The entire drainage system for each lot and
building shall be separate and independent of that of any other lot
or building and shall be separately and independently vented and connected
with the public sewer in the street or with a septic tank where septic
tanks are permitted. Wherever it is necessary to construct a private
sewer to connect to one on an adjacent street, such plans may be used
as may be approved by the Board of Health, but in no case shall a
joint drain be laid in cellars parallel with a street or alley.
Rain conductors shall not under any condition
be connected with the house drain or sewer. If placed within a building,
they shall be of cast-iron pipe with leaded joint and run to the curb.
Areaway and any other surface drain shall be
connected to the curb. In no case will any surface or rainwater drain
be permitted to connect to the sanitary sewer.
No cellar drains shall be allowed unless by
special permission of the Board of Health, with a backwater valve
and strainer with copper float, or iron brass cleanout plug.
The arrangement of drain-, soil, waste and vent
pipes shall be as direct as possible, all changes in direction on
horizontal pipes shall be made with Y branches, 1/16 or 1/8 bends.
When the said pipes are vertical, they shall extend in a straight
line from the basement to a point at least one foot above the roof
of the building; where it is impossible to maintain a straight line,
offsets may be used, which must have an angle of not less than 45°.
Vertical soil or waste pipes receiving the discharge of a fixture
or fixtures on any floor above the first floor shall extend in full
caliber at least one foot above the roof of the building, but shall
not open within 10 feet of a window or shaft ventilating a living
room, except that when the roof is used for purposes other than weather
protection, such extensions shall not be less than five feet above
the roof, and at all times the roof extensions must be run full size.
All soil, waste and vent pipes shall be located
inside of new and old buildings, except in old buildings where it
is deemed inadvisable, then the pipes may be placed on the outside,
and the owner shall assume all responsibility therefor in writing.