A. 
In these rules and regulations, the following definitions apply:
AIR GAP
The unobstructed vertical distance through the free atmosphere between the lowest opening from any pipe or faucet supplying water to a tank or plumbing fixture and the flood-level rim of the receptacle.
APPRENTICE
A person registered as an apprentice plumber by the proper registering authorities.
APPROVED
In accordance with the regulations of the Plumbing Inspector.
AREA DRAIN
A drain installed to collect surface or rain water from an open area.
BACKFLOW
The flow of water or other liquids into the distributing pipes of a potable supply of water from any source or sources other than its intended source, including backsiphonage and flow through a cross-connection.
BACKFLOW CONNECTION
Any arrangement whereby backflow can occur.
BACKFLOW PREVENTER
A device or means to prevent backflow.
BOROUGH
The Borough of Parkside, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
BRANCH
Any part of a plumbing system other than a main.
BRANCH INTERVAL
A length of soil or waste stack corresponding in general to a story height, but in no case less than eight feet, within which the horizontal branches are connected to the stack.
BRANCH VENT
A vent connecting one or more vents with a vent stack or a stack vent.
CIRCUIT VENT
A branch vent that serves two or more traps and extends from in front of the last fixture connection of a horizontal branch to the vent stack.
COMBINATION FIXTURE
A fixture which is an integral combination of one sink and one or two laundry trays in one fixture, or a two- or three-compartment sink or laundry tray in one fixture.
COMBINED HOUSE DRAIN
A house drain which receives both stormwater and sewage.
COMBINED SEWER
A sewer which receives both stormwater and sewage.
CONTINUOUS VENT
A vent that is a straight-line continuation of the drain to which it is connected.
CONTINUOUS WASTE
Waste from two or more fixtures connected to a single trap.
CROSS-CONNECTION
Any physical connection or arrangement of pipes between two otherwise separate water supply systems, one of which contains potable water and the other unsafe water or water of unknown or questionable safety, where water may flow from one system to the other, the direction of flow depending on the pressure differential between the two systems, or whereby the potable water may be otherwise contaminated by the questionable water.
DEAD END
A branch leading from a soil, waste, vent or house drain which is terminated at a developed distance of two feet or more by means of a cap, plug or other closed fitting.
DEVELOPED LENGTH
The length of a line of pipes measured along the center line of the pipe and fittings.
DIAMETER
Unless otherwise specifically stated, the nominal diameter, as designated commercially.
DOUBLE OFFSET
Two offsets installed in succession or series in the same line.
DOWNSPOUT
See "leader."
DRAIN
Any pipe which carries wastewater or waterborne wastes in a building drainage system.
DRAINAGE SYSTEM
All the piping within public or private premises which conveys sewage, rainwater or other liquid wastes to a point of disposal, including the house drain, but excluding public sewer systems, private or public sewage treatment or disposal plants and laterals installed under Borough ordinance.
DRY VENT
Any vent that does not carry water or waterborne wastes.
EFFECTIVE OPENING
The minimum cross-sectional area at the point of water supply discharge, measured or expressed either in terms of the diameter of a circle or equivalent cross-sectional area.
FIXTURE BRANCH
In a water supply system, the water supply pipe between the fixture supply pipe and the water distributing pipe.
FIXTURE DRAIN
The drain from the trap of a fixture to the junction of that drain with any other drainpipe.
FIXTURE SUPPLY PIPE
A water supply pipe connecting the fixture to the fixture branch at the wall or floor line.
FIXTURE UNIT
A design factor so chosen that the load-producing values of the different plumbing fixtures can be expressed approximately as multiples of that factor.
FLOOD LEVEL
In reference to a plumbing fixture, the level at which water begins to overflow the top or rim of the fixture; in reference to roofs, the level at which water begins to discharge to the storm drain.
FLOOD LEVEL RIM
The top edge of the receptacle from which water overflows.
FLOODED
A fixture is "flooded" when the liquid therein rises to the flood level. A roof is "flooded" when a flooding weir is installed on the rainwater inlets.
FLUSH VALVE
An automatic, delayed-action self-closing valve for flushing water closets and similar fixtures.
FLUSHOMETERS
A flush valve directly connected to the water supply system.
FRESH AIR INLET
A connection to the drainage system to permit the circulation of air through the system.
FROSTPROOF CLOSET
A closet without an integral trap which has its trap and the control valve for its water supply installed below the frost line.
GRADE
The rise or fall or slope of a pipe in reference to the horizontal plane; except that for drainage piping, it is normally expressed as the rise or fall in inches or fraction of an inch per foot of length of pipe.
GREASE INTERCEPTOR
A receptor designed to intercept and retain grease or fatty substances contained in kitchen or other wastes, including but not limited to a grease trap.
