Any person violating any of the terms or provisions of this article providing rules and regulations for the government of plumbers shall be subject to a fine in any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00).
(Ordinance adopted 4/14/13, sec. 38)
(a) 
Sanitary district.
All lots, property and premises within the limits of the city, any part of which is lying and being within two hundred feet of the sewer line, composes the sanitary district of the city for sewer purposes.
(b) 
Connection to sewer system.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons whomever to use or maintain or permit to be used or maintained on any premises situated on the line of the sewer, or within two hundred feet of the same, within limits prescribed and designated in this article, and owned, rented, leased or controlled by such person or persons, any privy, cesspool, water closet, urinal, basin, slop sink, slop drain, bathtub, or wastewater drain from a laundry, livery stable or any other receptacle whatsoever used or to be used for the purpose of receiving or removing sewage water or slops of any kind, unless the same shall be connected with the system of sanitary sewers of the city after 90 days’ notice to such person or persons from the city that the sewer line is ready for service. All cost and expenses of such connection involving materials and all fixtures and labor shall be paid for by the owner of the property.
(c) 
Prohibited acts.
It shall be unlawful to do any of the following acts except as herein provided:
(1) 
To uncover the public or district sewer for any purpose, or to make connections therewith, or uncover the public branches thereof, unless by consent before connection and under the supervision of the city plumbing inspector, whose duty it shall be to insure full compliance with this article in relation to connections.
(2) 
For the owner or occupant of any building any part of which is within any part of the sanitary district, any portion of which is used for any purpose during any portion of the day, to fail to have at least one water closet connection with the public sewer 90 days after notification from the city that the sewer is ready for such connection, except in cases where two or more buildings are used or operated by one firm or corporation and require but one connection.
(3) 
For the owner or occupant of any building in any part of the sanitary district in which food is cooked, or clothing is washed, to fail to have a suitable sink, slop-stone or hopper for the reception of water.
(4) 
To throw or allow to be thrown or deposit on the surface of the ground or in any hole or vault in or under the surface of the ground within the sewer district, except in the proper and necessary manuring of the soil, any water which has been used for domestic or manufacturing purposes, or liquid or solid filth or urine.
(5) 
To throw or deposit or cause to be thrown or deposited, in any vessel or receptacle connected with the public sewer, any garbage, hair, fruit, ashes, or vegetable peelings, or refuse, rags, cotton, cinders, or any other matter whatsoever, except feces, urine, the necessary closet paper and liquid slops.
(6) 
To fail or to refuse to connect all wash stands or slop stands in the house or yard with the sewer, or to allow any slops, waste or wastewater of any kind to flow over the pavement, or under the pavement into the streets or alleys.
(d) 
Responsibility for damage caused in making connection.
The plumber or other person shall be held responsible for any injuries he shall cause to the sewer or streets in making such connections.
(e) 
Conformance with plans; joint sewer connections.
All details of plumbing work, such as water closets, sinks, etc., must be in accordance with the plans and specifications in the office of the city plumbing inspector, bearing the approval of the city council, and when two or more property owners use a joint sewer connection each shall pay his prorated part of its cost for such connection in labor, fixtures and material.
(f) 
Drainage of gutter, cesspool, etc., into public sewer.
No person or corporation shall connect any open gutter, cesspool, privy, vault, or cistern with any public sewer or with any private sewer connection with the public sewer.
(g) 
Deposit of substances liable to obstruct sewer.
No person or corporation shall deposit any garbage, offal, dead animals, filth, or any substance having a tendency to obstruct the flow of sewage in any manhole, lamp hole, flush tank, or sewer opening.
(h) 
Authority of plumbing inspector to stop discharge to public sewer.
The city plumbing inspector shall have the power to stop and prevent from discharging into the public sewer any private drain or house connection through which substances are discharged which are liable to injure the sewers, or to obstruct the flow of the sewage, or to interfere with the operation of the sewage purification [facilities], or on which sewer rent, according to the schedule established by the city, has not been paid.
(i) 
Connection of receptacles to sewer system.
