[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 BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICES OR METHODS
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.
BACKFLOW
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.
BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE
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.
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CONTAMINATION
An impairment of the quality of the water by entrance of
any substance to a degree which could create a health hazard.
CROSS-CONNECTION
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.
CURB SHUTOFF VALVE
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.
CUSTOMER
The owner and/or person in possession or control of any premises
supplied by or in any manner connected to a public water system.
CUSTOMER'S 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.
DIRECT CROSS-CONNECTION
A cross-connection formed when a water system is physically
joined to a source of unknown or unsafe substance.
DOUBLE CHECK VALVE ASSEMBLY
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.
FIXED PROPER AIR GAP
The unobstructed vertical distance through the free atmosphere
between the water discharge point and the flood level rim of the receptacle.
HEALTH HAZARD
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.
INDIRECT CROSS-CONNECTION
A cross-connection through which an unknown substance can
be forced, drawn by vacuum or otherwise introduced into a safe potable
water system.
INSPECTION
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.
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PLUMBING
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.
REDUCED PRESSURE PRINCIPAL BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE
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.
SURVEY
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.
SYSTEM HAZARD
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.
WATER PURVEYOR
The owner or official custodian of a public water system.
[Ord. No. 2005-73]