HEALTH INSPECTOR
The Health Inspector of the Borough of Parkside, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
HORIZONTAL BRANCH
A branch drain extending laterally from a soil or waste stack, leader, house drain or house storm drain, with or without vertical sections or branches, which receives the discharge from one or more fixture drains or rainwater inlets and conducts it to the soil or waste stack or to the house drain or the house storm drain.
HORIZONTAL PIPE
Any pipe or fitting which is installed in a horizontal position or with a slope less than three inches per foot of length.
HOUSE DRAIN
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a building drainage system, including the horizontal branch from the base of a stack connected to the main house drain, which receives the discharge from soil, waste or other drainage pipes in the building and conveys it to the existing lateral, main sewer, cesspool or septic tank.
HOUSE STORM DRAIN
A drain used for conveying rainwater, groundwater, subsurface water, condensate, cooling water or other similar discharge to the existing lateral, main sewer or loose well.
HOUSE SUBDRAIN
That portion of a drainage system which cannot drain by gravity into the house drain.
HOUSE TRAP
A running trap installed in the house drain to prevent circulation of gases between the drainage system of the building and the sewer.
INDIRECT WASTE PIPE
A waste pipe that does not connect directly to the drainage system but conveys liquid waste by discharging above flood level into a plumbing fixture or receptacle which is directly connected to the drainage system.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
The waterborne wastes of industry or industrial processes.
INTERCEPTOR
A receptacle designed and constructed to separate or intercept and prevent the passage of oil, volatile flammable liquid, grease, sand or other material into the drainage system to which such receptacle is directly or indirectly connected, including but not limited to a separator.
JOURNEY PERSON
A plumber who is engaged in and worked at the business of plumbing for and under the supervision of a master plumber and who has met the experience and examination requirements provided for in § 131-5 hereof.[1]
[Added 12-20-1995 by Ord. No. 379[2]]
LATERAL
The piping from the main sewer to the curbline.
LEADER (DOWNSPOUT)
The water conductor from the roof to the house storm drain or other piping serving as a storm drain, including but not limited to a downspout or a rainwater conductor.
LOOP VENT
A circuit vent which loops back and connects with a stack vent instead of a vent stack.
MAIN
The principal artery of any system of piping to which branches may be connected.
MAIN SEWER
Any sewer owned or maintained by the Borough.
MASTER PLUMBER
A plumber who has a bona fide place of business and who, either as principal or as the representative of any other person, represents himself as competent and qualified and undertakes to construct, alter or make additions or who, for himself or any other person, undertakes to and does construct, alter or make any addition to a system of plumbing or house drainage. The person must also meet the experience and examination requirements provided for in § 131-5 hereof.[3]
[Amended 12-20-1995 by Ord. No. 379]
MINOR REPAIRS
The repairing of an existing plumbing fixture, including the replacement of faucets or valves or parts thereof with like material or material serving the same purpose; the clearance of stoppages; the stopping of leaks without replacement of water drainage or vent piping; the relieving of frozen pipes; and other minor replacements or repairs designated as "minor repairs" by the Plumbing Inspector, but not including changes in the piping to the fixtures or in drainage, vent or water supply system, other than those specially mentioned in this definition, and not including the replacing of any plumbing fixture.
OFFSET
A combination of elbows or bends in a line of piping which brings one section of the pipe out of line with another section.
PLUMBER
Wherever the term "plumber" appears in this code, the term shall be construed to mean master plumber.
PLUMBING FIXTURE
A receptacle which receives water, liquid or waterborne waste and discharges them into a drainage system with which such receptacle is directly or indirectly connected.
PLUMBING SYSTEM
The water supply system, the fixtures and fixture traps, the drainage system, the vent system and the stormwater drainage system, with their devices, appurtenances and connections.
POTABLE WATER
Water from a public or individual water supply system or source which has been certified or approved for human consumption, the preparation of food or ablutionary purposes, with respect to humans, food or food service equipment or utensils, by the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
PRIVATE SEWER
Any sewer privately owned and maintained and not directly controlled by the Borough.
REGIONAL BOARD OF APPEALS
That Board provided for under the terms of the Delaware County Municipalities Plumbing Council Agreement to hear appeals from the decisions of the Regional Examination Board and to resolve disputes arising out of the interpretation of that agreement.[4]
[Added 12-20-1995 by Ord. No. 379]
REGIONAL EXAMINATION BOARD
That Board provided for under the terms of the Delaware County Municipalities Plumbing Council Agreement to act as the sole body to administer examinations for the issuance of master and journey person plumber's certification to be used for licensing purposes.[5]
[Added 12-20-1995 by Ord. No. 379]
RELIEF VENT
A branch vent connected to a horizontal branch between the first fixture drain and the soil or waste stack to prevent back pressure on the trap seals.
RETURN OFFSET
A double offset installed so as to return the pipe to its original alignment.
RIM
The unobstructed open edge of a fixture.
RISER
A water supply pipe which extends vertically one full story or more to convey water to branches or fixtures.