It shall hereafter be unlawful for any person or persons whomsoever to build or construct or cause to be built or constructed on any premises situated within the limits designated and prescribed in subsection (a) of this section, and owned, rented, leased or controlled by such person or persons, any privy, cesspool, water closet, urinal, basin, slop sink, or slop drain, drain from a bathtub or for wastewater from a laundry, livery stable, or garage, or any other receptacle whatsoever used or to be used for the purpose of receiving or retaining sewage matter or slop of any kind, unless the same be properly connected with the city sewer system approved by the city council.
(j) 
Obstructing or injuring public sewer.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to obstruct or in any way injure any of the pipes, drains, works or machinery belonging to or connected with any part of the sanitary sewers owned, used or operated in the city or to place or drop or throw any substance whatever into any sink, water closet, bathtub, vessels, drains, or other receptacles belonging to or connected with any system of sanitary sewers owned, used or operated in the city which may obstruct or injure same.
(k) 
Penalty.
Any person who omits or refuses to comply with or resists or willfully violates any of the foregoing provisions of this section, or any of the rules, orders, or sanitary regulations established by the city council, is hereby deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and each day of any violation of this section shall constitute a separate offense after due notifications, and on conviction shall be fined for each offense in any sum not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25.00). Provided, however, that the city health officer, before promulgating or attempting to enforce a regulation, shall first have the approval or adoption of the city to said rule or regulation.
(Ordinance adopted 4/14/13, secs. 1–11)
All persons, firms and corporations doing plumbing business within the city shall execute and deliver to the city a good and sufficient bond as hereinafter required and obtain a license as hereinafter required and shall, before attempting to do any work or installing or constructing plumbing, obtain a permit from the city.
(Ordinance adopted 4/14/13, sec. 12; Ordinance adopting Code)
(a) 
The application blank for installing or constructing plumbing shall be furnished by the city. The plumbing inspector shall approve or countersign all applications before permits for said application shall be issued.
(b) 
Any plumber or firm of plumbers desiring to open any street or alley shall upon application approved by the plumbing inspector, to the city, provided all fees, if any, shall have been paid, receive a permit as the terms of the application for said permit shall have specified.
(c) 
Any plumber or firm of plumbers desiring to construct or install any fixture or fixtures in any building or house in the sewer district of the city, or to connect any fixture or fixtures in any building or house that may have been disconnected for any reason whatsoever, shall obtain a permit from the city before said work can be installed, constructed or reconstructed as the case may be.
(d) 
Any plumber or firm of plumbers desiring to do any of the above work shall, before any permit is issued to him or them, file with the city council that he or they will have in direct charge of the work an expert plumber with at least five years’ experience in direct personal charge of the kind and class of work proposed to be done. Upon these conditions the city council will issue a license to such applicant.
(e) 
Should any plumber or firm of plumbers fail or refuse to comply with all the provisions of the rules and regulations set forth herein, said license will be suspended or revoked by the city council and thereafter no permits will be issued to him or them, nor will he or they be allowed to do business in connection with the city sewer system until all damage is covered and full satisfaction rendered.
(Ordinance adopted 4/14/13, sec. 13; Ordinance adopting Code)
The inspector will have the power to condemn any work heretofore or hereafter installed when in his opinion such work is unsanitary and dangerous to the health of the community in which any of said work may exist.
(Ordinance adopted 4/14/13, sec. 32)
(a) 
There will be two tests on all work installed in any building. When all “roughing in” is completed, all waste and vent openings must be sealed with solder or plugs, and the entire system filled with water and made air and water tight and same must be inspected by the plumbing inspector. Inspectors shall make the final inspection when all fixtures are set.
(b) 
The inspector must also inspect all sewers or any and all connections made with city mains and branches, or connections must not be refilled until said sewers or connections have been approved by the plumbing inspector.
(c) 
After the completion of the work and when the fixtures are installed, a peppermint test shall be made of the system, including all vents and revents, in the presence of the plumbing inspector, and as directed by him. Five fluid ounces of oil of peppermint for each line up to five stories and basement in height.
(Ordinance adopted 4/14/13, sec. 33)
When the plumbing in any building is completed, the plumber or his representative shall secure for the owner of such building from the plumbing inspector a certificate of inspection signed by the inspector, certifying that said work has been tested as provided for by law.
(Ordinance adopted 4/14/13, sec. 34)
(a) 
All persons and firms carrying on a plumbing business within the city under terms of this article, before they do any work upon a sanitary sewer shall execute and deliver to the city a bond of an approved surety company in the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) payable to the city.
