09.20.03.16. Freezing or overheating. Water service piping shall be installed below frost penetration
but not less than two feet six inches below grade for water piping
and one foot six inches below grade for sewers connected to public
sewers. Water, soil or waste piping may not be installed outside a
building or in an exterior wall unless complete and proper provisions
are made to protect the pipe from freezing or overheating.
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09.20.03.19 C. Separate services for each building.
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1.
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All buildings, lots, premises or establishments
shall have separate water and sanitary sewer connections, except as
provided for herein. This does not prevent a dwelling and a garage
or other building on the same lot from being supplied from a single
water and/or sanitary sewer connection, provided that they are not
used wholly or partially as a separate residence or place of business.
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2.
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Condominiums, malls and plazas shall have separate
water and/or sanitary sewer connections for each unit of occupancy,
unless written approval has been given by the Plumbing Official for
separate water and/or sanitary sewer connections for each building
and/or structure or for a cluster of buildings and/or structures.
Approval may be granted, provided that the lines are defined in and
listed under the common areas and facilities in the master deed, management
agreements and/or covenant, which shall be reviewed and approved by
the County Attorney and recorded among the land records of Wicomico
County for condominiums, mall or plaza projects. The Association Board
of Directors, as established by the declaration or bylaws, shall be
responsible for the payment of water and sewer charges.
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3.
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Apartments, industrial and/or commercial complexes,
motels, hotels, motor lodges and trailer parks shall have separate
water and/or sanitary sewer connections for each building and/or structure
owned by a single owner, firm and/or corporation used for the same
type of occupancy and may be served by a separate connection upon
written approval by the administrative authority and upon signing
of a special covenant which would require additional service to each
building in the event that there is a change of use and/or ownership
of one or more building(s) and/ or structure(s) of the cluster. Each
building and/or structure changing use and/or ownership will be required
to have a separate water and/or sanitary sewer connection at the entire
expense of the owner prior to change of use and/or ownership. Such
covenant shall be filed among the land records of Wicomico County
and with the Plumbing Official.
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4.
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Each townhouse unit shall have a separate water
and/or sewer connection.
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09.20.03.20 B. Location: Bath,
toilet or rest rooms shall not open directly into a kitchen or room
used for the preparation of food.
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09.20.03.20 C. Ventilation systems required: Ventilation from toilet rooms, washrooms, shower rooms and locker
rooms shall be separate and distinct, and their ventilating systems
shall have no connection whatever with the other ventilating ducts
in the structure. The exhaust duct shall discharge into the outside
air above the room and in such a manner as not to create objectionable
odors or a nuisance on the premises or adjacent premises. Adequate
provisions for the admittance of tempered makeup air shall be made
in accordance with accepted engineering practice and acceptable to
the administrative authority.
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09.20.03.20 D. Toilet rooms and bathroom
doors: All toilet rooms and bathrooms must have doors installed
to afford privacy to users unless otherwise approved by the Plumbing
Official.
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09.20.08.16 B. Size of floor drains. Floor drains shall be of a size to serve efficiently the purpose
for which it is intended, but the minimum size of the trap and outlet
pipe shall be three inches.
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09.20.08.16 D. Public toilet rooms: Floor drains shall be installed in all public toilet rooms. [See
definition of "Public or public use," in Section 09.20.02.01(135).]
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09.20.08.24 D. Shopping centers and shopping
malls: In addition to providing the minimum number of plumbing
fixtures for employees in each respective store within shopping centers
and shopping malls, plumbing facilities for customers within such
occupancies shall also be provided, exclusive of restaurants and assemblies
(theaters) that are within the shopping centers and/or malls, which
shall provide the required facilities shown in Table 09.20.08.24 A.
The required facilities for customers shall be based on total square
footage, and facilities may be installed in individual stores or in
central toilet areas if the distance of travel from the main entrance
of any store does not exceed 300 linear feet or more than one flight
of stairs. The number of fixtures required will be the same as shown
on Table 09.20.08.24 A for assembly places of worship, and the basis
for determination will be one person per 100 square feet of floor
area.
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Table 09.20.08.24
A Minimum Number of Plumbing Fixtures
(Continued)
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Type of Building Occupancy
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Number of Each Sex*
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Water Closets
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Urinals
(Men Only)
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Lava- tories
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Drinking Fountains
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Women
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Men
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Restaur- ants***
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1 to 15
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1
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1
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1
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1**
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by sex*
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16 to 50
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2
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1
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1
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1
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1**
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51 to 100
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3
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2
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1
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2
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1**
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101 to 200
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4
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3
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1
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3
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2**
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201 to 500
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5
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3
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2
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4
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2**
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NOTES:
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* This figure shall be based on the permissible
seating capacity or equivalent area for on-premises food consumption,
plus employees where no other employee facilities are available.
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** Where food is consumed indoors, water stations
may be substituted for drinking fountains. These provisions shall
apply for new construction only. Employee toilet facilities are not
included in the above table. Urinals may he provided in the men's
toilet room in lieu of water closets, but not for more than 1/3 of
the required amount of water closets.
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*** When a facility is designed for a total
seating capacity of not more than 15 persons of either or both sexes
at a time, where separate employee facilities do not exist, a single
rest room facility designed for use by one person at a time, containing
a single water closet and a single lavatory with hot and cold water,
having proper ventilation, may be provided. The total combination
of seats and employees may not exceed 15. The rest room, in this case,
must have provisions to lock from the interior.
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09.20.11.04 M. Connections to groundwater
heat pumps: Where the water supply branches to supply a groundwater
heat pump, a suitable backflow prevention device, as approved by the
administrative authority, shall be installed.
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09.20.11.04 N. Groundwater heat pump discharge: Where water from a groundwater heat pump is discharged other than
to a recharge well, the discharge line shall be screened at the outfall
with a one-fourth-inch screen.
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09.20.11.12.D. Valves in dwelling units.
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1.
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All plumbing fixtures shall have individual
fixture valves installed. All sill cocks and wall hydrants shall be
separately controlled by a valve inside the building and shall be
accessibly located. This shall include all frostproof sill cocks.
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2.
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In all dwelling units, one or more control valves
shall be provided so that the water to any plumbing fixture or group
of fixtures in any one dwelling unit may be shut off without stopping
the flow of water to fixtures in other dwelling units. These valves
shall be accessible inside the building unit controlled.
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