[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health of the Borough of Haddon Heights 10-6-1925 (Ch. 116 of the 1975 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Uniform construction codes — See Ch. 175.
Fire prevention — See Ch. 233.
Housing standards — See Ch. 261.
Oil-burning equipment — See Ch. 307.
Sewers — See Ch. 365.
Excavations in streets — See Ch. 400, Art. IV.
Private swimming pools — See Ch. 407.
Sanitation — See Ch. 496.
Public swimming pools — See Ch. 503.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
BOARD OF HEALTH or BOARD
The Board of Health of the Borough of Haddon Heights, or its official representative when the Board is not in session, except where otherwise specified.
PERSON
Any person or persons, firm, corporation or association of persons.
No person other than a registered master plumber shall be allowed to carry on or engage in the plumbing or drainage business, nor shall any person expose the sign of plumbing or house drainage or any advertising pertaining thereto unless he or they shall have first been registered in the office of the Board and received a certificate of registration. Nor shall any person other than a registered master plumber (or a person in his or their employ or under his or their supervision) be allowed to alter, repair or make any connection with any house drain, soil, waste or vent pipe or any pipe connected therewith.
[Amended 6-25-1953; 3-18-1975[1]]
A. 
Any person who may desire to be registered as a master plumber shall first make written application to the Board of Health, upon a form to be supplied by said Board, to be licensed as hereinafter provided.[2] Said application shall state the full name of the applicant, his address and the place where his business is or is to be conducted, his citizenship and the length of time he has served as a journeyman in the plumbing trade (which must be not less than four years). Upon receipt of said application, the Plumbing Inspector shall, within 30 days, notify the applicant to appear before an Examining Board with the necessary tools and materials for the purpose of determining the qualification of the applicant. Said Examining Board, which is hereby established, shall consist of three persons, of whom one shall be the Plumbing Inspector in the employ of the Board of Health, one a master plumber and one a journeyman plumber. Said application shall be accompanied by an examination fee of $45, which fee shall be paid to the three examiners. All plumbers residing or having their main place of business outside of the limits of the Borough of Haddon Heights shall pay the same fees and be governed by the same rules as are prescribed for plumbers resident in the Borough of Haddon Heights.
[2]
Editor's Note: Persons who have obtained licenses under the State Plumbing License Law of 1968 are not required to obtain a municipal license or business permit to engage in the business or perform the work of master plumber in such municipality. See N.J.S.A. 45:14C-14.
B. 
If, after examination, an applicant shall be approved by said Examining Board, a license shall be granted to him by the Board of Health upon payment of a license fee of $50, which license shall expire December 31 of the year for which it is issued. If an applicant shall fail to pass the required examination, he may not make a new application until after the expiration of three months from the date of the previous examination. The fee for each further examination shall be $45.
C. 
It shall be the duty of every person, firm or corporation which may now or shall hereafter conduct a plumbing business in the Borough of Haddon Heights to cause his or its name to be registered with the Board of Health of said Borough on or before January 1 of each year, with his residence if an individual or member of a partnership, or registered office and name of agent-in-charge if a corporation, and the place where said business is or is to be conducted, whereupon, on the payment of the annual license fee of $25, the Clerk of the Board of Health shall issue to said registrant a license entitling the licensee to engage in the plumbing business in the Borough of Haddon Heights for the balance of the current year. If a master plumber shall fail to register and renew his license within two years from its expiration, he will be required to submit to an examination by the Examining Board of his qualifications for a license and be approved by said Board as a condition precedent to a renewal of his license, and he will also be required to pay the prescribed examination fee of $45 in addition to the license fee of $25.
D. 
Every master plumber conducting a plumbing business in the Borough of Haddon Heights, individually or as a member of a partnership or corporation, shall have a bona fide place of business in said Borough and shall display in front of his or its place of business a sign "Registered Plumber," bearing the name or names of the person, firm or corporation in letters not less than three inches high.
E. 
No person, firm or corporation engaged in the plumbing business in any other municipality as a master plumber shall do any plumbing or drainage within the corporate limits of the Borough of Haddon Heights without first complying with Subsection A of this section.
F. 
License fees for journeyman plumbers.
(1) 
For the examination of any applicant for license as a journeyman plumber: $15.