(b) 
Said bond shall be conditioned that all work done upon any sanitary sewer shall be done in a good and workmanlike manner, and in accordance with ordinances, rules and regulations now in existence in the city, or such rules and regulations as may be hereafter passed, and that the city shall be fully indemnified and held whole and harmless from any and all cost, expense or damage, real or asserted, on account of any injury done to any person or property in the prosecution of said work, or that may arise out of or be occasioned by the performance of said work.
(c) 
Said bond shall run for the period of one year from the date of its approval by the city, and the same shall be annually renewed at the expiration thereof, and no permit shall be issued to any plumber proposing to do any work until such bond has been first filed and approved by the city.
(Ordinance adopted 4/14/13, sec. 35; Ordinance adopting Code)
The sum provided in the fee schedule in appendix A of this code shall be paid for fixtures proposed to be placed in the work described in the application for such permit under this article. Said sum shall be paid by the person to whom the permit is issued under the terms of this article. By the term “fixtures” as used herein is meant each water closet, sink, bathtub, basin, urinal, wash tray and every other thing commonly known as “fixture” among plumbers.
(Ordinance adopted 4/14/13, sec. 36; Ordinance adopting Code)
Any plumbing done within the city limits shall be inspected by the plumbing inspector of the city before being put into service, and the plumbing inspector shall be paid a fee as provided in the fee schedule in appendix A of this code when he has passed on the plumbing job.
(Ordinance 145 adopted 2/10/54; Ordinance adopting Code)
All inspection fees provided for herein shall be paid to the city plumbing inspector at the time the permit is issued by the plumbing inspector as herein provided for.
(Ordinance adopted 4/14/13, sec. 37)
No person or persons or corporations carrying on the plumbing business shall allow his or her name to be used by any person directly or indirectly, either to obtain a permit, or to do any work under his or her bonds.
(Ordinance adopted 4/14/13, sec. 39)
By minor repairs is meant repairs of leaks in pipes, traps, and cocks, opening up waste or supply pipes, traps, and drains, and repairing broken fixtures and frozen pipes.
(Ordinance adopted 4/14/13, sec. 41)
(a) 
All cross-connections shall be removed from the private to public water system and prohibited henceforth.
(b) 
If water customers select the private system, then the city shall remove the water meter, lock the curb valve and/or plug the water line, and close the water account.
(c) 
Any undesirable plumbing practice shall not be allowed. Any undesirable plumbing shall be corrected, modified, or removed to meet the standards as described in the Regulations for Public Water Systems.
(d) 
The use of pipes and pipefittings that contain more than 0.25% lead or solder and flux that contains more than 0.2% lead is prohibited for any plumbing installation or repair of any residential or nonresidential facility providing water for human consumption and connected to the city water supply.
(e) 
Cross-connection control program:
(1) 
General.
No water service connection shall be made to any establishment where a potential or actual contamination hazard exists unless the water supply is protected in accordance with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Rules and Regulations for Public Water Systems ("TCEQ rules") and this section. The water purveyor shall discontinue water service if a required backflow prevention assembly is not installed, maintained and tested in accordance with the TCEQ rules and this section.
(2) 
Backflow prevention assembly installation, testing and maintenance.
(A) 
All backflow prevention assemblies shall be tested upon installation by a recognized backflow prevention assembly tester and certified to be operating within specifications. Backflow prevention assemblies which are installed to provide protection against health hazards must also be tested and certified to be operating within specifications at least annually by a recognized backflow assembly tester.
(B) 
All backflow prevention assemblies shall be installed and tested in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions, the American Water Works Association's Recommended Practice for Backflow Prevention and Cross-Connections Control (manual M14) or the University Of Southern California Manual of Cross-Connection Control.
(C) 
Assemblies shall be repaired, overhauled, or replaced at the expense of the customer whenever said assemblies are found to be defective. Original forms of such test, repairs, and overhaul shall be kept and submitted to the city within five (5) working days of the test, repair or overhaul of each backflow prevention assembly.
