[Ord. No. 2005-73]
[Amended by Ord. No. 1984-102; Ord. No. 2013-03; Ord. No. 2017-96; 8-10-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-53; 10-12-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-67]
There is hereby adopted by the City for the purpose of establishing rules and regulations for materials, construction, alteration, and inspection of all plumbing placed in or in connection with any building that certain Plumbing Code known as the Illinois State Code, being particularly the current edition thereof, and the whole thereof, of which not less than one copy has been and now is filed in the Office of the City Clerk; and the same are hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length in this chapter, the provisions of which shall be controlling within the corporate limits of the City and within the area of Lake Bloomington and other areas under the jurisdiction of the City.
A.
Illinois State Plumbing Code - administrative authority. Wherever the words "administrative authority" are used in the Illinois State Plumbing Code, adopted in the preceding section, it shall be held to mean the Director of Economic & Community Development of the City of Bloomington or their representative.
B.
The Current Edition of the State of Illinois Department of Health Food Service Sanitation Code Section 750.5., Water and Sewage Part 895, Public Area Sanitary Practice Code Section 895.50 Rest rooms.
The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this chapter:
Approved by the Research Foundation for Cross-Connection Control of the University of Southern California, Association of State Sanitary Engineers, American Water Works Association, American National Standards Institute or certified by the National Sanitation Foundation.
The flow of water or other liquids, mixtures or substances into the distribution pipes of a potable water system from any source other than the intended source of the potable water supply.
Any device, method or type of construction intended to prevent backflow into a potable water system. All devices used for backflow prevention in Illinois must meet the standards of the Illinois State Plumbing Code and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
[Amended 10-12-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-67]
An impairment of the quality of the water by entrance of any substance to a degree which could create a health hazard.
Any physical connection or arrangement between two otherwise separate piping systems, one of which contains potable water and the other a substance of unknown or questionable safety or quality, whereby there may be a flow from one system into the other.
The valve normally located between the curb and property line used to control the water service for a customer. Also known as a curb stop or curb box.
The owner and/or person in possession or control of any premises supplied by or in any manner connected to a public water system.
Any water system located on the customer's premises. A building plumbing system is considered to be a customer's water system as is the water service line from the tap at the water main to the plumbing within the building.
A cross-connection formed when a water system is physically joined to a source of unknown or unsafe substance.
An assembly composed of single, independently acting check valves approved under ASSE Standard 1015. A double check valve assembly must include tight shutoff valves located at each end of the assembly and suitable connections for testing the water-tightness of each check valve.
The unobstructed vertical distance through the free atmosphere between the water discharge point and the flood level rim of the receptacle.
Any condition, device or practice in a water system or its operation resulting from a real or potential danger to the health and well-being of customers. The word "severe" as used to qualify "health hazard" means a hazard to the health of the user that could be expected to result in death or significant reduction in the quality of life.
A cross-connection through which an unknown substance can be forced, drawn by vacuum or otherwise introduced into a safe potable water system.
A plumbing inspection to examine carefully and critically all materials, fixtures, piping and appurtenances, appliances and installations of a plumbing system for compliance with requirements of the Illinois State Plumbing Code, 77 Ill. Adm. Code 890.
[Amended 10-12-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-67]
The actual installation, repair, maintenance, alteration or extension of a plumbing system by any person. Plumbing includes all piping, fixtures, appurtenances and appliances for a supply of water for all purposes, including without limitation lawn sprinkler systems, from the source of a private water supply on the premises or from the water-main in the street, alley or at the curb to, within and about any building or buildings where a person or persons live, work or assemble. Plumbing includes all piping, from discharge of pumping units to and including pressure tanks in water supply systems. Plumbing includes all piping, fixtures, appurtenances, and appliances for a building drain and a sanitary drainage and related ventilation system of any building or buildings where a person or persons live, work or assemble from the point of connection of such building drain to the building sewer or private sewage disposal system five feet beyond the foundation walls.
A device containing a minimum of two independently acting check valves together with an automatically operated pressure differential relief valve located between the two check valves and approved under ASSE Standard 1013. During normal flow and at the cessation of normal flow, the pressure between these two checks shall be less than the supply pressure. In case of leakage of either check valve, the differential relief valve, by discharging to the atmosphere, shall operate to maintain the pressure between the check valves at less than the supply pressure. The unit must include tightly closing shutoff valves located at each end of the device, and each device shall be fitted with properly located test cocks.
The collection of information pertaining to a customer's piping system regarding the location of all connections to the public water supply system and must include the location, type and most recent inspection and testing date of all cross-connection control devices and methods located within that customer's piping system. The survey must be in written form and should not be an actual plumbing inspection.
A condition through which an esthetically objectionable or degrading material not dangerous to health may enter the public water supply system or a customer's potable water system.
The owner or official custodian of a public water system.
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