(2) 
For the issuance and annual renewal of a license as a journeyman plumber: $7.50.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also provided that all licenses must be renewed before January 31.
No person registered as a master plumber or master plumbers shall allow the use of his name by any person or persons, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of obtaining a permit or permits to do any plumbing or drainage work.
The certificate of registry granted under these rules and regulations may be suspended or revoked by the Board when a master plumber, firm or corporation or the registered representative thereof shall violate any of these rules and regulations or shall refuse or neglect to make necessary corrections to work not approved by the Board within a reasonable time after the notification thereof, or shall permit the use of his, their or its name by a person for the purpose of obtaining a permit or permits to do plumbing and house drainage work, and no plumber whose license shall have been suspended shall carry on the business of plumbing during the period of such suspension.
Every registered master plumber, firm or corporation shall give immediate notice of any change of address in his, their or its place of business, and upon retirement from business, shall surrender his, their or its certificate of registry to the Board.
Every person, firm, corporation or representative thereof, in registering, shall give the full name or names of the person, firm or officers' names of the corporation for which he or they shall register.
A. 
Before work on any portion of the plumbing or drainage system of any building shall be commenced in such building, there shall be filed with the Secretary of the Board of Health a plan thereof showing the said plumbing and drainage system in its entirety from its connection with the sewer or cesspool throughout the entire building, together with the location of all fixtures, traps, ventilating pipes, etc. Said plan shall have the name and residence of the plumber thereon and the name of the owner or contractor for whom the said work is being constructed. Before any portion of the work is executed, said plan shall be presented to the Plumbing Inspector for his approval, and upon such plan, with the approval of the Plumbing Inspector thereon, being presented and filed with the Secretary of the Board, the latter will, upon the payment of the fee prescribed in Subsection B of this section for each building by the said plumber filing such plan, issue to the latter a permit that such plumbing and drainage system be constructed, and the Secretary shall thereupon immediately notify the Plumbing Inspector that such plan has been filed and permit issued. This rule shall also apply to any extension or alteration of any existing systems; provided that in such case the plan of the old system as well as the plan of the proposed changes must be submitted to the Plumbing Inspector for his approval of such proposed changes, and the like procedure shall be had thereon as in the case of new work. In the case of any plumber leaving any plumbing or drainage system unfinished or another plumber being employed to finish the same, a new permit shall be obtained from the Secretary of the Board as in the case of new work, except that no new plan need be filed unless required by the Plumbing Inspector or unless some change in the system is to be made by such plumber.
B. 
Fees.
[Amended 9-20-1966; 3-18-1975; 11-27-1979 by Ord. No. 593]
(1) 
New house.
(a) 
Five dollars per plumbing fixture, device and plumbing stack to be installed up to three fixtures; any additional fixture will be $4 each, provided that the minimum fee shall be $15.
(b) 
New bathroom or powder room: $15.
(c) 
Alterations or remodeling of bath, powder room or kitchen: $15.
(d) 
New water service, curb to house: $10 plus $2 for plan filing.
(e) 
New drain or sewer line, curb to house: $10 plus $2 for plan filing.
(f) 
Replaced sewer or water lines, curb to house: $8 plus $2 for plan filing.
(2) 
New buildings.
(a) 
Thirty dollars up to five fixtures, plus $4 per fixture over five.
(b) 
New drain or sewer, curb to building: $25.
(c) 
New water service, curb to building: $25.
(d) 
Replacement of drain, sewer or water: $20.
(e) 
Replacement of any fixture: $4.
(3) 
For the purpose of computing the fees in Subsection B(1) and (2) above, fixture or stacks shall include but not be limited to lavatories, kitchen sinks, stop sinks, sinks, urinals, floor drains, sump pumps, drinking fountains, dishwashers, garbage disposals, clothes washers, hot water heaters or similar devices.
C. 
Before any additional fixtures are added to an old drainage system, there shall be filed with the Secretary of the Board of Health a plan showing the old drainage system with the proposed additional fixtures attached to same. The plan of old work should be drawn with red ink and the additional fixtures with blue ink. A fee of $2 for each and every additional fixture shall accompany said plan.
A. 