(D) 
No backflow prevention assembly or device shall be removed from use, relocated, or other assembly or device substituted without the approval of the city. Whenever the existing assembly or device is moved from the present location or cannot be repaired, the backflow assembly or device shall be replaced with a backflow prevention assemble or device that complies with this subsection, the American Water Works Association's Recommended Practice for Backflow Prevention and Cross-Connection Control Manual (M14), current addition, University of Southern California Manual of Cross-Connection Control, current addition, or the current plumbing code of the city, whichever is most stringent.
(E) 
Test gauges used for backflow prevention assembly testing shall be calibrated at least annually in accordance with the American Water Works Association Recommended Practice for Backflow Prevention and Cross-Connection Control Manual (M14), current addition, University of Southern California Manual of Cross-Connection Control, current addition. The original calibration form must be submitted to the city within five (5) working days of the calibration.
(F) 
A recognized backflow prevention assembly tester must hold a current endorsement from the Texas Commission of Environmental Quality or its successor (the "commission").
(3) 
Customer service inspections.
(A) 
A customer service inspection shall be completed prior to providing continuous water service to all new construction, on any existing service when the water purveyor has reason to believe that cross-connections or other contaminant hazards exist, or after any material improvement, corrections, or addition to the private water distribution facilities.
(B) 
Only individuals with the following credentials shall be recognized as capable of conducting a customer service inspection:
(i) 
Plumbing inspectors and water supply protection specialists that have been licensed by the state board of plumbing examiners.
(ii) 
Certified waterworks operators, and members of other water related professional groups who have completed a training course, passed an examination administered by the commission or its designated agent, and hold a current endorsement issued by the commission.
(C) 
The customer service inspection must certify that:
(i) 
No direct connection between the public drinking water supply and a potential source of contamination is permitted. Potential sources of contamination shall be isolated from the public water system by a properly installed air gap or an appropriate backflow prevention assembly.
(ii) 
No cross-connection between the public water supply and a private water source exists. Where an actual properly installed air gap is not maintained between the public water supply and a private water supply, an approved reduced pressure zone backflow prevention assembly is properly installed and a service agreement exists for annual inspection and testing by a recognized backflow prevention assembly tester.
(iii) 
No connection exists which allows water to be returned to the public drinking water supply.
(iv) 
No pipe or pipefitting which contains more than 8% lead has been used for the installation or repair of plumbing at any connection that provides water for human use.
(v) 
No solder or flux which contains more than 0.2% lead has been used for the installation or repair of plumbing at any connection that provides water for human use. A minimum of one lead test shall be performed for each inspection.
(Ordinance 156 adopted 1/13/92; Ordinance 2018-001 adopted 6/11/2018; Ordinance 2021-001 adopted 4/12/2021)
(a) 
All house sewers must be made of the best grade of sound, impervious vitrified salt-glazed tile pipe and Y’s and regulation curves of not less than 4 inches inside diameter and nine-sixteenths inches thick, held in a trench of uniform grade in as direct line as possible from the main to within three feet of outside of the building wall, with bell holes provided and joints well connected with two parts of well-screened sand and one part Portland cement. These pipes to be laid at least twelve inches deep across private property, and not less than eighteen inches in streets and alleys. Wherever no “Y” is provided at the connection of the house sewer with the sewer main in the street, or when the “Y” is broken, no connection shall be made with the sewer main except in the presence of the city plumbing inspector and to his entire satisfaction. No traps or any manner of obstruction to the free flow of air through the whole course of the drain and soil pipe is to be allowed, and any mechanic who shall directly or indirectly make, or cause or allow to be placed or made, any trap, obstruction or other obstacle anywhere in the course of such pipe or sewer, or any person thus offending, shall be subject to the penalties of this article and shall in addition pay the cost of rectifying the wrong. All connections between lead wastes and tile sewers must be made with brass ferrule and standard cast-iron pipe. The sewer for two or more buildings must not be less than six inches in diameter; no tile sewer shall pass within fifteen feet of any open well or underground system. Stone pipe or any other pipe when found in any building and not in sanitary condition must be removed and standard cast-iron pipe substituted.
(b) 
Rainwater pipes shall not be connected with the sewer system.
(Ordinance adopted 4/14/13, sec. 14)
(a) 
It shall be lawful in the city to install inside a dwelling in new construction or remodeling older dwellings plastic pipe of PVC, UPVC or better, Schedule 40.
