All plumbing systems hereafter installed shall conform with
the provisions of this code.
(1986 Code, ch. 3, sec. 2(W); 1993
Code, sec. 3.320)
(a) Connection to sewer required; exception.
(1) Every building in which plumbing fixtures are installed shall have
a connection to a public or private sewer.
(2) When there is no sewer available within two hundred feet (200'),
an approved private sewage disposal system may be used.
(b) Independent system required for each building; exception.
(1) The drainage system of each new building and of new work installed
in existing buildings shall be separate and independent from that
of any other building and, when available, shall have an independent
connection with a public sewer.
(2) When one (1) building stands in the rear of another building on an
interior lot and these buildings are on one (1) parcel of land under
one (1) owner, then the building sewer may be extended to serve the
rear building.
(c) Easement provision for sewer crossing other lot.
A house
sewer may not cross another lot unless an easement or right-of-way
is provided to protect all property owners.
(1986 Code, ch. 3, sec. 2(W); 1993
Code, sec. 3.320(a)–(c))
Changes in direction in drainage piping shall be made by the
appropriate use of forty-five degree (45°) wyes or one-half (1/2)
wyes, long or short sweep quarter bends, sixth (6th), eighth (8th)
or sixteenth (16th) bends, or by a combination of these or equivalent
fittings. Single and double sanitary tees and quarter bends may be
used in drainage lines only where the direction of flow is from the
horizontal to the vertical.
(1986 Code, ch. 3, sec. 2(X); 1993
Code, sec. 3.321)
(a) Fittings.
No fitting having a hub in the direction opposite
to flow, or tee branch, shall be used as a drainage fitting. No running
threads, bands or saddles shall be used in the drainage system. No
drainage or vent piping shall be drilled or drilled and tapped.
(b) Heel or side inlet bend.
A heel inlet quarter bend shall
not be used as a vent when the inlet is placed in a horizontal position.
(c) Obstruction to flow.
No fitting or connection which
offers abnormal obstruction to flow shall be permitted.
(1986 Code, ch. 3, sec. 2(Y); 1993
Code, sec. 3.322)
In existing buildings or premises in which plumbing installations
are to be altered, repaired or renovated, necessary deviations from
the provisions of this code may be permitted, provided such deviations
conform to the extent [intent] of the code and are approved by the
plumbing inspector.
(1986 Code, ch. 3, sec. 2(Z); 1993
Code, sec. 3.323)