The Plumbing Inspector shall be notified promptly by the plumber when the plumbing and drainage work of any building or any portion thereof is completed and ready for inspection and testing. All inspections and testing shall be within 48 hours after notification. Any such system put in and covered without due notice to the Plumbing Inspector must be uncovered for examination at the direction of said officer. Upon the final inspection and approval of any plumbing or drainage system by the Plumbing Inspector, he shall issue to the plumber a certificate of such inspection and approval. Whenever a test shall be necessary subsequent to a second test, the plumber who prepared said work shall be liable to and pay to the Board as a penalty therefor as follows:
(1) 
For the third test, $1.
(2) 
For the fourth test, $2.
(3) 
For the fifth and all subsequent tests, $5 each.
B. 
Applications for final inspection must be made within 10 days after the finishing of all plumbing work.
C. 
Every new plumbing system must be tested by the plumber by the air test in the presence of a proper officer of the Board of Health; all defective joints must be made tight and other openings made impervious to gases. Defective pipe must be removed and replaced by sound pipe.
D. 
All work under floors must be tested under pressure as main drain, that is, five pounds to the square inch, and floors not put down until the work is seen by the Inspector.
E. 
For each reinspection of plumbing work caused by the failure of the licensee to comply with the provisions of the Code or permit issued, a fee of $10 shall be paid to the Inspector before such reinspection.
[Added 3-18-1975]
A. 
Before laying the drain from the building to the sewer and after the trench is graded, the bottom of the trench must be carefully rammed to avoid unequal settling of the drain. After the pipe is laid, as the trench is filled, the earth must be packed tight.
B. 
When the ground is made or filled in, the drain, extending from the sewer to the foundation wall, must be of medium cast-iron pipe, of such diameter as may be approved. Such pipes shall be laid with the joints properly caulked with lead.
C. 
Where the soil consists of a natural bed of loam, sand or rock, the drain, from sewer to curb, may be of hard, glazed and earthenware pipe laid on a smooth bottom free from all projections of rock. The space between each hub and the small end of the next section must have one strand of oakum therein and be completely and uniformly filled with the best cement. Care must be taken to prevent any cement or oakum being forced into the drain to become an obstruction, and each joint must be scraped inside. No retempered cement shall be used.
D. 
Where a building is to be connected with a sewer, it must be connected by a drain not less than four inches in diameter, having a fall of not less than 1/4 of an inch to the foot. Old drains can be used for new houses only when found by the Plumbing Inspector to conform in all respects to the foregoing regulations governing new drains.
E. 
All horizontal drains within and to a distance of five feet beyond the walls of buildings shall be of cast iron with caulked leaden joints and shall be so located as to be readily accessible for inspection; the house drain within the building shall be securely supported upon eight-inch brick piers located not more than nine feet distant from each other, or approved wrought-iron hangers securely fastened to cellar joists; the house drain shall have a fall of at least 1/4 of an inch to the foot, and more if possible; where a pipe passes under the wall of a building, there shall be a relieving arch to prevent the pipe being broken by settling of the foundation. Said drain shall be provided with a fitting for proving purposes, known as a "Testing T," the same to be closed with a trap screw plug caulked with lead and sealed.
F. 
No cold air box for a furnace shall be so placed that it can by any possibility draw air from the inlet pipe.
G. 
The main drain of every building shall be separately and independently connected with the street sewer where one is provided, and where there is no sewer in the street and it is necessary to construct a private sewer to connect with one in an adjacent street, such plans may be used as may be approved by the Board of Health; but in no case shall a joint drain be laid in cellars parallel with a street or alley; all house drains laid beneath the ground inside of buildings or beneath cellar floors shall be of medium heavy cast-iron pipe with well-leaded and caulked joints.
H. 
In districts where there are no sewers and the waste from buildings runs to a well, the well must be at least five feet in diameter and 15 feet deep, unless water is reached before that depth. The well must be suitably vented with four-inch pipe with cowl vent top. Before any plumber connects a drain to said well, he first must obtain a permit from the Board of Health, same to cost $1, and the Plumbing Inspector must first inspect and approve said well before any connection is made to same, and it will be unlawful to run any water from rain conductors into the said well. Well must be at least 30 feet from any foundation wall.
I. 