(b) 
It shall be lawful in the city to install plastic sewer drains inside a dwelling in the [new] construction or remodeling older dwellings. Plastic pipe sewer drains of PVC, UPVC, #40 or better to be used. Cleanout plugs shall be placed on each sewer line in an accessible place. Sewer lines of plastic pipe can be connected to the city sewer mains with the correct adaptors by the employees of the city sewer system.
(Ordinance 9 adopted 12/8/70)
(a) 
All waste pipe from three feet outside of the outside wall of the building must be sound, impervious iron or lead pipe.
(b) 
All cast-iron soil pipe and waste fittings must be of the weight known in the plumbing trade as standard, and must extend from three feet outside of the building wall up through the building roof.
(c) 
All branches must be made with Y’s and one-eighth bends and cleanouts, provided and made accessible when practical. Branch to sink wastewater must be connected into soil pipe between closet and sewer.
(d) 
Cleanouts shall be placed on the bottom of each stack where accessible, all cleanout plugs to be brass screws, the body of which may be either cast-iron or brass. All sink waste must be provided with the same cleanout screws.
(e) 
All horizontal soil and waste pipes must be graded and given a uniform fall from house to sewer of at least one foot in fifty feet, where possible, and supported by piers built of brick or concrete, or suspended from beams or joints every five feet with suitable hangers.
(f) 
All soil pipe fittings must be free from defects and the same weight and thickness as pipes to which they are connected.
(g) 
All drain or waste pipes constructed under concrete or cement floors must be provided with cleanouts at the end of each branch and in all cases made accessible.
(h) 
All installations shall be inspected by the plumbing inspector of the city. All installations must meet state regulations and comply with the city ordinances.
(Ordinance 9 adopted 12/8/70; Ordinance adopted 4/14/13, sec. 15)
All lead and cast-iron soil and waste pipes must be of the following sizes:
Number of water closets: 1 to 5
4 inches
Number of water closets: 6 to 15
5 inches
Number of slop sinks: 1 to 7
3 inches
Number of kitchen sinks: 1
1-1/2 inches
Number of kitchen sinks: 2 to 8
2 inches
Number of urinals: 1
1-1/2 inches
Number of urinals: 2 to 8
2 inches
Number of waste trays: 1
1-1/2 inches
Number of waste trays: 2 to 8
2 inches
Number of bathtubs or showers: 1
1-1/2 inches
Number of bathtubs or showers: 2 to 10
3 inches
Number of bathtubs or showers: 11 to 30
4 inches
Number of lavatories: 1
1-1/4 inches
Number of lavatories: 2 to 4
1-1/2 inches
Number of lavatories: 5 to 20
2 inches
(Ordinance adopted 4/14/13, sec. 16)
(a) 
Soil or waste pipes placed in any building for future use shall be ventilated, tested and subjected to the same rules in every respect as if intended for immediate use, and all openings closed by screw plugs or caulked or soldered.
(b) 
Old house plumbing can be connected with the sewer only when it is found on examination by the plumbing inspector to conform in all respects to the requirements governing plumbing.
(Ordinance adopted 4/14/13, sec. 17)
No soil, drain or vent pipe shall be covered from view or concealed until after work has been tested or examined and approved by plumbing inspector, and the plumbing inspector shall be notified when the same is ready for inspection, and the plumber shall prepare the whole system of plumbing for the plumbing inspector to make a proper test of same by filling the pipes with water, or an air pressure of five pounds to the inch.
(Ordinance adopted 4/14/13, sec. 18)
(a) 
Traps to all bathtubs, soda fountains, bar fixtures, wash trays and refrigerators must be drum traps, with trap screws at least three inches in diameter, and the trap must be so constructed as to provide a water seal of at least three inches in depth. The outlet from all lead drum traps must be wiped into the trap at least 1-1/2 inches below the water line and extend upward at an angle of 45 degrees to proper height and continued and graded with uniform fall to the soil or waste pipe.
(b) 
Traps to lavatories must be lead or brass traps, with a seal of not less than 1-1/2 inches in depth, and a discharge capacity equal to 1-1/4 inch pipe, provided with a trap screw or cleanout, or so constructed to afford access in case of stoppage.
(c) 
Traps for urinals must be lead, cast-iron, or brass traps with a seal of not less than 1-1/2 inches, and a discharge capacity to equal 1-1/2 inch pipe, provided with a cleanout or trap screw, or so constructed to afford access in case of stoppage.