SAND INTERCEPTOR
An interceptor primarily intended to intercept sand or earth, including but not limited to a sand trap.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer which carries sewage or industrial waste and excludes storm-, surface and ground water.
SEWAGE
Any liquid waste from houses, commercial establishments or industry, together with storm runoff containing animal or vegetable matter in suspension or solution, including liquids containing minerals in solution from laboratories or industrial establishments.
SIZE OF PIPE OR TUBING
The nominal size of which pipe or tubing is commercially designated.
SOIL PIPE
Any pipe, except an individual fixture drain eight feet or less in length, which conveys the discharge of water closets or plumbing fixtures having similar functions, with or without the discharge from other fixtures.
STACK
A general term for the vertical main of a system of soil, waste or vent piping.
STACK VENT
The extension of a soil or waste stack above the highest horizontal branch connected to the stack.
STORM DRAIN
A drain used for conveying rainwater, subsurface water, condensate, cooling water or other similar discharges and connected to a storm sewer or an approved place of disposal.
STORM SEWER
A sewer which receives discharges from storm drains or carries off surface, subsurface or stormwater from the ground, streets, roofs or other areas, including street wash but not including sewage or untreated liquid industrial waste.
SUBSOIL DRAIN
A drain installed for collecting subsurface or seeping water and conveying it to a place of disposal.
SUMP
A tank or pit which receives the discharge from drains or other wastes and from which the discharge is pumped or ejected or otherwise mechanically propelled into a drainage system.
TRAP
A fitting or device so designed and constructed as to provide a liquid seal which will prevent the back passage of sewer gases without materially affecting the flow of sewage or wastewater through it.
TRAP SEAL
The vertical distance between the crown weir and the dip of the trap.
USED MATERIAL
Plumbing fixtures and piping that have been installed and used.
VENT STACK
A vertical pipe installed primarily for the purpose of providing circulation of air to or from any part of the drainage system, including but not limited to a main vent.
VENT SYSTEM
A pipe or pipes installed to provide a flow of air to or from a drainage system or to provide a circulation of air within such system to protect trap seals from siphonage and back pressure.
WASTE PIPE
Any pipe, except an individual fixture drain 12 feet or less in length, which receives the discharge of any fixture except water closets or similar fixtures and conveys it to the house drain, soil or waste stack.
WATER DISTRIBUTING PIPE
The pipe from the curb stop to the building or premises.
WATER MAIN
A water supply pipe for public or community use.
WATER OUTLET
As used in connection with the water distributing system, the water discharge opening to either a fixture or atmospheric pressure, except into an open tank which is part of the water supply system; or to a boiler or heating system; or to any water operated device or equipment requiring water to operate.
WATER SERVICE PIPE
The pipe from the water main to the curb stop.
WATER SUPPLY PIPES
The pipes in a building which convey water from the water distributing pipe to the plumbing fixtures or other outlets.
WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM
The water service pipe, the water supply pipes, the water distributing pipe and the necessary connecting pipes, fittings, control valves, tanks, water heaters, water filtering or treatment equipment and all appurtenances forming part of the system for supplying water to plumbing fixtures or other water outlets in or adjacent to a building.
WET VENT
A waste pipe that serves also as a vent.
YOKE VENT
A pipe connecting upward from a soil or waste stack to a vent stack for the purpose of preventing pressure changes in the soil or waste stack.
[1]
Editor's Note: See also Art. XVIII.
[2]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also provided for the repeal of the former definition of "journeyman plumber."
[3]
Editor's Note: See also Art. XVIII.
[4]
Editor's Note: See also Art. XVIII.
[5]
Editor's Note: See also Art. XVIII.
B. 
Abbreviations; specification numbers.
(1) 
In these rules and regulations, the following abbreviations apply.
ANSI — American National Standards Institute.
ASTM — American Society for Testing and Materials.
CS — Commercial Standards (Superintendent of Documents, United States Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.
FS — Federal Specifications (Superintendent of Documents, United States Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.
LIA — Lead Industries Association.
ASSE — American Society of Sanitary Engineering.
(2) 
Where any of the abbreviations are coupled with letters or numbers or combinations thereof forming a serial or identification designation, they shall mean the published standard or tentative standard so designated by the association or source identified by such abbreviations.
The Borough of Parkside will require compliance with these rules and regulations for all applications for permits submitted after the date of the adoption of this chapter.
Plumbing systems shall be installed in a workmanlike manner conforming to generally accepted good trade practices.
A. 
The Borough of Parkside shall, by annual resolution, appoint a person to be the Plumbing Inspector for the Borough. The Plumbing Inspector is charged with the enforcement of the provisions of the Plumbing Code of the Borough of Parkside.
B. 
For the faithful performance of his or her duties, the Plumbing Inspector shall, after making a report to the Council in the manner prescribed by the Council, receive 1/2 of the total fees collected and remitted to the Council.