With regard to sewer drains, it is hereby approved that, in addition to soil pipe with lead connections, M-type copper pipe may be used.
[Added 3-18-1975]
A. 
All cast- or wrought-iron pipes must be sound, free from holes and shall have a uniform thickness of 3/16 of an inch, called "medium," of the following weights, which weights shall be marked on pipes:
Size of Pipe
(inches)
Weight
(pounds per foot)
2
4
4
9
5
12
6
15
8
25
10
35
B. 
No waste pipes shall be less than 1 1/4 inches in diameter, inside measurement. Sink wastes shall be not less than two inches cast iron, except when the waste from sink is very short, when lead pipe 1 1/4 inches in inside diameter and weighing 2 1/2 pounds per foot may be used. When lead traps for any fixtures are used, they must be extra heavy. All lead bends must be extra heavy.
C. 
All drain, soil, waste and vent pipes shall be as direct and concentrated as possible, protected from frost and readily accessible for inspection and convenience in repairing.
D. 
Vertical soil pipes.
(1) 
Every vertical soil and main pipe must be of cast iron, and when it receives the discharge of fixtures on one or more floors, it must extend at least two feet above the roof, except in the case of flat roof tenement houses, in which case it shall extend at least six feet above the roof, and said pipe shall have a diameter above the roof the same as the diameter of the pipe proper; when vent on roof is within 10 feet of a window, it must extend above said window. The use of galvanized wrought-iron pipe and drainage fittings will be permitted for ventilating purposes only.
(2) 
No cup or cowl shall be affixed to the top of such ventilation pipe, but in tenement houses a strong wire basket shall be provided and securely fastened thereto. Each length shall be securely fastened, and in the case of each line of soil pipe it shall rest its foot on a pier or foundation to prevent settling. All joints in cast-iron drain, soil or waste pipes must be so filled with oakum and lead and hand-caulked as to make them gastight, and the amount of lead used shall not be less than eight ounces to each inch of diameter of the pipe so connected.
E. 
When iron drains or waste pipes are to be cut for a connection, they must be of a Y-branch inserted or a Y-saddle, and when such connections are made they must be inspected by the Plumbing Inspector.
F. 
There shall be no traps placed on vertical soil and waste pipes, iceboxes, bar fixtures, soda water fountains or any receptacle where food is stored. No connections of special appliances or fixtures not mentioned in this code shall be made directly to the water or drainage system of any building by means of flexible connections. The same rules governing the drainage connection of refrigerators apply to these special fixtures. The water connections shall be approved by the Plumbing Inspector to ensure against back siphonage.
[Amended 3-18-1975]
G. 
All changes in direction in cast-iron pipes shall be made with sweep bends and all connections with Y-branches and one-sixteenth or one-eighth bends.
H. 
The least diameter of soil pipes permitted is four inches. A vertical waste pipe into which a line of kitchen sinks discharges must be at least three inches in diameter if receiving the waste of five or more sinks and shall have two-inch branches.
I. 
Where lead pipe is used to connect fixtures with vertical soil or waste pipes or to connect traps with vertical vent pipes, it must not be lighter than D pipe.
J. 
All connections of lead with iron pipes must be made with brass sleeve or ferrule of the same size as the lead pipe, put in the hub of the branch of the iron pipe and caulked with lead. The lead pipe must be attached to the ferrule by a wiped solder joint. All connections of lead waste and vent pipes shall be made by means of solder joints.
[Added 3-18-1975]
The term "water piping" shall be included in the Plumbing Code and become a part of the same, and no water piping shall be installed, changed or tapped without the proper registration certificate or permit; provided nothing in this chapter shall apply to the installation of water heaters by any public utility as defined in an act entitled "An Act Concerning Public Utilities; to Create a Board of Public Utility Commissioners and to Prescribe Its Duties and Powers"; approved April 21, 1911, as amended and supplemented, nor to any employee of such public utility.
A. 
Every water closet, urinal, sink, basin, washtray, bath and every tub and set of tubs and hydrant waste pipe must be separately and effectively trapped. Urinal platforms, if connected to drainpipes, must also be properly trapped and a supply of water so arranged as to always maintain the seal of said traps; in no case shall this waste from a bathtub or other fixture be connected with a water closet trap. All bathtub traps shall be of the pattern known as "large Philadelphia regulation brass trap," or other watersealed brass trap of equal size.