(d) 
Wastes from refrigerators or other receptacles in which provisions are stored shall be arranged to waste into an open tray in plain sight below; this tray may be connected to the drainage system upon being properly trapped and vented, drum traps to be used, or may be connected to a catch basin the same as floor drains.
(e) 
Waste pipe from kitchen sinks in all hotels, restaurants, or boarding houses in which cooking is carried on shall be run separate to a grease trap in the yard when practical, and when same is not put in the yard a grease trap must be placed below the sink.
(f) 
Drains from wash racks in livery stables and garages shall discharge into a catch basin built of concrete or brick and cemented and made watertight.
(g) 
Floor drains must discharge into a catch basin, which must have a water seal of at least ten inches deep, and must be not less than 18" x 18" x 18" size, watertight and constructed of brick and concrete, and plastered inside at least one inch thick.
(h) 
Vents.
(1) 
All traps and fixtures must be vented, using either standard cast-iron, galvanized iron, or lead pipe, and all lines of horizontal vent pipes must be constructed to drain towards the waste pipe; the ends of all galvanized vent pipe or pipes below the level of the fixture must be well reamed and all fittings used in construction thereof must be galvanized or standard cast-iron fittings. The vent pipe from all drain traps must be wiped into the waste pipe (Y branch) not more than six inches from the trap. Closet vents must be connected to a branch of a soil or waste pipe just below the line of the floor and above any waste connections, wiped or connected to said soil or waste pipe. Revents to closets may be omitted when there is only one closet on one (1) four-inch stack, when the closet is not more than three feet from said stack. When a vent pipe from a trap connects into a vent from another, the connection must be made at least one foot above the highest fixture.
(2) 
When a stack or vent pipe extended through a roof is within a distance of fifteen feet from any opening above said stack or pipe, the stack or pipe must be extended at least two feet above the top of the opening.
(3) 
Flat roof vents must extend at least six inches above the firewall. No caps, cowls or bends shall be fixed to the top of any stacks or vents. Wire baskets may be used. All vent pipes must be run as direct as possible and 45-degree L’s or eighth bends shall be used at all times when practicable.
(Ordinance adopted 4/14/13, sec. 19)
(a) 
All vents to be the full size of the trap outlet, except water closets, slop sinks, and catch basins.
(b) 
Two water closets and three other fixtures, except slop sinks, may be revented by one two-inch pipe; above that number it must be increased in size according to the number of fixtures at least one-fourth of an inch for each additional fixture. Slop sinks, wash racks or floor drain catch basins to be vented the same as water closets.
(c) 
Ten bathtubs or basins may be revented by one two-inch pipe, and above that number must be increased at the rate of one-fourth of an inch for each additional fixture, until the size of three inches is reached, which size may be used to revent thirty bathtubs or basins. Six kitchen sinks, butler’s sinks or urinals may be revented by one two-inch pipe; above that number must be increased in size according to the number of fixtures, at least one-fourth of an inch for each additional fixture until the size of three inches is reached, which size may be used to revent twenty sinks or urinals.
(d) 
Three water closets or slop sinks may be revented by one two-inch pipe; above that number it must be increased at the rate of one-quarter of an inch for each additional fixture, until the size of three inches is reached, which size may be used for ten water closets or slop sinks; above that number it must be increased again at the rate of one-quarter of an inch for each additional fixture, until the size of four inches is reached, which size may be used to revent forty closets or slop sinks. Revent stacks from groups of more than five fixtures to each floor in a building of more than two stories in height must connect into the waste stack with Y’s and eighth bends just above the line of the fixture connection on first floors, when the stack must continue through the roof independently of the main stack.
(Ordinance adopted 4/14/13, sec. 20)
(a) 
When not more than two water closets are placed on one line in an outbuilding (on same floor of building) separate from the dwelling, then the trap or bend of said closet need not be separately vented, but the soil pipe must extend above the roof full size at one end of the line.
(b) 
When a toilet or bathroom having not more than one closet and three other fixtures therein is located on one floor only or the top floor of any building, and such closet is set not more than three feet from the vertical soil pipe, the revent for closet may be omitted. Top fixtures need not be revented, but continuous vent must be used.
