAST'SPIP~S SEC. 29. No W9.ste pipe from 9. refrigerlJ.tor or other receptaole where food is ,ept sh9.11 be oonneoted direot to a sewer, soil or waste pipe; refrigerator wastes shall be of IJ. diameter of no~ less than one and one-half inohes, and so 9.rranged as to "be properly flushed. WAT~R CLOS'J.:":'S P:qOB:t:'3ITE'1 SEC. 30. Privy sinks, plJ.n olose*s and 9.11 wlJ.ter olosets having any mechanism in oonnection with the 'bowl ~lrnishing a mdohan- ioal s89.1 are prohibited. WATE3 CLOSET T~jKS SEC. 31. ~ver,y water oloset within the building (exoeQt as provided in Section 35) shall be supplied with water from a ,~ sep- arate tank or oistern, whioh sh9.ll be so arranged ~s to deliver at le.aat four g9.11ons at each flusl1ing 9.nd shall have a flush pip8 of not Ie.. th~n one and one qU9.rter inohes in diameter. .Cistern , v~lv.s shall be so fitted and adjusted as to prevent waste ot water. WATER CLOS~T FLA~r,ES " SEC. 32. ~l ~arthern or iron water olos8ts havine traps above . ~ ~ '~ ORD. NO. 41 PaBe 5 the - "floor using lead oonneot ions, shall have a cast 'brass rlMge. : _.-" . not less than one-eighth of an inoh thick, sold~red to tha lead Md bolted to trap of oloset, the joint being made perfeotly air-tight. ',VATER ~~OSJ:;T CAS D.,(} PROHI3IrSD SEC. 33. ~nolosing of water oloeets with wooden casings Shall not 'be permitted. LOCAL VBNTILATIO'I S:SC. 34. Water olosets, unless they 'be properly loolil vented, Shall never be pllioed in an unventilated room or oomplirtment; an~ exterior window thRt oan be opened will 'be considered sufficient. OUTStD~ ~ATER CLOSETS S!':C. 35. '','ater closets when looated in out-b1.tildin(1s, stables, warehouses, or buildings whioh are not heated, shall in all Oases 'be ~ltomatto flush t~nk olosets, and efficiently proteoted from frost 'b~r plac ing the t1'ap and valve at least two feet below the surfaoe of the ground. One trail will 'be suffioient for several fixtures, inoluding not more than One water oloset under the a'bove oondi tiona, when the trap is "lot over ten feet from the fixture. This olass of closets must be olaced fifteA"l or more feet from any dwelling or 'business house: and the vent pipe from suoh oloset must be two inches or more i~ diam'.lter. The 'bowl of such olosets Shall have a fore wash and 'an, oircular or flushing rim w~8h. C?SSl?OOLS s~c. 36. ~aste water from fixtures in houses situated upon unserved streets m~T be conveyed to oesspool; such cessQool shall not 'be looated within twenty feet from any dwelllns or facto~r. 0TEAM ~XHAUST _.__.- SEC. 37. '~o steam exhaust, blow-off or drip pipe shall conneot direotly with the sewer, house drain, soil, waste or vent pipe, or with any rain-water conduotor. steam shall 'be dis- oharged into a 'blow-off or oondensellng tlJJ'lk, the W1J.st. or over- flow of whioh sh8ll be oonnected with the hOllSS sewer olltside of the oellar walls. SP1l:CU.L ?".:R;aT~ ----.- S":G. 38. Whftre speoial fixtures 'ire required for which there are n" provisions in these rules and regulations, or when oondi tio.ns arise that demand the disoretion of the :ra,yor, upon examination the Health Offioer may reoommend in writins to the ComItlon Council such deviation from these rules and regulations as in hie judgment the oonditione demlJJ'ld. GRBA.S~ TBAP S~C. 39. In all OaSeS where a 'building is used as a hotel,'tenement, 'boarding-house, or restaurant t~~ owner or oocupant shall provide a properly constructed grease trFLp, through which all slops of a greasy nature shall ~e drained and the Health Officer shall have authority and he is hereby authorized and dir~ct- ed to oompel any persons, firm or oorporation to provide ~~d use. a grease trap as aforesaid, whenever i~ his judgment the 8~ ie, necessary. PO~R OF FIR~ W~R~~ s~c. 40. All plumbing in prooess of oonstruotion, or ~lteration or repair. shall be under the supervision of the Healith Officer, who is hereby empowered to stop ~lrther work when he $h.ll deoide that it is being done oontre.ry to thue rules and regulations. (~~......+ 4h-~~eL- .H~~~'~ -4~~ ~~/ , (~~~h'a-,~I ~a# n/ 7i~ Z, "erL~(;~ r n~~ ,. .,~ If o. ORD. 41 Page 6 ....,-i.- S~C. 41. In any case where the Health Offioer is in doubt as to the work being done and oompleted as herein provided, he mq, with the oonsent of the Mayol:', f'3m91o~T a mast.". plumoer to make such inspection, and the costs of 8uoh inspeotion shall be paid by the party makins the im2l:'OVements. S~6. 