Any plumbing fixtures, cleanouts, cellars or
floor drains placed below the established grade of any street in any
building are so placed at the owner's risk. The City will not be liable
for any damages to property or contents caused by the overflowing
and for backing up of the sewage of said plumbing fixtures, cleanouts
and cellars or floor drains.
[Added 6-2-1986 by L.L. No. 3-1986]
A. The service must be of lead pipe or Type K soft-copper
tubing and connected with the tap and extending therefrom at right
angles with the main to the inside of the property line of the land
or building served and connected with a curb cock.
B. The service on new installations shall be of one inch
minimum diameter.
C. The lead pipe is to be of the quality, strength and
weight known as "AAA Brooklyn gauge," as follows:
(1) One inch caliber, weight six pounds per foot, 1.6
inches external diameter.
(2) One and one-half inches caliber, weight 8 1/2
pounds per foot, 2.14 inches external diameter.
D. The Type K copper pipe is to be of the quality, strength
and weight and marked as to the standards of ASTM B88-62.
E. Said lead or copper service shall have an excess of
length of not less than 18 inches above the length required to connect
to the tap in the main and the curb-cock, so as to procure a slack,
the greater part of which shall occur near the tap, which slack may
be used up in case of any settling of the material used in backfilling
the trench without breaking the tap or service. The lead pipe joints
shall be wiped. The Type K copper joints shall be of the flared compression
type. All workmanship connected with said service shall be approved
satisfactory to the Department of Water.
F. The use of five-eighths-inch or three-fourths-inch
lead AAA Brooklyn gauge pipe shall be used in repair work only.
G. The corporation cock, curb cock and curb box must
be procured from the Department of Water, and water will not be turned
on for service in which these fittings have been supplied from any
other source.
H. The service from the curb cock into the premises must
be of AAA Brooklyn gauge lead pipe, galvanized wrought-iron pipe,
or Type K soft copper (ASTM STD B88-62).
I. The said above service shall be of one inch minimum
diameter on new installations.