(Ordinance adopted 4/14/13, sec. 21)
Trap revents shall be continuous where possible. Where the vent or revent pipes are continuous and traps are ventilated through the waste fittings, the center of the outlet of such fittings shall not be set below the water seal of the trap and the trap shall not be more than three feet from the waste fittings.
(Ordinance adopted 4/14/13, sec. 22)
Every connection of a water closet, sink, basin, or other vessel connecting with the waste or soil pipe must be separated from it by a trap. Traps shall be placed as near to the fixture as possible and in no case shall a trap be more than two feet from the waste outlet of its fixture. No trap shall have less than a 1-1/2 inch water seal. The discharge from any fixture must not pass through more than one trap before reaching the house drain.
(Ordinance adopted 4/14/13, sec. 23)
All plumbing fixtures shall be installed as open plumbing. Every water closet or group of water closets within a building shall be supplied from a separate tank or cistern and no flush for same shall be less then one and one-quarter inch flush pipe.
(Ordinance adopted 4/14/13, sec. 24)
Branches of waste pipe of twenty feet or more in length shall be extended full size up to and through the roof or return to the main stack above the highest fixture. Branches of soil pipes of fifteen feet or more in length shall be extended full size up to and through the roof or returned to the main stacks above the highest fixture.
(Ordinance adopted 4/14/13, sec. 25)
(a) 
All joints in cast-iron pipe must be made with picked oakum and soft pig lead, the oakum to be well packed and then at least twelve ounces of molten soft lead to each inch in diameter of pipe poured into the hub of the pipe and the joint caulked until air and water tight.
(b) 
All joints of galvanized iron pipe must be screw joints and must be screwed into fittings at least 3/4 of an inch and must be made air and water tight.
(c) 
All joints on lead pipe or between lead and brass pipe must be plumber’s wiped joints; sweat or bolted joints will not be permitted.
(Ordinance adopted 4/14/13, sec. 26)
All connections between lead and cast-iron pipe, or lead and galvanized iron pipe, must be made with extra heavy brass ferrules or solder nipples, wiped into a lead pipe, caulked or screwed into pipe connecting therewith as the case may be.
(Ordinance adopted 4/14/13, sec. 27)
Lead bends must be used on all closets above the first story, in a system of cast-iron drainage, and in roughing in for traps to be installed on finish, lead bends must be used at foot or revent drops.
(Ordinance adopted 4/14/13, sec. 28)
All pipes or stacks passing through the roof must be flashed with sheet lead of 2-1/2 pounds per square foot, or ten-ounce copper.
(Ordinance adopted 4/14/13, sec. 29)
All pipes must be supported by hangers or supports as follows:
(1) 
Horizontal cast-iron pipe must be supported every five feet by piers built of brick or concrete or suspended from joints or beams with hangers made of 1/8 x 1 inch wrought iron, horizontal galvanized pipe to be supported every ten feet by pier or hanger made of 1/8 x 1 inch wrought iron, and all horizontal lead pipe of more than two feet in length must be supported the entire length with a bridge of sufficient thickness to prevent sagging.
(2) 
All stacks or vertical pipes to be tied or anchored at every second floor, and all lead “ends” to be properly braced or fastened to prevent damage to same during the construction of the building in which they are installed.
(Ordinance adopted 4/14/13, sec. 30)
(a) 
Pan or long hopper closets or closets having an unventilated space, or whose walls are not flushed at each discharge, shall not be used. No steam exhaust, sediment from boiler or drain tubes, from stop and waste cocks or rainwater pipes shall be connected to the house drain. No bell traps shall be connected directly with the sanitary sewer.
(b) 
Combination lead bends and ferrules and combination ferrules shall not be used. Combination solder nipples shall not be used. Solder unions must not be used on concealed work, but may be used on open work, where provided with lead gasket. Earthenware closet bowls with vent horns must not be used. Double hubs on horizontal waste pipes are prohibited. Wooden wash trays and sinks are prohibited. Wash trays and sinks must be non-absorbent material. No slip joints shall be made on lead pipe. No fixtures shall be installed without water connections.
(c) 
No sanitary tees shall be used as a waste on soil fitting or any horizontal pipe, unless the side opening is smaller than the main body of the fitting. No aqueduct lead shall be used for any purpose in connection with plumbing work.
(Ordinance adopted 4/14/13, sec. 31)