42. The orovisions of this ordiBBnoe shall ~pply only to suoh portion. of the Town Where prf'3mises arl9 situate along; the line of any completed sewer. SEC. 43. \ny person or persons who shall be found guilty of vtolating any of these rules and regulations before mentioned in this ordinanoe shall be fined in a sum not less than five dollars (~5.00) nor more than fifty dollars (~50.00). This ordinanoe shall take etfeot and be in foroe from and after the date of its passage and approval. Passed and approved this 25th day of Ootober 1915. (S~AL) C. A. J<trers priilliiit o? the Common CouiiOIr and ~x-offioio Mayor of the Town of Sewarti, Al'lska Attest: W. T. Luoas :i!un Wpal Clerk ORDINANCE--!!p.!~dinlC OR~IN.:YiCE No. 41 enti Ued a.n ordinanoe oonoerning oonneotions with sewers, ce8s~ol~and~~ease traps ~~ other~tter!_ir~~~ gertaining thereto. ~ :B~ IT ORDAnED :BY THE COM::I0~ COUnCIL OF TR'S 'l'01VN OF SE~ARD, ALASKA. 'SECTION 1. 'l'hat ordinanoe Number Forty One of the Town of Seward Alaska, entitled an ordinanoe oonoernine; oonneotion with sewere, :ceee- pools and grease tr~ps. and other matters properly pel:'taining thereto, be and hereby is amended, by strikine out and repealing all of Seotion Fifteen, Seotion ~ighteen, Seotion Nineteen &nd Seotion Twenty One thereof, and ena.oting and inserting in their plaoe the following; That Seotion Nu~ber Fifteen of s~id Ordinanoe shall re~d and be as follows: "'l'here eha.ll 08 a olesnout at the foot of every vertioal lue "of Soil Pipe: All horisontal branohes of ~o1l Pipe exo..~~ng "15' from the main staok shall be provided with ole~o~ts: "All oleanouts Shall be olosed with Brass Sorew Covers, and shall "be .ept aooes8'ble,~ , That Seotion Eighte8110f 8~id Ordinanoe shall read and be as follows: ~i~7 ORD. Amending Ordinance No. 41, Page 2 ~a8te pipes reoeiving the discharge of more than fifteen water- "closets or its equivalent shall !lot 1)e less than six inches in "diameter. ., That Section Nineteen of said Ordinance shall read and be as follows: ~The size of w~ste pipes shall be as follows; those reoeiving "the disoharge from eight fixtures shall 1)9 three inohes in "diameter; those reoeiving the disoharge of from three to seven "fixtures shall be two inohes in diameter; those reoeiving the "dieoharge from less than three fixtures shall be not less than "one and one-half inoh in diameter. exoept w&ste of lavatories "and p~~try sinks, which shall be not less than one and one-fourth "inoh in diameter; All wrought iron pipe usen in oonneotion with "waste pipes shall be of the regulation standard weight, properly "galvanized, all outs shall be properly reamed so as to form a "continuous surfaoe free from any burs or other obstruotion; All '"fittings used in oonneotion with suoh galvanized iron pipe saall "be reoessed so as to form a oontinuous surfaoe to eliminate any "stoppage. Any other fitting or fittings than the 2roper drain- "age fittings shall be condemned in all drainage work." That Seotion Twenty-one of said Ordinance shall read and be as follows: "Each and every trap 8h~11 be ventilated by an air pipe. In oas~ "where the trap is two inohes or less, the vent pipe shall be of "the same size as the trap and shall not start more than eight "inohes from the water line of the trap. All S traps shall be "prohibited unless vent is straight from the vent horn of suoh "tra~. All vents of the water alosets. slop sinks and similar "fixtures, if not provided with vent horn. shall start not more "than twenty-four inches from the water line of suoh fixtures. "All vents shall be oarried above the water line of the fixtures "before they are joined with the main vent. The hiBhest water- "closet. when looated within twenty-four inohes of the main staok "need not be vented separately when nO other fixture empties into .:::~:"th. load bond or above it. =~ "A loop or oontinuous vent m~T be used where the battery of "fixtures are oonnected in rows, where fixtures suoh t.s lavato- "ries are conneoted baok to baok. the inorease of the pipe one "she above the required size will be sufficient for ventilating "the two fixtures with the one p1pe." =- JJassed and approved by the Co~mon Council. July 17. 1916. Attest: Mayor O. B. Paehlmann Munioipal Clerk.