B. 
Traps must be placed as near the fixtures as practicable, and in no case shall a trap be more than two feet from the fixture.
C. 
Vent pipes must extend two feet above the roof or coping, the extension to be not less than four inches in diameter, to avoid obstruction from frost, except in cases where the use of smaller pipe is permitted by the Board of Health. These vent pipes must always have a continuous slope to avoid collecting water by condensation.
D. 
No trap vent shall be used as a waste or soil pipe.
E. 
Overflow pipes from fixtures must in each case be connected on the inlet side of the trap of the same fixtures.
[Added 3-18-1975]
No toilet or pedestal urinal shall be over eight feet from the joint of connection to the main drain or vent line, and no sink, lavatory, tubs and other small fixtures shall be over 12 feet from the joint of connection to the main drain or vent line.
The safe under any fixture shall be provided with a drip, waste or notice pipe to extend to the bottom of the first floor joist in the cellar. The waste pipe from refrigerators shall in no case be directly connected with any soil or waste pipe nor with any drain or sewer, nor shall any butcher refrigerator discharge upon the ground.
A. 
Water closets must never be placed in an unventilated room or compartment. In every case the compartment must be open to the outer air or be ventilated by means of a shaft or air duct.
B. 
All water closets within the house must be supplied with water from separate tanks or cisterns, the water of which is used for no other purpose. Pan closets and hollow plunger and Philadelphia pattern closets are prohibited.
C. 
Water closets, when placed in the yard, must be of the type known as "antifreezing closet outfit" and so arranged as to be conveniently and adequately flushed.
D. 
All waste, overflow or vent pipes shall be of lead or cast iron, except vent pipes, which may be of galvanized wrought-iron pipe.
E. 
All washout or improved water closets within dwellings and buildings must be connected to lead bends with brass floor plates, soldered and screwed to the floor.
F. 
No hopper closet pits shall be placed within five feet of cellar walls, and the soil pipe within well must be iron, and waste from hopper valves must be tapped and screwed into soil pipe and ferrule soldered to waste pipe, and hopper connected by a four-inch lead ferrule tafted over on floor or iron floor plate caulked to iron riser.
G. 
In all factories or buildings used as factories where water closets or urinals are used, the compartment in which they are located must be partitioned off from the room where the employees work and continued to ceiling or ceiled over, and the water closet and urinal apartments must include a window or a shaft to the outer air having an area of not less than three square feet.
H. 
All nickel-plated traps, flush, waste and overflow pipes must be of not less than 17 gauge.
I. 
All main sewer connections in street shall be inspected before covered over.
A. 
Rainwater leaders, when placed inside of any building, must be of cast iron with leaded joints, wrought iron with screwed joints or of copper with soldered joints. The joints between a cast-iron leader and the roof must be made gastight and watertight by means of a brass ferrule with lead or copper pipe properly connected.
B. 
Rainwater leaders must never be used as soil, waste or vent pipes, nor shall any soil, waste or vent pipe be used as a leader. No rainwater leader shall be connected to the sanitary sewer or house drain.
It shall be lawful for any of the members of the Board of Health and any person acting under and by authority of the Board of Health, on showing such authority, to enter into or upon any land, tenement, building or other premises for any of the purposes specified in this code, and no person shall prevent, obstruct or resist any member of the Board of Health or any person acting under and by authority of said Board in entering into or upon any land, tenements, buildings or other premises for any of the purposes specified by this code.
In case any person shall refuse or fail to comply with orders of this Board within the time therein specified, the Board may cause the said work to be done at the expense of the owner of said premises, and the account of the costs and expense thereof shall be made out and placed in the hands of the Solicitor for collection according to law.
A. 
Any person or persons or corporations offending against or violating any of the provisions of these rules, on conviction thereof, shall pay a penalty of not less than $5 nor more than $500 for each offense and, in addition, shall, for a second or subsequent offense, be liable to a revocation of license.
[Amended 3-18-1975[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 465, General Provisions, Board of Health, Art. I).
B. 
Any person or persons found guilty of loaning licenses or passing under false name shall lose the right to practice plumbing in the Borough of Haddon Heights.