The entire drainage system of each lot or 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. 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 Plumbing Inspector or other
designated officer, but in no case shall a joint drain be laid in
cellars parallel to a street or alley.
When a sewer street lateral is to be extended in the bed or
right-of-way of a street to serve a property beyond the terminus of
an existing street sewer lateral, said street lateral shall be extended
to cover a distance of at least 50% of the frontage of the lot or
property to be served by such extension. Plans for any such extension
shall be submitted to and approved by the Borough Engineer prior to
construction, and said extension shall be made at the entire expense
of the property owner desiring the extension.
A.
The main house drain shall not be less than four inches in diameter,
and the fall shall not be less than 1/4 inch per foot. It shall be
laid in a trench at a uniform grade; or it may be constructed along
the foundation walls above the cellar, resting on nine-inch brick
piers laid in cement mortar (said piers not be more than seven feet
apart); or it may be suspended from the floor by heavy iron hangers
placed at intervals not greater than seven feet. The use of pipe hooks
or gas pipe or iron driven into the walls for supporting drains is
prohibited.
B.
There shall be a cleanout at the base of vent or soil stacks on waste
lines, as near the basement floor as practicable.
C.
Y-branches are to be inserted and iron-body brass-trap screw ferrules
are to be installed in the side outlets of the said Y for the purpose
of cleansing. This also applies to sink drains.
[Amended 2-9-1989 by Ord. No. 1185]
A.
All main house drains laid beneath the ground, inside or outside
the buildings or beneath the cellar floor, shall be plain, medium
cast-iron pipe with leaded and caulked joints or neoprene gaskets,
except that, where such drains are laid under driveways, alleys, parking
lots or streets and are four feet or less below the surface, only
extra-heavy cast-iron shall be used.
B.
All other drains, soil or vent pipes connected with the main drain
or any of its branches underground or beneath cellar floors shall
be plain, medium cast-iron pipe.
C.
All house drains shall be of plain cast-iron pipe with well-leaded
and caulked joints, no-hub iron pipe and fittings, or PVC Schedule
40, laid at a uniform grade of not less than 1/4 inch per foot from
the point of connection with the main house drain to 10 feet outside
of foundation wall. If terra-cotta pipe is used outside of buildings,
it must be increased one size and must be of slipseal type. The house
drain must not be less than four inches in diameter. No wrought-iron
pipe shall be used for vent or waste lines.
D.
Where a sewer is laid between buildings, in a passageway, alley or
courtyard at a distance less than five feet from the buildings, it
must be constructed of medium soil pipe for a distance corresponding
to the length of the foundation walls of said building. No exception
to this subsection will be permitted.
E.
Prohibition of sale of plumbing materials that are not lead-free.
No person shall sell, exchange or offer for sale within this commonwealth
any pipe, pipe fitting, solder or flux commonly used in plumbing systems
that is not lead-free. Solders that are not lead-free and that are
commonly used in plumbing systems include, but are not limited to,
solid-core or acid-core solders, such as 50-50 tin-lead solder and
85-15 tin-lead solder.
[Added 12-14-1989 by Ord. No. 1189]
F.
Prohibition of use of plumbing materials that are not lead-free.
No person shall use or authorize another to use any pipe, pipe fitting,
solder or flux that is not lead-free in the construction, modification
or repair of any plumbing system. This subsection shall not apply
to plumbing systems in existence on the effective date of this subsection
but shall apply to modifications and repairs of such systems after
the effective date of this subsection.
[Added 12-14-1989 by Ord. No. 1189]
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 joints and run to curb.
Areaway and any other surface drains shall be connected to the
curb. In no case will any surface or rainwater drain be permitted
to connect to the sanitary sewer.
[Amended 12-28-1972 by Ord. No. 1019]
No cellar drains shall be allowed, unless by special permission
of the Plumbing Inspector or other designated officer, unless with
a backwater valve and strainer with copper float or iron-brass cleanout
plug.
In no case shall an air inlet open within 10 feet of any cold-air
intake for a heater, window or shaft ventilating a basement or cellar,
or in front of doorsteps.
The arrangement of drain, soil, waste and vent pipes shall be
as direct as possible, and all changes in direction on horizontal
pipes shall be made with Y-branches, one-sixteenth or one-eighth 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 that 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.
